This pilgrimage, which traditionally gathers largest number of faithful in the Cova da Iria, in the district of Santarém, after May 13 and October 13, is chaired by the Bishop of the Armed Forces and Security Manuel Linda.
The Mass today, at 10:00, in the grounds of the sanctuary includes the supply of wheat, a tradition that is repeated for 75 years, every day August 13th.
The initiative began August 13, 1940, when a group of young people of the Catholic Agrarian Youth of 17 parishes of the Diocese of Leiria, offered 30 bushels of wheat intended for manufacturing wafers for use in the sanctuary, and since that year, pilgrims other dioceses in the country and abroad are continuing to this offertory.
According to the Shrine of Fatima, during the year 2014 were offered to the temple 10,050 kilograms of wheat and 402 kilos of flour, which consumed approximately 15,300 and 1,485,000 cachets particles. This year, 6,787 Masses were celebrated here.
As of Wednesday night, were enrolled at the Fatima Shrine pilgrims Service 26 groups of about a dozen countries to participate in the pilgrimage.
The National Migration Week, which began on Sunday and ends on the 16th, has as its theme “Church without borders, are one body”.
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