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GPS 39.63166315694217, -8.67326063275697
The Capelinha das Apariões is a chapel located in Cova da Iria, in Fátima, in the enclosure of the Sanctuary of Fátima, in Portugal.
The pedestal where the original sculpture of Our Lady of Fátima is located marks the exact spot where the small holm oak tree stood on which it is believed that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the three little shepherds – Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta – on the 13th of May, June , July, September and October 1917.
The Chapel
The little chapel was built in 1919 in response to the request of Nossa Senhora do Rosário: I want a chapel to be built here in my honor. Slightly larger than a niche, the chapel was born out of the voluntarism of Maria dos Santos Carreira, a woman from the people who, since June 13, 1917, went to Cova da Iria. However, before the construction of the Capelinha there was an arch built in wood over the holm oak of the apparitions. Maria dos Santos Carreira began by clearing the weeds around the holm oak tree and decorating it with flowers and devotional ribbons. Then, with the help of her husband, she built a wall around the holm oak and erected a wooden arch.
When this arch was destroyed in October 1917 and taken to Santarém (to be exhibited there in a parody of a procession), people were already leaving alms next to the holm oak tree. It was Maria dos Santos Carreira who carefully guarded these alms. The first were 30 réis and a few pieces of fruit. But he quickly found himself with a cloth bag full of coins. The destination to be given to the alms left in Fátima was so important that Father Manuel Nunes Formigão included it in the interrogation he made to Lúcia:
“What did the Lady say should be done with the money that the people deposit in Cova da Iria at the foot of the holm oak tree? – asked Father Formigão to Lúcia who, in his reply, says that these were the lady’s orders:
In 1919, the alms saved by Maria Santos Carreira already amounted to 357,000 reis in offerings and forty liters of olive oil.
It was built in the exact location of the apparitions that took place in Fátima in 1917. From April 28 to June 15, 1919, the task was carried out by bricklayer Joaquim Barbeiro from the village of Santa Catarina da Serra.
On October 13, 1921, the celebration of Mass was officially allowed, for the first time, next to the Capelinha.
Maria dos Santos Carreira would become popularly known as Maria da Capelinha and Cova da Iria would gain a temple whose smallness was inverse to the importance it had for pilgrims.
On March 6, 1922, the chapel was dynamited by unknown persons, but it was rebuilt that same year.
In 1982, a vast porch was built by the architect José Carlos Loureiro, having been inaugurated during the visit of Pope John Paul II on May 12 of that year.
In 1988, declared the Marian Year, the porch of the chapel was lined with pine wood, from Russia, north of Siberia. This wood was chosen for its durability and lightness.
The original chapel, although subject to slight repairs over the years, retains the features of a popular hermitage.
The image of Our Lady
The original statue was offered by Gilberto Fernandes dos Santos in 1920 and commissioned from Casa Fânzeres in Braga, following Sister Lúcia's instructions. The sculpture work was created by José Ferreira Thedim in wood, Brazilian cedar, measures 1 meter and 37 centimeters and weighs 19 kilos. Professor Xavier Coutinho tells us that it was inspired by an existing image of Nossa Senhora da Lapa, from Casa Estrela, "with small modifications in detail". Thedim made some changes to the image later in the 1950s.
On the 13th of May 1920, the image of Our Lady of Fátima is blessed in the Parish Church of Fátima by Rev. António de Oliveira Reis, Archpriest of Torres Novas. The statue is enthroned in Capelinha on June 13 of the same year. She was solemnly crowned on May 13, 1946 by the pontifical legate Cardinal Bento Aloisi Masella.
The golden crown was offered by a group of Portuguese women on October 13, 1942, in thanksgiving for Portugal not having entered the Second World War. It was performed free of charge by 12 artisans from the Leitão & Irmão house in Lisbon for three months. It weighs 1200 grams and contains 313 pearls and 2679 precious stones. Encrusted is the bullet offered by John Paul II in the attack he suffered in Rome on 13 May 1981, as a sign of thanks to the Virgin for saving his life.
Over the years, 12 "pilgrim" replicas of the image were made in order to satisfy the many requests, which were arising in the country and abroad, to receive it.
In June 2013, and for the first time, the image left the chapel so that its state of conservation could be analysed. The examinations were carried out at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar and revealed to be in good condition, given its almost centenary age. The removal of the image of Fátima required special security measures, including guards and insurance agents.
Trips
The image only leaves the Chapel of Apparitions on occasions considered very special. The original statue only left the Capelinha 12 times, and abroad it only went to Spain and to the Vatican three times - in March 1984, at the request of Pope John Paul II, when he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in October 2000, to be present in St. Peter's Square at the consecration of the new millennium to the Blessed Virgin and on 12 and 13 October 2013, as an icon at the Marian Day at the request of Pope Francis.
