Fatima Event - May 13, 2023
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Join us in this AFC celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, 2023 from 8:00-11:00 AM at Holy Family.
The Fatima story is a powerful message of hope and peace for a world in need. It invites people to follow the way of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the Heart of Jesus and our heavenly home.
Enjoy a meaningful morning of fellowship with other AFC members; there will be a special program for children as well!
A free will offering to support the event will be graciously appreciated!
RSVP HERE
Sponsored by the Holy Family Rosary Society
Questions? Contact Bonnie
Phone: 952-297-5892
Email: [email protected]
Come Prepared
Watch these online video’s and learn about Mary’s appearances in Fatima, Portugal in 1917:
Fatima: A Message of Hope - FORMED
Fatima: Hope for the World - FORMED
You can also learn more about the Apostolate here: https://www.bluearmy.com/about/
About Fatima: A Brief History
At the height of World War I, Pope Benedict XV appealed to the Blessed Mother to intercede for peace. Just over a week later, Our Lady began appearing to three young shepherd children in Fatima Portugal.
From May 13 – October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto – three shepherd children tending sheep in the hills just outside their small village of Fatima, Portugal.
During the course of these appearances, Mary revealed her suffering heart and said that God wished to establish devotion to her Immaculate Heart. She asked the children to pray the Rosary daily for world peace, and to offer their daily sufferings and sacrifices in reparation for sins and the conversion of sinners.
She also revealed a three-part secret, which included a terrifying vision of hell. She warned that a worse war lay in store for humanity and that Russia would spread her errors throughout the world, resulting in more wars and persecution of the Church, if people did not repent and cease offending God.
But Our Lady also gave a message of hope: Russia would be converted from her errors if the Holy Father would consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart and people would practice the Communions of Reparation on the First Saturdays. She promised an era of peace would be granted to the world.
At the final apparition, October 13, as promised, Our Lady performed a great miracle for “all to believe.” The unexplainable solar phenomena occurred before 70,000 people gathered at the Cova da Iria that day, and was witnessed from 25 miles away. Only twice in the world’s history has the exact date, time and location of a miracle been predicted: At the Resurrection and at Our Lady of Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun.