The Caves of Money S. Mamede, Fatima, were discovered in 1971 by two hunters chasing a fox. Entering the grotto which they overcome with curiosity led them to explore it in its full extent, they soon found amazed, living room, "the pastor's living room", full of fantastic limestone formations. For nearly two months, the two men continued to dig the narrow crevices which followed the first cave, slowly discovering the other rooms and galleries that now include the Grotto of the Currency. However were hired geologists and other technical and proceeded to use the cave as a tourist attraction, preserving even the mountainous landscape of the area. The names suggest the room and the image that each one offers the visitor: Crib, Pastor, Cascade, Virgin, Summit Red Sea, Chapel imperfect, Wedding Cake, Red Dome and Fountain of Tears. The extent of visitable cave is 350 meters, reaching a depth of 45 meters. The temperature inside the cave is on average 18 º C. The entry and exit of the cave is made in different places, surrounded by a mountainous landscape feature. LEGEND: Linked with the name of the Caves of the Currency - According to tradition, a wealthy man from those passing through a thicket, around a pit, was attacked and robbed by a gang of criminals who killed him, as was common in ancient times . The body was thrown into the cavernous and precipitation of the robbers dropped, with the victim's body, the bag of coins that carried and that they so coveted. The cliff and spread hopelessly lost coins, giving the place the name by which it is still known.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Places to visit
The Caves of Money S. Mamede, Fatima, were discovered in 1971 by two hunters chasing a fox. Entering the grotto which they overcome with curiosity led them to explore it in its full extent, they soon found amazed, living room, "the pastor's living room", full of fantastic limestone formations. For nearly two months, the two men continued to dig the narrow crevices which followed the first cave, slowly discovering the other rooms and galleries that now include the Grotto of the Currency. However were hired geologists and other technical and proceeded to use the cave as a tourist attraction, preserving even the mountainous landscape of the area. The names suggest the room and the image that each one offers the visitor: Crib, Pastor, Cascade, Virgin, Summit Red Sea, Chapel imperfect, Wedding Cake, Red Dome and Fountain of Tears. The extent of visitable cave is 350 meters, reaching a depth of 45 meters. The temperature inside the cave is on average 18 º C. The entry and exit of the cave is made in different places, surrounded by a mountainous landscape feature. LEGEND: Linked with the name of the Caves of the Currency - According to tradition, a wealthy man from those passing through a thicket, around a pit, was attacked and robbed by a gang of criminals who killed him, as was common in ancient times . The body was thrown into the cavernous and precipitation of the robbers dropped, with the victim's body, the bag of coins that carried and that they so coveted. The cliff and spread hopelessly lost coins, giving the place the name by which it is still known.
Places to visit
Visits and Schedules • Discovery on July 27, 1947
• Open to the public August 11, 1974
• Total length: over 10,500 meters
• Extension visitable: 600 meters
• Ascent won during the visit: 110 meters (683 steps)
• Temperature inside the cave: 17 º C
• Exit the cave by two lifts with capacity for 33 persons each
• Open to the public August 11, 1974
• Total length: over 10,500 meters
• Extension visitable: 600 meters
• Ascent won during the visit: 110 meters (683 steps)
• Temperature inside the cave: 17 º C
• Exit the cave by two lifts with capacity for 33 persons each
• Tour not recommended for people with limited motor
October / March9.30 - 17:30
April / May9.30 - 18.00
June / September9h30m - 19h00m
July / August9h30m - 19h30m
NOTE: The ticket office closes 30 minutes earlier
Fees
free Children younger than 5 years
€ 3.20 Children between 5 and 11 years
€ 5.50 Visitors aged over 12 years
€ 5.00 Group with a minimum of 20 people
(Since drawn together by one person)
Fees schools:
€ 1.00 Kindergartens
€ 2.00 Schools 1st Cycle
€ 2.50 Schools 2nd Cycle
€ 3.00 3rd cycle schools, secondary and higher
Iva included the rate of 20%
October / March9.30 - 17:30
April / May9.30 - 18.00
June / September9h30m - 19h00m
July / August9h30m - 19h30m
NOTE: The ticket office closes 30 minutes earlier
Fees
free Children younger than 5 years
€ 3.20 Children between 5 and 11 years
€ 5.50 Visitors aged over 12 years
€ 5.00 Group with a minimum of 20 people
(Since drawn together by one person)
Fees schools:
€ 1.00 Kindergartens
€ 2.00 Schools 1st Cycle
€ 2.50 Schools 2nd Cycle
€ 3.00 3rd cycle schools, secondary and higher
Iva included the rate of 20%
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Where to eat
The Regional Tourism Authority Leiria-Fatima is located at the crossroads of diverse cultures with traditions and customs traditionally preserved by existing populations from the sea to the mountain, showing up in taste and cooking of foods requiring a well-defined.
The proximity of the sea, and having multiple streams provide a place where the fish feed is the main element. Further inland region's meat dishes are not disputed in the meals of the day. The influence of religious orders in the confectionery keeps alive the tradition, based on regional fruit and eggs in the process. Wines and liquors can be noted that comes from the slopes where soils are predominant Clay - Limestone that determine the quality of the wine.
Given the richness of grasslands, the Region has a strong pastoral deployment, from which it draws much appreciated and varied qualities of cheese, offspring of herd (great BBQ) and delicious sausages.
The proximity of the sea, and having multiple streams provide a place where the fish feed is the main element. Further inland region's meat dishes are not disputed in the meals of the day. The influence of religious orders in the confectionery keeps alive the tradition, based on regional fruit and eggs in the process. Wines and liquors can be noted that comes from the slopes where soils are predominant Clay - Limestone that determine the quality of the wine.
Given the richness of grasslands, the Region has a strong pastoral deployment, from which it draws much appreciated and varied qualities of cheese, offspring of herd (great BBQ) and delicious sausages.
