One year ago today we placed our community under the protection of Our Lady of Fatima, asking her protection and intercession. This morning, in thanksgiving, we offered a Mass of Our Lady of Fatima and blessed a new statue of her which, we hope, will become the centrepiece of a Marian shrine on our property. In the interim it has been placed in the monastery refectory with a votive lamp that shall be lit before each meal. May Our Lady of Fatima continue to protect our community and and intercede for us! We are profoundly grateful to our carpenters, Menuiserie Pierlot, for the construction of two beautiful new wooden pillars, upon one of which the statue has been placed. | Il y a tout juste une année nous placions notre communauté sous la protection particulière de Notre Dame de Fatima, lui demandant sa protection et son intercession particulière. Ce matin, en action de grâce, nous avons offert une Messe en l'honneur de Notre Dame de Fatima et avons béni sa nouvelle statue qui deviendra, nous l'espérons, le point culminant d'une future chapelle sur notre propriété. En attendant, la statue est placée dans le réfectoire monastique. Que Notre Dame de Fatima continue de nous protéger et d'intercéder pour nous! Nous sommes extrêmement reconnaissants envers la Menuiserie Pierlot pour la réalisation de deux magnifiques colonnes en bois dont l'une est soutient la statue de Notre Dame. |
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