The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima took its initiative in our parish of All Saints back in 1985 with Fr. Henry Kea. Fr. Kea ordered the statue Feast of our Lady of Fatima Mission from and many parishioners contributed to cover the cost. It Taking place at All Saints Church site has continued faithfully since then every year. The festival concludes October 14 – 18, 2020 up with a banquet where the parish community is invited to share in a meal with a variety social activities, such as, entertainment, bazaar, silent auction etc. For the banquet and these activities people bring donations, such as their produce from their gardens, their home made crafts and even monetary donations, all to raise funds for the parish Wednesday, October 14th church. These donations were made in thanksgiving for the many 6:30pm ~ 7:00pm Mass (Rite of Christian blessings given. Initiation) Adoration & Confessions Following Mass Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for Us Thursday, October 15th (Bilingual Portuguese) 6:30pm Rosary ~ 7:00pm Mass Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Rogai por nos Adoration & Confessions Following Mass Our Father Our Father who art in heaven, hallow be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is Friday, October 16th in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass 6:30pm Rosary ~ 7:00pm Mass & Sacrament of Holy Anointing against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Pai nosso que estais nos céus Santificado seja o vosso nome Venha a nós o vosso reino Seja feita a vossa Saturday, October 17th vontade Assim na terra como no céu O pão nosso de cada dia nos dai hoje Perdoai as nossa ofensas 7:00pm Mass Followed by Procession / Rosary Assim como nós perdoamos A quem nos tem ofendido E não nos deixeis cair em tentação Mas livrai-nos Registration needed for Mass & Procession (please bring your own candle) do mal, amém Sunday, October 18th Hail Mary 8:00am Mass Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of 10:00am Mass thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

*Due to following COVID-19 protocols, we will not have our regular social gatherings on the Ave Maria, cheia de graça, o Senhor é convosco, bendita sois vós entre as mulheres e bendito é o fruto do vosso ventre, Jesus. Santa Maria, Mãe de Deus, rogai por nós pecadores, agora e na hora da nossa morte. Saturday or Sunday this year.

Glory be Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever VIVA A NOSSA SENHORA DE FATIMA shall be world without end. Amen. HAIL TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA Glória ao Pai e ao Filho e ao Espírito Santo. Como era, no princípio, agora e sempre. Amém.

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Our Lady of Fátima, formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on the famed Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three Misterios do Rosario shepherd children at the , in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Mistérios da Alegria (Mistérios Gozosos) – Segundas e Sábados: Marto. 1o. Mistério – A anunciação do Anjo a Maria 2o. Mistério – A visita de Maria a sua prima Isabel Bishop José da Silva declared the miracle 3o. Mistério – O Nascimento de Jesus worthy of belief on 13 October 1930, 4o. Mistério – A apresentação de Jesus no Templo officially permitting devotion within the 5o. Mistério – A perda e o reencontro do menino Jesus em . The event is Jerusalém commemorated each year on that same date. On 13 May 1946, Pius XII granted a Mistérios da Dor (Mistérios Dolorosos) – Terças e Sextas-feiras: canonical coronation to the venerated image 1o. Mistério – A agonia de Jesus no Horto das Oliveiras enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions 2o. Mistério – A flagelação de Jesus atado à coluna of Fátima via his apostolic legate, Cardinal 3o. Mistério – A coroação de espinhos Benedetto Aloisi Masella. On 11 November 4o. Mistério – Jesus carrega a Cruz para o Calvário 1954, the same Pontiff later raised the 5o. Mistério – Crucificação, sofrimento e morte de Jesus Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of Minor Basilica by his Papal brief Lucer Superna. Mistérios da Luz (Mistérios Luminosos) – Quintas-feiras : 1o. Mistério – O Batismo no rio Jordão The published memoirs of Lúcia Santos' in the 1930s revealed two 2o. Mistério – A auto-revelação nas Bodas de Caná secrets that she claimed came from the Virgin while the third secret 3o. Mistério – O anúncio do Reino com o convite à conversão was to be revealed by the Catholic Church in 1960. The controversial 4o. Mistério – A transfiguração no Monte Tabor events at Fátima gained fame due partly to elements of the secrets, 5o. Mistério – A instituição da Eucaristia prophecy and eschatological revelations allegedly related to the Second World War and possibly more global wars in the future, Mistérios da Glória (Mistérios Gloriosos) – Quartas e Domingos: particularly the Virgin's alleged request for the 1o. Mistério – A Ressurreição de Jesus to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 2o. Mistério – A Ascensão de Jesus ao Céu 3o. Mistério – A descida do Espírito Santo sobre os apóstolos In the spring and summer of 1916, nine-year-old Lúcia Santos and her 4o. Mistério – A assunção de Maria ao Céu cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto were herding sheep at the Cova 5o. Mistério – A coroação de Maria como Rainha da Iria near their home village of in the parish of Fátima, Portugal. They later said they were visited three times by an apparition of an angel. They said the angel, who identified himself as the "Angel of Peace" and "Angel of Portugal", taught them prayers, to make sacrifices, and to spend time in adoration of the Lord.

3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven (Mark 1:14-15) 4. The Transfiguration of Our Lord (Matthew 17:1-8) 5. The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper (Matthew 26) The mysteries of the Rosary are: The JOYFUL MYSTERIES of the Holy Rosary Marian apparitions (suggested to pray on Monday and Saturday) Beginning in the spring of 1917, the children reported apparitions of an Angel, and starting in May 1917, apparitions of the Virgin Mary, 1. The Annunciation of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-38) who the children described as "the Lady more brilliant than the Sun". 2. The Visitation of Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56) The children reported a prophecy that prayer would lead to an end to 3. The Birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1-21) the Great War, and that on 13 October that year that the Lady would 4. The Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple at Jerusalem reveal her identity and perform a miracle "so that all may believe." (Luke 2:22-38) Newspapers reported the prophecies, and many pilgrims began visiting 5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple at Jerusalem (Luke 2:41-52) the area. The children's accounts were deeply controversial, drawing intense criticism from both local secular and religious authorities. A The SORROWFUL MYSTERIES of the Rosary provincial administrator briefly took the children into custody, (suggested to pray on Tuesday and Friday) believing the prophecies were politically motivated in opposition to the officially secular First Portuguese Republic established in 1910. 1. The Agony of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane The events of 13 October became known as the . (Matthew 26:36-56) 2. Our Lord is Scourged at the Pillar (Matthew 27:26) On 13 May 1917, the children reported seeing a woman "brighter than 3. Our Lord is Crowned with Thorns (Matthew 27:27-31) the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal 4. Our Lord Carries the Cross to Calvary (Matthew 27:32) goblet filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning 5. The Crucifixion of Our Lord (Matthew 27:33-56) rays of the sun." The woman wore a white mantle edged with gold and

The GLORIOUS MYSTERIES of the Rosary held a rosary in her hand. She asked them to devote themselves to the (suggested to pray on Wednesday and Sunday) Holy Trinity and to pray "the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end to the war". While the children had never told 1. The Resurrection of Our Lord (John 20:1-29) anyone about seeing the angel, Jacinta told her family about seeing the 2. The Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven (Luke 24:36-53) brightly lit woman. Lúcia had earlier said that the three should keep 3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles at this experience private. Jacinta's disbelieving mother told neighbors Pentecost (Acts 2:1-41) about it as a joke, and within a day the whole village knew of the 4. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven children's vision. (Munificentissimus Deus, Pope Pius XII 1950) 5. The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth (Revelation (Lúcia Santos (left) with her cousins Jacinta and Francisco 12:1) Marto, 1917) The children said the woman told them to

