America Needs Fatima Organization
America Needs Fatima Organization
– Jim Tibbets
America Needs Fatima is a campaign to capture the heart and soul of America with the Message of Our Lady of Fatima. Today, Our Lady’s message is timelier than ever in light of the many sins of men and the turning away from the Faith. The America Needs Fatima campaign is dedicated to bringing this urgent message into people’s homes and to the public square.
Biographical Information
Founder: C. Preston Noell III
Foundation: 1985
Ecclesial Recognition: America Needs Fatima has received hundreds of letters from bishops and priests – praising the apostolate or specific efforts it has undertaken.
Membership: All states of the United States except Alaska
Membership: 125,000
Organization
Lay/Religious: both
Individual/Community: individual
Commitment/Vows:
Purpose and Activities
Overall Purpose: America Needs Fatima's goal is to win the heart and soul of America for Mary by spreading Our Lady's Fatima message and promoting devotion to her Immaculate Heart. America urgently needs the prophetic messages of Our Lady at Fatima.
Apostolic commitments: To fulfill this desire in spreading our Lady's message, America Needs Fatima (ANF) has organized pro-life rallies, anti-blasphemy protests, the distribution of millions of fliers nationwide, a home visitation program enthroning statues of Our Lady of Fatima, and the promotion of books and devotional items.
Marian Characteristics
Major Inspirations: The message of Fatima
General Marian Characteristics: Spreading of the message of Fatima
Spiritual\Devotional Exercises: Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Rosary; First Saturdays
Pastoral/Apostolic Endeavors: Promotion of devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; promotion of the Rosary and First Saturdays devotion.
Sources
www.americaneedsafatima.org
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