RESTAURANTES
TIA ALICE – FátimA
O TRUAO – Boleiros
Fátima
DOM NUNO – Boleiros
Fátima
GÔNDOLA DE OURO – Aljustrel
Fátima
O CHOPIN – Aljustrel
Fátima
MANUEL DAS MATAS – Lameira
Fátima
A CABANA - Estrada da Loureira
Fátima
A CRELHA - R. Jacinto Marto - Cova da Iria
Fátima
CHARNECA - R. Bom Samaritano
Fátima
DOIS ÁS - Av. Beato Nuno
Fátima
KALIFA - Estrada de Minde
Fátima
RETIRO DOS CAÇADORES - Lomba D'Égua
Fátima
SANTA ISABEL - Cova da Iria
Fátima
SANTA LUZIA - R. Santa Anal
Fátima
TERMINAL - R. Jacinto Marto
Fátima
VITÓRIA - Cova da Iria
Fátima
MYRIAM - Estrada de Minde
Fátima
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Key dates
Chronology of Fatima
1916 - Spring, Summer and Autumn - Apparitions of the Angel;
1917 - In 13 days of the months of May, June, July, September and October - Apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, on August 19 in Valinhos;
04/04/1919 - Die seer Francisco Marto, in Aljustrel;
28/04/1919 - Start of construction of the Chapel of Apparitions;
20/02/1920 - Die seer Jacinta Marto, the Hospital de D ª Estefania, Lisbon;
13/10/1921 - It allowed the celebration of Mass for the first time, near the Chapel of Apparitions;
03/06/1922 - The Chapel of Apparitions is destroyed, being restored a year later;
03/05/1922 - Provision of the Bishop of Leiria, sending initiate the canonical process on the events of Fatima,
10/13/1922 - It begins publication of "Voice of Fatima";
06/26/1927 - The Bishop of Leiria presides for the first time for an official ceremony at the Cova da Iria, after the blessing of the Stations of the Cross, from the Fetal Reguengo (11 km);
13/05/1928 - Throwing the first stone of the Basilica;
13/10/1930 - For the Pastoral Letter "The Divine Providence", the Bishop of Leiria declares "credible visions of children at Cova da Iria and allows officially the cult of Our Lady of Fatima;
05/13/1931 - First Consecration of Portugal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, made by the Portuguese Bishops, following the Message of Fatima;
09/12/1935 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Jacinta Marto, the cemetery of Vila Nova de Ourém for Fatima.
05/13/1942 - Large pilgrimage to mark the 25th anniversary of the Apparitions;
31/10/1942 - Pius XII, speaking in Portuguese on the radio, consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with veiled mention of Russia, according to the request of Our Lady;
13/05/1946 - Coronation of the Image of Our Lady of Fatima, the Chapel of Apparitions (crown offered by Portuguese women), by Cardinal Masella, Papal Legate;
05/01/1951 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Jacinta Marto of Fatima Cemetery to the Basilica of the Shrine;
13/10/1951 - Closure of the Holy Year (Universal), Fatima, Cardinal Tedeschini, Papal Legate,
03/13/1952 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Francisco Marto of Fatima Cemetery to the Basilica of the Shrine;
07/07/1952 - Consecration of the Peoples of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by Pope Pius XII;
10/07/1953 - Consecration of the Church of the Shrine of Fatima;
11/12/1954 - Pope Pius XII granted the title of Minor Basilica to the Church of the Shrine;
13/05/1956 - Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, the future Pope John XXIII, chairing the Anniversary International Pilgrimage;
01/01/1960 - Top of the Sacred Lausperene at the Fatima Shrine, 21.11.1964 - At the close of the 3rd session of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI announced before the 2500 Council Fathers, granting the Golden Rose to the shrine of Fatima;
05/13/1965 - Delivery of the Golden Rose by Cardinal Fernando Cento, Pontifical Legate during the pilgrimage Anniversary International;
13/05/1967 - Pope Paul VI travels to Fatima, on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1st Apparition of Our Lady, asking for world peace and unity of the Church;
05/13/1977 - The Pilgrimage of the 60th anniversary of the 1st Apparition was presided over by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, Pontifical Legate;
07/10/1977 - Pilgrimage to Fatima by Cardinal Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venice, after Pope John Paul I.
19/09/1977 - Elevation of Fatima in the village category;
12/13.05.1982 - Pope John Paul II comes on pilgrimage to Fatima to thank the escape with his life, a year earlier, in the Piazza S. Peter, and, kneeling, laying down the Church, the Men and Peoples, with veiled endorsement of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary;
03/25/1984 - In the court of St. Peter in the Vatican before the statue of Our Lady of Fatima specifically gone the Apparitions Chapel, John Paul II is once again, the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in union with all the bishops of the world;
12/13.05.1991 - Pope John Paul II is the second time to Fatima, as a pilgrim on the 10th anniversary of his attack in Piazza S. Peter in the Vatican and chaired the Anniversary International Pilgrimage;
06/04/1997 - The Assembly of the Portuguese town of Fatima elevates the status of city;
05/13/2000 - Beatification of Francisco and Jacinta Marto;
13/02/2005 - Death of Sister Lucia;
02/04/2005 - Death of John Paul II.
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1916 - Spring, Summer and Autumn - Apparitions of the Angel;
1917 - In 13 days of the months of May, June, July, September and October - Apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, on August 19 in Valinhos;
04/04/1919 - Die seer Francisco Marto, in Aljustrel;
28/04/1919 - Start of construction of the Chapel of Apparitions;
20/02/1920 - Die seer Jacinta Marto, the Hospital de D ª Estefania, Lisbon;
13/10/1921 - It allowed the celebration of Mass for the first time, near the Chapel of Apparitions;
03/06/1922 - The Chapel of Apparitions is destroyed, being restored a year later;
03/05/1922 - Provision of the Bishop of Leiria, sending initiate the canonical process on the events of Fatima,
10/13/1922 - It begins publication of "Voice of Fatima";
06/26/1927 - The Bishop of Leiria presides for the first time for an official ceremony at the Cova da Iria, after the blessing of the Stations of the Cross, from the Fetal Reguengo (11 km);
13/05/1928 - Throwing the first stone of the Basilica;
13/10/1930 - For the Pastoral Letter "The Divine Providence", the Bishop of Leiria declares "credible visions of children at Cova da Iria and allows officially the cult of Our Lady of Fatima;
05/13/1931 - First Consecration of Portugal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, made by the Portuguese Bishops, following the Message of Fatima;
09/12/1935 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Jacinta Marto, the cemetery of Vila Nova de Ourém for Fatima.
