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Number of Holy Communions: 61 000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1264 (42 per day) After 25 years of the Youth Festival in Medjugorje, the first Youth Festival was held in Poland. Croatia and Poland had many historical connections in the past, most recent one in the character of Holy John Paul II, and now they are connected through Medjugorje as well. Polish pilgrims have been coming to Medjugorje for many years and now this is a new opportunity when Medjugorje travels to Poland and we hope that relationship would be stronger and more fruitful in the future. That is how it seemed during three days of communion young people from Poland and Medjugorje had. (photos) On Sunday, November 30, the Advent, time of preparation for Christmas will begin. Starting with Monday, December 1, early Holy Masses will be held at 6 a.m. in the parish church, every day but Sundays. Those Holy Masses will be broadcasted live on radio Medjugorje. The morning Holy Masses at 7.30 a.m. will not be held, masses for dead will be at 6 a.m. every day. This is traditionally quiet time in Medjugorje and there were groups from Poland, Latvia, the United States, Italy, Slovakia, Korea and Austria. The Regional Council of the Franciscan Youth of Herzegovina for the first time organised the seminar for all their members who gave the first vows. The seminar was held in Medjugorje from November 7-9, 2014 at the theme: “Lord, what do you want me to do?” and 37 young people from 16 fraternities participated. Those members of the Franciscan Youth who gave their first vows or were just about to give them, had chance to learn more about the meaning of vows, their purpose, to whom they give them and why and they meditated on this great step as for them and for their fraternities. Croatian Dominican Province in association with the youth from the parish of the Queen of the Holy Rosary from Zagreb organised in the beginning of November the spiritual retreat and the youth pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Ivan Marija Tomic and Maja Maric, parishioner of the parish of the Queen of the Holy Rosary, were the main organisers of this year’s pilgrimage. Young people climbed Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain and also participated in the evening prayer programme in the parish church. Upon their return homes, some of them gave testimonies about the graces they received at this pilgrimage. On Monday, November 24, 2014, Medjugorje remembered the 14th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko Barbaric. Stanko Cosic was the main celebrant of the evening Holy Mass along with 25 priests concelebrating. In his homily, among other things, Fr. Stanko said: “Today, we remember man who united his heart with the motherly heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary and who encouraged men to return to their hearts. Slavko, with his own example, was trying to pray, fast, celebrate Holy Mass, to confess and to talk, but also to be silent with the heart. As every prophet of his own time, he did not have answers to all of the questions, but he was facing many issues in his search for the truth. Slavko was discovering that treasure hidden in the depth of one’s heart and he invites us all to search for it as well.” Medjugorje parish also remembered Fr. Slavko on Cross Mountain when many faithful gathered to pray the Way of the Cross. Mother’s Village, the institution founded by late Fr. Slavko also commemorated the death of its founder. Father Paulo Sergio Correia was in Medjugorje with a group of pilgrims from Sao Paolo in Brazil. This is his fourth visit to Medjugorje. He said that he heard about Medjugorje in the very beginning, but decided to come only in 2012: „Some parishioners were coming earlier and they were trying to bring me to come here. Now. I came to thank the Queen of Peace for all She gave me. I think the most important message of Medjugorje is the message of peace. I thank all for the hospitality I gained here” - said Fr. Paulo. Married couple Jim and Silvina Curran came from Ireland in the last few