This edition of the Memoirs of Sister Lucia is a true and faithful translation of the Portuguese text of the original letters, which are kept in the Episcopal archives in Leiria.
With the kind permission of the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, we have used the original manuscripts of the first four Memoirs. We have, therefore, entrusted the work of this translation to the care of the English speaking community of Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary of the Monastery Pius XII, Fatima.
We give thanks to the Lord for the grace of being able to have available today in our hands the complete work about the Message of Fatima, which will help so much to know and to love, more and more, the Holy Mother of God and our Mother.