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A Pilgrimage to Fatima As in most small villages in the early years of the century, the parish church was the center of life and faith in Fatima. It was here that the three child seers were baptised and it was here that Lucy made her first confession at six years of age. The kindly priest who heard her confession told her to consecrate herself to the Blessed Virgin and this she immediately did in front of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary. The following day she took Holy Communion for the first time. Jacinta, too, frequently came to pray here. Once on the feast of the Ascension, Our Lady appeared to her and taught her how to pray the Rosary.  The Parish Church of Fatima  The mortal remains of Francisco and Jacinta Martos were buried in this spot in the town cemetary of Fatima until their removal to the transept of Our Lady's Basilica in the early 1950s. In her memoirs, Sister Lucy writes of Francisco: A "Virtual" Pilgrimage to Fatima       |