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…As I write these words, I am watching through the Eternal Word Television Network,
the children of the world bowing profoundly before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC.
and to know that they are being joined by children worldwide, including in my own diocese
fills me with an overwhelming, inner joy! Could there be anything more beautiful than this?...
Filipe Neri Ferrao
Archbishop of Goa and Daman ( India )
ENDORSEMENTS of the
The Annual ~ “Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour”
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“I am deeply grateful for the many good efforts
of the World Apostolate of Fatima and, in particular,
I think of the many graces that come to so many
young people through the Children’s Program.
It is my hope and my prayer that each of the
children who participate in this Holy Hour
will be ambassadors of Jesus Christ
to other young people and to the world.”
Pope Benedict XVI
February 8th ~ 2007
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The fifth annual,
Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour
received an Apostolic Blessing from
Pope Benedict XVI
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Children of the Eucharist,
the Children’s Program of the
World Apostolate of Fatima received a ‘perpetual’
Apostolic Blessing for children
praying for priests before the
Most Blessed Sacrament,
in honor of the
‘Year for Priests.’
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A letter was sent to Pope John Paul II by the
Archdiocean Division of the, World Apostolate of Fatima,
letting him know of the upcoming
Children’s Holy Hour and he responded to us through at that
time was our dear Archbishop Harry Flynn.
Our Holy Father ( Pope John Paul II ) asks me to convey
his prayerful good wishes for the ‘first’
Children’s Day of Prayer
to be celebrated on the
7th of October, 2004
Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Archbishop Harry Flynn
September 28th ~ 2004
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“My Dear Young Friends,
It is to your prayers that I entrust the problems
of your own family
and all the families of the world.”
Pope John Paul II
Christmas Letter to the World’s Children
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Fatima’s “Angel of Peace”
appeared to the three
little Shepherds in 1917, and convened the
first “Children’s Holy Hour.”
Quickly they would
become students in the
“School of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,”
and apostles of prayer and sacrifice.
God used these small
children to renew the Gospel message
of repentance and call the world back,
through Mary, to His Son.
Most Reverend Robert W. Finn D.D.
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2007 Children's Holy Hour
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2008 Children's Holy Hour
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“I give thanks to Jesus and His Blessed Mother,
Our Lady of Fatima,
for the presence of so many children
gathered in adoration
before the Blessed Sacrament
in the National Basilica in Washington DC.
May God and our Lady
so bless the hearts of all these children
that they will respond generously
to the invitation of Jesus to go and
make disciples of all the Nations.
International Secretary General
of the Holy Childhood Association,
Father Patrick Byrne
November 1st ~ 2008
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Sixth Worldwide Children’s Holy Hour
His Eminence, Sean Cardinal O’Malley
has asked me to acknowledge his receipt of
your recent letter sent with enclosures
concerning the
School Children’s Eucharistic
and Marian Holy Hour and to reply on his behalf.
It is good to know of the Holy Hour
planned at the
National Shrine on October 6th…
with the help of God and through
the intercession of our Blessed Mother, may the
children of the world indeed be gathered
in the presence of the
Eucharistic Lord to pray for families.
Reverend Robert T. Kickham
Secretary to the Archbishop
August 23rd ~ 2006
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Through our e-mail connection with each parish
we are sending this word of the
“Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour.”
Cardinal William H. Keeler
Archbishop of Baltimore
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“Thank you for your letter of February 25th ~ 2005
regarding the
“Petition of Prayer Contest”
sponsored by your organization for Catholic school children.
I am grateful that the
Archdiocese of Atlanta has an opportunity to participate.
The Saint Paul Archdiocesean Division
of the World Apostolate of Fatima,
sponsored in the “Year of the Eucharist”
a national Catholic School contest
which brought about the Theme Song,
We are the children of the world, Answering his Call”
Sincerely in Christ, Wilton D. Gregory
Archbishop of Atlanta
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