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"It is a wonder that the Virgin of Fatima is here, and that she can help so many Murcia who for illness or other reasons need it," said José Luis Mendoza, president of the Catholic University of Murcia, at the arrival of the Marian image to the Monastery Of Los Jerónimos.

The president of the UCAM emphasized that it is important that most of the groups of the Catholic Church can come to the Monastery of Los Jerónimos to celebrate with the Virgin of Fatima as well as families.

José Luis Mendoza also highlighted the fact that the relics of the "shepherds" who had the apparitions of the Virgin 100 years ago will also come to the University brought by the bishop of Fatima.

The ceremony of welcome to the Pilgrim MTA began with a procession around St. John Paul II Square, continued with the Regina Coeli prayer to conclude with the entrance to the Monastery Temple where José Luis Mendoza emphasized the importance of This image could be here to be visited by all Murcia who wish it.

Finally the liturgical act was concluded with a Salve to the Virgin and the prayer of the Rosary.

During the stay of the image will be developed different activities among which are the processions of May 12 and 19 in Murcia and Cartagena respectively.

As well as the stay of the Virgin 13 and May 14 in the cathedral and 20 and 21 in the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia in Cartagena.

It is worth remembering that this Marian image was in Murcia in 1948, and that therefore, it returns to this Region sixty-nine years later.

Visits and pilgrimages

In this sense, for those who are interested in visits and pilgrimages to the UCAM during the days in which the Virgin of Fatima is in the University, they can obtain more information in this respect in the telephones 968 278 704/599 and in the mail Ucreligions@ucam.edu

History of the Pilgrim MTA

This image was realized in the year 1947, following the instructions of Sister Lucia, one of the shepherds to whom appeared the Virgin.

Shortly after the end of World War II, a pastor from Berlin proposed that an image of Our Lady of Fatima be found in all the capitals and episcopal cities of Europe.

The idea was resumed in April 1946 by a representative of Luxembourg at the International Council of Young Women's Catholic Youth and the following year, the same day of her coronation, the first trip began.

International Congress of Mariology

Cardinals, bishops and different experts of worldwide relevance in the figure of the Virgin Mary will meet from the 17th to the 19th of this month of May at the International Congress of Mariology under the title 'Mary, mother of mercy' on the initiative of the Catholic University Of Murcia and organized jointly with the Diocese of Cartagena, the Cabildo of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of Murcia and the groupings of Holy Week of Cartagena, and with the sponsorship of the Pontifical International Marian Academy.

This congress is held on the occasion of the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the shepherds of Fátima (Portugal).

Some of the topics to be addressed at this Congress will be: Mary in the life of the Church, in the history of salvation, in the liturgy and the Syrian Church, in the Eastern tradition as well as the pastoral experience in Fatima.

These issues will be dealt with by different religious experts such as Cardinal Rouco Varela, archbishop emeritus of Madrid;

Stefano Cecchin, president of the Pontifical International Marian Academy;

Ignace Youssif III Younan, patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians;

Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, emeritus bishop of Leiria-Fatima;

Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, president of the Spanish Society of Mariology, among others.

Also noteworthy was the participation in this congress, among others, of Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation of Catholic Education;

Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, archbishop of Valencia;

Cardinal Carlos Amigo, archbishop emeritus of Seville;

José Manuel Lorca Planes, bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena;

And José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM.

Source: UCAM