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This international stature gave Fátima the title of "Shrine of the World". Every year pilgrims fill the country roads that leads to the shrine with crowds that approach one million on May 13 and October 13, the most significant dates of the Fátima apparitions. [2] Overall, about four million pilgrims visit the basilica every year. [3]
Pilgrims of Fatima – Official website; Fatima in Sister Lucia's own words – Free online version of the memoir book written by Lucia dos Santos, OCD; The True Story of Fatima – Free online version of the book written by John de Marchi, IMC; Official Vatican Statement releasing the Message of Fatima; Video documentary: Portugal in 150 ...
A 48-foot (15 m)-tall bell tower was built during the 25th anniversary year, 1981, and is dedicated to the memory of Barnabite Father Charles M. Barlassina, who served at the shrine. [3] Other highlights include: A Shrine of St. Anthony Mary Zaccari; The Little Chapel of Fatima
Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ]; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.
Official website "Fatima in Sister Lucia's own words" – Free online version of the memoir book written by Sister Lucia, O.C.D. "The True Story of Fatima" – Free online version of the book written by Father John de Marchi, I.M.C. Official Vatican Statement releasing the Message of Fatima; Video documentary: Portugal in 150 seconds: Fatima
A small chapel was built at the site of the apparition in 1919, and a statue of Mary installed. The chapel and statue have since been enclosed within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, a shrine complex containing two minor basilicas. Associated facilities for pilgrims, including a hotel and medical centre, have also been built over the ...
Official website; Fatima in Sister Lucia's own words – Free online version of the memoir book written by Sister Lucia, OCD; The True Story of Fatima" – Free online version of the book written by Father John de Marchi, IMC; Video documentary: Portugal in 150 seconds: Fatima
Forty-three years after Our Lady’s apparition in Fatima, the devotion to her reached the shores of the Orient through the establishment of the first chapter of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, now known as the World Apostolate of Fatima, in Mangaldan, Pangasinan in 1961, a year after July 21, 1960, when the town of Polo was divided which resulted to the creation of the new municipality ...