1st - between 7 and 13 April 1942, for the closing of a congress promoted by the National Council of Feminine Catholic Youth, in Lisbon.
2nd - between 22nd November and 24th December 1946, on the occasion of the tercentenary of the proclamation of Nossa Senhora da Conceição as Patroness of Portugal, on a tour of Estremadura and Ribatejo.
3rd - between October 1947 and January 1948 the image traveled through the Alentejo and Algarve, crossing the Portuguese-Spanish border twice, in Elvas, Badajoz and Vila Real de Santo António.
4th - between 22 May and 2 June 1948 to Madrid, on the occasion of the Diocesan Marian Congress, passing through other locations.
5th - between the 9th of June and the 13th of August 1951, with visits to all the parishes of the Diocese of Leiria.
6th - on 17 May 1959, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Monument to Christ the King, he visited Lisbon and Almada again.
7th - between 24 and 25 March 1984 it was taken to the Vatican, at the request of Pope John Paul II. On the 25th, in St. Peter's Square, he attended the Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during the Eucharistic celebration presided over by the Pope.
8th - On October 8th, 2000, he returns to the Vatican for the Consecration of the New Millennium to the Blessed Virgin, made by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square.
9th - on November 12, 2005, when the city of Lisbon was consecrated to Our Lady of Fátima, in one of the various initiatives that were part of the religious program of the International Congress for New Evangelization, which took place from the 5th to the 13th of November.
10th - between 16 and 17 May 2009, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the National Sanctuary of Christ the King, a moment that celebrated the same visit made 50 years earlier.
11th - between 21 and 23 May 2010 it was taken to the "Festa da Fé" in the city of Leiria, at the request of D. António Marto, then bishop of Leiria-Fátima.
12th - Between 12 and 13 October 2013, she returned to the Vatican, in response to Pope Francis' desire to have her as an icon on the Marian Day promoted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. On the 12th, at 5 pm, she was received in St. Peter's Square in the presence of the Holy Father and on the 13th, the Pope consecrated the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in front of the Statue. This was the first time that the original image was not present in the sanctuary on a date of a great anniversary pilgrimage, that is, those that take place on the 13th of a month between May and October. On that occasion, the image was replaced by that of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fátima, enthroned in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary since December 8, 2003.
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Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 39.63166315694217, -8.67326063275697
The Capelinha das Apariões is a chapel located in Cova da Iria, in Fátima, in the enclosure of the Sanctuary of Fátima, in Portugal.
The pedestal where the original sculpture of Our Lady of Fátima is located marks the exact spot where the small holm oak tree stood on which it is believed that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the three little shepherds – Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta – on the 13th of May, June , July, September and October 1917.
The Chapel
The little chapel was built in 1919 in response to the request of Nossa Senhora do Rosário: I want a chapel to be built here in my honor. Slightly larger than a niche, the chapel was born out of the voluntarism of Maria dos Santos Carreira, a woman from the people who, since June 13, 1917, went to Cova da Iria. However, before the construction of the Capelinha there was an arch built in wood over the holm oak of the apparitions. Maria dos Santos Carreira began by clearing the weeds around the holm oak tree and decorating it with flowers and devotional ribbons. Then, with the help of her husband, she built a wall around the holm oak and erected a wooden arch.
When this arch was destroyed in October 1917 and taken to Santarém (to be exhibited there in a parody of a procession), people were already leaving alms next to the holm oak tree. It was Maria dos Santos Carreira who carefully guarded these alms. The first were 30 réis and a few pieces of fruit. But he quickly found himself with a cloth bag full of coins. The destination to be given to the alms left in Fátima was so important that Father Manuel Nunes Formigão included it in the interrogation he made to Lúcia:
“What did the Lady say should be done with the money that the people deposit in Cova da Iria at the foot of the holm oak tree? – asked Father Formigão to Lúcia who, in his reply, says that these were the lady’s orders:
In 1919, the alms saved by Maria Santos Carreira already amounted to 357,000 reis in offerings and forty liters of olive oil.
It was built in the exact location of the apparitions that took place in Fátima in 1917. From April 28 to June 15, 1919, the task was carried out by bricklayer Joaquim Barbeiro from the village of Santa Catarina da Serra.
On October 13, 1921, the celebration of Mass was officially allowed, for the first time, next to the Capelinha.
Maria dos Santos Carreira would become popularly known as Maria da Capelinha and Cova da Iria would gain a temple whose smallness was inverse to the importance it had for pilgrims.
On March 6, 1922, the chapel was dynamited by unknown persons, but it was rebuilt that same year.
In 1982, a vast porch was built by the architect José Carlos Loureiro, having been inaugurated during the visit of Pope John Paul II on May 12 of that year.
In 1988, declared the Marian Year, the porch of the chapel was lined with pine wood, from Russia, north of Siberia. This wood was chosen for its durability and lightness.
