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Oct 2017
October 13 was the 100th anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. On that day she identified herself as Our Lady of the Rosary, she asked a chapel be built in her honor, she asked the children to continue praying the Rosary daily for an end to the war (World War I was still raging at the time), she warned people to amend their lives and seek pardon from God. Then she closed with these insistent words: “They must not offend our Lord any more, for He is already......
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September 29, 2017
Lucia dos Santos: Part II (Witness of Fatima)
Last week I provided EWTN’s short summary of the life of Lucia dos Santos, the eldest of the seers of Fatima and the only to live into adulthood, indeed she lived to be almost 98...
September 22, 2017
Lucia dos Santos: Part I
Today I continue writing about the three children of Fatima, introducing Lucia dos Santos by presenting EWTN’s short summary of her life. Lucia de Jesus dos Santos (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) Lucia...
September 13, 2017
St. Francisco Marto of Fatima
The last two weeks I wrote about the youngest of the seers of Fatima, St. Jacinta Marto. This week I turn to her older brother St. Francisco Marto. He was born 11 June 1908, the...
September 08, 2017
St. Jacinta and the Fight Against Pornography
Last week I began to write about the seers of Fatima, the three shepherd children, and provided EWTN’s short synopsis of the life of St. Jacinta Martos, the youngest of the three. Of the three...
September 01, 2017
St. Jacinta Martos of Fatima
In this year in which we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima I have been writing week after week about the history and message of the apparitions. Now it...