05/13/1942 - Large pilgrimage to mark the 25th anniversary of the Apparitions;
31/10/1942 - Pius XII, speaking in Portuguese on the radio, consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with veiled mention of Russia, according to the request of Our Lady;
13/05/1946 - Coronation of the Image of Our Lady of Fatima, the Chapel of Apparitions (crown offered by Portuguese women), by Cardinal Masella, Papal Legate;
05/01/1951 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Jacinta Marto of Fatima Cemetery to the Basilica of the Shrine;
13/10/1951 - Closure of the Holy Year (Universal), Fatima, Cardinal Tedeschini, Papal Legate,
03/13/1952 - Repatriation of mortal remains of Francisco Marto of Fatima Cemetery to the Basilica of the Shrine;
07/07/1952 - Consecration of the Peoples of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by Pope Pius XII;
10/07/1953 - Consecration of the Church of the Shrine of Fatima;
11/12/1954 - Pope Pius XII granted the title of Minor Basilica to the Church of the Shrine;
13/05/1956 - Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, the future Pope John XXIII, chairing the Anniversary International Pilgrimage;
01/01/1960 - Top of the Sacred Lausperene at the Fatima Shrine, 21.11.1964 - At the close of the 3rd session of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI announced before the 2500 Council Fathers, granting the Golden Rose to the shrine of Fatima;
05/13/1965 - Delivery of the Golden Rose by Cardinal Fernando Cento, Pontifical Legate during the pilgrimage Anniversary International;
13/05/1967 - Pope Paul VI travels to Fatima, on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1st Apparition of Our Lady, asking for world peace and unity of the Church;
05/13/1977 - The Pilgrimage of the 60th anniversary of the 1st Apparition was presided over by Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, Pontifical Legate;
07/10/1977 - Pilgrimage to Fatima by Cardinal Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venice, after Pope John Paul I.
19/09/1977 - Elevation of Fatima in the village category;
12/13.05.1982 - Pope John Paul II comes on pilgrimage to Fatima to thank the escape with his life, a year earlier, in the Piazza S. Peter, and, kneeling, laying down the Church, the Men and Peoples, with veiled endorsement of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary;
03/25/1984 - In the court of St. Peter in the Vatican before the statue of Our Lady of Fatima specifically gone the Apparitions Chapel, John Paul II is once again, the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in union with all the bishops of the world;
12/13.05.1991 - Pope John Paul II is the second time to Fatima, as a pilgrim on the 10th anniversary of his attack in Piazza S. Peter in the Vatican and chaired the Anniversary International Pilgrimage;
06/04/1997 - The Assembly of the Portuguese town of Fatima elevates the status of city;
05/13/2000 - Beatification of Francisco and Jacinta Marto;
13/02/2005 - Death of Sister Lucia;
02/04/2005 - Death of John Paul II.
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Official celebrations
Schedule of Celebrations
7:30 a.m. - Mass at the Basilica
9:00 a.m. - Mass at the Basilica
10.15 - Rosary in Chapel (Sundays)
11.00 - Mass at the Basilica (on Sundays: International Mass in the Basilica or in the Fairground, broadcast live on TV Canção Nova)
12.00 - Rosary in Chapel (2. Monday to Saturday)
12.30 - Mass in the Chapel, Monday through Saturday (Sundays: the Basilica)
14.00 - Hour of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Chapel (Saturdays and Sundays)
15.00 - Mass at the Basilica
16.00 - Rosary in Chapel (Sundays)
16.30 - Mass at the Basilica
17.30 - Vespers sung in the Basilica (Sundays)
18.30 - Mass at the Basilica - the Rosary Chapel, Renaissance broadcast by Radio and TV Canção Nova (2 ª a 6 ª feira)
21.00 - Rosary in Chapel (procession with candles until the beginning of Lent)
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions Chapel of Reconciliation
Daily from 7:30 am to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 19h30
Confessions in foreign languages in the Chapel of Reconciliation
Español - 7:30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Italian - 7:30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
English - 8.30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Français - 8.30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Deutsch - 10.00 - 11.00 18.00 - 19.00
First Saturday
Pilgrims can take advantage of the official program for the devotion, requested by Our Lady.
All those who for five consecutive months, the first Saturday, if they confess, receive Holy Communion, recite a Rosary, and I do 15 minutes of company, meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary, in order to Me reparation, I promise to assist him in death, with all the graces necessary for salvation of their souls.
This is the text of the Fatima message that expresses devotion called the Five First Saturdays, as announced in secret July 1917 and implemented in the apparition of Our Lady to Sister Lucia in Pontevedra, December 10, 1925.
10h15 - Rosary in Chapel
11h00 - Mass in the Chapel
14:00 - Time to Repair the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Chapel 21:00 - Rosario International in Chapel, broadcast on Radio Renaissance
Masses with Intention Journal
For the Holy Father - 11.00 - Daily
By Members of the Movement of the Message of Fatima - Daily
Benefactors by the Sanctuary - 13th, 15.00
Blessing of Cars
Sundays, holy days and holidays - 12.45 and 17.00
Chapel Worship
Schedule:
Advent to Easter - 08h00 to 22h00
From Easter to Advent - 07h00 to 23h00
Weekend: Saturday at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday at 23h00
Audiovisual
In Portuguese, 9.30
Saturday - Apparition - Duration 1:30 a.m.
Sunday - Fatima, the experience of faith - Duration 45 minutes
The Shrine of Fatima offers free movie screenings on the history of the Apparitions and the Message of Fatima.
Movies
Apparition
History of Apparitions, according to the description of Sister Lucia in her Memoirs.
Available in: Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Polish.
Duration: 1h30
Fatima, Faith Experiment
Documentary about the Apparitions and the Message of Fatima.
Available in: Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese and Arabic.
Duration: 40 minutes
The Day the Sun Bailo
History of the Apparitions in cartoons.
Especially to children.
Available in Portuguese.
Duration: 35 minutes.
The movies are displayed in the Hall of projections located in the passage under the north colonnade, behind Great Holm. The maximum capacity is 55 seats.
There are sessions in Portuguese ensured throughout the year and in several languages during the summer
Official Program
January to December, excluding holidays and days 12 and May 13 to October
Apparition - Saturday, 9:30, in Portuguese
Fatima, Faith Experiment - Sunday, 9:30, in Portuguese
July to August, except holidays and 12 and May 13 to October
10:00 - Italian (except Saturday and Sunday)
11:00 - French (except Saturday and Sunday)
12h00 - English (except Saturday and Sunday)
14.00 - 15.00 German - Portuguese (except Sunday)
16.00 - 17.00 Polish - Spanish (except Sunday)
Movies can be viewed at the request of individuals or groups by appointment and depending on the availability of service. Shrine of Fatima.
