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World Youth Day
DAY FIVE: OFF TO FATIMA
On Wednesday, we took a bus ride down to see the apparition site of Our Lady of Fatima and attended a gathering of United States pilgrims to listen to Bishop Barron as well as took time to pray as a group.
Upon arriving in Fatima, the significance of the holy site was evident in the architectural design and artistic additions to the surrounding area. We took the opportunity to light candles filled with individual intentions, visit the old basilica where the three children who saw Mary are buried, and browse local shops in and around the holy site. We attended Mass in the new basilica, easily a thousand people, over one-hundred priests, some half dozen bishops, and even a cardinal celebrated mass with us. Zach had the incredible honor to perform the English intentions on behalf of all the English speakers in attendance. Easily one of my favorite parts of this trip thus far. Following our return to Lisbon, we went to the US gathering where we heard a variety of different vocational stories, including introductions of various Bishops, including Denver Archbishop Aquila and Colorado Springs Bishop Golka, who were among those in attendance. Bishop Barron led us in a conversation about the Eucharistic revival, which was quickly followed by a Eucharistic procession and adoration.
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