Jacinta: The Flower of Fatima - Humberto Sousa Medeiros

By Humberto Sousa Medeiros 
Foreword by Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Written shortly after the apparitions, the account of St. Jacinta relies on the living memory of eyewitnesses and on the words of Lucia herself. This is a moving firsthand account of the life of the youngest saint of Fatima—and one the newest saints of the Church—Jacinta Marto.

Jacinta, newly canonized in March 2017, is unique among the seers of Fatima in her ready, childlike enthusiasm to fulfill Mary’s request, that they love God and offer reparation for sin. Despite much persecution and suffering at the hands of both strangers and family, this little girl overcame her fears and attachments and became a saint, offering her life completely for love of Jesus and Mary.

Told delightfully against the charming backdrop of the peaceful, natural beauty of Fatima, this is the intimate story of how the young Jacinta overcame her childish selfishness to become one of the most selfless saints of our day.