Apt Information 31-2496 908 Fatima - Portugal 31-2496 908 Fatima - Portugal
Tel 249 539 623 Fax: 249 539 609 E-mail: 249 539 623 Fax: 249 539 609 E-mail: info@santuario-fatima.pt http://www.santuario-fatima.pt
7:30 a.m. - Mass at the Basilica
9:00 a.m. - Mass at the Basilica
10.15 - Rosary in Chapel (Sundays)
11.00 - Mass at the Basilica (on Sundays: International Mass in the Basilica or in the Fairground, broadcast live on TV Canção Nova)
12.00 - Rosary in Chapel (2. Monday to Saturday)
12.30 - Mass in the Chapel, Monday through Saturday (Sundays: the Basilica)
14.00 - Hour of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Chapel (Saturdays and Sundays)
15.00 - Mass at the Basilica
16.00 - Rosary in Chapel (Sundays)
16.30 - Mass at the Basilica
17.30 - Vespers sung in the Basilica (Sundays)
18.30 - Mass at the Basilica - the Rosary Chapel, Renaissance broadcast by Radio and TV Canção Nova (2 ª a 6 ª feira)
21.00 - Rosary in Chapel (procession with candles until the beginning of Lent)
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions Chapel of Reconciliation
Daily from 7:30 am to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 19h30
Confessions in foreign languages in the Chapel of Reconciliation
Español - 7:30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Italian - 7:30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
English - 8.30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Français - 8.30 - 12.30 14.30 - 18.30
Deutsch - 10.00 - 11.00 18.00 - 19.00
First Saturday
Pilgrims can take advantage of the official program for the devotion, requested by Our Lady.
All those who for five consecutive months, the first Saturday, if they confess, receive Holy Communion, recite a Rosary, and I do 15 minutes of company, meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary, in order to Me reparation, I promise to assist him in death, with all the graces necessary for salvation of their souls.
This is the text of the Fatima message that expresses devotion called the Five First Saturdays, as announced in secret July 1917 and implemented in the apparition of Our Lady to Sister Lucia in Pontevedra, December 10, 1925.
10h15 - Rosary in Chapel
11h00 - Mass in the Chapel
14:00 - Time to Repair the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Chapel 21:00 - Rosario International in Chapel, broadcast on Radio Renaissance
Masses with Intention Journal
For the Holy Father - 11.00 - Daily
By Members of the Movement of the Message of Fatima - Daily
Benefactors by the Sanctuary - 13th, 15.00
Blessing of Cars
Sundays, holy days and holidays - 12.45 and 17.00
Chapel Worship
Schedule:
Advent to Easter - 08h00 to 22h00
From Easter to Advent - 07h00 to 23h00
Weekend: Saturday at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday at 23h00
Audiovisual
In Portuguese, 9.30
Saturday - Apparition - Duration 1:30 a.m.
Sunday - Fatima, the experience of faith - Duration 45 minutes
The Shrine of Fatima offers free movie screenings on the history of the Apparitions and the Message of Fatima.
Movies
Apparition
History of Apparitions, according to the description of Sister Lucia in her Memoirs.
Available in: Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Polish.
Duration: 1h30
Fatima, Faith Experiment
Documentary about the Apparitions and the Message of Fatima.
Available in: Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Dutch, Russian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese and Arabic.
Duration: 40 minutes
The Day the Sun Bailo
History of the Apparitions in cartoons.
Especially to children.
Available in Portuguese.
Duration: 35 minutes.
The movies are displayed in the Hall of projections located in the passage under the north colonnade, behind Great Holm. The maximum capacity is 55 seats.
There are sessions in Portuguese ensured throughout the year and in several languages during the summer
Official Program
January to December, excluding holidays and days 12 and May 13 to October
Apparition - Saturday, 9:30, in Portuguese
Fatima, Faith Experiment - Sunday, 9:30, in Portuguese
July to August, except holidays and 12 and May 13 to October
10:00 - Italian (except Saturday and Sunday)
11:00 - French (except Saturday and Sunday)
12h00 - English (except Saturday and Sunday)
14.00 - 15.00 German - Portuguese (except Sunday)
16.00 - 17.00 Polish - Spanish (except Sunday)
Movies can be viewed at the request of individuals or groups by appointment and depending on the availability of service. Shrine of Fatima.
Apt Information 31-2496 908 Fatima - Portugal 31-2496 908 Fatima - Portugal
Tel 249 539 623 Fax: 249 539 609 E-mail: 249 539 623 Fax: 249 539 609 E-mail: info@santuario-fatima.pt http://www.santuario-fatima.pt
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Places to visit
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, located in the Cova da Iria, today has not only a wide range of buildings as well as a large outdoor enclosure with an area of 86400 m2, which contains some 300 000 people. The activities center is in addition to the Chapel of the Apparitions, Basilica whose first stone was blessed on May 13, 1928 by the Archbishop of Évora, D. Manuel da Conceição Santos.
Still in the Sanctuary to highlight the Great Holm, the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which stands in the center of the plaza, the Chapel of Lausperene, the monument that houses a piece of the Berlin Wall and, in addition to the Avenue D. Jose Alves Correia da Silva, the Paul VI Pastoral Center.
The 2km from the Sanctuary of Fatima, town of the parish, you can visit the Parish Church where the visionaries were baptized and the cemetery where Francisco and Jacinta were buried.
You can also visit the House of the Shepherds and the Ethnographic Museum in Aljustrel and Valinhos, the Monument to Our Lady, the Loca do Anjo, the Way of the Cross and Calvary. The north side of the Sanctuary, visit the Wax Museum and the Museum of Fatima apparitions in 1917, South Side, the Museum of Sacred Art and Ethnology of Fatima.
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Still in the Sanctuary to highlight the Great Holm, the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which stands in the center of the plaza, the Chapel of Lausperene, the monument that houses a piece of the Berlin Wall and, in addition to the Avenue D. Jose Alves Correia da Silva, the Paul VI Pastoral Center.
The 2km from the Sanctuary of Fatima, town of the parish, you can visit the Parish Church where the visionaries were baptized and the cemetery where Francisco and Jacinta were buried.
You can also visit the House of the Shepherds and the Ethnographic Museum in Aljustrel and Valinhos, the Monument to Our Lady, the Loca do Anjo, the Way of the Cross and Calvary. The north side of the Sanctuary, visit the Wax Museum and the Museum of Fatima apparitions in 1917, South Side, the Museum of Sacred Art and Ethnology of Fatima.
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Getting there
Views
Coming from North or South, take the A1 and exit at Fatima.
The electronic display placed in A1 can alert to the conditioning of traffic in the toll of Fatima. If approaching from the North, the alternative is to take the output of Leiria and follow the directions to EN 113 to Quinta da Sardinha, after taking EN 357.
