World Wide Invitation to Participate in Global Rosary May 13th, 2012

5/4/2012 - 1:16 PM PST

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ARLINGTON, TX (May 4, 2012) - North Texas Catholics Preparing to Welcome United Nations International Pilgrim Virgin Statue

Statue and Relics mark 95th Anniversary of Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima

Event Dates: May 10-14, 2012

All are invited to join in a Global Rosary for World Peace at San Mateo Catholic Church in Fort Worth, Texas at 3pm on May 13th, 2012.

Catholics from across the country are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to North Texas to participate in the Fatima Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Texas Tour to honor Our Lady of Fatima on May 13th, 2012, the 95th Anniversary of the Apparitions at Fatima.

All are invited to unite in prayer with the Global Rosary for World Peace from wherever they are at 3pm on May 13th, if they are unable to join us in person. Kindly contact us via email at lovjesus@swbell.net with a subject line of: FATIMA DFW or May13th and notify us that you will be joining us in prayer at 3pm on May 13th. Please tell us your name, parish name, city and country.

We are starting buzz on Facebook and Twitter with the hash tag #FATIMADFW and #May13th. You can help with the buzz by putting "FATIMADFW" and "MAY13th" - everywhere now. We encourage all Teens and Young Adults especially to help spread devotion to Our Lady of Fatima and the Messages of Fatima by getting on the FATIMADFW Facebook and Twitter pages, available later next week, to post questions and pictures about Fatima.

North Texas Catholics and pilgrims from all over the southwest and across the country will observe the 95th anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in a very special way.

The United Nations International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to come to four locations in the Catholic Dioceses of Fort Worth and Dallas. Accompanying the statue will be the Relics of Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco, two of the three who, as children, reported the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal in 1917.

This event represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Texas faithful to view this extraordinary and blessed piece of art as well as venerate the relics of two of the witnesses of Fatima.

Our Lady of Fatima appeared in apparitions reported by three shepherd children at Fatima in Portugal in the early part of the 2oth Century. These occurred on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on May 13. The three children were Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto.

This treasured International Pilgrim Image travels the globe and occupies a unique place in Catholic art and the Roman Catholic religion. It was hand-carved in the mid-1900's and is the property of the World Apostolate of Fatima � Rhode Island Division, WAF Fatima Sanctuary in Portugal. Pope Pius XII blessed this unique statue on May 13, 1947, for a mission to the United Nations and world travels.

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