Saturday 13 May 2017

Our Lady of Fatima - Procession

Statue of Our Lady
Procession of Our Lady - if you look carefully you can
see statue of Our Lady where people light a candle
Parishioners from across St Peter's deanery gathered for prayer and Mass to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.  Although a good number were present we didn't compete with the thousands gathering in Fatima to join the Pope for the canonisation of Saints Fancisco and Jacinta, two of the children who saw Our Lady during her monthly appearances in 2017,  Fr Philip Connor, Dean of St Peter's Deanery concelebrated Mass with the Cathedral clergy in his sermon he reminded us Mary's message of saying the rosary for praying for peace as well as looking to see what we could do to bring God's message in the world in which we live, to follow Mary's example. 
At the end of Mass there was a procession around the Cathedral following a statue of Our Lady which was then placed onto the altar. 

A short video of when Jacinta and Francisco became saints, they are the youngest saints who had not been martyred and only a few years older than our children making their first Holy Communion.