FATIMA CELL PROGRAM FOR AUGUST

THEME:

** Immaculate Heart of Mary **

DEVOTION AND CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY. "God wishes to establish in the world devotion to My Immaculate Heart... My Immaculate Heart will be your sole refuge and the path that leads you to God." Discuss what is meant by a true devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart and how it is evidenced in the lives of Her faithful children; promote devotion and consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by individuals, and of homes and families, classrooms, and communities; pray the Novena and daily Devotions in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady of Fatima with fervent gratitude, especially for the privilege of knowing this secret.

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OPENING PRAYERS: * Come Holy Ghost * The Rosary with meditation on each mystery

* The Litany of Our Lady of Loreto * Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

* Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary * Hymn: Immaculate Mary (or another)

* Prayer of Pope Leo XIII to St. Joseph to be recited after the Rosary

MEDITATION: * from "My Imitation of Christ"; or "The Glories of Mary"

STUDY & DISCUSS: * Officer's reports; Cell Memos; reading of the Salve Maria Regina Bulletin.

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First Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Discuss the Feast of St. Peter’s Chains and the Commemoration of the Holy Machabees, August 1. Review the Liturgical Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 6 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: See the links above; Salve Maria Regina No. 157.
  2. MARY IN DOCTRINE AND DEVOTION: Review the history and significance of the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows (August 5); also – the last years of Our Lady's life on earth and her Dormition (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 114; Salve Maria Regina No. 125; The Glories of Mary (St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori).
  3. THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Feasts for discussion (choose two or three whose lives and virtues may be discussed): St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori; Bl. Peter Julian Eymard; St. Dominic; St. Sixtus II, St. Cyriacus (Holy Helper); St. Jean Marie Vianney, model and patron of priests; St. Lawrence; St. Clare of Assisi; St. Philomena the Wonderworker – discuss her life, martyrdom, and miraculous intervention in the lives of the faithful; the devotion of the Cord of St. Philomena. (10 min. report & reflection; discuss briefly the lessons learned and virtues taught by their lives, and how to practically apply these virtues in one's own daily life.) Reference: Martyrology; article on St. Dominic in Salve Maria Regina No. 153; The Fourteen Holy Helpers; St. Philomena the Wonderworker by Sullivan; article on St. Sixtus II in Salve Maria Regina No. 157.

Second Meeting:

  1. THE POPE SPEAKS: More than thirty years before Vatican II, Pope Pius XI condemned false ecumenism. How have his teachings been ignored and contradicted? Review paragraphs 1-9 of the Encyclical on True Christian Unity (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Encyclical Mortalium Animos of Pope Pius XI.
  2. TITLES OF OUR LADY FROM THE LITANY OF LORETO: : Discuss the title, "Tower of Ivory" (5-10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 165.
  3. THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Discuss the Feast and martyrdom of St. Laurence (10-15 min. report & reflection). Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 165.

Third Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the importance and history of the Liturgical Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15 (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion.) Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 149.
  2. MARY IN DOCTRINE AND DEVOTION: Review the Mystery and the Dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Munificentissimus Deus – Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII on the Assumption; Salve Maria Regina No. 132.
  3. THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: How does meditating upon the lives of the saints inspire us to a more perfect living of our consecration to our Heavenly Queen? Discuss two or three of the following: St. Joachim; St. Hyacinth; St. Helena; St. John Eudes; St. Bernard (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss application). Reference: Martyrology; article on the Feast of St. Joachim in Salve Maria Regina No. 157; article on St. Helena in Salve Maria Regina No. 114; article on St. John Eudes in Salve Maria Regina No. 125; article on St. Bernard in Salve Maria Regina No. 105.

Fourth Meeting:

  1. THE POPE SPEAKS: Review paragraphs 10-18 of the Encyclical on True Christian Unity (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Encyclical Mortalium Animos of Pope Pius XI.
  2. "MY SON WISHES TO ESTABLISH DEVOTION TO MY IMMACULATE HEART": Discuss this request of Our Lady, and the promise of her triumph to all those who live the Total Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart which God requested through her at Fatima. "My Immaculate Heart will be your sole refuge and the path that leads you to God." Discuss what is meant by a true devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart and how it is evidenced in the lives of her true children, especially by making REPARATION for the sins which wound her Immaculate Heart; what is meant by a false devotee of Our Lady (10 min. report; 10 min. discussion). Reference: "In the End My Immaculate Heart will Triumph;" August Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima; True Devotion to Mary (St. Louis Marie De Montfort).
  3. THE COURT OF OUR HEAVENLY QUEEN: Review the lives of St. Louis IX, King of France – August 25, St. Raymond Nonnatus – August 31 and St. Stephen, King of Hungary – September 2 (10 min. report & reflection; briefly discuss practical application...). Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 161; Article on St. Raymond Nonnatus in Salve Maria Regina No. 149; article on Saint Stephen of Hungary in Salve Maria Regina No. 157.

Fifth Meeting:

  1. THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LITURGY: Review the Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: Salve Maria Regina No. 161.
  2. MIRACULOUS IMAGES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: Review the story of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Liesse (5-10 min. report; 5 min. discussion). Reference: The Reign of Mary No. 44.
  3. COURT OF THE QUEEN: Discuss the life of St. Augustine – August 28 (10 min. report & reflection). Reference: Article on St. Augustine in Salve Maria Regina No. 165.

CLOSING PRAYERS: Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Fatima Prayers
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Hymn to St. Philomena

LEAFLET OF THE MONTH: "In the End My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph"

CELL PLAN OF APOSTOLIC ACTION FOR AUGUST

* Make an act of love and reparation to our Immaculate Queen at every hour.

* To promote the Message of Fatima * Sanctification of self, family, neighbor

* Conversion of sinners, salvation of souls * Adoration, reparation, total consecration

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