Submit Your Intentions: Marian Holy Hour and May Crowning

Dear Friend, 

This Saturday, May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, I want to personally invite you to join us for our 4th annual Marian Holy Hour and May Crowning of Catholic Action’s beautifully sculptured replica of the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. This grace-filled event is scheduled for 9:00 AM California Time (PDT).  

Commemorating the 106th Anniversary of the First Fatima Apparition, the May Crowning will join thousands of Prayer Warriors from around the world at the feet of Our Blessed Mother. The ceremony will take place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in my home diocese of San Diego. Everyone is invited to join us at 9:00 AM California Time (PDT) at the church or via the international livestream. If you live in the surrounding San Diego area, please join us in person and invite your fellow parishioners and friends.

We are honored again to have Bishop Ramon Bejarano of the Diocese of San Diego preside at this inspiring Marian event. Our replica of the International Fatima Statue will enter in procession, Our Blessed Mother will be crowned, and hymns sung. Bishop Bejarano will lead us in the Holy Rosary and the Litany of Loreto, followed by a blessing with first-class relics of Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta, two of the shepherd children that Our Lady of Fatima appeared to. The pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Fr. Anthony Saroki, will assist in this special occasion.

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For this Marian Holy Hour, the faithful may receive a partial indulgence when participating in the Litany of Loreto (the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary) that will be led by Bishop Bejarano.

During the Ceremonial Crowning of Our Lady, the intentions that you will submit, along with the general intention - that all of you and everyone in attendance will receive a myriad of graces, including a partial indulgence, as we ponder in our hearts the Message of Fatima and strive to develop a more serious Devotion to Our Lady, through which she wishes to bring us to a greater love of God. 

Throughout my life, I have been involved in the work of evangelization. I’d like to personally share with you that it has been the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima and the prophetic message Our Lady delivered that have greatly inspired me amid numerous struggles and difficulties. I have witnessed countless lives changed, both of individuals and of communities as a result of experiencing God's grace through the maternal guidance of Our Lady of Fatima. A comprehensive account has been presented in my book on Fatima and the history of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue titled: The Fatima Century: How the Pilgrim Virgin is Changing Our Generation. This book recounts the “marvels of grace” from seventy years of Our Lady’s pilgrimage through a sinful world where her signal graces are more evident than ever. Get your book today at our bookstore!

May Our Lady Fatima obtain for us peace in our world and what we lovingly ask of her.

Yours in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas J. McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action for Faith Family

P.S. Today is Day Six of Our Lady of Fatima Novena, which includes a Holy Mass each day for all of the intentions that you submit, up until the Feast Day on May 13. If you have not yet submitted your intentions or would like to update them, please do so now.

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