Our Lady of Fatima

Marian advocation of no (National)
Recognized by the Church

The devotion to Our Lady of Fatima is widespread in the Caribbean and there are signs of the presence of images and possibly some chapel or parish under this advocation in Saint Lucia. The apparitions of the Virgin in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, were approved by the Church. The date of introduction of devotion on the island and the missionaries involved do not record.

Main data

Origin and history

The devotion to Our Lady of Fatima is widespread in the Caribbean and there are signs of the presence of images and possibly some chapel or parish under this advocation in Saint Lucia. The apparitions of the Virgin in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, were approved by the Church. The date of introduction of devotion on the island and the missionaries involved do not record.

The image and the sanctuary

There is no clear identification in open sources of a parish of Fatima in Saint Lucia with direction and historical data, nor a diocesan sanctuary dedicated to this advocation. There is no particular history of a specific image.

Sponsorship and coronation

Marian vocation of apparitions recognized by the Church. On the island his veneration should be considered popular and parochial piety, with no known official sanctuary or documented local coronation.

Party and devotion

The main feast is held on May 13, with masses, rosaries and, in many places, torches processions. For Saint Lucia there are no specific programmes of pilgrimages or processions.

Link to the Rosary

En Fátima la Virgen se presentó como «la Señora del Rosario» y pidió rezarlo cada día por la paz y la conversión de los pecadores. Esta advocación es, por excelencia, la del Rosario, oración que la Virgen misma encomendó a los pastorcitos.