The Fatima and Divine Mercy Messages are Grace and Mercy for the World
This weekend First Saturday is followed by the Divine Mercy Sunday – uniting these beautiful messages of grace and mercy together. What a great time to go to confession and open our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
A Spiritual Stairway to Heaven: Embracing First Saturday Devotion
Written By Gene Zannetti A Heavenly Blueprint In a beautiful ray of hope, Our Lady of Fatima bestowed upon her faithful disciples a sacred gift—a heavenly blueprint for spiritual ascent. These divine directives, akin to marching orders, chart a course towards the triumph of the Immaculate Heart. At the heart of this celestial roadmap lies […]
5 Things to Know About First Saturday
The requirements of the First Saturday devotion in making reparation are simple: Go to confession, receive Holy Communion, pray a five-decade Rosary AND spend an additional 15 minutes with Mary, meditating on the other mysteries of the Rosary. The purpose of the First Saturday devotion is to make reparation for the sins against the Immaculate Heart, […]
First Saturdays Help Us Renew and Retain the Spirit of Mary
By Barb Ernster – First Saturdays Devotion: A Call from Our Lady Amid the four things Sister Lucia identified as Our Lady’s request at Fatima, the First Saturdays devotion was intended to be a monthly renewal of our “yes” to Mary and a way to help us continue to fulfill the other requests. The most […]
First Saturdays are entrance to “school of Our Lady”
Fatima is a wonderful place where we are drawn into the heart of Our Lady and there made her true children filled with her own life.
Rest in peace, Deacon Bob Ellis
We are saddened to report on the death of our long time National Coordinator, Deacon Robert Ellis, who passed away on December 12, the feast of Our Lady Guadalupe, after a hard-fought battle with cancer this past year. Despite his sufferings, he continued working as long as he could, while undergoing treatments. His dedication to […]
The Rich History of Devotion to the Immaculate Heart
by Catherine Moran – The history of the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is important to know so that we may understand why Our Lady came to ask for it at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1732, French Jesuit priest Fr. Joseph de Gallifet, wrote, “Once the devotion to the Sacred […]
First Saturday Devotions Take Off
by Barb Ernster – Much attention was given the March 25th consecration of Russia/Ukraine by Pope Francis, with a multitude of bishops, priests and laypeople worldwide joining in. It spurred great attention to the other message of Our Lady – the request for the First Saturday Communions of Reparation. The Catholic media, in particular, took […]
United with Mary for Peace Among the Nations
by David M. Carollo The United States/Canada border was long considered the longest non-border in the world. Traveling from Upstate New York to Michigan, for example, one finds the most direct route to be through southern Ontario. Having traveled “up north” many times, I recall that it took little more than a wave to enter […]
What is Being Done to Spread the Devotion to the Immaculate Heart?
by Barb Ernster – This question posed to Sister Lucia by the Child Jesus in the courtyard of her convent on Feb. 26, 1926, was because the First Saturday Devotion was not being spread as Our Lady had requested on Dec. 10, 1925. It is a question that Jesus could ask each of us today, […]
