Visit to the Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrimage Site

June 18, 2018

We attended the 3 pm mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. This was the exact location where the Virgin Mary appeared in 1917 to three shepherd children– Jacinta, Lucia, and Francisco.

We didn’t expect that the chapel would be a modern structure like this. We thought the exact spot where Mama Mary appeared would look similar to the one in Lourdes, France.

Fatima 229 Shrine of the Our Lady of Fatima

I couldn’t concentrate during the mass because it was too hot. Paypay ako ng paypay. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the sun was at its peak.

Photos after the mass
Fatima 232 after the mass June 18, 2018

The Sanctuary is the one of the most expansive Marian pilgrimage sites in the world.

Fatima 238 Basilica

Paul Chuatico and wife Dr. Carla Chuatico
Fatima 239 Pual Chuatico, Carla ChuaticoKahit super init,  tiis lang para maka pag picture.

Fatima 236 Sanctuary

Sino kaya iyong nagtetext?
Fatima 240 group photo

Fatima 243 Nun

We’ve seen several devotees praying while walking on their knees, some even in the open field, under the blazing heat of the sun.
Fatima 244 walking on knees

Siguro the baby is sick.
Fatima 245 walking on knees

Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary

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Fatima 247 Basilica

Fatima 248 Basilica Our Lady of the Rosary

Fatima 249 Basilica

Fatima 250 Basilica of the Holy Rosary

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We chanced upon Father Rendell Torres the priest who celebrated the mass. He is Filipino born and raised in Los Angeles and is now based in the East Coast. He’s been to the Philippines twice according to him.

(left to right– Carla Chuatico,  Susan Dimacali, Father Rendell Torres, Salve, Carla Papa, Joanne,  Lina, Francis Papa (SAVP of FPG Insurance)
Fatima 271 FPG Insurance tour group

Here are some of the things I remembered from Father Torres’ homily,
1. Life is a bit of a battle.
2. Many times we feel we have empty lives.
3. God’s ways are higher and wider than our ways.
4. Let go of resentments.
5. Be compassionate.

Fatima 275 Ohmybuhay with Father Rendell Torress

Either I was jet lagged, tired, exhausted, dehydrated from the heat, I felt dizzy, my chest started pounding. I was palpitating. I couldn’t continue walking and I sat down under a shady tree. My husband stayed with me while the rest of the group continued walking to the other side of the sanctuary to see a modern building. Cynthia was kind enough to give me her water jug.
I took deep breaths. It took some 15 minutes before my heart beat normalized. Siguro napagod lang ako.

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