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Photo Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal

March 26, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima

 

I just returned from a vis­it to Por­tu­gal, includ­ing the Shrine of Our Lady in Fati­ma. I’m in the mid­dle, stand­ing behind our kneel­ing tour director.

Since I am a devo­tee to Our Lady, I was thrilled to vis­it Fati­ma.  Fati­ma was not as crowd­ed as Lour­des, Guadalupe, or Knock,  which I’ve vis­it­ed. I did notice that church­es in Por­tu­gal are not filled with peo­ple.  By con­trast, Philip­pine church­es are always full, and even Mass­es are even said in shop­ping malls to accom­mo­date the crowds.

I’ll be shar­ing more pic­tures from Por­tu­gal, so stay tuned.

Tags: #Mary #Mar­i­an #Catholic #Chris­tian­i­ty #Fati­ma #Por­tu­gal

 

 

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Catholic, Christianity, Fatima, Marian Site, Mary, Portugal, religion

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I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

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