<p class="title_brown">Retreat House of Our Lady of Mount Carmel</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Shrine of Fatima&nbsp;</p>

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The Retreat House of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is located on the southern side of the Prayer Area, following the Colonnade. Its mission is mostly to receive groups for retreats, formation, and other pastoral activities, as well as the accommodation of its participants. In the contiguous building, facing the Prayer Area, one can find almost all the departments of the Shrine: the Rectory; the Administration Office, the Pilgrim Department, the Lodging Department, the Research and Information Department, the Liturgical Pastoral Department, and the Museum of the Shrine with its permanent exhibition, <em>Fatima Light and Peace</em>. This building was inaugurated on May 13, 1986, by Mgr. Ant&oacute;nio Ribeiro, cardinal and patriarch of Lisbon. In the entrance hall, there is a sculpture of Our Lady, dating back to 1931, made by Ant&oacute;nio Teixeira Lopes.<br />
In its origin, this house was called as Hospital of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.</p>