days. Their life in the recent years is a journey from Medjugorje, Ireland and Argentina, but the most important is that it was changed completely all thanks to Medjugorje and the messages of Gospa, the Queen of Peace. Silvina said that she came to Medjugorje in 2009 for the first time: “When I first came, I did not know what to expect. But, as soon as I arrived here, I felt peace and something special in regards to this place. I loved Medjugorje from the beginning and we feel this is our home.” Number of Holy Communions: 200 500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4075 (131 per day) On the Feast of All Saints and All Souls’ Day we all go to graveyards so we would remember and thank our beloved departed ones as well as pray for all of them. On those days, Holy Masses will be celebrated at various graveyards in Medjugorje parish. Many parishioners who are living outside Medjugorje come to their homes for these two feasts, and there are also many pilgrims who came from various countries. The Information Office registered pilgrims from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, England, the United States, Ireland and Latvia. John Chisholm, the Holy Ghost priest from Ireland, long-time Medjugorje pilgrim died on Thursday, October 23, 2014 in his 93rd year of life as a consequence of a heart attack. John was ordained as a priest in 1946, and he spent six years in Medjugorje from 2000 to 2006, serving to God, Gospa and English –speaking pilgrims. While he was once with his mother, he heard about the events in Medjugorje and felt desire to come to this place. Soon after her death, he received invitation to come to Medjugorje with a group of pilgrims. In that week, he completely fell in love with Gospa, in love that he faithfully served to until the last breath of his earthly life. The Third International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disability ended with Holy Mass at the White Dome of St. James’ church and the pilgrimage was held with the theme “In Mary’s School” and gathered around 1380 participants. The parishioners from Medjugorje – 85 families (pansion houses, hotels and family homes) gave free accommodation to all pilgrims that arrived from Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Italy and the United States. This pilgrimage was organised by the Association “Susret/Encounter” from Citluk, parish office Medjugorje and Mother’s Village. Jasminka Vasilj, the President of Association “Susret” said at the end of this pilgrimage: “I am proud of our parish, everything went well, we had 1380 pilgrims with disability, their parents and volunteers who were here for three days and on Saturday there were around 150 people from the area that joined the pilgrimage.” The Third Pilgrimage for Disabled Persons “In Mary’s School” that is being held in Medjugorje, gathered more than 1300 participants. This pilgrimage was created as the fruit of pilgrimages of Sr. Rastislava Ralbovsky with the community of persons with special needs from Djakovo. “I am strongly convinced that this is Our Lady’s plan that I was aware of from the beginning. I moved slowly in the process and I can see it is the work of God”, said Sr. Rastislava and emphasised that Medjugorje was in her heart from the very beginning. Magda Kaliterna, volunteer from the church of St. Phillip Neri from Split said that they came for the pilgrimage last year for the first time. “We came last year not knowing what to expect, but everyone from volunteers to parents were thrilled. Some young volunteers who were 18 – 19 years old returned home and told their parents that they had spent the four most beautiful days in Medjugorje. Our volunteers are young people and we would like to form and raise them in the Christian spirit so they would understand that serving is the most important thing in their lives.” The Third International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disability is being held in Medjugorje from October 23-26, with the theme “In Mary’s School”. This pilgrimage gathered more than 1300 participants and most of them were from Croatia, then Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Italy