A Brief On Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima is a Marian apparition that occurred in 1917 in the town of Fatima, Portugal. The apparition was witnessed by three young shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto. According to the children, the Virgin Mary appeared to them on six separate occasions between May and October of 1917. The first apparition occurred on May 13, 1917, when the children were tending to their sheep in a field called the Cova da Iria. According to Lucia, a lady dressed in white, who identified herself as the "Lady of the Rosary," appeared to them. She asked the children to return to the same place on the 13th of each month for the next six months. During the following apparitions, the Virgin Mary imparted several messages to the children. She urged them to pray the rosary daily, to make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, and to work for peace. She also revealed three secrets to the children. The first secret was a vision of Hell, the second was ...