Pilgrim virgin statue to be displayed Aug. 15-25 in Valley

Staff report

The United Nations International Pilgrim Virgin Statue will be displayed Aug. 15-25 in the Mahoning Valley.

The statue is used to promote a message of prayer, penance and reparation. This is the message Our Lady gave to the three children at the Cova di Ira on May 13, 1917, in Fatima Portugal.

The statue is one of four carved out of solid block of cedar by Jose Thedein in 1947 to the specifications of Sister Lucia, the sole surviving seer of the apparitions. The image was blessed by Pope Pius XII on May 13,1947. The statue was brought to the United States on Dec. 8, 1952. The statue’s name is derived from the Meditation Room of the United Nations, where it was shown by Monsignor Harold Colgan, founder of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima.

The visit is sponsored by the World Apostolate of Fatima, Warren-Youngstown Division. For information, visit www.thefatimastatue.org and www.babsbakery.com/conventions.

Displays of the statue will be:

Aug. 15: From 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 232 Seneca Ave., Warren, with Masses at 12:05 and 5 p.m.

Aug. 16: From 10 to 11 a.m. at Austinwoods, 4780 Kirk Road, Austintown, and from 2 to 4 p.m. at Vista Center of Boardman, 830 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman.

Aug. 17: From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 11045 St. Joseph Blvd., Mantua, with Mass at 5 p.m.

Aug. 18: From 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish at St. Lucy Church, 394 Tenney Ave., Campbell, with Masses at 9 a.m. and noon.

Aug. 19: From 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown, and from 2 to 4 p.m. at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown.

Aug. 20: From 10 to 11 a.m. at Autumn Hills, 2565 Niles Vienna Road, Niles, and from 2 to 7 p.m. at St. Christine Church, 3165 S. Schenley Ave., Youngstown, with novena at 6:30.

Aug. 21: From 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Christ Our Savior Parish at St. Nicholas Church, 764 Fifth St., Struthers, with Mass at 9 a.m.

Aug. 22: From 9:30 to 7 p.m. at Sts. Mary and Joseph Church, 131 Quarry St., Newton Falls.

Aug. 23: From 11 to 11:30 a.m. at White Oak Manor, 1926 Ridge Ave., Warren, and from 2 to 4 p.m. at Briarfield at the Ridge, 3379 Main St., Mineral Ridge.

Aug. 24: Arrives at 3:45 p.m. with Mass at 5 p.m. followed by all-night vigil with departure at 9:15 a.m. Aug. 25.

Aug. 25: From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Columba Cathedral, 154 W. Wood St., Youngstown, with Masses at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.