and the United States. All participants were again hosted by families from Medjugorje which again confirmed their great hearts and desire to help and also why Our Lady had chosen this parish in a very special way. This pilgrimage that was organised by Association “Encounter/Susret” from Citluk, in cooperation with Mother’s Village and the Parish Office, began on Thursday with the evening Holy Mass celebrated at the White Dome of St. James’ church by Fr. Josip Vlasic, the parish priest from Mostar parish of Sts. Peter and Paul. The inspiration for this gathering is a pilgrimage that took place for many years to Medjugorje by Sr. Rastislava Ralbovsky that had been coming here with the community of special needs persons from Djakovo. She gave interview on radio Medjugorje and said that today people with disabilities are meeting in Medjugorje so they could find love and protection with Our Lady: “May all of them be encouragement to us, that by looking at them, we may understand ourselves, our wounded hearts. We all carry within ourselves deep desire to love and to be loved: that is what the core of human being is.” The programme is also this year filled with many activities, lectures and prayer meetings. Seventy seven pilgrims from the parish Brestovsko came to Medjugorje this October. Immediately upon their arrival to Medjugorje, they climbed Cross Mountain while meditation on the stations of the Way of the Cross and praying Rosary and then they went to Apparition Hill. Along with all other pilgrims they participated in the evening pray programme and their parish priest Fr. Damir Pavic was the main celebrant at the evening Holy Mass. One after visiting their parish web site can read some of the testimonies that young people received during this pilgrimage: „It was so special on Apparition Hill. God’s love streamed through me and I felt beautiful. I could not have even imagined that this place is so nice. When I came to the statue of Our Lady I felt something indescribable, something so nice. It was love of God that strengthened me and gave me force to remain strong in my faith. When I receive another chance, I will go to Medjugorje again”, wrote young parishioner from Brestovsko.
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Nakon 25 godina Mladifesta u Međugorju, održan je prvi festival mladih i u Poljskoj. Osim Bijele Hrvatske i pape u bijelom (sv. Ivana Pavla II.), Poljake i Hrvate sada veže i Međugorje. Poljaci su i ranije hodočastili u Međugorje, no sada na neki način Međugorje ide u Poljsku i ta će povezanost biti čvršća i plodonosnija. Tako je barem izgledalo tijekom tri dana druženja mladih Poljaka i mladih iz Međugorja. (slike) U nedjelju, 30. studenog počinje došašće - vrijeme priprave za Božić. Od ponedjeljka, 1. prosinca, u župi Međugorje počinju i svete mise zornice. Svaki dan, osim nedjelje, bit će u župnoj crkvi sveta misa zornica u 6 sati, koju će prenositi i radiopostaja Mir Međugorje. Ove godine biti će još jedna posebnost, a to je da kroz to vrijeme neće biti jutarnjih misa u 7:30, već samo misa zornica u 6 sati, na kojoj će se moliti i za pokojne. U Međugorju su, u ovome uobičajeno mirnijem vremenu, boravili hodočasnici iz Poljske, Latvije, SAD-a, Italije, Slovačke, Koreje i Austrije. Po prvi put, područno vijeće Frame Hercegovina organiziralo je seminar za prvoobećanike, koji je održan u Međugorju od 7. do 9. studenog 2014. godine. Na seminaru, pod geslom „Gospodine što hoćeš da učinim?”, sudjelovalo je 37 framaša iz 16 bratstava. Framaši koji su u ovoj školskoj godini dali svoja prva obećanja ili će ih tek dati na seminaru su imali priliku naučiti što su zapravo obećanja, kome ih daju i zašto, te sz razmišljali o tom velikom koraku za njih i njihovo bratstvo. Početkom studenog u Međugorju je u organizaciji studenata Hrvatske dominikanske provincije i mladih iz župe Kraljice svete krunice iz Zagreba održana duhovna obnova i hodočašće mladih. Ovogodišnje hodočašće u Međugorje organizirali su fr. Ivan Marija Tomić i Maja Marić, župljanka župe Kraljice svete krunice. Mladi su posjetili Brdo ukazanja i Križevac te sudjelovali u večernjem