Inside The Light: Understanding The Message Of Fátima by Sister Angela de Fatima Coelho

Hardback: "We stopped, astounded, before the apparition. We were so close that we were inside the light which surrounded her, or rather, which radiated from her."- Lucia de Jesus 

There may be no person on the globe who knows more about the story of Fátima than Sister Angela de Fatima Coelho. As a little girl growing up in Portugal, she used to pray at the tombs of Jacinta and Francisco Marto. 

Many years later as a sister of the Aliança de Santa Maria, she would become the postulator for their cause of canonization. This journey would lead her to visit with Sr Lucia several times and eventually become the vice postulator for her cause as well. 

Sister Angela brings this unique and privileged perspective to the story of Fátima, going beyond a chronicle of the events to the theological meaning of the Fátima message, as well as taking a deeper look at the lives and spiritualities of each of the three seers. Relying on her extensive research as a postulator advice postulator for their causes and on her own personal story touched early by suffering only to be healed by the embrace of Our Lady of Fatima, she helps readers discover the relevancy of this message for our post-modern world. 

For many years, Sister Angela has traveled the world and spoken to thousands of people. Now, for the first time in print, she gives her profound testimony about Fátima. Her hope is that she may take each of us inside the light - the light that is God - that washed over the three shepherd children on that miraculous spring day in 1917.

Inside The Light (2020) is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

About the author: Sister Angela de Fatima Coelho grew up in Porto, Portugal and joined the Aliança de Santa Maria in 1995. Since 2009, she has served as vice postulator for the Causes of Canonization for Saints Francisco and Jacinta of Fátima, and in 2012 became Roman postulator for the same causes. In 2014, she became the vice postulator for the Cause of Canonization for Sister Lucia. Today, she lives in Fátima and travels the world speaking and spreading the message of Fátima.