The First Saturday Devotion
In 1917, amid the suffering of World War I, Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three shepherd children and asked that the First Saturday Devotion be promoted as a path to peace in the world and peace in our hearts. With a mother’s urgency, she warned that many souls are lost because there is too little prayer and sacrifice offered for them.
This devotion calls the faithful to offer acts of prayer and reparation—prayers offered in atonement for sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It includes four essential practices:

• Attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion
• Making a good confession
• Praying the Holy Rosary in reparation for sins against the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• Spending 15 minutes meditating, with Our Lady, on the mysteries of the Rosary and the Word of God

Through this devotion, Our Lady invites us to conversion, deeper prayer, and renewed trust in God’s mercy, so that peace may take root in our hearts and spread throughout the world.