Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! St. Jacinta at the Cova da Iria by Father Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR Inspiration for Your Lenten journey Lent is the perfect time to get back to basics. The themes, devotions, and spirituality of Lent allow […]
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! Written By David M. Carollo Executive Director of the World Apostolate of Fatima USA/National Blue Army Shrine Can We Alter the Course? A new year always begins with speculation, hope and resolutions. This year not only
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! Written by Fr. James L. P. Miara “Fatima is Reparation” His Excellency Joao Pereira Venancio, who was a bishop of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima from 1958-1968, when asked to summarize the message of Fatima said: “Fatima
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! by Catherine Moran, OFR The practice of honoring the Blessed Mother on first Saturdays has a long history in the Church. The devotion was given greater purpose at Fatima. During the July 13, 1917, apparition, Our
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! by Reverend Harold Colgan This article from our co-founder, Msgr. Harold Colgan (d. 1972), is reprinted from the first issue of Soul Magazine, Jan-Feb 1950, publication of the Blue Army. His words, especially the call for
Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! Written By Donal Anthony Foley Advent is Our Time of Preparation for Christmas Advent is our time of preparation for Christmas. During Advent, there is a change of tone in the daily readings at Mass, when
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! The requirements of the First Saturday devotion in making reparation are simple: Go to confession, receive Holy Communion, pray a five-decade Rosary AND spend an additional 15 minutes with Mary, meditating on the other mysteries of the
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Please visit our World Apostolate of Fatima Website for this article and more. And follow our Facebook Page too! Growing up, the Brown Scapular was a concept that I knew of but did not fully understand. It was part of my Catholic heritage, an item known to carry a profound promise: those who died clothed
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