The blessing of the helmets has change into one of many nice occasions and one of many nice pilgrimages to Fatima’s shrine lately. This 12 months’s was the most important ever.
Round 180,000 motorcyclists gathered in Portugal on Sunday to get their helmets blessed.
On the Fatima shrine within the central area of the nation, the Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets has change into one of many nice occasions lately – with this 12 months’s being the most important ever.
Below the motto “We’re formed and guided by what we love,” the pilgrimage began with a parade of motor bikers carrying Our Girl of Fatima’s statute subsequent to the Basilica of the Holy Trinity.
Afterwards, there was a Mass throughout which the bikers’ helmets have been blessed.
The annual pilgrimage is organised by ABC (Blessing of Helmets Affiliation) in addition to varied nationwide and worldwide bike golf equipment.
“This place is, no doubt, a second of encounter, a second of conviviality and likewise a second of manifestation of religion. Principally, many of those motorcyclists come to ask for God’s safety by way of our Girl for his or her journeys,” mentioned Father Carlos Cabecinhas, the Rector of the Sanctuary of Fatima.
Nationwide authorities point out that 8,938 accidents involving bikes occurred in 2023 in Portugal. 124 individuals have been killed and 766 critically wounded.
