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These four interactive maps will help you navigate this important pilgrimage site and its surrounding region. Whether you're seeking sacred locations within Fatima, comfortable accommodation, or hoping to explore nearby attractions, these maps provide essential information for both religious pilgrims and cultural tourists.
- Orientation
- Pilgrim’s Credentials For The Fátima Walking Routes
- Preparing For The Journey
Signage in the territory along the tracks of the Fátima Walking Routes lead includes the symbols of the brand and its image, with its graphic representation and colour. However, until the extensive process of signposting all the Fátima Walking Routes in Portuguese territory is completed, you may find simpler forms of signposting such as blue arrows...
Over the centuries, all those who embarked on a pilgrimage to a holy place enjoyed safe conduct to help them through the difficulties of their journey. Nowadays, walkers and pilgrims have access to the Pilgrim’s Credential, which helps them identify themselves and which is also proof of the completion of these cultural and spiritual itineraries.
To make the pilgrimage, define a plan of stages suited to your physical condition and the accommodation options available. On average, each stage, corresponding to a walking day, is around 25-30 kilometres in length. You should take into account the degree of difficulty of the route and the time of year when you intend to do the Way. The climate in...
The Story of Fatima. From May 13 to October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. Read Now.
The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which was entrusted to the World Apostolate of Fatima in 1947 to travel around the world, will begin an historic two-year journey across the USA, visiting more than 100 dioceses in 50 States. This initiative “Fatima Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace” begins on March 2016 to ...
These pilgrimage itineraries are identified by the Fátima Walking Routes brand, which incorporates symbolic elements: a holm oak, a place of appearance of the virgin to the little shepherds, a characteristic tree of Fatima landscape and a botanical species protected in Portugal (quercus ilex); blue color, symbol of the blue sky and the atmospheric ambience that is experienced directly in the ...
Fatima. Located in west central Portugal, in the region of Leiria and approximately 110 kilometers north of Lisbon, the small town of Fatima is one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world today. But unlike many of Europe's great Marian pilgrimage sites, the sanctity of Fatima dates not from the Middle Ages but only from early in the ...
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The World Apostolate of Fatima, USA. Inspired by the message of Our Lady of Fatima, Msgr. Harold V. Colgan and John M. Haffert founded the Blue Army of Our Lady, now the World Apostolate of Fatima, in 1947. Haffert enlisted the help of Sr. Lucia, the last surviving Fatima visionary, to understand Mary’s requests to establish peace in the ...
