Our Lady asked them to come to the same spot for six months on the same day of the month. She also urged praying the Rosary daily for peace.
On July 13, Mary showed a vision of Hell, and taught them an addition to the Rosary aimed at salvation of souls. More & more faithful began to visit and acompany the young seers to the apparition site. In August, when a hostile goverment official kidnapped the children to prevent their young to visit Mary, a crowd of 15.000 witnessed supernatural thunder and a lightening which forced to release the children (who were freed after being severly threatened). In the October 13 apparition, the Virgin asked that a Chapel be built there. Our Lady promised a big sign to prove her apparitions. In the after noon in front of several thouthands of people including the press, the Sun began "dancing" and moved about the sky along with various colors. Witnesses as far as 30 miles away viewed the undeniable event which was reported in all secular newspapers.
A Novena is a recitations of prayers & devotions for a special purpose during 9 consecutive days