Nossa Senhora de Fatima...rogai por nos
Volunteering at the sanctuary so far has been awesome. Of the volunteers, all but one guy (he is Hungarian) are seminarians. Two are from New Jersey but studying at the NAC, and the other from France. My volunteer schedule is really chill. I volunteer 2 days, then have a folga, aka day off. It goes like that until the day we leave!
Wednesday was "orientation day". We met Bernadette our "boss", got our schedules and took a took of Aljustral (the village 2km from the sanctuary) where the houses of the pastorinhos is located with the Poço do Anjo (2nd apparition of angel) as well as the Via Sacra with the Loco de Cabeço (where the angel appeared the 1st and 3rd times to the children). At the Poço, we were able to meet Sr. Lucia's niece, who is also a sister. In the afternoon we toured the sanctuary. The Holy Spirit is so present at this place, it is hard to put into words...
Wednesday night, the volunteers were invited to the Oblate Sisters of the Virgin Mary convent for pizza. (the museum they run is one of the stations we volunteer at, so they wanted to have us over!) I sat hear a sister from Michigan, who has a brother who is an oblate brother in Boston!!!! Small world!
Thursday began volunteering, and my station for the day was with the sisters at "Fátima: Luz e Paz" exhibition. It is a museum with the various offerings people have left over the years-- including those from popes, cardinals and bishops. The crown with the bullet of JPII is there, as well as the handkerchief he was holding when he died. (Blessed JpII, pray for us!)
Yesterday I was in "informações" all day. I was in charge of putting the video on every hour in the assigned language, and in the interim assisted in Português, español, English and um po d'Italiano...from what I could remember of course.
Today was a free day--- mike, soma (the Hungarian) and I went to the "Vida de Cristo" wax museum in the morning. It was really fascinating to see the life of Christ represented in wax figures. They look SO lifelike! Afterwards I pretty much relaxed the whole day--- prayed a little, read a little, rested a little. It was a true day off.
Tomorrow I will be in Aljustral at one of the houses of the children. I will write about that later.
I was recently told that my blog is a labor of love, and that people appreciate knowing what is going on, in general, but also what God is doing in me this trip.
It is indeed a labor of love, and I am glad to have been able to share so much personal insights from my trip, as well as the daily details of minha vida em Portugal/Polónia!
It has become harder to blog as I am now using an iPhone and not a regular computer--- which is why updates aren't coming daily anymore.
As of tomorrow we will be down to single digit days until I travel back to the states, so I think I shall blog every 2-3 days in lieu of a daily one...
Just got back from the international rosary at the Capelinha (chapel of the Marian apparitions). It is awesome to see so many people praying in different languages to our Mother, just beautiful.
Nossa Senhora de Fátima, rogai por nós...
---KPL
Wednesday was "orientation day". We met Bernadette our "boss", got our schedules and took a took of Aljustral (the village 2km from the sanctuary) where the houses of the pastorinhos is located with the Poço do Anjo (2nd apparition of angel) as well as the Via Sacra with the Loco de Cabeço (where the angel appeared the 1st and 3rd times to the children). At the Poço, we were able to meet Sr. Lucia's niece, who is also a sister. In the afternoon we toured the sanctuary. The Holy Spirit is so present at this place, it is hard to put into words...
Wednesday night, the volunteers were invited to the Oblate Sisters of the Virgin Mary convent for pizza. (the museum they run is one of the stations we volunteer at, so they wanted to have us over!) I sat hear a sister from Michigan, who has a brother who is an oblate brother in Boston!!!! Small world!
Thursday began volunteering, and my station for the day was with the sisters at "Fátima: Luz e Paz" exhibition. It is a museum with the various offerings people have left over the years-- including those from popes, cardinals and bishops. The crown with the bullet of JPII is there, as well as the handkerchief he was holding when he died. (Blessed JpII, pray for us!)
Yesterday I was in "informações" all day. I was in charge of putting the video on every hour in the assigned language, and in the interim assisted in Português, español, English and um po d'Italiano...from what I could remember of course.
Today was a free day--- mike, soma (the Hungarian) and I went to the "Vida de Cristo" wax museum in the morning. It was really fascinating to see the life of Christ represented in wax figures. They look SO lifelike! Afterwards I pretty much relaxed the whole day--- prayed a little, read a little, rested a little. It was a true day off.
Tomorrow I will be in Aljustral at one of the houses of the children. I will write about that later.
I was recently told that my blog is a labor of love, and that people appreciate knowing what is going on, in general, but also what God is doing in me this trip.
It is indeed a labor of love, and I am glad to have been able to share so much personal insights from my trip, as well as the daily details of minha vida em Portugal/Polónia!
It has become harder to blog as I am now using an iPhone and not a regular computer--- which is why updates aren't coming daily anymore.
As of tomorrow we will be down to single digit days until I travel back to the states, so I think I shall blog every 2-3 days in lieu of a daily one...
Just got back from the international rosary at the Capelinha (chapel of the Marian apparitions). It is awesome to see so many people praying in different languages to our Mother, just beautiful.
Nossa Senhora de Fátima, rogai por nós...
---KPL
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