The Shrine of Fatima of Wiltz - The vote of Luxembourg
On Wiltz's "Op Baessent" hill, the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, born of a January 1945 vote, rises: in the middle of the Ardenas, the refugee neighbors in a basement promised to raise a sanctuary if they were to go out alive. It was built in 1951 and opened on July 13, 1952.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- It is the result of a vow of war fulfilled: the inhabitants of Wiltz were unharmed by the bombing of the Ardenas and built the promised sanctuary, dedicated to the Sacred Heart and the Virgin of Fatima.
- Every Thursday of Ascension welcomes the great national pilgrimage: Mass in Niederwiltz and procession to the sanctuary with candles, banners and songs.
- The pilgrimage as a popular feast was promoted by the Portuguese community: in 1968 a hundred migrants organized the first, and today it brings together about 20,000 faithful.
- In 2025 the 57th edition was held, with the Portuguese community as the soul of the meeting.
Our Lady of Fatima (Wiltz)
Wiltz is the Fatimite heart of Luxembourg: a sanctuary born of the gratitude of a people who survived the war under the cloak of the Virgin. Every Ascension, thousands of pilgrims go up the hill to renew that 1945 vote.
"Our Lady of Fatima, reach peace for the peoples.
Is the advocation of the Virgin Mary of your people missing?
Si no encuentras la advocación mariana de tu ciudad o pueblo, cuéntanosla: la investigaremos para ubicarla y darla a conocer en este mapa del amor de la Madre por el mundo.
Propose an apvocation →