A very special visit of the Fatima National Pilgrim Virgin Statue will be occurring in our diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, from November 7th - November 20th, 2012. The complete visitation schedule is presented here, below.
Our Lady's visit will immediately follow the Presidential Election of 2012. Please pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima for our country. Please follow her requests of the First Five Saturdays and wear the brown scapular. Please spread the word about her requests and her Visit. Her visit will be as though we ourselves went to Fatima.
The child visionary , Jacinta said on her death bed, " Tell everyone that God gives us His grace through His Mother's Immaculate Heart, which He wants to hold close to His own Sacred Heart. The people must ask for peace through Mary's Immaculate Heart, because that is the way God wants it, and that is what Our Lady herself has told us. "
Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI both want us to know the urgency of Fatima for today!
More information about Fatima can be found at http://www.wafusa.org/. "The World Apostolate of Fatima is the Church's official conveyer of The Message of Fatima to the World, and, as such, speaks with ecclesiastical authority on all matters pertaining to it."
Note: Bill Sockey, Custodian of the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue will give a Fatima presentation at each church.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL !
Here is the list (and rough draft) of Parishes and visitations:
1) Wednesday November 7th: Our Lady of the Island Shrine, Beautiful opening Ceremony : 11am - 3pm
2) Thursday November 8th: 11am-9pm: Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne
3) Fri. November 9th: 8am- 12pm: St Joseph's College Patchogue (place to be announced)
4) November 9th: 3pm 5:15pm Mass -9pm St Matthew's Church, Dix Hills
5)Nov. 10th: 11am-1:30pm St Christopher's Church, Baldwin
6) Nov. 10th: 3pm: St Catherine of Sienna Church, Franklyn Square
7) Nov. 10th: 5pm Sienna CTR: 8pm St Catherine of Sienna Church, Franklyn Square
8) Nov. 11: 7:30am , 9am Hall :St Catherine of Sienna Church, Franklyn Square
9) Nov. 11th: 1pm-9pm,6:30pm Mass St Mary of the Isle, Long Beach
10) Nov. 11th: 6:30pm- 9pm: Blessed Sacrament Church, Valley Stream
11) Nov. 12th : 8am-3pm Blessed Sacrament Church, Valley Stream
12) Nov. 12th : 7:30pm- 9pm St Ignatius Loyola Church, Hicksville
13) Nov. 13th: 8am-8pm St Mary's Church, Manhassett
14) Nov. 14th: All Day: Infant Jesus Church, Port Jefferson
15) Nov. 15th: 8am-12 Noon Immaculate Conception Church, West Hampton Beach
16) Nov. 15th: 4pm-9:30pm St Francis Cabrini, Coram
17) Nov. 16th: 11am-3:30pm St John the Evangelist Church, Riverhead
18) Nov. 16th: 5pm-9pm Cure of Ars Church, Merrick
19) Nov. 17th: 8am-9:30am, 8:30am Mass St Francis de Chantel, Wantaugh
20) Nov. 17th: 4:30pm Mass, St Francis of Assisi Church, Greenlawn
21) Nov. 18th: 9am-1pm: St Agnes Church, Greenport
22) Nov. 18th: 2pm-10pm: St John the Evangelist, Center Moriches
23) Nov. 19th: 7am Mass: St John the Evangelist, Center Moriches
24) Nov.19th: 10am-2pm: St Joseph's Prayer Center, Patchogue
25) Nov.19th: 4pm-10pm: SS Cyril and Methodius Church, Deer Park
26) Nov. 20th: 9am-9pm, 8:30am Mass St Peter the Apostle Church, Islip Terrace
Note: "The National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the USA is a lovely hand-carved Image of Our Lady of Fatima given to our country by the Bishop of Fatima in 1967 and crowned by Cardinal O'Boyle in the National Basilica in Washington, DC in 1971. The Statue was
blessed
by Pope Paul VI during his visit to Fatima in 1967.
The National Pilgrim Virgin Statue is available for diocesan visits. The
statue can be the focal point of renewing interest in the Fatima
Message and informing many Catholics who are unaware of the important
message of conversion and peace brought by the Mother of God to three
shepherd children in 1917 at Fatima, Portugal.
The Statue travels around America under the sponsorship of the World
Apostolate of Fatima, USA, spreading the important Message of Fatima.
Typically, the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue will tour for three weeks
in a given diocese. The custodian accompanying the statue will talk
about Our Lady’s Message of Fatima." http://www.wafusa.org/npvs.html 