You can also take the EN 113 until Cardosos after Sta Catarina da Serra and EN 357 up to Fatima. Another alternative is the path-Soutocico Leiria, Soutocíco-Chainça, Loureira-Fatima. Avoid the route Loureira-Fatima by EN 357, turn left 100 m after the chapel Loureira. Another option is the path of Leiria-Cortes, Cortes-Mrs. Mount, Mrs. Hill - S. Mamede and EN 356 up to Fatima. Coming from the South, if traffic is conditioning, exit at the toll of Torres Novas. It is recommended that you follow the Torres Novas until the EN 243 and EN 360 Minde to Fatima.
You can also choose to go to Torres Novas by the EN 349 until Ourém-Fatima and take direction from the EN 356 until you find an intersection on the right, indicating Atouguia. From Atouguia go to Fatima. You can however opt out of Ourém to find an intersection on the right with signs for the road to Fatima Alvega.
Another alternative is to follow the Torres Novas to the Chancery, until Boleiros by EN 357, EN 360 and take up to Fatima. Then follow the EN 356 until Fatima. You can also follow the EN 356.
If you want to go by bus to Fatima, visit www.rede-expressos.pt
To travel by train see www.cp.pt Arriving by train, exit the station Caxarias and go by bus to Fatima. The service is the responsibility of the Municipality of Ourém Road and the Tagus, with departures at 7:00, 8:40, 12:30, 14:45 and 18:15. The other way to Caxarias Fatima, is carried out at 7:40, 11:30, 13:15, 17:20 and 19:00.
Transport
Station Road
Station Road Tagus
Av D. José Alves Correia da Silva - Fatima
Tel: 351 249 531 611 351 249 531 611
Railway Stations
Caxarias Tel: 808 208 208 Best known for "Season of Fatima" is located in Chao de Macas, 12 km from Fátima Tel: 808 208 208 808 208 208 Mais conhecida por “Estação de Fátima” fica localizada em Chão de Maçãs, a 12 km de Fátima Tel.: 808 208 208
Coming from North or South, take the A1 and exit at Fatima.
The electronic display placed in A1 can alert to the conditioning of traffic in the toll of Fatima. If approaching from the North, the alternative is to take the output of Leiria and follow the directions to EN 113 to Quinta da Sardinha, after taking EN 357.
You can also take the EN 113 until Cardosos after Sta Catarina da Serra and EN 357 up to Fatima. Another alternative is the path-Soutocico Leiria, Soutocíco-Chainça, Loureira-Fatima. Avoid the route Loureira-Fatima by EN 357, turn left 100 m after the chapel Loureira. Another option is the path of Leiria-Cortes, Cortes-Mrs. Mount, Mrs. Hill - S. Mamede and EN 356 up to Fatima. Coming from the South, if traffic is conditioning, exit at the toll of Torres Novas. It is recommended that you follow the Torres Novas until the EN 243 and EN 360 Minde to Fatima.
You can also choose to go to Torres Novas by the EN 349 until Ourém-Fatima and take direction from the EN 356 until you find an intersection on the right, indicating Atouguia. From Atouguia go to Fatima. You can however opt out of Ourém to find an intersection on the right with signs for the road to Fatima Alvega.
Another alternative is to follow the Torres Novas to the Chancery, until Boleiros by EN 357, EN 360 and take up to Fatima. Then follow the EN 356 until Fatima. You can also follow the EN 356.
If you want to go by bus to Fatima, visit www.rede-expressos.pt
To travel by train see www.cp.pt Arriving by train, exit the station Caxarias and go by bus to Fatima. The service is the responsibility of the Municipality of Ourém Road and the Tagus, with departures at 7:00, 8:40, 12:30, 14:45 and 18:15. The other way to Caxarias Fatima, is carried out at 7:40, 11:30, 13:15, 17:20 and 19:00.
Transport
Station Road
Station Road Tagus
Av D. José Alves Correia da Silva - Fatima
Tel: 351 249 531 611 351 249 531 611
Railway Stations
Caxarias Tel: 808 208 208 Best known for "Season of Fatima" is located in Chao de Macas, 12 km from Fátima Tel: 808 208 208 808 208 208 Mais conhecida por “Estação de Fátima” fica localizada em Chão de Maçãs, a 12 km de Fátima Tel.: 808 208 208
Location
Fatima and its Location
Fatima, the largest parish in the municipality of Ourém district of Santarem, is an important pilgrimage center for the Catholic world.It lies about 11 km from Ourém, 25 km from Leiria, 120 km from Lisbon, 180km from Porto and is approximately 300 meters above sea level, right in the limestone massif Extremaduran. The formations of the Serra de Aire Lamps and give it a barren landscape, a rocky soil and limestone where only holm oak, Portuguese oak, the arbutus, the buckthorn or zanguinho, fig and olive tree can withstand adverse weather conditions and territory present.
The name Fatima has topographic Moorish because Fatima was the name of the daughter of Muhammad, the great prophet of Islam Today, Fatima indicates the central town, seat of the parish of the same name that still retains remnants of its rural in tanks, mills wind and other elements of the architecture made of stone and lime, as can be appreciated in the villages of Aljustrel, Eira da Pedra, Mulberry, Giest
eira, Boleiros, Ramil, Cage, Quarry, Young Sick and Moita, among others, all worth visiting.The Town of Fatima was founded in 1568, after their break-up of Collegiate Ourém. Until 1917, Fatima was born an unknown village in a clearing, facing pastoralism and rainfed agriculture. Striking were the religious phenomena of the Apparitions of Our Lady to three shepherd children who triggered the establishment of people that have gone by trade, restaurants and hotels, in response to requests from pilgrims, abandoning the traditional subsistence agriculture in favor of the new jobs emerging.
Fatima was a town in 1977 and the city in 1997 and currently has about 10,000 inhabitants. Serves residents of all social amenities of a city, but also tourists and pilgrims, with quality hotels and restaurants, museums and shops, and an excellent road network, in which A1 is the main port of entry.
About two kilometers from Fatima, is Aljustrel, the small village where they were born three children to whom Our Lady appeared in 1917. Two miles west of Fatima, extends the Cova da Iria, where Our Lady appeared five times to the visionaries, the first time May 13, 1917, when grazing a flock in the Cova da Iria. Lucia de Jesus, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, 10, 9 and 7 years respectively, saw an oak tree on a light involving a lady who spoke to them asking them to pray and invite them to come back in subsequent months. To the west, near Aljustrel, on a hill where the prevailing culture of olive trees, rises to the Cabeço, tiny cluster of rocks where, once in spring and once in autumn 1916, the angel appeared to three shepherd children.
