From May - October of the year 1917, Our Blessed Mother appeared on six occasions to three young shepherd children; Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, in the Portuguese village of Fatima. Through the children, she relayed the message that we must stop offending God through sin, and atone for our sins through prayer and penance.
On May 13, 1917, Our Blessed Mother told the children to pray the rosary every day for an end to the war (WWI). Pope John Paul II said the message of Fatima also applies to our days. Let us all pray the rosary every day for peace in the whole world. Our prayers are very much needed in our present day.
Our Blessed Mother also told the children that she is from Heaven, and they too would go to Heaven. Francisco and Jacinta have already been beatified and may soon be canonized.
Please join us at OLPH after the 8:00am Mass for the Rosary, with meditations on the mysteries, every First Saturday of the month. The next First Saturday is May 6th.