At the height of World War I, Pope Benedict XV appealed to the Blessed Mother to intercede for peace. Just over a week later, Our Lady began appearing to three young shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal.

From May 13 – October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto – three shepherd children tending sheep in the hills just outside their small village of Fatima, Portugal.

During the course of these appearances, Mary revealed her suffering heart and said that God wished to establish devotion to her Immaculate Heart.  She asked the children to pray the Rosary daily for world peace, and to offer their daily sufferings and sacrifices in reparation for sins and the conversion of sinners.  

She also revealed a three-part secret, which included a terrifying vision of hell. She warned that a worse war lay in store for humanity and that Russia would spread her errors throughout the world, resulting in more wars and persecution of the Church, if people did not repent and cease offending God.

But Our Lady also gave a message of hope: Russia would be converted from her errors if the Holy Father would consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart and people would practice the Communions of Reparation on the First Saturdays. She promised an era of peace would be granted to the world. 

At the final apparition, October 13, as promised, Our Lady performed a great miracle for “all to believe.” The unexplainable solar phenomena occurred before 70,000 people gathered at the Cova da Iria that day, and was witnessed from 25 miles away. Only twice in the world’s history has the exact date, time and location of a miracle been predicted:  At the Resurrection and at Our Lady of Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun.

Brown Scapular

Consecrate yourself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and wear the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel as a sign of your consecration.

A solemn Act of Consecration to The Immaculate Heart of Mary 

Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to you all the people of our country and all the world. Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as you wish to accomplish your designs in the world.

O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, 

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faithfully. We come with confidence to you, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love. Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed your own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Make our hearts and homes your shrine, and through us, make the Heart of Jesus, together with your rule, triumph in every heart and home. Amen.

— Venerable Pope Pius XII

First Saturday Devotion

“Many people go to hell because there is no one to offer sacrifices for them.”

~Our Lady of Fatima

At the core of devotion to the Immaculate Heart is the First Saturday Devotion. As a sign of our devotion, and with the intention of making reparation for the offenses against the Immaculate Heart, Our Lady asks us to:

1. Go to Confession (may be 8 days before or after, if you are in a state of grace)
2. Receive Holy Communion (can be received at a Saturday evening anticipatory Mass)
3. Pray 5 decades of the Rosary
4. Keep Our Lady company for 15 minutes while meditating on one or more of the mysteries of the Rosary.

Offer it up! – The Essential Daily Response to Fatima.

Daily offer the sacrifices demanded by the duties required of your state in life, as well as whatever hardships and difficulties God permits in your life, in reparation for sin and for the conversion of sinners.

Morning Offering

O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary (here kiss your Brown scapular as a sign of your consecration – this carries a partial indulgence), I offer You the Precious Blood of Jesus from all the altars throughout the world, joining with it the offering of my every thought, word and action of this day.

O my Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can, and I offer them together with myself, to Mary Immaculate, that she may best apply them to the interests of Your Most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, save us! Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!

Pardon Prayer

My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I beg pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You.

Angel Prayer

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners.

Eucharistic Prayer

O most Holy Trinity, I adore You! My God, my God, I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament.

Sacrifice Prayer

O  Jesus, it is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Decade Prayer

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

When you say yes to Mary, you’ll find shelter under her mantle in a life-changing way.​

The World Apostolate of Fatima – Our Lady’s Blue Army – is made up of individual members around the world who strive to practice the spiritual requests of Our Lady of Fatima in reparation for sins, for the conversion of sinners, for the salvation of souls, and to obtain the triumph of her Immaculate Heart and peace in the world.

Join the Blue Army- Say Yes to Our Lady

Benefits-When you commit to Our Lady of Fatima’s plan for peace, you’ll receive the following fruits and graces:

1. Your name will be placed at the site of Our Lady’s apparitions in Fatima.
2. You become a spiritual child of St. Padre Pio.
3. You receive graces and indulgences through the Rosary and the Brown Scapular.
4. You are united spiritually with millions of other Blue Army members throughout the world.
5. You know that you’re cooperating with Our Lady – and with heaven! – to further God’s Kingdom on earth.
6. You understand the greater purpose of your daily sufferings. 

Commitments:

When you join the Blue Army, you make the following commitments, to the best of your ability:

1. Offer up every day the sacrifices demanded by your daily duty.
2. Pray a 5-decade Rosary every day. 
3. Wear the Brown Scapular as a sign of your consecration to Mary’s Immaculate Heart.
4. Strive to practice the First Saturday devotion.