She came visibly into our world to draw all people away from sin to her Divine Son. The purpose of the apparitions was to draw the human race into the mystery of Christ's redemptive love. It is the Apostolate's intention to promote the Consecration that the Mother of God requested at Fatima.  Pope John Paul II made this consecration in communion with all the bishops of the world on March 25, 1984 in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Sister Lucia confirmed that this "solemn and universal act of consecration" corresponded to Our Lady of Fatima's request. Almost immediately after the Pope entrusted Russia and the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Soviet bloc and then the USSR CRUMBLED.

Formed in the school of the spirituality of St Louis de Montfort, Pope John Pail II understood the entrustment to Mary as the "perfect renewal of the baptismal vows" through her hands. In the mind of the Pope, a Christian consciously entrusts himself or herself to Mary so as to enter fully into the consecration of Jesus Christ that was affected through baptism. John Paul stated:
Consecrating the world (our family) to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means drawing near, through the other's intercession, to the very fountain of life that sprang from Golgotha. This fountain pours forth unceasingly redemption and grace. In it, reparation is made continually for the sins of the world. It is a ceaseless source of new life and holiness.
Consecrating the world (our family) to the Immaculate Heart of the mother means returning beneath the cross of the Son. It means consecrating this world to the pierced Heart of the Savior, bringing it back to the very source of its redemption. Redemption is always greater than man's sin and the "sin of the world". The power of redemption is infinitely superior to the whole range of evil in man and the world.
The heart of the mother is aware of this, more than any other heart in the whole universe, visible and invisible. Therefore, she calls us. She not only calls us to be converted, she calls us to accept her motherly help to return to the source of redemption.
In essence, this is at the heart of this devotion. Dedicating ourselves, our children and our families as well as our priests and our entire diocese, we can effect the crumbling of the evils that surround us, our church and catholic families, catholic traditions and catholic values. Total consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is what our Lady had asked of us at Fatima in 1917. This is a timely as well as urgent message for us today.