FATIMA CELL PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER

THEME:

OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS. In her final apparition, Our Lady of Fatima appeared as Our Mother of Sorrows, to emphasize the effect the sins of mankind have upon Her most tender and Immaculate Heart. This apparition is also emblematic of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, as well as the life-long sorrows, which, like seven swords, pierced Her loving and sensitive Heart through and through. Our Divine Lord told Lucia, Have compassion upon the Heart of your Most Holy Mother, covered with thorns, with which ungrateful men pierce It at every moment, and there is no one to make an act of reparation to remove them. (Feast of the Seven Dolors of Mary—Sept. 15; The Sorrowful Heart of Mary—Sept. 7.)

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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

* Prayer to Our Mother of Sorrows * Hymn: At the Cross Her Station Keeping

* Prayer of Pope Leo XIII to St. Joseph to be recited after the Rosary

MEDITATION: * from "My Imitation of Christ"; or "The Path of Mary"

STUDY & DISCUSS: * Officer's reports; Cell Memos; reading of the Salve Maria Regina Bulletin.

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First Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Liturgical Feasts of the Nativity of Mary, September 8; and the Holy Name of Mary, September 12 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
  2. MARIAN SHRINES AND APPARITIONS: Discuss the Shrines of Our Lady, Mother of the Divine Shepherd (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See link above.
  3. COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Discuss 2 or 3 of the following: St. Aegidius (Holy Helper); St. Stephen, King of Hungary; St. Rose of Viterbo; St. Hadrian (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: See links above.

Second Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Feasts of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14, and the Seven Sorrows of Mary, September 15 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
  2. CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND DEVOTION: Discuss Parts IV-V of Pre-Christian Revelation (10 min. report and reflection). Reference: See link above.
  3. COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Discuss 2 or 3 of the following: St. Pulcheria; St. Nicholas of Tolentino; Ss. Cornelius and Cyprian; The Stigmata of St. Francis (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: See links above.

Third Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Liturgical Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, September 21 and the Ember Days of September (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above; The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori; article "Holy Mary" in The Reign of Mary No. 45.
  2. MARY IN DOCTRINE AND DEVOTION: Review the devotional aspect of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Name of Mary, and/or the La Salette Controversy, Part II (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion.) Reference: See links above.
  3. COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Discuss 2 or 3 of the following: St. Lambert; St. Theodore; St. Eustachius, Holy Helper; St. Thomas of Villanova, as well as St. Maurice and the Theban Legion (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: See links above.

Fourth Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Liturgical Feasts of Our Lady of Ransom, September 24 and the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel, September 29 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See links above.
  2. FATIMA AND YOUTH: Words of the Angel of Portugal to the Fatima children: "What are you doing? Pray! Pray a great deal!" Discuss the diabolical forces which assault today's youth on every side, threatening to pervert them morally and destroy them spiritually – materialism, secularism, relativism, state-sponsored "correct thinking", sex education, moral depravity, immodesty, permissiveness, heresy; decay of religion, family, and society; over-emphasis on secular education and social prestige, etc.; the Church's true teaching on the guidance of Christian youth; example of the Fatima children; the urgent necessity of Fatima Youth Cells for all Catholic children and teenagers to safeguard their Faith, preserve their virtue and save their immortal souls (10 min. report, 5 min. discussion). Reference: Encyclical on Christian Education of Youth by Pope Pius XI.
  3. COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Discuss 2 or 3 of the following: St. Gerard; any of the North American Martyrs Pt. I, Pt. II, Pt. III; Ss. Cosmas and Damian; St. Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia; St. Jerome (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: see links above.

CLOSING PRAYERS: Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
Commemoration of the Stigmata of St. Francis
The Fatima Prayers
Hymn: Mary, How Sweetly Falls that Name

LEAFLET OF THE MONTH: Children, Your Mother is Calling

CELL PLAN OF APOSTOLIC ACTION FOR SEPTEMBER

* To promote the Message of Fatima . . .

* Amendment of life and reparation . . . Penance . . . Adoration and total consecration . . .

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