Children invited to Fatima to contemplate God

(June 07, 2011) Children will be invited to contemplate God this week during the 2011 Children's Pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal.The two-day pilgrimage, which begins Thursday, has as its theme "Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I Adore You!" Fr. Virgílio Antunes, the rector of the Fatima shrine and organizer of the Children's Pilgrimage, said in a statement that the goal of the event is to develop in children the attitude of adoring God and the Most Holy Trinity” The priest said during the pilgrimage, the children will have an opportunity to learn to contemplate God's transcendence in the small and great things of life and of the world. On Thursday ( June 9 )they will visit the places of the Angel's apparitions, make an offering of flowers to the Virgin in the Chapel of the Apparitions and attend a celebration, entitled "With the Angel, We Adore the Lord," in the Church of the Most Holy Trinity. On Friday, June 10, which is a national holiday in Portugal, the children will pray the rosary and attend Mass