Archbishop of New Orleans Gregory
Aymond will lead the annual
Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic
Holy Hour on Friday, October
2 at the Basilica of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
in Washington, D.C. The Holy Hour,
to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time,
will be broadcast live to over 40
nations on Eternal Word Television
Network (EWTN). It is sponsored by
Children of the Eucharist, the
children’s program of the World
Apostolate of Fatima.
More than 4,000 school children will
gather at the basilica, according to
the St. Paul/ Minneapolis division
of the World Apostolate of Fatima.
Children around the world will join
them to pray the Rosary before the
Blessed Sacrament in
their own parishes, dioceses and
schools. They will also
pray the Entrustment to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, prayers of
reparation taught by the Angel of
Fatima, and the
Benediction.
“Then Jesus does what no one else
can do; he fans the flame
of faith in the hearts of the
children. This is the door that will
initiate the new times in the
families of the world.”
According to the World Apostolate of
Fatima, the Worldwide Children’s
Holy Hour
responds to
the requests of Our Lady of Fatima
in 1917 for prayers and sacrifices,
and for the particular requests of
the “Angel of Peace” to the three
shepherd children visionaries for
prayer and reparation before the
Eucharistic Lord.
Marlon De La Torre, Superintendent
of Schools of the Catholic Diocese
of Kansas City-St. Joseph, said that
the Children of the Eucharist
program
has helped foster deeper
appreciation for the true presence
of Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
“Hopefully we can start to see this
in more and more dioceses,” he
continued. “As human persons,
we are
made for the Eucharist and our
children in particular have a
receptivity for the Eucharist that
is only waiting for an invitation.
That’s our job as adults to make
that invitation to help them come to
love and serve Christ.”
