Family Formation

Did you know Pope Francis has granted ways for you to receive a full indulgence throughout this anniversary year of the Fatima apparitions?

In addition to the usual conditions*, you can:

1. Make a pilgrimage to the Fatima shrine in Portugal
2. Pray before any statue of Our Lady of Fatima anywhere in the world
3. And for the elderly and infirm – These individuals can pray in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima and must spiritually unite themselves to the jubilee celebrations on the days of the apparitions, the 13th of each month, between May and October 2017.

EWTN’s explanation of an indulgence:

A plenary indulgence means that by the merits of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints, the full remission of the temporal punishment due to sacramentally forgiven sins is obtained. The person becomes as if just baptized and would fly immediately to heaven if he died in that instant. A partial indulgence means that a portion of the temporal punishment due to forgiven sin is remitted. Partial indulgences are received either by doing some act to which a partial indulgence is attached (e.g. praying a partially indulgenced prayer), or by the incomplete fulfillment of the conditions attached to a plenary indulgence.

* For the “usual conditions” and a different explanation of indulgences, click over here.

Centennial Celebration of Our Lady of Fatima

Sunday, May 7
1:30 p.m.
The procession takes place from the State Capitol to the Cathedral of Saint Paul.  As a public witness to our Catholic faith during this month of May dedicated to our Blessed Mother Mary, come with family and friends to the 70th annual Archdiocesan Family Rosary Procession in Saint Paul on Sunday, May 7. This year is also the Centennial Celebration of Our Lady of Fatima. Archbishop Bernard Hebda will lead the procession.
Gather at the State Capitol at 1:30 p.m.; the procession to the Cathedral of Saint Paul begins at 2 p.m. Those who cannot walk the procession route may go directly to the Cathedral to pray the Rosary with those who are in procession.

Procession Flyer: Procession_2017_8-5×11

Also, if you live a little further south you may be interested in this event in Kasson, MN on May 13.  May 13 2017 Flyer