Monthly Archives: March 2017

Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence opportunity for the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions throughout the centennial year, from the 27th of November 2016 till the 26th of November 2017. There are three ways to obtain the indulgence, detailed in a statement from the Fatima Shrine in Portugal. 1. Make a pilgrimage to the Shrine in Fatima, Portugal. To the faithful who make a pilgrimage to the Fatima Shrine in Portugal and participate in a celebration of prayer dedicated to the Virgin. In addition, the faithful must pray the Our Father,…continue reading →

The prayers taught to the children at Fatima are simple instructure and profound in depth. To a world poor and needy in faith and charity, these prayers stress ancient truths of our Holy Catholic Church... especially concerning the Holy Eucharist and Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God. Pardon Prayer "My God, I believe, I adore, I trust, and I love thee! I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not trust, and do not love thee". The Angel’s Prayer With the Blessed Sacrament suspended in the air, the…continue reading →

Francis will come “in pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fa:ma from the 12th to the 13th of May.” Pope Francis will be in Fa:ma from the 12th to the 13th of May 2017 “in pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fa:ma”. The information was officialised this morning to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fa:ma by the Va:can, which announced through the Press Room that “on the occasion of the centennial of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cova da Iria, and acknowledging…continue reading →

On the 15th of December 2012, during the recitation of the Rosary at the Chapel of the Apparitions, at Fatima, Portugal, for the so called “Reparation Hour”, Fr. James Phalan CSC, director of Family Rosary International, offered “to the Holy Trinity, through the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, prayers for Peace of more than one million people in the Philippines and around the world”. He made an offering, on behalf of the Filipino people: a book of names of more than 200,000 devotees who formally adhered to the 200-day rosary campaign which…continue reading →

The Shrine of Fatima has a full-year schedule to celebrate the 2017 centennial of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Communication elements include the design of official symbol or logo, a commemorative medal , countdown timer, posters, a centennial video, plus various merchandising. 100 internationally well-known personalities will be invited to record short testimonies about Fatima which will be aired on radio and made available online. Related is an ‘online mural’ of testimonies, where any and all pilgrims of Fatima can make a short video declaration that will be shared on social…continue reading →

During World War I Pope Benedict XV made repeated but forlorn pleas for peace, and finally, in May 1917, made a direct appeal to Mary to intercede for peace in the world. The response was Mary's first appearance at Fatima just over a week later. At this time Fatima was just a small village about seventy miles north of Lisbon; the three children to whom she appeared were Lucia dos Santos, aged ten, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, brother and sister, aged eight and seven respectively. The Angel of Portugal However,…continue reading →

Father Lemuel Camacho, a former nursing supervisor and now a newly-ordained priest in the Diocese of Essex County, New Jersey, recounted how he came to the priesthood. During his 2008 pilgrimage to Fatima, RN Lemuel, who had been mulling a late transition to the priesthood, had his hands folded in prayer, looking for a sign - any small signal - from the Blessed Mother about his possible call to a priestly vocation. Down on bended knee in the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Portugal, he asked…continue reading →

Sister Leopolda, nee Barbara May Ledesma, curator of the Fatima Museum and a member of the Oblate Sisters of the Virgin Mary of Fatima, was on a brief visit to the Philippines. Fr. Bong Tupino of Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows invited Sr. Leopolda to speak to a select group of parishioners last February 13 before she Hlew back to Fatima, Portugal. She began her one and a half hour talk by stating that in the midst of the world’s darkness and despair, the light of Fatima is the solid ground where Catholics…continue reading →

Last February 11, the Catholic world celebrated the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. We call ‘Message of Lourdes’ the gestures and words that were exchanged between Virgin Mary and Bernadette Soubirous, at the Grotto of Massabielle, during the time of the eighteen apparitions. This message can be heard as: God is love and he loves us as we are. Lourdes in the 19th century was one of the main places in the district with more than 4,000 inhabitants including nobles, notaries, advocates, doctors, officers as well as manual workers, tradesmen, slate workers,…continue reading →

The Christ the King Parish Social Hall was the venue for the Our Mother of Perpetual Help Vicariate (CTK is one of the parishes in the vicariate, along with Our Lady of Perpetual Help – Cubao, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal , TransFiguration of our Lord, Nativity of Our Lord, St. John Paul II – Eastwood, and San Roque – Bagumbayan). Welcoming the Parish Pastoral Council members of the seven different parishes was CTK’s own Fr. Bong Tupino, who spoke on behalf of the designated incharge Fr. Arnel Recinto. Fr. Bong was quite…continue reading →