Among Aljustrel and the Cabeço in a small valley called Valinhos, we found the place where the Virgin also appeared to three shepherd children since the August 19, 1917.
Fatima, Altar of the World, Results of a whole evolutionary process supported in watersheds such as the construction of an arch with a wooden cross to mark the spot of the apparitions. The small tree was gradually disappearing carried by pilgrims. The August 6, 1918, with the alms of the faithful began building a small chapel in honor of Our Lady, made of lime stone and tile-covered with 3.30 meters long, 2.80 meters wide and 2.85 meters tall. It was the first building of the current venue of prayer. The first official ceremony of the Bishop of Leiria occurred in the Cova da Iria in 1927, the foundation stone of the Basilica in 1928, coming to the shrine of Pope Paul VI in May 1967, the visits of Pope John Paul II in 1982, in 1991 and 2000 on the occasion of the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco Marto, more recently, the construction of Holy Trinity Church to open in May 2007 and repatriation of the body of Sister Lucia, the Carmelite Convent of St. Teresa in Coimbra to Basilica of Fatima, on February 19, 2006.
Today the Shrine of Fatima on pilgrimage and prayer houses many thousands of people from around the world. From May to October, the 13th day of each month and throughout the year about six million pilgrims visit annually the paths of Fatima to be closer to where three little shepherds - Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia - claim to have seen the Virgin Mary.
In the simplicity of its universal message of Peace, Fatima is a place of silence and meditation. Fatima awaits us ...
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source Portal Tourism Leiria-Fatima
Monday, May 31, 2010
news
Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Visit to Portugal
Benedict in Portugal: Dialogue with the world and MissionFriday May 14 2010A priest uses his mobile phone to take pictures of Pope Benedict XVI as he arrives to celebrate a mass in Porto Friday, May 14 2010, closing his four-day visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Pope’s trip Portugal exceeded expectations, the Vatican spokesman said, after the Papal visit had come to a close.
Fr Federico Lombardi said that the four day visit had been a truly joyful experience for the Pope. Record numbers of people came out to see Benedict XVI during his time in Portugal—with over half a million people attending his Mass at Fatima on Thursday.
The Holy Father’s closing words at the airport this evening echoed the themes of his visit, on one hand openness to dialogue with culture and society, while on the other presenting the Church as the fundaments upon which society is built.
Benedict XVI called on the people of Portugal—Catholic or not—to live in “increasing harmony with one another “ in order to address the challenges of the future “with shared responsibility".
He said “May this glorious nation continue to manifest greatness of spirit, a profound sense of God and an openness to solidarity, governed by principles and values imbued with Christian humanism. In Fatima I prayed for the whole world, asking that the future may see an increase in fraternity and solidarity, greater mutual respect and renewed trust and confidence in God, our heavenly Father.”
Earlier today, Pope Benedict addressed around 150,000 people at Oporto in Portugal’s second largest city, calling Catholics to be missionaries through their witness of Christ but also to be ready to dialogue with different cultures and religions.
He said: “We impose nothing, yet we propose ceaselessly, as Peter recommends in one of his Letters: ‘In your hearts, reverence Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to make a defence to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you’. And everyone, in the end, asks this of us, even those who seem not to. From personal and communal experience, we know well that it is Jesus whom everyone awaits..”
The anthropological, cultural, social and religious framework of humanity has changed in recent years, the Pope said. In this new context the Church faces new challenges, he said, and must be “ready to dialogue with different cultures and religions, in the search for ways of building, along with all people of good will, the peaceful coexistence of peoples”.
Benedict XVI said the field of mission had changed. It is no longer limited to geographical reality or to non-Christians, but to whole social and cultural groups and “above all human hearts which are the real goal of the missionary activity of the People of God”.
He said: “This is the mandate whose faithful fulfilment ‘must follow the road Christ himself walked, a way of poverty and obedience, of service and of self-sacrifice even unto death, a death from which he emerged victorious by his resurrection’ Yes! We are called to serve the humanity of our own time, trusting in Jesus alone, letting ourselves be enlightened by his word: ‘You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide’.
“How much time we have lost, how must work has been set back, on account of our lack of attention to this point! Everything is to be defined starting with Christ, as far as the origins and effectiveness of mission is concerned: we receive mission always from Christ, who has made known to us what he has heard from his Father, and we are appointed to mission through the Spirit, in the Church. Like the Church herself, which is the work of Christ and his Spirit, it is a question of renewing the face of the earth starting from God, God always and alone."
Meeting with the Bishops of Portugal in Fatima the night before Pope Benedict called on the Bishops and Catholics in positions of power and influence to bear witness to Christ.
He said that authentic witnesses to Jesus Christ were most needed in”those human situations where the silence of the faith is most widely and deeply felt: among politicians, intellectuals, communications professionals who profess and who promote a monocultural ideal, with disdain for the religious and contemplative dimension of life..
“In such circles are found some believers who are ashamed of their beliefs and who even give a helping hand to this type of secularism, which builds barriers before Christian inspiration.”
Benedict said that for many people Catholicism no longer acted as the common patrimony of society, that instead it threatened people or was obscured, a situation in which “only with great difficulty can the faith touch the hearts of people by means simple speeches or moral appeals, and even less by a general appeal to Christian values”.
While he said that the ”courageous and integral appeal to principles is essential and indispensable” he stressed that “simply proclaiming the message does not penetrate to the depths of people’s hearts, it does not touch their freedom, it does not change their lives".
“What attracts is, above all, the encounter with believing persons who, through their faith, draw others to the grace of Christ by bearing witness to him.”
The Pope also spoke to social and pastoral workers during his visit.
He said: “I express my deep appreciation for all those social and pastoral initiatives aimed at combating the socio-economic and cultural mechanisms which lead to abortion, and are openly concerned to defend life and to promote the reconciliation and healing of those harmed by the tragedy of abortion. “Initiatives aimed at protecting the essential and primary values of life, beginning at conception, and of the family based on the indissoluble marriage between a man and a woman, help to respond to some of today’s most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good. Such initiatives represent, alongside numerous other forms of commitment, essential elements in the building of the civilization of love.”
Fatima: Cultivate the interior watchfulness of the heartThursday May 13 2010
By 8am this morning, the square in front of the sanctuary at Fatima was full to its 300,000 person capacity, one hour before the Mass began.
