An Epic Journey…A Critical Message that Must be Spread
The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima begins a 21-month
journey across America, honoring the 100th Anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima.
Experience the graces and blessings of Fatima!
The Tour (March 20, 2016 – December 20, 2017)
The tour of the world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima is a nation-wide call to prayer
and penance for peace in our nation and conversion of hearts. That’s because prayer is more powerful
than any army on earth. Our Lady promised, “in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” The tour
and your prayers will create an outpouring of grace to allow Our Lady of Fatima to claim her dominion
over our country through her Immaculate Heart. The statue travels east of the Mississippi in 2016 and
west of the Mississippi in 2017.
History
The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue (IPVS) of Fatima is one of two “twin” statues
sculpted in 1947 by famous sculptor José Thedim. The image reflects the precise instructions of Sister
Lucia (one of the 3 shepherd children who were visited by Our Lady at Fatima). Her desire was that the
pilgrim image represent Our Lady’s position when she revealed herself as the Immaculate Heart to the
children in 1917. Our Lady of Fatima through the Pilgrim Virgin Statue, set forth from Fatima in May,
1947 to claim her dominion and become the Pilgrim of the World, carrying first to devastated Europe
after WWII the message of peace. (This first statue was retired and is on display at the Basilica of Our
Lady of Fatima in Portugal.)
On October 13, 1947 in the presence of some 200,000 pilgrims at Fatima, the second “twin” statue was
blessed by the Bishop of Liera, Fatima, and commissioned to serve as the Pilgrim Virgin who would carry
the blessings of Fatima throughout the world. The Bishop prayed that Mary herself accompany the
statue wherever it goes. The purpose of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue tours was and still is to bring the graces
of Fatima and Our Lady’s message of hope, peace and salvation to those many millions of people who
may never have an opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Fatima itself.
On October 24, 1952, Pope Pius XII blessed the statue and imparted a special blessing on the work of the
Fatima Pilgrim Tours. The statue has visited more than 100 countries, including Russia and China,
bringing the great message of salvation and hope, “the peace plan from Heaven,” to countless millions
of people. Many miracles and signal graces have been reported
wherever the statue has traveled.
“In 1946, I crowned Our Lady of
Fatima as Queen of the World and the
On September 1, 2014, the custody and mission of this worldfollowing year, through the Pilgrim
famous statue was placed under the auspice of The World
Virgin, she set forth as though to
Apostolate of Fatima, USA – “Our Lady’s Blue Army,” and
claim her dominion, and the favors
continues her journeys throughout the world with its principal
she performs along the way are such
statue custodian Patrick L. Sabat.
that we can hardly believe what we
are seeing with our eyes.”
For more information, visit http://www.fatimatourforpeace.com/
(Pope Pius XII)