Moderator: Father Colin Kay
Officers:
Dorothy Pyryt, President
Maria V. Ferrara, Vice-President
Eleanor Coles, Secretary
Rita Walsh, Treasurer
Schedule of Events:
September 8, 2009:
Meeting at 7:00 pm in the Church Hall. President of the Holy Name Society, Joe Borowski will be our speaker. It is time to plan our programs for the year. Come and share your time, talent and treasure to help make this a wonderful year. Refreshments to follow.
October 6, 2009:
Mass at 7:00 p.m. followed by induction of new members. The 2009 winner of the Ann Skorzuk Scholarship will read her essay. Please bring baby gifts for Birthright in Maywood, N.J. Refreshments to follow
October 13, 2009:
A special day of Pilgrimage to the World Apostolate of Fatima, Blue Army Shrine, USA in Washington, N.J is planned. The day will include time for reflection, rosary procession and liturgy. Bring your own lunch. See Betty DeFusco for information.
October 17, 2009:
Visitation to the Bergen Regional Medical Center to pray the Rosary with the residents and share some time visiting. Please bring finger held refreshments.
November 17, 2009:
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. We will have a special presentation of the Rosary on DVD followed by the business meeting and refreshments.
December 1, 2009: Christmas Party at 6:00 p.m. in the Church Hall followed by Mass at 7:00 p.m. More details to follow.
HISTORY OF FATIMA
Between May and October of 1917, three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto reported visions of the Virgin Mary in the Cova da Iria filds outside the village of Aljustrel, very close to Fatima, Portugal.
They had this experience on the 13th day of each month at approximately the same hour.
Lúcia described seeing Mary as "more brilliant than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal glass filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."
According to Lúcia's account, Mary confided to the children three secrets, known as the Three Secrets of Fatima.
Most important, Lúcia said Mary asked them to say the Rosary every day, reiterating many times that the Rosary was the key to personal and world peace
