The World Apostolate of Fatima strongly encourages all to participate in the USCCB's (Religious Liberty & Conscience Rights) prayer campaign.

The Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), at its March 13-14 meeting in Washington, called for a nationwide prayer campaign for protection of religious freedom and conscience rights from several threats, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that forces employers, including religious ones, to provide contraception/sterilization in their health plans.

"We call upon the Catholic faithful, and all people of faith, throughout our country to join us in prayer and penance for our leaders and for the restoration of our First Freedom-religious liberty-which is not only protected in the laws and customs of our great Nation, but rooted in the teachings of our great Tradition," the bishops said in "United for Religious Freedom" a March 14 statement. "Prayer is the ultimate source of our strength-for without God, we can do nothing; but with God, all things are possible."

The following prayers may be used in solidarity with the bishops' call to penance and prayer to restore religious freedom & conscience protections.


Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty

The Religious Liberty prayer is currently available as a downloadable PDF file for use in English- and Spanish-speaking settings. It is featured with three different images of the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Thomas More.




Please check back again soon for information on how to order versions of these 2-sided color cards from USCCB Publications.



Immaculate Conception - Mary as the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the United States of America
María Inmaculada - Patrona de Nuestro País
St. Thomas More - St. Thomas More is the Patron of Religious Freedom.
Santo Tomás Moro- Patrón de las Libertades Religiosas



Additional Suggested Prayers


Prayers of the Faithful ~ Prayer for Formation of Conscience ~ Prayer for Our Nation ~ Prayer for Our Leaders

Oración por la formación de conciencia ~ Oraciónes de los fieles ~ Oración por la protección de los derechos de conciencia ~ Oración por el gobierno ~ Oración por nuestra nación ~ Oración por la libertad religiosa (Tarjetas para oración nacional)
Deacon Bob Ellis
Executive Director & National Coordinator
World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
674 Mountain View Rd. East
Asbury, NJ 08802
Visit us at:
www.wafusa.org
www.BlueArmy.com
Email to: Shrine@BlueArmy.com

An Association of Pontifical Right

New Year Message from the WAF Board of Trustees

All of us at the apostolate's National Headquarters and on the National Board of Trustees wish to express our deep and sincere gratitude: V  For the many prayers, penances and sacrifices offered for the good of the apostolate by so many; V  For the moral support of the apostolate's efforts throughout 2011; V  For those who contribute to the content, layout and publication of Soul Magazine; V  For the help of so many dedicated volunteers at the National Shrine; V  For the assistance rendered by so many to our many Diocesan Divisions throughout the country; and V  For the financial contributions of so many which make the work of the apostolate possible. As we bid farewell to 2011 let us together: V  Remember the progress we've made and attribute it to the grace of God and the help of Our Lady; V  Acknowledge our failures and faults and attribute them to our human condition; As we welcome 2012 let us together resolve, with the grace of God and the help of Our Lady, to remain faithful to our mission: "To help people Learn, Live and Spread the Message of Our Lady of Fatima ." In the knowledge that genuine happiness depends upon holiness, we wish a very Holy and Happy New Year to one and all.

Deacon Bob Ellis Executive Director & National Coordinator World Apostolate of Fatima, USA 674 Mountain View Rd. East Asbury, NJ 08802 Visit us at: www.wafusa.org www.BlueArmy.com Email to: Shrine@BlueArmy.com An Association of Pontifical Right

Message from the World Apostolate of Fatima for Christmas

Glory to God in the highest;
and peace on earth to men of good will.


May the Divine Infant of Bethlehem,
Whom we adore and acknowledge to be our Sovereign Lord,
come and take birth in our hearts;
And may the message His Holy Mother delivered to the world at Fatima in 1917 soon be taken to heart by all so that the peace on earth wished for mankind by the angels at Bethlehem and echoed by the Angel of Peace at Fatima may finally come to our world and the salvation of souls be achieved.

A very blessed and merry Christmas to all.
The World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
"Our Lady's Blue Army"

History Channel Airs Fatima Message

From the World Apostolate of Fatima, An Association of Pontifical Right

Watch or Record the International History Channel (H2) on Thursday for a full hour on Fatima on secular TV. Look for the Nostradamus Effect: Fatima's Lost Prophecy, this is a one hour segment of a 13 part series that has aired many times on the US History Channel. Showings by time zone are: ET 1pm, 7pm, CT 12pm, 6pm, MT 11am, 5pm, PT 1pm, 7pm.

Featuring from the Apostolate: Father Andrew Apostoli, CFR, Spiritual Advisor, Michael La Corte, Executive Director, Deacon Bob Ellis, National Coordinator and International Secretariats Nuno Prazares and Ana Reis.

The show has nothing to do with Nostradamus but delivers the message around the world to many who don't know Our Lady of Fatima's message of Hope. We look forward to hearing your comments. Please email us at soul@bluearmy.com


Enjoy and Share,
Mike



Excerpt from the History Channel Description:

In 1917, three young shepherd children from the small town of Fatima, Portugal, claim to be instruments of divine prophecy. The children report being visited by the Virgin Mary. Three haunting visions of death and destruction are revealed, but the children are forbidden to give details. Two of the children die within three years of receiving their visions. The third, Lucia, shares the three "secrets" with the Vatican. The Vatican debates the girl's stories.

Could three children from a poor town have really been touched by divinity? And what of the visions? Lucia claimed the first vision revealed souls burning in a fiery hell. The second foretold the outbreak of World War II and the dangers of Communism. But the third was guarded closely by the Vatican until the year 2000. The final Fatima prophecy revealed an angel with a flaming sword setting the world on fire.





Michael La Corte

Executive Director

World Apostolate of Fatima, USA

674 Mountain View Rd E.
Asbury NJ 08802
visit us at: www.wafusa.org

WAF Honolulu Division - Annual Rosary in the Park

Thanks to a lovely and dedicated woman, Josephine and of course, her many assistants, we were blessed to have another wonderful afternoon of Rosary in the Park.  This is a local annual event to commemorate Our Lady of Fatima's last apparition on October 13, 1917.  This year was extra special as our dear Bishop Larry joined the faithful in honoring our beautiful blessed mother!  It was also the first time a shower of blessing (rain) fell while the sun was still shining.  It reminded me of what the people must have experienced the day the sun danced.

The gathering started with our bishop leading us in prayer.  Then that was followed by the procession around the park.  Our Lady's statue was crowned with a beautiful Haku lei and roses.  We then chanted the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 p.m. or a little past that time.  We prayed the Luminous Mysteries...mostly in the rain and then we renewed our total Consecration (St. Louis de Montfort).  The bishop gave his final blessing and we all left...very happy participants in a very joyful event. 

The following are some photos from the Rosary gathering.   

Bishop Larry's arrival

Deacon Vince and Bishop Larry

The Gathering and a Prayer

Crucifix leads the Procession Honoring Our Lady

Followed by Bishop Larry and Josephine

A large group of the faithful came

The World Apostolate of Fatima, Honolulu Division Banner in the Procession

The Crowning of Our Lady

Bishop brings flowers to the Fairest

The Fairest

The Divine Mercy image

The Divine Mercy Chaplet...chanted

The Five Luminous Mysteries led by Bishop Larry

Rosary in the Rain

Faithful Father and Son Praying the Rosary

Bishop's Final Blessing

Filmmaker and photographer yesterday...Venny V.

The World Apostolate of Fatima - Honolulu Diocese Division

Worldwide Children's Eucharistic Holy Hour

Friday, October, 7th - Broadcast Live on EWTN
10 am- EST 7am PACIFIC - ENCORES 4 pm EST 1 pm PACIFIC
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Thousands of Youngsters to Offer Mary a Golden Rose



ST. PAUL, Minnesota, SEPT. 27, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Thousands of children will gather at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, [0.8327759197324415] D.C., next month to offer Our Lady a "Golden Rose" and to pray before the Holy Eucharist.

The youngsters will represent children from 140 nations who will participate Oct. 7 in the 9th annual Worldwide Children's Eucharistic Holy Hour, which will be broadcast live around the world on Eternal [0.5768261964735516] World Television Network (EWTN), and translated for Spanish-speaking countries.


The "Holy Hour unites children around the world before the Blessed Sacrament to console the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus and to pray for the families of the world, a mission entrusted to them by Blessed John Paul II in his Christmas Letter to the World's Children, in 1994, at the close of the International Year of the Family."


Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans will preside at the main event in the basilica, which is co-sponsored by Children of the Eucharist, the children's program of the World Apostolate of Fatima, and the Holy Childhood Association.



A growing number of dioceses, parishes and schools on every continent are participating in the event every year, according to Connie Schneider, founder and international chairwoman.

She added, "This global Holy Hour gathers our children before the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus to console him, as requested by the Angel of Peace at Fatima, and to pray for our own families and the families of the world."

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