Lady of Fatima Church needs less programs, more prayer and penance!!
Today is the 92nd anniversary of the last appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco in Portugal in 1917. The visions occurred on the 13th day of each month from May to October, and by October huge crowds were gathering at the site of the visions and reporting visions and miraculous occurrences themselves. 
What is the Message of Fatima?
The public message of Fatima recalls that of Lourdes. Through the children Mary urges prayer for sinners, recitation of the Rosary, and works of penance. On October 13 she said: “I have come to exhort the faithful to change their lives, to avoid grieving Our Lord by sin; to pray the Rosary.”
But Mary also confided several “secrets” to the children, some of which Lucy subsequently transmitted. Presumably there was prediction of another war in the near future and a request for special veneration of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the spread of communism. The final secret was in-regards to the general falling away from faith that would come upon the world in the not too distant future if men did not amend their lives. Obviously this secret has been playing out over the course of a generation or two.
The message of Fatima is a simple one. If we are to convert sinners and realize peace in our world, we must pray the rosary daily and do penance. As the angel of Portugal said, “In this way, and in no other way, you will obtain peace for yourselves, for your family, for your country, and for your world.
edited by: Jeffrey David