Click to View Photo Gallery in Separate WindowThe Medjugorje visionaries have quoted the Blessed Virgin as having refereced her Church-approved apparitions to 3 shepherd children just outside of Fatima, Portugal which took place from May 13th to October 13th, 1917. During this time Our Lady appeared to Lucia dos Santos (9) and her cousins Francisco (7, who has since been cannonized as the Blessed Francisco Marto) and Jacinta Marto (6 whose body was found to be incorrupt and has since also been cannonized as the Blessed Jacinta Marto) once on the 13th day of each month and imparted a series of messages as well as 3 Secrets which were later revealed by the Vatican and appear in their entirety below. During the course of the apparitions Lucia asked the Blessed Virgin, who appeared under the title “Our Lady of the Rosary”, if she would perform a miracle to confirm the apparitions.


On the final public apparition which took place on October 13th, 1917, more than 70,000 people gathered around the children in the Cova da Iria. Near the end of the apparition there was a specular “Miracle of the Sun” which occurred and was witnessed by the entire crowd, including secular reporters who immediately published stories on the event. As Our Lady of the Rosary shared in one of her messages to the children, Francisco and Jacinta died shortly after the public apparitions ceased while Lucia went on to join the Carmelite Sisters, taking the name Sister Lucia de Jesus where she continued to receive private apparitions of Our Lady of the Rosary as well as Jesus. The quotes which appear below from the Blessed Virgin are taken directly from an English translation of Sister Lucia de Jesus’ Memoirs originally composed in her native language of Portuguese and later published as Fatima: In Lucia’s Own Word’s.


Regarding her apparitions in Fatima Our Lady of Medjugorje, the Queen of Peace, has said to Mirjana: “What I started in Fatima, I will finish in Medjugorje. My Immaculate Heart will triumph!”


This statement was also confirmed by the Blessed Pope John Paul II on March 25, 1984 when he stated, “Medjugorje is the fulfillment and continuation of Fatima.” (Medjugorje And The Church, Denis Nolan)

May 13, 1917
“Say the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war…”

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Apparition of May 13th 1917



OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm.

LUCIA
Where are you from?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I am from Heaven.

LUCIA
What do you want from me?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the thirteenth day, at this same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want. Afterwards, I will return here yet a seventh time.

LUCIA
Shall I go to Heaven too?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Yes you will.

LUCIA
And Jacinta?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
She will go also.

LUCIA
And Francisco?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
He will go there too, but he must say many Rosaries.

LUCIA
Is Maria das Neves in Heaven?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Yes, she is.

(Lucia then asked about another friend of her who had recently died)

LUCIA
And Amelia?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
She will be in purgatory until the end of times.

(Our Lady then charged the children with a mission for the conversion of sinners)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Are you willing to offer yourselves to God to bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and of supplication for the conversion of sinners?

LUCIA
Yes, we are willing.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Then you are going to have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort.

(Our Lady of the Rosary next opened her hands outwards and the children became bathed in a heavenly light which cut through the children’s hearts and souls allowing them to see themselves in God. The children then fell to their knees and driven by an inward force they all prayed in unison)

LUCIA / JACINTA / FRANCISCO
O most Holy Trinity, I adore You! My God, my God, I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament!

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war.

END APPARITION

June 13, 1917
“…Don’t lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God …”

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Apparition of June 13th 1917



LUCIA
What do you want of me?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I wish you to come here on the thirteenth of next month, to pray the Rosary every day, and to learn to read. Later I will tell you what I want.

(Lucia then asked for the cure of a sick person)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
If he is converted, he will be cured during the year.

LUCIA
I would like to ask you to take us to Heaven.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Yes, I will take Jacinta and Francisco soon. But you are to stay here some time longer. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.

LUCIA
Am I to stay here alone?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
No, my daughter. Are you suffering a great deal? Don’t lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.

(The children were again immersed in the Heavenly light of God in which they also experienced a vision of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, seen in the palm of her right hand, encircled with a crown of thorns which pierced it. Lucia writes in her memoirs, “We understood this was the Immaculate Heart of Mary, outraged by the sins of humanity, and seeking reparation.”)

END OF APPARITION

July 13, 1917
“You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart…”

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Apparition of July 13th 1917



LUCIA
What do you want of me?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I want you to come here on the thirteenth of next month, to continue to pray the Rosary every day in honour of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, because only she can help you.

