Our Lady of Fátima

Wednesday was fiesta day here in Montenegro,  Nuestra Señora de Fátima,  is who is celebrated on that day. 


In the spring and summer of 1916, nine-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto were herding sheep at the Cova da Iria near their home village of Fátima, Portugal. They claimed to have experienced the visitation of an angel on three separate occasions. The angel taught them prayers to pray, to make sacrifices, and to spend time in adoration of the Lord. 

 
With millions of followers and Roman Catholic believers, the reported visions at Fatima gathered respect. After a canonical enquiry, the visions of Fátima were officially declared "worthy of belief" in October 1930 by the Bishop of Leiria-Fátima. Popes Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI voiced their acceptance of the supernatural origin of the Fátima events. John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fátima with saving his life following an assassination attempt on the Feast of Our Lady of Fátima, 1981. He donated the bullet that wounded him to the Roman Catholic sanctuary at Fátima, Portugal and it was placed in the crown of the Virgin's statue

Santa Fátima in the chapel at Montenegro

After the service,  the procession....

then food.....

 carving the jámon....

 then music....

A very hot day,  28° at midday on our terrace as we were leaving,  33 when we got home late afternoon.  We normally stay longer but with limited shade outside the chapel we decided that cold drinks on our shady terrace were what we needed.