<p class="title_brown">2017-2020&rsquo; Pilgrim&rsquo;s Itinerary</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Time of grace and mercy</p>

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As a pilgrim of Fatima, arriving at the Shrine, I am invited to walk through the different spaces of this place. The Shrine offers me three mystagogical paths, which introduce me to the mystery of the Fatima event and its message: the path of the mural catechesis, in the Prayer Area promenades, under the theme &ldquo;<em>The light which is God</em> in the light of Fatima, a light in the world&rdquo;, and the two pilgrim&rsquo;s itineraries, which invite to pray throughout the Shrine&rsquo;s places and the apparitions&rsquo; places in Valinhos and Aljustrel.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown">Pilgrim&rsquo;s Itinerary,<br />
Around the places of the Shrine of Fatima</p>

<p class="normal_text">The pilgrim&rsquo;s itinerary proposed in the Shrine&rsquo;s Prayer Area runs through five of the main places of this Shrine. The pilgrim starts from the higher place, the Cross. There, he is invited to recognize himself as a beloved son and to initiate the path in the profound conscious that &laquo;we have a Mother&raquo; (Pope Francis). In the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, the pilgrim finds the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady, next to the Cross, as the Mother of the Church, always willing to visit and intercede for her children. In this place, where we also see the tombs of Saint Francisco, Saint Jacinta and Sister Lucia, it is suggested a prayer which implicates the praying one in the construction of the pilgrim-church of today. The Chapel of the Apparitions is the unavoidable place, where, feeling himself in the heart of this Shrine, the pilgrim can open his own heart to the Lady-dressed-with-light, trusting her all his joys and anguishes, particularly by praying the rosary. The pilgrim is then lead to the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, where, in the intimate company of Jesus, he is invited to strengthen the desire for the all hours friendship with God. The itinerary ends in front of the main door of the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, where the Holy Spirit representation reminds the creation and the baptismal grace and inspires the great Christian hope, which fills with meaning all of the path&rsquo;s efforts.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown">Pilgrim&rsquo;s Itinerary,<br />
Around the places of the apparitions in Valinhos and Aljustrel</p>

<p class="normal_text">The suggested itinerary in Aljustrel invites the pilgrim to get closer to the Lady of Valinhos monument, the place of the August apparition, which brings to the memory the love we receive from God, so that the heart can be touched. From there, the pilgrim is lead to the places which mark the Little Shepherds childhood, the Loca do Cabe&ccedil;o and the Well of Arneiro, where the message trusted by the Angel is evoked. There the Little Shepherds learned to place God in the centre of their lives and the pilgrim is called to adore Him in an attitude of gratefulness for each day graces.</p>
