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This weekend is very special for the Catholic Church worldwide. Pope Francis will be in Fatima, Portugal, May 12-13, to mark 100 years of the first Marian apparition there. Mary is said to have appeared to three shepherd children, Lucia Dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto six times each month on the same day, starting May 13, 1917. Pope Francis will celebrate the centenary with a Mass on May 13, Saturday, in the square in front of the Fatima Shrine, during which he will also declare Jacinta and Francisco saints. Less than two years after the apparitions, Francisco died at the age of ten, and his sister Jacinta the following year at the age of nine, both victims of an influenza pandemic. Their cousin Lucia later became a Discalced Carmelite nun in Coimbra, Portugal. She died in 2005, and the process of her beatification and canonization is progressing.After the apparitions, the Virgin Mary was given the title of Our Lady of Fatima, and...
This weekend is very special for the Catholic Church worldwide. Pope Francis will be in Fatima, Portugal, May 12-13, to mark 100 years of the first Marian apparition there. Mary is said to have appeared to three shepherd children, Lucia Dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto six times each month on the same day, starting May 13, 1917.
Pope Francis will celebrate the centenary with a Mass on May 13, Saturday, in the square in front of the Fatima Shrine, during which he will also declare Jacinta and Francisco saints. Less than two years after the apparitions, Francisco died at the age of ten, and his sister Jacinta the following year at the age of nine, both victims of an influenza pandemic. Their cousin Lucia later became a Discalced Carmelite nun in Coimbra, Portugal. She died in 2005, and the process of her beatification and canonization is progressing.
After the apparitions, the Virgin Mary was given the title of Our Lady of Fatima, and the Sanctuary of Fatima has become one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world. The devotion to Our Lady of Fatima spread far and wide across the world, thanks largely to the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, or simply the Blue Army, a movement begun in 1946 by Fr. Harold Colgan, in Plainfield, New Jersey (USA). As the movement further spread around the world, it became an international apostolate with millions of members and national centres in various countries, adopting the worldwide recognized name of World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF). It received the approval of the Holy See as a “public international association of the faithful” on 7 October, 2005.
At the national levels, WAF has been coordinating preparations for the May 13 Fatima centenary celebrations. To know about how the Philippines, Asia’s most Catholic nation, has been preparing for this great day, we called Mr. Reynald Fernandez Andales, the national president of WAF in the Philippines, on the phone. Speaking from the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Vaienzuela City, Metro Manila, Reynald also talked about how WAF is organized in the Philippines and how they foster and spread the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. Reynald began by telling us about the preparations:
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Around 450 Catholic women from the eight districts of eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh India, during a three-day convention, organized a candle light prayer rally on May 6 to pray for peace. This came as a response to a Central Government’s declaration on May 5, that Tirap, Longding and Changlang Districts of eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh as disturbed area. Bishop George Pallipparambil SDB, the Bishop of Miao Diocese, who was there for the convention and the rally exhorted for peace across the Arunachal Pradesh and across India and the World. “Peace begins from home. We cannot change the world overnight but our sincere efforts everyday can make a difference to the society and world at large”, Bishop George said.He also recalled Mary’s Apparition in Fatima, Portugal, to three shepherded children as we mark the 100th this month. Mother Mary who always intercedes for us and prays for peace in the world,...
Around 450 Catholic women from the eight districts of eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh India, during a three-day convention, organized a candle light prayer rally on May 6 to pray for peace.
This came as a response to a Central Government’s declaration on May 5, that Tirap, Longding and Changlang Districts of eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh as disturbed area.
Bishop George Pallipparambil SDB, the Bishop of Miao Diocese, who was there for the convention and the rally exhorted for peace across the Arunachal Pradesh and across India and the World. “Peace begins from home. We cannot change the world overnight but our sincere efforts everyday can make a difference to the society and world at large”, Bishop George said.
He also recalled Mary’s Apparition in Fatima, Portugal, to three shepherded children as we mark the 100th this month. Mother Mary who always intercedes for us and prays for peace in the world, pray for peace in our families, societies, our Districts, our State, in our Country and all over the world, said Bishop George.
Earlier speaking to the delegates, Bishop George exhorted the women to take active role in curbing the drug and alcohol menace in these three ‘disturbed’ districts. “Having our social gatherings without alcohol will be a great step towards building a drug-free peaceful society.
Mrs. Changan Tingkhatra, the President of the Miao Diocesan Women Convention 2017 and Mrs. Ngapnyai Jamikham, the secretary, organized the rally to give a social relevance to the religious gathering by organizing the rally. “Peace is the need of the hour and peace is needed now more than ever” said Mrs. Tingkhatra. “We hope our prayers bear fruit and results in peace in Tirap, Changlang and Longding Districts of Arunachal Pradesh”.
The prayer rally began from St. John’s Church, Kanubari and went around the Kanubari township with people praying the Rosary beads.
One hopes that prayers and awareness gatherings such as this help transform these “disturbed” districts of Arunachal Pradesh into peaceful one. (Felix Anthony, Miao Diocese)