LUCIA
I would like to ask you to tell us who you are, and to work a miracle so that everybody will believe that you are appearing to us.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Continue to come here every month. In October, I will tell you who I am and what I want. And I will perform a miracle for all to see and believe.

(Lucia thanked Our Lady and offered up the intentions of others who had asked her to mention them during the apparition and Our Lady said it was necessary for such people to pray the Rosary in order to obtain these graces during the year.)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Sacrifice yourselves for sinners, and say many times, especially whenever you make some sacrifice: O Jesus, it is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

(Our Lady then opened her hands once more and this time the rays of light seemd to penetrate the Earth giving the three children a frightening glimpse of Hell. Note the next message regarding WWII and the vision of Hell were initially kept secret by the children and ultimately revealed bu the Vatican much later. The text of the next message is tradionally referred to as what was the 1st and 2nd Secrets of Fatima.)

From Lucia’s Memoirs:
“Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror. We then looked up at Our Lady, who said to us so kindly and so sadly:”

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end; but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved; etc… Do not tell this to anybody. Francisco, yes, you may tell him. When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery: O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are most in need.

LUCIA
Is there anything else you want from us?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
No, I do not want anything more of you today.

END OF APPARITION

August 15, 1917
“Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.”

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Apparition of August 15th 1917



On August 13th 1917 Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco were all jailed and threatened with execution by the Mayor of Oreum, Arturo Santos. Thus they were unable to meet Our Lady in the Cova that day. After realizing that neither jail nor the threat of death could make the children recant their visions of Our Lady the Mayor staged an elaborate ruse where the children were separated and told that each of the others had been “boiled alive in oil.” This act failed to change the steadfast conviction of the children and ultimately Arturo Santos released the visionaries. The children then unexpectedly experienced an apparition of Our Lady in the field of Valinhos on August 15th, 1917.

LUCIA
What do you want of me?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I want you to continue going to the Cova da Iria on the thirteenth, and to continue praying the Rosary every day. In the last month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe.

LUCIA
What do you want done with the money that the people leave in the Cova da Iria?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Have two litters made. One is to be carried by you and Jacinta and two other girls dressed in white; the other one is to be carried by Francisco and three other boys. The money from the litters if for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and what is left over will help towards the construction of a chapel that is to be built here.

LUCIA
I would like to ask you to cure some sick person.

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Yes, I will cure some of them during the year.

(Lucia writes that Our Lady looked very sad when giving her next message)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.

END OF APPARITION

September 13, 1917
“…In October Our Lord will come, as well as Our Lady of Dolours and Our Lady of Carmel. Saint Joseph will appear with the Child Jesus to bless the world.”

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Apparition of September 13th 1917



OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Continue to pray the Rosary in order to obtain an end of the war. In October Our Lord will come, as well as Our Lady of Dolours and Our Lady of Carmel. Saint Joseph will appear with the Child Jesus to bless the world.

(Our Lady’s next line is a refernce to the silent mortifications each of the children was offering up as they would regularly tie coarse ropes around their waists underneath their clothes and offer the sacrifice and pain up for the conversion of sinners)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
God is pleased with your sacrifices. He does not want you to sleep with the rope on, but only to wear it during the daytime.

LUCIA
I was told to ask you many things, the cure of some sick people, of a deaf-mute…

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Yes, I will cure some, but not others. In October I will perform a miracle so that all may believe.

END OF APPARITION

October 13, 1917
“Do not offend the Lord Our God any more, because He is already so much offended!”

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Apparition of October 13th 1917



Undeterred by various bomb and death threats the children once again went to the Cova da Iria, this time accompanied by over 70,000 people who all experienced the Miracle of the Sun.

LUCIA
What do you want of me?

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honour. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.

LUCIA
I have many things to ask you: the cure of some sick persons, the conversion of sinners, and other things…

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins.

(Before leaving the Cova for the last time Our Lady gave a final message and according to Sister Lucia’s Memoirs Our Lady looked very sad)

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Do not offend the Lord our God any more, because He is already so much offended!

Next the Miracle of the Sun occured and the children experienced a vision of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Our Lady of Sorrows and they also saw St. Joseph holding the Child Jesus as He blessed the Earth.

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