Her Involvement Visions
What is May 7th?
The first time the children witnessed the Blessed Virgin Mary.
What is the approximate number of people that came because of the Miracle of the Sun?
7,000 people in one small hillside in Fatima.
What effect did the visions have on the children ( Jacinta)?
The children, especially Francesco and Jacinta, practiced stringent self-mortification.
Why did she pray for lost souls and why did the children create the Fatima prayer?
The Virgin Mary showed them the fires of hell.
Why is she well-known from the early 1900 s?
She and her brother are the youngest Catholic saints, making her the youngest noticed as a martyr.
Why was it hard for her when she told about the miracle?
People didn't believe them, so they got in trouble,were accused of lying,and were tested.
Why didn't she loose her Faith in our Lord?
An angel and Our Lady of Fatima both visited her and she loved Jesus very much.
Who visited the children twice before Mary?
The angel of Peace.
How old was she when the visions first started?
Jacinta was seven years old.
When was the last time Our Lady of Fatima visited them?
During the Miracle of the Sun, on October 13, 1917.
What happened a short time after the visions stopped?
She got the influenza and suffered greatly, but didn't loose Faith.
What did Jacinta call the moon?
Our Lady's Lamp.
What did Mary tell the siblings?
She told Jacinta and Francesco that they would soon be in heaven with her.
What happened when word leaked out about the visions?
The children suffered greatly, especially when authority questioned them.
What did they do when they suffered greatly?
They prayed and did not loose Faith.
Why did she die from the influenza?( Why weren't there medications?)
It was a new illness passing Fatima that was hard to heal.