The LUMINOUS MYSTERIES of the Rosary return to the Cova da Iria on 13 June 1917. Lúcia's mother (suggested to pray on Thursday) sought counsel from the parish priest, Father Ferreira, who suggested she allow them to go. He asked to have Lúcia 1. The Baptism of Our Lord in the Jordan (Matthew 3:13-16) brought to him afterward so that he could question her. The second 2. The Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2:1-11) appearance occurred on 13 June, the feast of Saint Anthony, patron of the local parish church. On this occasion the lady revealed that Francisco and Jacinta would be taken to Heaven soon, but Lúcia would Why a procession?The Message of Fatima contains live longer in order to spread her message and devotion to the clear indications that the Church is expected to Immaculate Heart of Mary. promote this Message. Our Lady, when asked what should be done with the money left at the Cova da During the June visit, the children said the lady told them to say the Iria, asked for a chapel to be built on the site, and Holy Rosary daily in honor of to obtain peace that a procession in Her honor be made. These and the end of the Great War. (Three weeks earlier, on 21 April, the requests indicate that Our Lady wished Fatima to be an established site first contingent of Portuguese soldiers had embarked for the front lines of pilgrimage and prayer, and that the people’s devotion extends of the war.) The lady also purportedly revealed to the children a vision beyond Her short cycle of visits. Furthermore, Our Lady of Fatima of hell, and entrusted a secret to them, described as "good for some reminded the clergy and the world of the power of the Rosary. Many and bad for others". Fr. Ferreira later stated that Lúcia recounted that people will walk on their knees or carry a large pillar candle the lady told her, "I want you to come back on the thirteenth and to (Portuguese “Ciro” – meaning bring forth the light) symbolize a learn to read in order to understand what I want of you. ...I don't want personal vow for a special grace or blessing. more." Miracle of the Sun In the following months, thousands of people flocked to Fátima and After some newspapers reported that the Virgin Mary had promised a nearby Aljustrel, drawn by reports of visions and miracles. On 13 miracle for the last of her apparitions on 13 October, a huge crowd, August 1917, the provincial administrator Artur Santos (no relation to possibly between 30,000 and 100,000, including reporters and Lúcia Santos) intervened, as he believed that these events were photographers, gathered at Cova da Iria. What happened then became politically disruptive in the conservative country. He took the children known as the "Miracle of the Sun". into custody, jailing them before they could reach the Cova da Iria. Santos interrogated and threatened the children to get them to divulge Various claims have been made as to what actually happened during the contents of the secrets. Lúcia's mother hoped the officials could the event. The three children who originally claimed to have seen Our persuade the children to end the affair and admit that they had lied. Lady of Fátima reported seeing a panorama of visions during the Lúcia told Santos everything short of the secrets, and offered to ask the event, including those of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of woman for permission to tell the official the secrets. Mount Carmel, and of Saint Joseph blessing the people. Father John De Marchi, an Italian Catholic priest and researcher wrote several That month, instead of the usual apparition in the Cova da Iria on 13 books on the subject, which included descriptions by witnesses who August, the children reported that they saw the Virgin Mary on 19 believed they had seen a miracle created by Mary, Mother of God. August, a Sunday, at nearby . She asked them again to pray According to accounts, after a period of rain, the dark clouds broke the rosary daily, spoke about the miracle coming in October, and asked and the sun appeared as an opaque, spinning disc in the sky. It was them "to pray a lot, a lot for the sinners and sacrifice a lot, as many said to be significantly duller than normal, and to cast multicolored souls perish in hell because nobody is praying or making sacrifices for lights across the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. them." The sun was then reported to have careened towards the earth before zig-zagging back to its normal position. Witnesses reported that their The three children claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary in a previously wet clothes became "suddenly and completely dry, as well total of six apparitions between 13 May and 13 October 1917. 2017 as the wet and muddy ground that had been previously soaked because marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions. of the rain that had been falling".Not all witnesses reported seeing the sun "dance". Some people only saw the radiant colors, and others, including some believers, saw nothing at all. The only known picture of the sun taken during the event does not show anything unusual. No unusual phenomenon of the sun was observed by scientists at the time. A number of theologians, scientists, and skeptics have offered alternative explanations that include psychological suggestibility of the witnesses, temporary retinal distortion caused by staring at the intense light of the Sun, and optical effects caused by natural meteorological phenomena.