FATIMA, PORTUGAL
AN INVITATION Dear Friends, Join me as we trace the footsteps of Our Blessed Mother in France, Spain & Portugal. In this journey, you will have time to reflect, pray, listen to God's Word as we celebrate mass in important shrines and enjoy God's creation as we travel through different landscapes to reach the different sites where Our Blessed Mother appeared. Learn from the lives of the saints, normal people like us whose simplicity, humility, obedience, and exemplary lives served as witnesses of Jesus' teachings . We will visit the important shrines that shaped our devotion to Mary: Zaragosa, Spain, the site of Mary's first recorded apparition to Saint James, the Apostle, and touch the pillar where she appeared, the Miraculous Medal Shrine, where the miraculous medal devotion started, pray and be healed in the miraculous water in Lourdes and finally, in Fatima, we will be there on May 13th to celebrate the first apparition and hear again the message of Our Lady when she appeared to the three children. There will be more holy sites to visit that will bring you closer to Jesus through Mary and the Saints! Take time to read through the pilgrimage program, check your calendar and I pray that you will make a decision to join us! Yours in Christ, Father Jhack Diaz Pastor, St. Jean De Brebeuf, Mallaig, AB 2 2