Visit of the United Nations Pilgrim Statue of the World Apostolate of Fatima

On Friday, September 15, 2017

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September 15th and 16th, 2017

Saint John Paul II National Shrine
3900 Harewood Rd. NE, Washington, DC 20017
Sponsored by: Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)

 

Visit of the United Nations Pilgrim Statue of the World Apostolate of Fatima

First Class Relics of Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco Marto AND

Piece of the Original Holmolk Tree Where Our Lady Appeared in 1917

FRIDAY, September 15, 2017
12:00 – 8:00 PM

Come and spend the day in prayer with us for the defense of human life and the family around the world with the UN Statue on its first visit to Washington, D.C.

Touch first class relics of the newly canonized saints, Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, visionaries of Fatima. Hear visionary Sr. Lucia Santos’ own words in a special rosary Friday night. Learn from personal testimonies about how Our Lady’s powerful intercession brought conversion “from Mohammed to Jesus,” and inspired hope in the midst of suffering in war-torn Congo.

Come be a part of this exceptional experience with Our Lady and the relics of the new saints of Fatima.

 

Schedule of Events for Friday:

12:00 PM Holy Mass

12:30 PM WELCOME and talks by Dr. Susan Yoshihara, research director, Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam) and Ms. Judith A. Studer, President of the Rhode Island Division of the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) and Custodian of the United Nations Pilgrim Statue of the World Apostolate of Fatima and First-Class Relics.

2:30 PM Presentation on Divine Mercy

3:00 PM Hour of Mercy with Meditation and Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Sister Donata and Sister Gaudia of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy

EVENING THEME: OUR LADY’S CALL TO SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD to Counter Today’s Attacks on Marriage and the Family.

4:30PM Talk by Ms. Nikki Kingsley, convert to Catholicism from Islam, speaker, author of Thirst for Truth: From Mohammed to Jesus.  

5:00 PM Rosary with Reflections from Sr. Lucia’s Fourth Testimony with Dr. Susan Yoshihara and Stefano Gennarini, Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam).

Veneration and Display of United Nations Pilgrim Statue and First Class Relics continues

8:00 PM Shrine Closes for the Day

 

SATURDAY, September 16, 2017

9:00 AM Shrine Opens

10:00 AM. to 12:00 noon Panel discussion in Shrine Auditorium: “WORLD HISTORY CAN BE CHANGED: REFLECTIONS ON FATIMA”

Panel Speakers:

Paul Kengor, Ph.D., author, A Pope and A President, professor of political science at Grove City College, executive director, Center for Vision & Values, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.

Austin Ruse, author, The Littlest Suffering Souls, president, Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam).

Fr. Albert Shuyaka, Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe, Democratic Republic of Congo, director of The Marie-Catherine Center, Tshumbe.

Ms. Judith A. Studer, President of the Rhode Island Division of the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) and Custodian of the United Nations Pilgrim Statue of the World Apostolate of Fatima and First-Class Relics.

Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D., senior vice president for research, Center for Family & Human Rights

12:00PM Holy Mass

Veneration and Display of United Nations Pilgrim Statue and First Class Relics

2:30 PM Presentation on Divine Mercy

3:00 PM Hour of Mercy with Meditation and Chaplet of Divine Mercy Sister Donata and Sister Gaudia of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy

Veneration and Display of United Nations Pilgrim Statue and First Class Relics continues

5:00 PM Shrine Closes for the Day

 

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