天主教朝聖地 ~ 花地瑪 / Catholic Pilgrimage Site ~Fátima

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【天主教朝聖地 ~ 花地瑪 / Catholic Pilgrimage Site ~Fátima 】

【Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima / 花地瑪聖母宗座聖殿】

【Portugese: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima 】

在1917年, 聖母先後在葡萄牙花地瑪顯現共六次, 其中在第六次, 亦是這一系列的最後一次顯現時, 更有七萬多人在場見證。 第二天, 當地報紙大幅報導這個聖蹟。 自此, 世界各地的天主教教徒和旅客都蜂擁而來花地瑪朝聖。

Virgin Mary "appeared" in Fátima six times in 1917. In her sixth and the last apparition, on October 13 1917, more than 70,000 people witnessed her appearance. The next day, the news was widely reported by local newspapers. Since then, Fátima has become a place of pilgrimage. Thousands of pilgrims and visitors alike flock to Fátima for visits every year.

在聖母第六次顯現時, 她曾說出 "我是玫塊聖母, 我希望在此建造一座教堂, 而眾人應每天均背誦玫瑰經"。 因此之後, 民眾積極爭取在同址興建教堂以作紀念。首先, 是在聖母向三位牧羊小童顯現之處建造 「小禮拜堂」"The Chapel of the Apparitions", 跟著就是修建 「花地瑪聖母宗座聖殿」和一排相連的弧形拱門走廊。

In the sixth apparition, Virgin Mary said, "I am the Lady of the Rosary, I desire here a chapel in my honor to be built, that people continue to recite the Rosary every day". Following these was religious constructions that people demanded for. First was the construction of the Chapel of the Apparitions, then followed by the construction of the basilica and colonnade of Fátima.

大家如果想去花地瑪朝聖的話, 有一點重要事項要留意, 就是, 「花地瑪聖母宗座聖殿」因整修而需暫時停止開放。工程已於2014年5月14日開始展開, 預計要到2015年年尾完成。

If you are planning for a pilgrimage tour to Fátima, you may want to know an important thing, which is, the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima is currently closed for repair and restoration works, which has already started on May 14 2014, and will continue in principle until the end of 2015.