BACKGROUND
The Knights of St Columba - Thames Valley Council 984 - Ascot
and
Nestor Baniqued (National Custodian) Grand Knight Wembley Council in
conjunction with Fr Kevin Bidgood
have coordinated the above visit to take place on
25th January 2020.
This is an all day veneration of Our Lady of Fatima and the relics of St
Jacinta and St Francisco.
The program of the visit in attached and as you can see there are a variety
of services planned throughout the day.
The National Pilgrim Virgin Statue (NPVS)
of Our Lady of Fatima and the Relics of Ss Jacinta and Francisco
was given to Great Britain by the Bishop of Fatima in 1968 after it was
blessed by Pope St Paul VI in 1967
during the Golden Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima. It
was one of the 25 pilgrim statues distributed
to a number of countries worldwide. It was again blessed by Pope St John
Paul II during his Apostolic Visit to Great Britain in 1982.
In February 2017 during the Centenary Anniversary of the Apparitions here in
the UK, Cardinal Vincent Nichols received,
blessed and crowned the NPVS at Westminster Cathedral;
he also re-consecrated England and Wales to the Immaculate Heart of Our
Lady.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA IS COMING TO ASCOT
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FULL PROGRAM OF SERVICES ON 25th JANUARY
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