FATIMA CELL PROGRAM FOR AUGUST
THEME:
DEVOTION AND CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY. God wishes to establish in the world devotion to My Immaculate Heart.
My Immaculate Heart will be your sole refuge and the path that leads you to God.
True devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart is evidenced in the lives of Her faithful children by humility, patience, resignation, unlimited confidence, and cheerfulness. Our Lady calls on us to promote devotion and consecration to Her Immaculate Heart individually, as well as in our homes and families, and in classrooms and communities. During the novena and daily devotions in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady of Fatima, we should pray with fervent gratitude, especially for the privilege of knowing this secret – hidden from so many.
OPENING PRAYERS: * Come Holy Ghost * The Rosary with meditation on each mystery
* The Litany of Our Lady of Loreto * Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
* Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary * Hymn: Immaculate Mary (or another)
* Prayer of Pope Leo XIII to St. Joseph to be recited after the Rosary
MEDITATION: * from My Imitation of Christ;
or The Glories of Mary
STUDY & DISCUSS: * Officer's reports; Cell Memos; reading of the Salve Maria Regina Bulletin.
First Meeting:
- THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the Liturgical Feasts of the
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 6 and the
St. Laurence, August 10
(10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
- OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS: Review the articles on the
Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows, August 5, and the
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snows
(10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
- THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Review the lives of 2 or 3 of the following:
St. Dominic;
St. Oswald;
St. Sixtus II;
Devotion to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and St. Cyriacus
(10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: See links above.
Second Meeting:
- THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Liturgical Feasts of
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15 and of
St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 16
(10 min. report; 5 min. discussion.) Reference: See links above.
- TITLES OF OUR LADY FROM THE LITANY OF LORETO: Review the title,
Queen Assumed into Heaven (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion).
Reference: See link above.
- THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Review the lives of 2 or 3 of the following:
St. Philomena the Wonderworker and the wearing of her Cord;
St. Radegonde, Queen of the Franks;
Ss. Hippolytus and Cassian
(10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss practical application.)
Reference: St. Philomena the Wonderworker by Sullivan. See links above.
Third Meeting:
- THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the Feasts of
The Immaculate Heart of Mary, August 22 and of
St. Bartholomew, Apostle, August 24
(10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
MY SON WISHES TO ESTABLISH DEVOTION TO MY IMMACULATE HEART
: Review this request of Our Lady,
and the promise of Her triumph to all those who live the Total Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart which
God requested through Her at Fatima and Marienfried. My Immaculate Heart will be your sole refuge and the path
that leads you to God.
Discuss what is meant by a true devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart and how it is evidenced
in the lives of Her true children, especially by making REPARATION for the sins which wound Her Immaculate Heart;
what is meant by a false devotee of Our Lady (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion).
Reference: In the End My Immaculate Heart will Triumph;
August Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima; True Devotion to Mary
(St. Louis Marie De Montfort).
- THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Review the lives of 2 or 3 of the following:
St. Helena;
St. John Eudes
St. Bernard;
St. Philip Benizi
(10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss practical application.) Reference: See links above.
Fourth Meeting:
- CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND DEVOTION: Discuss Parts I-III of Pre-Christian Revelation
(10 min. report; 5 min. discussion.) Reference: See link above.
- SEVEN JOYS OF MARY: Review the Feast of the
Seven Joys of Mary, August 27 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion).
Reference: See link above.
- THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Review the lives of 2 or 3 of the following:
St. Louis IX, King of France;
St. Augustine;
Beheading of St. John the Baptist;
St. Aidan;
St. Raymond Nonnatus
(10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss practical application.) Reference: See links above.
CLOSING PRAYERS:
Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Fatima Prayers
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Hymn to St. Philomena
LEAFLET OF THE MONTH: In the End My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph
CELL PLAN OF APOSTOLIC ACTION FOR AUGUST
* Jesus, Mary, Joseph, we love Thee, save souls!
* Make an act of love and reparation to our Immaculate Queen at every hour.
* To promote the Message of Fatima * Sanctification of self, family, neighbor
* Conversion of sinners, salvation of souls * Adoration, reparation, total consecration
- Eucharistic all-night Vigil on First Friday-First Saturday of August.
- Vigil of Reparation on August 19th, in honor of Our Lady of Fatima.
- Personal Resolve: to faithfully spend 10-15 minutes in meditation every morning, after renewing your consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
- Recite the Sacrifice Prayer before duties:
O my Jesus, it is for love of Thee...
- Pray the Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin Mary together daily during the Octave of the Assumption.
- Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the perseverance and growth of all Fatima Cells, perseverance in the True Catholic Faith, the conversion of sinners and the salvation of souls.
- Re-consecrate your home and family to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on August 22nd, Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; distribute copies of the Act of Consecration; adorn Our Lady's altar with flowers and candles; attend the procession and coronation of the statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (if this is not possible, crown Our Lady’s statue in your home).
- Special observance of the Feasts of Our Lady of the Snows; the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Immaculate Heart of Mary; the Seven Joys of Mary; Mary, Refuge of Sinners; Mary, Health of the Sick.
- Distribute modesty leaflets; insist on strict Marylike modesty in your home and family; avoid all occasions of immodesty, which are the pathway to sin and the gateway to Hell. "More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh, than for any other reason" (Our Lady of Fatima).
- Frequently recite the above prayer,
Jesus, Mary, Joseph...