Pope Benedict XVI told the Portuguese faithful gathered at the shrine to cultivate the interior watchfulness of heart in order for God to allow God to be close.He spoke about the miracle that happened at Fatima 93 years ago, when the Virgin Mary appeared to the shepherd children, the Blessed Francisco and Jacinta and the Servant of God Lucia
He said: "Brothers and sisters, in listening to these innocent and profound mystical confidences of the shepherd children, one might look at them with a touch of envy for what they were able to see, or with the disappointed resignation of someone who was not so fortunate, yet still demands to see. To such persons, the Pope says, as does Jesus: 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?'."The Scriptures invite us to believe: 'Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe', but God, who is more deeply present to me than I am to myself – has the power to come to us, particularly through our inner senses, so that the soul can receive the gentle touch of a reality which is beyond the senses and which enables us to reach what is not accessible or visible to the senses.
"For this to happen, we must cultivate an interior watchfulness of the heart which, for most of the time, we do not possess on account of the powerful pressure exerted by outside realities and the images and concerns which fill our soul. Yes! God can come to us, and show himself to the eyes of our heart."
The Holy Father said that Fatima's prophetic vision had not come to an end: We would be mistaken to think that Fatima’s prophetic mission is complete.
He said: "Mankind has succeeded in unleashing a cycle of death and terror, but failed in bringing it to an end… In sacred Scripture we often find that God seeks righteous men and women in order to save the city of man and he does the same here, in Fatima, when Our Lady asks: "'Do you want to offer yourselves to God, to endure all the sufferings which he will send you, in an act of reparation for the sins by which he is offended and of supplication for the conversion of sinners?'"Yesterday, the Pope took part in a prayer vigil at Fatima, where he said: "The devotion and affection of all of you, the faithful who have come here from all around the world, is clear to me. I bring with me the worries and hopes of our times, the sufferings of our wounded humanity and the problems of the world, and I place them at the feet of Our Lady of Fatima:Virgin Mother of God and our own dear Mother, intercede for us before your Son, that the family of nations, both those called Christians and those who do not yet know the Saviour, may live in peace and harmony, in order that they come together as the one people of God, to the glory of the most holy and indivisible Trinity" He addressed priests and religious during vespers, urging them to be faithful to their vocation.
Dialogue between the Church and the WorldWednesday May 12 2010
Pope Benedict said that the Church helped "society to understand that the proclamation of truth is a service which she offers to society". Speaking to artists, scientists,and other authorities at the Cultural Center of Belem, today, Pope Benedict said that contemporary society was at risk of isolating itself form the past without attempting to trace a path for the future because of its emphasis on the present. Talking about Portugal's history of exploration and mission, Pope Benedict stressed the role of the Christian ideal of universality and fraternity that inspired it, aligning it with the influences of the Enlightment and Laicism. He said: "This tradition gave rise to what could be called a “wisdom”, that is to say, an understanding of life and history which included a corpus of ethical values and an “ideal” to be realized by Portugal, which has always sought to establish relations with the rest of the world."The Church appears as the champion of a healthy and lofty tradition, whose rich contribution she sets at the service of society. Society continues to respect and appreciate her service to the common good but distances itself from that “wisdom” which is part of her legacy.
"This 'conflict' between tradition and the present finds expression in the crisis of truth, yet only truth can provide direction and trace the path of a fulfilled existence both for individuals and for a people. Indeed, a people no longer conscious of its own truth ends up by being lost in the maze of time and history, deprived of clearly defined values and lacking great and clearly formulated goals."
John Allen Jr offers an interesting analysis over on his blog at the National Catholic Reporter, where he says Benedict XVI is having an "affirmative orthodoxy" tour de force.
At Mass in the Terreiro do Paco, yesterday, over 100,000 people came to hear the Pope, who called on the Portuguese to take their religious and cultural identity into Europe.
He said: "In times past, your departure in search of other peoples neither impeded nor severed your bonds with what you were and what you believed. On the contrary, with Christian wisdom you succeeded in transplanting experiences and characteristic elements, opening yourselves up to the contribution of others so as to be yourselves, through an apparent weakness which is actually strength."
Benedict XVI also said that the Church must not take for granted that faith is present, but instead should strive to make each Christian man and woman a saint.
He said: " Often we are anxiously preoccupied with the social, cultural and political consequences of the faith, taking for granted that faith is present, which unfortunately is less and less realistic. Perhaps we have placed an excessive trust in ecclesial structures and programmes, in the distribution of powers and functions; but what will happen if salt loses its flavour?"
To avoid this, he said, it was "necessary to proclaim anew with vigour and joy the event of the death and resurrection of Christ, the heart of Christianity, the fulcrum and mainstay of our faith".
He reminded the Portuguese faithful that Christ's resurrection was an assurance that no adverse power would be able to destroy the Church. With this assurance, he said, faith was well founded, "but this faith needs to come alive in each one of us.
The Pope said: " A vast effort at every level is required if every Christian is to be transformed into a witness capable of rendering account to all and at all times of the hope that inspires him only Christ can fully satisfy the profound longings of every human heart and give answers to its most pressing questions concerning suffering, injustice and evil, concerning death and the life hereafter.
On Plane to Portugal, Benedict addresses abuse crisisTuesday May 11 2010
Pope Benedict XVI said the Church's worst suffering was caused by sins inside the Church. Asked on the plane to Portugal whether the message of Fatima was presaging the current abuse crisis, Benedict XVI said: “Today we can discover in this message that attacks on the pope and the church come not only from the outside, but the suffering of the church comes from inside the church, from sins that exist inside the church. “This we have always known, but today we see it in a really terrifying way. The biggest weight on the church doesn’t come from the enemies outside but is born from sin inside the church. “And so the church has a profound need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn on the one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. And forgiveness does not substitute justice."There are more details on the Papal journal on the Catholic New Service blog.Once in Lisbon, Pope Benedict told the Portuguese to embrace the nucleus of their faith in the face of secularism.
He said: “The presence of secularism is something normal, but a separation of cult from life, a separation of secularism from cult and faith, is anomalous and must be overcome. The great challenge is for the two to meet and to discover their true identity … this, as I said, is a mission for Europe and a human necessity in our time.” John Allen reports on the speech, here
Portugal prepares to welcome Pope Benedict XVIMonday May 10 2010
Airports in Lisbon have opened specially for Pope Benedict XVI despite the cloud of volcanic ash that has been plagueing European airspace. The Pontiff's four day visit to Portugal begins tomorrow
Pope Benedict is due to hold open air masses which are expected to be well attended in both the Portugese capital of Lisbon and the city of Porto. He is scheduled to visit the Marian shrine of Fatima in order to celebrate the day in 1917 when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the three shepherd children.
