International Pilgrim Virgin Statue Of Our Lady Of Fatima Comes To Us&

[Dominican Nuns Menlo Park]

  "Pray, pray a great deal and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them".

 

Each Year our monastery has the privilege and honor of welcoming the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of our Lady of Fatima as the holy statue travels around the world, bringing message of peace and hope to millions of faithful Catholics, and bestowing graces and blessings upon our world through the prayers of the faithful.

We invite you to join us again this year as the Pilgrim Virgin comes to us on the First Saturday of the year, January 4th, 2014 with 8:00 a.m. Mass followed by rosary and prayer until 10:00 a.m.

The statue was sculpted in 1947 by Jose Thedim based on the description of Sister Lucia, one of the three children who saw our Lady each month from May to October 1917 in Fatima, Portugal.  On October 13, 1947, in the presence of some 150,000 pilgrims, the statue was blessed by Bishop of Leiria, to be the pilgrim, the traveler.

For more information on the statue visit:
http://www.pilgrimvirginstatue.com/

 

Happy and Blessed 2014, everyone!

[AnneLine]

A very Blessed and Joy-filled New Year to you and all the Nuns, Sister!!!!

 

I probably won't be able to join you -- you're a distance from me and I don't drive -- but perhaps some of the other Phatmassers can!  You might also want to post this in Vocation Station -- some people only go to one or the other phorum.

 

Am I correct that you routinely have all-day Adoration in your monastery?  I ask because some Phatmassers might want to come for a visit on another day if they can't come on Saturday.

[Dominican Nuns Menlo Park]

Thanks, Anneline :)

 

Too bad you won't be able to come. The Pilgrim Virgin will be around the Bay Area so you may make it to one of these places...here's the calendar and the sites: http://www.pilgrimvirginstatue.com/SFO2013.pdf

 

Yes, I forgot, we do have the Blessed Sacrament exposed all day after Mass from around 9 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m.  every day!  Visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament whenever you can.  The Chapel is very quiet and a wonderful place for meditation, contemplation and prayer.

 

I want to thank you while I'm at it...for sending me the list of virtues for the New Year and the Continents to pray for.  We're having the drawing tonight at our party supper.  We're all looking forward to that!

 

[AnneLine]

Very happy to help you, Sister.  We'll pray for all of you and hope you enjoy this.

 

And.... the rest of you can also get a Virtue or Continent to pray for from me... or a Patron Saint from Lil'Red.  Just look for the threads in Open mic!!!

 

:)

[brandelynmarie]

I love it when the Pilgrim statue comes to my area! :love:

And I find it sweet that Our Lady of Fatima gets her own seat on each flight! :)