The World Apostolate of Fatima in Ukraine invites the whole world to join a prayer online initiative that was launched in 2022, some months after the war started. The invitation is for everyone to join the ongoing 40-hours Rosary prayer that has been established through an online platform available here.

This Prayer online platform is available in different languages and instructions on how to become a part of it are indicated there. We also invite you to take advantage of a unique opportunity to receive a random BIBLE passage once you have registered for the prayer. Every prayer is important to God!

Common prayer is a powerful spiritual weapon. The intention is conversion of sinners, peace in the world, protection of the Ukrainian soldiers and people and the end of the war.

The prayer time begins every week from Tuesday, 07:00 am until Wednesday, 11:00 pm (Ukrainian time). This completes 40 uninterrupted hours. It is also desirable to accompany the prayer with Fasting. 

Kindly note that weekly registration for the prayer is required because the system resets every week.

October is a month traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Pope Leo XIV has invited the faithful to join in praying the Rosary every day during October to invoke God’s gift of peace.

On October 7, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the World Apostolate of Fatima joins again, as its main partner, the initiative of the Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, “One million children praying the Rosary”. The goal is, as it happened last year, to reach the target of having one million children offering their prayers for peace. In Fatima, Portugal, the Rosary will be recited in the Chapel of the Apparitions of Our Lady, on this day, at 18h30 (Portugal time).

Please, register here your Pledge to Pray the Rosary with children for this intention.

We also invite you on this day, to join online our friends in Ukraine, to pray with them, on October 7, at 19h00 (Ukrainian time), from the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv, Ukraine. You can join their prayer online via this link.

We believe that prayer is a powerful instrument to obtain peace in the world, as promised by Our Lady at Fatima.  

On this October 13, 2025, we celebrate the 108th anniversary of Our Lady’s last apparition in Fatima and of the miracle of the sun. In the eve of this and as part of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality program in Rome, 11-12 October, the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will travel from Cova da Iria to the Vatican. An official delegation of World Apostolate of Fatima will be present in Rome representing the worldwide Fatima Apostolate.

At the same time, on October 13, there will be the 25th annual Worldwide Children's Holy Hour, of which the World Apostolate of Fatima is a spiritual partner since the very beginning.

The World Apostolate of Fatima members are invited to promote the Children’s Holy Hour program in their own places throughout the entire year. However, on October 13^th, in union with the Children of the Eucharist association, let us join in this global effort to bring children to pray before the Blessed Sacrament, for the families, for the Holy Father and for Peace, imitating the Saints little shepherds of Fatima. Find here more information.

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life held its annual meeting with the Moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements and new communities, in the Vatican, from June 4-6, 2025.

The meeting under the theme “Hope Lived and Proclaimed: the Gift of the Jubilee for Ecclesial Communities”, brought together 234 people from 95 international associations of the faithful and ecclesial movements recognized by the Dicastery.

The World Apostolate of Fatima was represented by its President, Prof. Michael Ogunu, by its Treasurer, Mr. David Kelly and by the Director of the Secretariat, Mr. Nuno Prazeres. Read here the full report, with photos.

The Vatican has granted the Convent-Shrine of Pontevedra, in Spain, the privilege of celebrating a Marian Jubilee Year from December 10, 2025, to December 10, 2026, on the centenary of the apparition of Our Lady and the Child Jesus to Sister Lucia.

It was during this apparition, on December 10, 1925, that the devotion of the First Five Saturdays of the month was requested by Our Lady.  The devotion consists in going for Confessing, receiving Holy Communion, reciting five decades of the rosary, and keeping Our Lady’s company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the rosary, with the intention of making reparation to Her Immaculate Heart. 

The commemoration will begin on December 10, 2025, date of the apparition and will be extended to December 2026. In granting this Jubilee Year, the Holy See is offering a special period of spiritual graces to all those who shall make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Pontevedra and fulfill the required precepts to obtain the indulgences of the jubilee.

The House of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pontevedra, is run by the religious congregation Servants of the Lord, who are also setting up a network of volunteers to assist in welcoming the pilgrims and visitors during the centenary year. A set of pastoral activities will also mark the occasion. The official program for the celebrations of the centenary will hopefully be soon released. Here is the webpage, in Spanish, with more information.

The World Apostolate of Fatima has launched an International Congress in Fatima and a pilgrimage to Pontevedra and Santiago of Compostela from December 5 to 12, 2025, with the purpose to grow in knowledge and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to join the solemn celebrations of the centenary of the apparitions in Pontevedra, highlighting the importance of the First Saturdays request.

Registrations are still open! If you have not registered yet, please rush to do it and do not miss this unique opportunity. For more information and registration click here.