In the July 13, 1917 apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Sister Lucia, “I shall come to ask for…the Communion of Reparation on the first Saturdays.”  Later, while Sister Lucia was in the chapel with Our Lord during part of the night of May 29-30, 1930, He explained that the motivation for the First 5 Saturdays was to make reparation for five blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary—these were:

1. Offenses or blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception –  its denial and/or ridicule.
2. Against her perpetual virginity.
3. Against her divine maternity, refusing to accept her as the Mother of God and mother of all mankind.
4. Those who implant in children’s hearts, indifference, contempt and even hate against our Immaculate Mother.
5. Insults directed against her sacred images–displays of indifference or ridicule, and the infliction of damage to them. 

With the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart for these five offenses, we are asked to:

1. Go to confession
2. Receive Holy Communion worthily
3. Pray five decades of the Rosary
4. Keep Our Lady company for 15 minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary 

At St. Brendan the Navigator parish, following the First Saturday Masses after 24-hour Adoration, there will be a Rosary for the First Saturday Devotion.  Booklets on the First Saturday Devotion are availble at the parish office at 7 Union St. in Camden. For more details on the First Saturday Devotion, visit 
https://www.bluearmy.com/first-saturday-devotion/.