*UPDATED SCHEDULE* The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will travel to Guam and the Philippines in February, marking its first overseas trip since the pandemic. It will be the Fatima statue's fifth pilgrimage to Guam in the past 17 years. Representing Mother Mary and her miraculous appearance to three peasant children in Fatima, Portugal in 1917, the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Blessed Mother has traveled the globe since 1947 as part of a worldwide mission of peace calling for prayers, penance and obedience to Our Lord. Archdiocese of Agana Vicar for Clergy and St. Anthony Pastor, Father Mike Crisostomo announced to his brother priests that the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be on Guam from Feb. 4-18, 2023. Always drawing thousands each time it visits here, the Fatima statue last traveled to Guam in 2017.

Sister Evelyn, also known as Evelyn Josepha Pereira Muna, was born to Juan and Pilar Pereira Muna on October 19,1929. In her early years as a religious she answered to the name, Sister Mary Matthew. She became interested in the life of the Sisters of Mercy when she watched the Sisters pray outside their quonset hut convent in Agana.

The Archdiocese sends this news release announcing a Requiem Mass to be celebrated Friday, Jan. 6 for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at our mother church, Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica. A PDF copy on AOA letterhead is attached. T