Solemn Celebration of May 13

Activities, Pastoral
Heralds of the Gospel

The solemn celebration of May 13 recalls Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition and renews her call to conversion, prayer and reparation. The Heralds of the Gospel gathered hundreds of faithful for the Eucharist, the crowning of the Pilgrim Statue and Marian consecrations, showing how the May 13 Fatima message remains urgent for our times.

On Saturday May 13, 2023, the Heralds of the Gospel organized a solemn celebration on the occasion of the 106th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions to the three little shepherds at Fatima.

An apparition which message echoes until today.

To this event of grand importance to the Heralds of the Gospel, more than 800 people participated.

Of these, 400 consecrated themselves to Jesus through Mary, as according to the method of St. Louis de Montfort.

During the celebration, of which its apex was the celebration of the Eucharist, the Pilgrim Statue was crowned at the blast of trumpet and then carried in procession.

With this act, the Heralds of the Gospel want to keep afire the echo of the promise Our Lady made in Fatima,

"In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!"

Key takeaways

Commemorates first Fatima apparition
Includes solemn Eucharistic celebration
Pilgrim Statue crowned with reverence
Many consecrate themselves to Mary
Fatima message presented as current