Friday, May 19, 2017

Chapel of the Apparitions - Fatima

The Chapel of the Apparitions is an open-air chapel built on the site of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Inside the chapel is a single white column over the site of a small holm oak tree over which the Virgin Mary began appearing on May 13, 1017. A statue of the Pilgrim Virgin is located there and is carried in the nightly rosary processions.

The chapel was built in 1919 in response to the request of Our Lady of the Rosary, who told the children, "I want you to make a chapel here in my honor."
This chapel was blown up by opponents of the Church in 1922, and shortly thereafter, reconstruction of the current chapel was begun.

The chapel is the most important site in the entire Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima complex and is visited by close to four million pilgrims each year.


Open-air Chapel of the Apparitions


Chapel from another angle


Inside the Chapel - Ready for Mass to begin


Inside the Chapel - During Mass


White column over the site of a small holm oak tree
where our Lady of Fatima appeared. 
Pilgrim Virgin statue on display.










1 comment:

  1. Hi, do you know what happened to the oak tree? I hope it wasn't actually chopped down? That would be an unbelievable thing to do. Was it moved to another place? It would have been best if they had let the tree remain and grow in the original place. I think that is what Our Lady would most likely have preferred. I don't see why the placement and design of the chapel couldn't have accommodated that.

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