Fatima – Dominican Friars Ireland

Visit of the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima to Newbridge College

Archivist Author — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:49:11 +0000

A statue of Our Lady of Fatima, blessed by Pope Francis, has begun a tour of Ireland. In a celebration of 100 years since the Virgin Mary appeared to three children in the Portugese village, the three-foot-high statue started its journey in Armagh and a series of services will take place across Ireland to mark the jubilee year […]

Dominican Centenary Pilgrimage to Fatima (updated)

Archivist Author — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 12:26:16 +0000

This week marks the Centenary Pilgrimage of the Irish Province of the Dominicans to Fatima. As it is a hundred year this year that the apparitions in Fatima happened the province organised a pilgrimage to pray and reflect on the events that happened in Portugal about a hundred years ago. On the pilgrimage are 87 […]

100 years of Fatima

Archivist Author — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:35:37 +0000

One hundred years have passed since the Virgin Mary appeared on six occasions to three shepherd children in a small village called Fatima in Portugal. The world was at war and the Portuguese government had declared that God was dead. Churches were closed and priests and religious were imprisoned or expelled from the country. These […]

Fatima Procession in Dundalk

Archivist Author — Wed, 17 May 2017 09:43:21 +0000

There is a great relationship between the Dominicans and Fatima. For instance, in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima on the left of the main altar there stands a statue of St. Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers. Over the main entrance to this same Basilica and welcoming every pilgrim […]