Released: 9/22/2009

Worldwide children’s Eucharistic holy hour First Friday ~ October 2nd ~ 2009 Feast of the guardian angels The children of the world are following the way of the Little Shepherds of Fatima, into the Presence of the Hidden Jesus to pray for their families and priests!   “Eucharistic Adoration has reached kids that were unreachable" Father Thomas Dufner, Holy Family Parish Each First Friday of October, the World Apostolate of Fatima sponsors the Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour LIVE via EWTN to over 140 nations from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. This year Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be presiding.  We are proud to announce that the Pontifical Mission Society of the Holy Childhood Association will be uniting their efforts with ours to bring the children of the world before the Most Blessed Sacrament in a global Eucharistic Holy Hour to pray for families and for priests in this Year for Priests.   We thank OptionC for their assistance in promoting this event.   For schools planning on attending the Holy Hour at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception you can E-mail sandybertini@yahoo.com (Diocese of Arlington, Virginia); castanedar@adw.org (Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.)   For schools planning their own holy hour on Friday, October 2nd, little planning is necessary. Simply ask your pastor to expose the Most Blessed Sacrament and  gather the children into their parish churches and chapels; for spiritual unity, follow the program on http://www.childrenoftheeucharist.org       In this Year for Priests, Catholic Schools, Parish DRE programs and Home Schools are gathering the children weekly and monthly before the Blessed Sacrament to pray for their Cardinals, Archbishops, bishops and pastors here at home and around the world. Beautiful cards are available for the children to pray a very simple prayer and to present the card to their favorite clergy either monthly or a special closing celebration for school children in May.  Catholic school teachers, DRE and Home school parents are invited to join in on FACEBOOK and share their thoughts and plans on what they are doing and what they can learn from other teachers, to bring the children in their care into the True Presence of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, as the children pray for their families and priests. For more information please visit us@   http://www.childrenoftheeucharist.org/   http://www.fatimaonline.org/   Please e-mail us connieschneider@earthlink.net and let us know how you learned of the Children’s Holy Hour.     Contact Name: Connie Schneider connieschneider@earthlink.net