The Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived at Fatima in the night of March 3 and was received at the seat of the World Apostolate of Fatima, Domus Pacis, by Catholics of Latin and Byzantine Rite who knelt in front of it and prayed to the Virgin Mary. The Icon is now exposed in the byzantine chapel of Domus Pacis for veneration.
The Icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa has finally reached Portugal. Last Saturday, march 2, a Portuguese delegation representing the World Apostolate of Fatima travelled to Badajoz (Spain) to receive from the hands of our Spanish brothers the Icon that travels “from ocean to ocean” in defense of Life and Families.
In the evening of the 1st of March Our Lady of Czestochowa arrived in the city of Badajoz. It is famous for a dramatic siege in April 1812 during the Napoleonic wars. This battle was one of the bloodiest confrontations and ended with the capture of the city and the slaughter of the civilian population.
With the police escort the Czestochowa Icon came to the famous chapel of Ermita de la Soledad (the Virgin in Mourning), the patroness of Badajoz. Around 700 people were waiting in front of the chapel.
The Mother of God arrived In the diocese of Coria-Cáceres at noon on the 28th of February. First She went to the shrine of Our Lady of Argeme, the patroness of Coria, also called the Black Madonna. The veneration lasted till 4 PM.
On the 27th of February, at night, the Częstochowa Icon entered Estremadura, the Spanish autonomous community, which borders Portugal. It was the first signal that the pilgrimage of the Mother of God on the Spanish soil is coming to the end.
- The Visit in Salamanca
- At the University of Mysticism In Avila – following the footsteps of St. Theresa
- In Toledo, the seat of the Primate of Spain
- The end of the visit in the Diocese of Getafe - Boadilla del Monte
- The Lady Mayor of Griñón declares the town as supporting life
- Villaviciosa de Odón - a procession across the town with a bishop
- The Sunday Morning with the Poles in Móstoles
- Among the Poles in Parla
- At the Family Centre in Getafe
- The visit in the Diocese of Getafe begins


