Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima is the name given to Our Blessed Mother when she appeared to the three shepherd children, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta in Fátima, Portugal in 1917. The children had been prepared by the Angel of Peace and had continued to pray and offer sacrifices to God. While pasturing their sheep in the Cova da Ira, the Blessed Mother appeared to the children on May 13, 1917 for the first time. Our Blessed Mother would appear to the children six times in 1917. At each apparition Our Blessed Mother asks the children to pray the rosary daily for peace in the world. During her last appearance on October 13, 1917, she identifies herself as Our Lady of the Rosary.



On October 13, 1930, the bishop of Leiria-Fátima, José Alves Correia da Silva, declared the apparitions of Fátima worthy of credibility and allowed public devotion to the Virgin under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima.