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The history of Fatima can be traced to the beginning of the 20th Century.
Three children witnessed the sudden appearance of the Holy Virgin beneath an
oak tree. They described her as a “lady of white light.” Mary instructed the
children to recite the rosary every day. She appeared to them five times
again that summer, her last appearance marked by a miracle, the miraculous
“solar phenomenon” of Fatima. Several years after the appearances, two of
the three children died. Lucia, ten years old at the time of the appearance,
joined the Carmelite order of nuns. Her mission was to proclaim the message
she had received from the Holy Virgin to the world. Fatima has become the
most important destination for pilgrims in Portugal, attracting over a
million and a half travelers yearly. The trek to Fatima is usually done in
exchange for a favor received. Pilgrims often make a promesa, a personal vow
to do penance as a sign of their gratitude to the Virgin. For many, this
means covering the last 500 yards on the marble floor to the Chapel of the
Apparitions on their knees.
This title is from the collection Pilgrimages of Europe.
Pilgrimages are as old as mankind. The mystical and spiritual nature of a
pilgrimage holds an eternal, mythic appeal to the imagination of many
people. Every year millions of pilgrims of all nationalities, young and old,
set out on these voyages of the soul. The twelve documentaries in the series
Pilgrimages of Europe are experiential journeys to some of the most sacred
routes and holy places throughout Christian Europe.
These half-hour documentaries, richly filmed, look at the spiritual,
cultural and historical background of twelve pilgrimage sites throughout
Europe. However, the people, the pilgrims themselves, are at the heart of
these stories – their purposes and desires, their motivations, and the great
sense of the holy and the sacred which they find on their journeys of faith.
30 Minutes
ORDER CODE: JM20167V
VHS
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