Vatican watcher John Allen Jr reckons that the Pope has chosen his trips in ascending order of difficulty, with Malta ranking as the easiest. Portugal's economic situation has been dire, and Benedict XVI, he says, is likely to address questions of economy and secularisation.
Meanwhile over at the French Catholic paper La Croix, there's an article (in French) which argues that the Pope will find a country where the Church's influence is on the wane.
source The CatholicHerald-Britain`s leading catholic newspaper
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
History
The seers of Fatima
The seers of Fatima - Biography
LÚCIA DE JESUS
The main seer of the Apparitions of Fátima was born in the village of Aljustrel, parish of Fatima, on March 22, 1907. Sr. Lucy died recently, on February 13, 2005. On June 17, 1921, she entered the College of Vilar (Porto), run by the religious Order of St.
Dorothea. Later on she moved to Tuy, where she entered this Order, taking the habit and the name of Lucia Maria das Dores. On October 3, 1928, she made her religious profession, taking temporary vows, and later on, on October 3, 1934, perpetual ones. On March 25, 1948, she entered the Carmelite Order in the Carmelite Convent of St. Teresa, Coimbra, Portugal, where she changed her name to Lucia Maria do Imaculado Coração. On May 31, 1949, she made her religious profession in the new Order, taking solemn perpetual vows. Sr. Lucy came to Fatima on several occasions: May 1946; May 13, 1967; 1981, to supervise, in the Convent of St. Teresa, a series of paintings on the Apparitions; May 13, 1982; May 13, 1991; and May 13, 2000.
Sr. Lucy died in the Convent of St. Teresa, Coimbra, on February 13, 2005. The Legate of the Holy Father, His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, presided over the funeral’s ceremonies. The mortal remains of the Carmelite nun were then entombed in the Convent of St. Teresa for one year, and on February 19, 2006, were translated to the Basilica in the Shrine of Fatima, where they were once again entombed, this time side by side with her cousin, the see
r Blessed Jacinta Marto.
The seers of Fatima - Biography
LÚCIA DE JESUS
The main seer of the Apparitions of Fátima was born in the village of Aljustrel, parish of Fatima, on March 22, 1907. Sr. Lucy died recently, on February 13, 2005. On June 17, 1921, she entered the College of Vilar (Porto), run by the religious Order of St.
Dorothea. Later on she moved to Tuy, where she entered this Order, taking the habit and the name of Lucia Maria das Dores. On October 3, 1928, she made her religious profession, taking temporary vows, and later on, on October 3, 1934, perpetual ones. On March 25, 1948, she entered the Carmelite Order in the Carmelite Convent of St. Teresa, Coimbra, Portugal, where she changed her name to Lucia Maria do Imaculado Coração. On May 31, 1949, she made her religious profession in the new Order, taking solemn perpetual vows. Sr. Lucy came to Fatima on several occasions: May 1946; May 13, 1967; 1981, to supervise, in the Convent of St. Teresa, a series of paintings on the Apparitions; May 13, 1982; May 13, 1991; and May 13, 2000.Sr. Lucy died in the Convent of St. Teresa, Coimbra, on February 13, 2005. The Legate of the Holy Father, His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, presided over the funeral’s ceremonies. The mortal remains of the Carmelite nun were then entombed in the Convent of St. Teresa for one year, and on February 19, 2006, were translated to the Basilica in the Shrine of Fatima, where they were once again entombed, this time side by side with her cousin, the see
r Blessed Jacinta Marto.FRANCISCO MARTO
He was born on 11 June 1908, in Aljustrel. He died a saintly death on 4 April 1919, in his parents house. Very sensitive and contemplative, he directed all his prayer and penance towards "consoling Our Lord". His mortal remains were buried in the parish cemetery until 13 March 1952, on which date they were translated to the Basilica. on the eastern side.
JACINTA MARTO
She was born in Aljustrel on 11 March 1910. Her holy death took place on 20 February 1920, in the Hospital of D. Estefania, in Lisbon after a long and painful illness, offering all her s
ufferings for the conversion of sinners, for peace in the world and for the Holy Father. On 12 September 1935 her body was solemnly translated from the family tomb of the Baron of Alvaiazere in Ourém, to the Fatima cemetery, and placed beside the mortal remains of her brother Francisco. On I May 1951, the translation of Jacinta´s mortal remains took place, with the greatest simplicity, to a new tomb prepared in the Basilica of Cova da Iria, on the western side. The process of beatification of the Seers of Fatima, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, after the first steps taken in 1945. was opened in 1952 and concluded in 1979. On 15 February 1988, the final documentation, which could lead to the Holy Father proclaiming "blessed" the two little seers of Fatima, was given to the Holy Father, John Paul 11, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Meanwhile, they were declared "venerable" by a Decree of that Sacred Congregation on 13 May 1989. The last step will be, as we hope, their canonization, by which they will be declared "saints".
He was born on 11 June 1908, in Aljustrel. He died a saintly death on 4 April 1919, in his parents house. Very sensitive and contemplative, he directed all his prayer and penance towards "consoling Our Lord". His mortal remains were buried in the parish cemetery until 13 March 1952, on which date they were translated to the Basilica. on the eastern side.
JACINTA MARTO
She was born in Aljustrel on 11 March 1910. Her holy death took place on 20 February 1920, in the Hospital of D. Estefania, in Lisbon after a long and painful illness, offering all her s
ufferings for the conversion of sinners, for peace in the world and for the Holy Father. On 12 September 1935 her body was solemnly translated from the family tomb of the Baron of Alvaiazere in Ourém, to the Fatima cemetery, and placed beside the mortal remains of her brother Francisco. On I May 1951, the translation of Jacinta´s mortal remains took place, with the greatest simplicity, to a new tomb prepared in the Basilica of Cova da Iria, on the western side. The process of beatification of the Seers of Fatima, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, after the first steps taken in 1945. was opened in 1952 and concluded in 1979. On 15 February 1988, the final documentation, which could lead to the Holy Father proclaiming "blessed" the two little seers of Fatima, was given to the Holy Father, John Paul 11, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Meanwhile, they were declared "venerable" by a Decree of that Sacred Congregation on 13 May 1989. The last step will be, as we hope, their canonization, by which they will be declared "saints". source oficial page Santuário de Fátima
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