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Offer Flowers to Our Lady!

The month of May is traditionally the month of Mary, in the Catholic Church.For centuries, is has been common to organize special devotions for Our Lady in May. The daily recitation of the Rosary, the decoration of altars with a statue or picture of Mary, the crowning of the statue of Mary with beautiful blossoms, the visits to Marian shrines, among others. 

As we enter this special month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and in preparation for May 13, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, we would like to invite you to make of this time a special time for Our Lady. A time we turn to Mary with confidence, asking her for peace and comfort, as we live in these times of

As we prepare to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, this May 13^th, we come to invite you to promote among children and youngsters, on this day, a special prayer day for peace in Ukraine, in families and the whole world, entrusting our children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The circular letter from the WAF International President encouraging all to join in this effort can be read here.

Song writer and singer Anna Nuzzo has also composed a prayer song to inspire children to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Watch the video here, in

A replica of the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fatima was built in the Philippines. The dedication and blessing of this chapel is on April 4, 2022, the anniversary of the departure to heaven of St. Francisco Marto, one of the seers of Fatima. The initiative comes from the World Apostolate of Fatima in the Philippines and is endorsed by the archdiocese of Cebu. The Chapel is located in the municipality of San Remigio and it is the first construction of its kind, in the country and throughout Asia.

The replica of the Fatima Chapel project was officially launched on February 20, 2020, feast of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, through the blessing of the first stone. With the supervision of the archdiocese of Cebu, in the person of its bishop Mons. José S. Palma, a foundation "Três

The Vatican Press office informed that Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on March 25, in St. Peter’s Basilica, during the Celebration of Penance that he will preside over at 5:00 pm (Rome time). On the same day, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, will carry out a similar act of consecration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, as envoy of the Holy Father.

March 25 is a special date. Apart from being the feast of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, it was on this day, 38 years ago, that in 1984, Saint Pope John Paul II 

The members of the World Apostolate of Fatima in Ukraine, particularly those of the parish of the Mother of God, in Lviv, have an old desire to welcome the visit of the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to their region. This became more so at this particular time of war and tension with Russia. Therefore, on March 10, the Greek Catholic Archbishop and Metropolitan of Lviv, Mons. Ihor Vozniak, wrote a letter to the Rector of the Shrine of Fatima, in Portugal, to formally request the visit of the Statue, “in order to ask her intercession and protection for Ukraine and for the whole world”, he wrote.  

The Shrine of Fatima received the letter and immediately decided to send the Pilgrim Virgin Statue nº 13, a replica of the original one, to Ukraine. She will travel via Krakow, in Poland, this week. The Statue will remain for a month in Ukraine and will be