Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun

by | Oct 21, 2017 | Catholic T-Shirts, Celebrating the Saints, Family Rosary, Holy Rosary, Marian, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of the Rosary | 7 comments

“The world waited for October 13, the day of the great miracle that the Lady had promised would take place…”

This year we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Fatima apparitions and the Miracle of the Sun. Here are seven ways to commemorate this special anniversary with children:

1 – Picture Books

Here is the list of the books that are pictured on our book cart above:

The Rosary for Little Catholics (reprint of the original 1952 edition)

The Children of Fatima

** Also, a print edition of this beautiful brand new graphic novel will be released soon and I look forward to adding it to our collection! **

2 – Coloring Pages

I love the beautiful coloring page from Catholic Playground: Our Lady of Fatima Coloring Page. It’s the one that we printed out to color this year.

Here is a Rosary Diagram (link expired) coloring page from St. Anne’s Helper. You can also find coloring pages for all the mysteries of the rosary on their website too! 
Download and Print these Our Lady of Fatima Holy Cards and Coloring Page from my friend Aleesa’s Etsy shop. 
You can find many more options through an online search. 

 – Our Lady’s Rosary Craft

When we made rosaries for a service project a few years ago, my friend Aleesa sent us extra supplies to make one for each of the kids to keep as well. After making thirty-five to giveaway we never did get to those extras… I pulled the supplies out to the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun! It was a perfect craft for the anniversary of the apparitions this year.

 

4 – Audio + Video

The Day the Sun Danced DVD – one of my own childhood favorites!
This film accurately portrays the story of Our Lady’s appearances to the three children in 1917. From the angel’s appearance to the Miracle of the Sun, the full story is so captivatingly presented that young viewers will want to watch it again and again.

Secrets from Heaven: The Story of the Children of Fatima (Glory Stories: Volume XIII) is available from Holy Heroes

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima DVD

5 – Catholic Cuisine

Mary Machado, one of my contributors over at Catholic Cuisine, kindly took the time to compile all the past posts for easy reference! We decided to make her Spinning Sun Cake for our family celebration, spinning it on our Cake Turntable/Rotating Cake Stand.

6 – Favorite Dolls

Our Lady of Fatima from Shining Light Dolls
Grimms Stacking Blocks • Our Lady of Fatima from Naturally Catholic 

7 – Pray the Rosary

Our Lady of Fatima, Ora Pro Nobis!

7 Comments

  1. Karen H

    I am so glad you made this post on the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima. I love how complete it is, covering everything from reading to creating to eating! The Spinning Sun Cake is so clever and looks delicious. Thank you for offering so many resources, these will be helpful this year and beyond. Those are beautiful rosaries – no wonder your son wears a shirt that says 'EXPERT' – that just about sizes it up!

    2017-10-21 15:30:50

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  2. Marion

    Thank You so much for this post. I especially appreciate the web sites and companies you accompanied with the items. The Rosaries your children made are beautiful. Marion

    2017-10-21 19:14:03

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  3. Marilyn

    I enjoyed this post as I always do all your posts. I will be looking into the web sites you have mentioned. I love those beautiful Rosaries. Marilyn

    2017-10-21 21:42:22

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  4. Theresa MMJM

    Has your family seen Fatima the Musical? It was written by a young man that I know who is entering the seminary next year. It is truly an amazing production that your family can watch all together. Here is a link to the Fatima the Musical website that has the official full video of the production. https://www.fatimathemusical.com/youtube-premiere

    2017-10-27 15:51:35

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  5. Jessica Gordon

    No, we haven't! Thank you for the recommendation. We'll check it out!

    2017-10-27 16:15:37

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