Rev. Martin Barlow holding an iPad showing the stamp design based on Archbishop Eamon Martin's statue An Post’s new stamp commemorating the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima is based on a statue owned by Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and was designed by a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese.
Rev. Martin Barlow, a husband and father of two who was ordained to the permanent diaconate in December 2013, designed the €1.35 stamp based on a photo of the Primate of All Ireland’s statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The permanent deacon is a designer by profession, and is currently senior designer at the 2b:creative studio in Lisburn, Co. Down. The stamp marks the appearance of Mary to three shepherd children Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto on six occasions between May and October 1917.
Dr Martin bought the statue while leading a pilgrimage of parishioners from Armagh and Belfast to the Portuguese shrine in 2015.
It is on display in his oratory.