The original chapel, although subject to slight repairs over the years, retains the features of a popular hermitage.
The image of Our Lady
The original statue was offered by Gilberto Fernandes dos Santos in 1920 and commissioned from Casa Fânzeres in Braga, following Sister Lúcia's instructions. The sculpture work was created by José Ferreira Thedim in wood, Brazilian cedar, measures 1 meter and 37 centimeters and weighs 19 kilos. Professor Xavier Coutinho tells us that it was inspired by an existing image of Nossa Senhora da Lapa, from Casa Estrela, "with small modifications in detail". Thedim made some changes to the image later in the 1950s.
On the 13th of May 1920, the image of Our Lady of Fátima is blessed in the Parish Church of Fátima by Rev. António de Oliveira Reis, Archpriest of Torres Novas. The statue is enthroned in Capelinha on June 13 of the same year. She was solemnly crowned on May 13, 1946 by the pontifical legate Cardinal Bento Aloisi Masella.
The golden crown was offered by a group of Portuguese women on October 13, 1942, in thanksgiving for Portugal not having entered the Second World War. It was performed free of charge by 12 artisans from the Leitão & Irmão house in Lisbon for three months. It weighs 1200 grams and contains 313 pearls and 2679 precious stones. Encrusted is the bullet offered by John Paul II in the attack he suffered in Rome on 13 May 1981, as a sign of thanks to the Virgin for saving his life.
Over the years, 12 "pilgrim" replicas of the image were made in order to satisfy the many requests, which were arising in the country and abroad, to receive it.
In June 2013, and for the first time, the image left the chapel so that its state of conservation could be analysed. The examinations were carried out at the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar and revealed to be in good condition, given its almost centenary age. The removal of the image of Fátima required special security measures, including guards and insurance agents.
Trips
The image only leaves the Chapel of Apparitions on occasions considered very special. The original statue only left the Capelinha 12 times, and abroad it only went to Spain and to the Vatican three times - in March 1984, at the request of Pope John Paul II, when he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in October 2000, to be present in St. Peter's Square at the consecration of the new millennium to the Blessed Virgin and on 12 and 13 October 2013, as an icon at the Marian Day at the request of Pope Francis.
1st - between 7 and 13 April 1942, for the closing of a congress promoted by the National Council of Feminine Catholic Youth, in Lisbon.
2nd - between 22nd November and 24th December 1946, on the occasion of the tercentenary of the proclamation of Nossa Senhora da Conceição as Patroness of Portugal, on a tour of Estremadura and Ribatejo.
3rd - between October 1947 and January 1948 the image traveled through the Alentejo and Algarve, crossing the Portuguese-Spanish border twice, in Elvas, Badajoz and Vila Real de Santo António.
4th - between 22 May and 2 June 1948 to Madrid, on the occasion of the Diocesan Marian Congress, passing through other locations.
5th - between the 9th of June and the 13th of August 1951, with visits to all the parishes of the Diocese of Leiria.
6th - on 17 May 1959, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Monument to Christ the King, he visited Lisbon and Almada again.
7th - between 24 and 25 March 1984 it was taken to the Vatican, at the request of Pope John Paul II. On the 25th, in St. Peter's Square, he attended the Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during the Eucharistic celebration presided over by the Pope.
8th - On October 8th, 2000, he returns to the Vatican for the Consecration of the New Millennium to the Blessed Virgin, made by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square.
9th - on November 12, 2005, when the city of Lisbon was consecrated to Our Lady of Fátima, in one of the various initiatives that were part of the religious program of the International Congress for New Evangelization, which took place from the 5th to the 13th of November.
10th - between 16 and 17 May 2009, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the National Sanctuary of Christ the King, a moment that celebrated the same visit made 50 years earlier.
11th - between 21 and 23 May 2010 it was taken to the "Festa da Fé" in the city of Leiria, at the request of D. António Marto, then bishop of Leiria-Fátima.
12th - Between 12 and 13 October 2013, she returned to the Vatican, in response to Pope Francis' desire to have her as an icon on the Marian Day promoted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. On the 12th, at 5 pm, she was received in St. Peter's Square in the presence of the Holy Father and on the 13th, the Pope consecrated the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in front of the Statue. This was the first time that the original image was not present in the sanctuary on a date of a great anniversary pilgrimage, that is, those that take place on the 13th of a month between May and October. On that occasion, the image was replaced by that of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fátima, enthroned in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary since December 8, 2003.
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13th - 6th August 2023. By express wish of Pope Francis, the image was transported to Lisbon and displayed on the altar in Parque Tejo, at the closing Mass of World Youth Day in Portugal.
13th - 6th August 2023. By express wish of Pope Francis, the image was transported to Lisbon and displayed on the altar in Parque Tejo, at the closing Mass of World Youth Day in Portugal.
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