World Apostolate of Fatima England and Wales

Featured this month:  WAF England and Wales AGM highlights. Talks from guest speakers Antonia Moffat and Fr. Lawrence Lew. WAF 2026 Pilgrimage information

Dear Readers,

This is the Fifth  edition of our new updated newsletter, for the month of November. We hope you will enjoy reading about the latest Fatima news both locally and internationally..

November is the month of the Holy Souls and so this is an important time during which to remember our own loved ones, and more generally the souls in Purgatory.

Regarding purgatory in the Catechism we find this passage: “The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the ... the tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire” (1031).

Jesus certainly spoke about hell as a place of fire, of eternal punishment... read the article

 NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

News updates from Patrick Cunningham 

I am pleased to report that the Apostolate continues to make noteworthy progress, both in evangelisation and in furthering Sister Lucia’s call to make Our Lady known and loved.

The fruits of the Apostolate’s work over the past year were evident in our many initiatives: the promotion of the Rosary, the formation of prayer cells and promoters, thirty-one cathedral and parish visitations, and a national pilgrimage to Fatima with our patron, Bishop Mark O’Toole. We also reached out to young people through the Young Missionaries of Mary.

I am also pleased to announce the election of two new trustees. Please join me in welcoming Ethel Lojo as our new National Treasurer and Anthony Handley as a Board Member.

Antonia Moffat delivered a thoughtful résumé of the Fatima message, reflecting on the connection between the requests for the Consecration and the First Five Saturdays Devotion. She emphasised how each supports the other, and two words from her talk particularly struck me: “It matters.” You can view her talk or look at the  pdf here 

Fr Lawrence Lew spoke powerfully about the redemptive value of suffering. His talk was both inspiring and illuminating, reminding us that our sufferings, when united with Christ’s Passion, become a powerful form of sacrifice. As Fr Lawrence said: “Suffering without love is hell. Suffering with love is a sacrifice which transforms and unites us with Christ on the Cross.” You can view his  talk here

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Spiritual reflections from Canon Jason 

Dear WAF Family,

On this 1st November, the first Saturday of the month of November, Pope Leo will officially proclaim St John Henry Cardinal Newman a Doctor of the Church. 

November also starts the Month of the Holy Souls, so it is fitting that we use as our reflection this month the hymn of the Cardinal which we will sing in our parishes for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. 

Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,

The souls to Thee so dear,

In prison for the debt unpaid,

Of sins committed here.

When we seriously consider the truth and the beauty of Purgatory we are reminded that it’s intimately connected to an important part of the Fatima message namely Reparation. 

Purgatory is therefore the place where we repair the damaged our sins have caused in our relationship with God and with others. 

We have a debt to pay as both the hymn and the Lord in the Gospel tells us “ you will not get out until you have paid the last penny” 

We are in indebted to God for all He has given us and for His constant display of Mercy and yet how we have squandered His blessings and taken all for granted and abused this immense generosity. 

Purgatory as the Church reminds us iş where after our death we repair for the temporal damage incurred from our sins committed in life. 

As we approach the centennial celebration anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Pontevedra let us resolve not only to encourage each other to start the 5 First Saturday devotion but also to repeat them if we have already done them as a fitting form of reparation for our sins so as to save us from making up and repaying the debt in Purgatory after our death.  

The 5 first Saturday devotion we undertake, provides a powerful means of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the sins by which they are offended. This includes all sins committed by our deceased family and friends. 

The souls in Purgatory are still making reparation for their sins. The reparation we make on their behalf helps them pay off their debt sooner so that they can obtain Heaven more quickly and when they arrive how they will remember and assist us. 

May we take advantage of all of the means of the Church and the Jubilee Indulgence this Holy Year to help empty purgatory so that all souls may be led to heaven especially those most in need of mercy - the Holy Souls in purgatory. 

May they rest in peace.

Assurance of prayers and may I ask for your prayers for on 1st November I will celebrate my 28th anniversary of Ordination 

With prayers

Fr Jason

Canon Jason Jones

WAF National Spiritual Director - England and Wales

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A Beautiful reflection on Holy Souls for the moth of November by Donal Foley

Fatima News highlights from around the World

Vatican Grants Pontevedra Jubilee Year

Vatican grants a Jubilee Year to the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pontevedra for the centenary of Our Lady’s Apparition to Sister Lucia.

The Vatican has granted the Convent-Shrine of Pontevedra, in Spain, the privilege of celebrating a Marian Jubilee Year from December 10, 2025 to December 10, 2026, on the occasion of the centenary of the apparition of Our Lady and the Child Jesus to Sister Lucia. It was during this apparition, on December 10, 1925, that the devotion of the First Five Saturdays of the month was requested by Our Lady. Read more. 

International Congress and Pilgrimage  - December  2025

The World Apostolate of Fatima, in collaboration with the Shrine of Fatima, is organising an international theological-pastoral congress on “The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary” in Fátima, Portugal, followed by a Pilgrimage to Pontevedra and Santiago of Compostela, Spain, to participate in the centennial anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady and the Child Jesus to Sister Lucia, this December 10, 2025. 

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