The Icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa has finally reached Portugal. Last Saturday, march 2, a Portuguese delegation representing the World Apostolate of Fatima travelled to Badajoz (Spain) to receive from the

The Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived at Fatima in the night of March 3 and was received at the seat of the World Apostolate of Fatima, Domus Pacis, by Catholics of Latin and Byzantine Rite who knelt in front of

On March 7, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa was driven in her “life mobile” with the flags of Portugal, through the streets of Fatima. It was then taken to the Shrine of Fatima and placed in the Little Chapel of the

This past weekend, from March 8-10, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa was in the Chapel of the Consolata Missionaries in Fatima. This missionary institute is present in 24 countries, including Poland. They welcomed

On the 13th of March, around 4:00 pm, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived at the Cathedral of Viana do Castelo, built in the 15th century. She was taken in procession into the church while the bells were solemnly ringing.

The Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived at the parish of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Odivelas.

On Monday, 18th of March, Fr. Artur Karbowy SAC came with a group of lay people to the international seat of

The association “Ajuda de Berço” (Help to the Cradle) welcomed Our Lady of Czestochowa on March 21 and 22, in its house in Monsanto, Lisbon.

Sandra Anastácio, the director of this institution explained that “it

During the whole day of March 23, the National Shrine of Christ the King, located in Almada, Diocese of Setubal, hosted the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, offering to the many visitors that passed by on that day the

On March 24, Our Lady of Czestochowa was taken to the Church of St. Simon in Vila Fresca de Azeitão, after having being welcomed and venerated by the faithful in the Church of Seixal.

For Catholics in Britain, there can be no more important place to pray for life and for the family than at a shrine of which the history began nearly1000 years ago in 1061. It is 10th annual pilgrimage in thanksgiving

On the morning of March the 25th, the polish priest Fr. Dariusz, together with some people from Faro, travelled to the Diocese of Setubal to carry the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa to Algarve. 

They arrived

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CZESTOCHOWA ICON ALREADY IN FATIMA

On the Sanctity of Life Day, celebrated this year on April 8, there was a historic moment when peregrinating Czestochowa icon from Vladivostok to Fatima stood on the shore of the Atlantic ocean in Nazaré Portugal.

The pilgrim Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa is still in Portugal waiting to travel to the USA. In the meantime, the Orthodox Church of Russia in Portugal has requested to have Our Lady of Czestochowa visiting some of

The pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa visited the Parish of S. Julião da Barra, in Lisbon, from the 29th of April till the 5th of May, Mother’s Day in Portugal.

The program included various moments of