The next1st Saturday of the month, April 5, 2025, will take place at the Grande Chartreuse monastery, where the Notre Dame de Casalibus shrine is located. This little-known shrine is built on the site of the first monastery in the history of the Carthusian monks, located near the present-day monastery near Grenoble (France).
Holding a1st Saturday in this sanctuary linked to one of the oldest religious orders provides an opportunity to associate the world’s monasteries and religious communities with the Jubilee 2025 of the 1st Saturdays of Fatima. Their prayers are incomparably powerful, and since Our Lady asked that the 1st Saturdays be celebrated throughout the Church, union with them is essential to achieving peace.
Mass on Saturday April 5, 2025 will be celebrated by the Prior General of the Carthusian Order, Dom Dysmas, outside the enclosure. Afterwards, the faithful present will perform the other acts requested by Our Lady of Fatima every1st Saturday: fifteen minutes meditation on a mystery of the Rosary and recitation of a rosary. For those wishing to attend, practical information will be sent out shortly.
The recent massacres in the Congo and Syria show that the pressure of war and persecution is mounting on all sides. The 1st Saturdays of the month are Our Lady’s way of putting a stop to all this. Sister Lucia of Fatima explained all her life that the Blessed Virgin ” wants this way and no other. ” So let’s all get together to celebrate the1st Saturday in April for peace, in union with the monasteries and the Grande Chartreuse.