molitveno-liturgijskom programu u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi. Pri povratku, nekolicina mladih svjedočila je prisutnima o primljenim milostima na ovom hodočašću. U Međugorju je u ponedjeljak, 24. studenoga, obilježena 14. obljetnica smrti fra Slavka Barbarića. Večernju sv. misu u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi za pok. fra Slavka predslavio je fra Stanko Ćosić u suslavlju 25 svećenika. Fra Stanko je u propovijedi, između ostalog, kazao: „Na današnji dan se sjećamo čovjeka koji je svoje srce sjedinio s Majčinskim srcem Blažene Djevice Marije i poticao čovjeka da se vrati svome srcu. Fra Slavko je svojim djelovanjem i primjerom pokušao moliti, postiti, slaviti misu, ispovijedati se, govoriti, ali također i šutjeti srcem. I kao svaki prorok svoga vremena, ni on nije imao odgovore na sva pitanja, nego se sam nalazio pred pitanjima, u traženju istine. Fra Slavko je sve više otkrivao blago skriveno u dubini srca i poziva sve da traže to blago”. I na Križevcu se toga dana sjećalo pok. fra Slavka. U 14 sati molio se Križni put ,uz mnoštvo vjernika. Majčino selo, kojega je fra Slavko osnovao, prisjetilo se također svoga utemeljitelja. U ponedjeljak 24. studenog, četrnaesta je obljetnica smrti fra Slavka Barbarića. Umro je toga datuma 2000. godine , nakon završene pobožnosti Križnoga puta na Križevcu, a zemni mu ostaci počivaju na međugorskome groblju Kovačica. Na četrnaestu obljetnicu fra Slavkove smrti na Križevcu će se u 14 sati moliti Križni put, a sv. misa za fra Slavka slavit će se u 18 sati u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova. Otac Paulo Sergio Correia boravio je u Međugorju sa skupinom hodočasnika iz Sao Paola, Brazil. Ovo mu je 4. posjet Međugorju. Kaže da je za Međugorje čuo u samim počecima, ali za dolazak se odlučio tek 2012.: „Neki župljani su dolazili ranije, i pokušavali su me dovesti u Međugorje. Sad sam došao da zahvalim Kraljici mira za sve što mi je pružila. I mislim da je najvažnija poruka Međugorja poruka mira. Zahvaljujem na gostoprimstvu koje sam doživio”. - kazao je otac Paulo. Međugorje je proteklih dana posjetio bračni par Jim i Silvina Curran iz Irske. Njihov život se zadnjih godina odvija na putu između Međugorja, Irske,i Argentine, a i promijenio se iz korijena u zadnjih nekoliko godina. Na sve je snažno utjecalo Međugorje i poruka Gospe, Kraljice Mira. Silvina kaže kako je prvi put posjetila Međugorje 2009. godine: „Kad sam prvi put došla, nisam znala što očekivati. No, čim sam stigla, osjetila sam mir i da ima nešto posebno vezano uz ovo mjesto. Zavoljela sam Međugorje na prvi pogled. Međugorje osjećamo kao svoj dom”-kazala je međugorska hodočasnica Silvina iz Irske. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 200 500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 4075 (131 dnevno) Od 14. do 16. studenog ove godine u Poljskoj, u Piotrkowu Trybunalskom održat će se I. Festival mladih po uzoru na Mladifest, koji se svake godine održava u Međugorju. Festival će voditi fra Stanko Ćosić, koji će doći u Poljsku s vidiocem Jakovom Čolom, s Framom te zborom, koji je pjevao na XXV. Festivalu mladih u Međugorju. Zajedno sa zborom iz Međugorja u Poljsku će ići dva autobusa mladih. Pjevanje, ples, molitva i svjedočanstva kao u Međugorju ostvarit će neponovljivu atmosferu Mladifesta. Sastanak će biti simultano prevođen. Osim toga doći će gosti iz Poljske – svećenik Piotr Pawlukiewicz– poznat kao propovjednik mladih. Muniek Staszczyk, pjevač jako poznate grupe T. Love održat će koncert i dat će svjedočanstvo svoje vjere. Čut ćemo svjedočanstvo zajednice Cenacolo i svećenika Marek Bałwasa. Organizator Festivala je Zaklada Divine Mercy, koja vodi Poljski informativni centar MIR Međugorje. Sudjelovanje na Festivalu moguće je nakon prethodne prijave preko internetske stranice www.centrummedjugorje.pl Srdačno Vas pozivamo da sudjelujete na Festivalu mladih u Poljskoj. Na svetkovinu Svih svetih i Dušnog dana groblja i posljednja počivališta postaju mjesta naše zahvale i sjećanja pa ih tradicionalno obilazimo i sjećamo se u molitvi svojih pokojnika. Tih dana na svim grobljima u međugorskoj župi slave se svete mise. Uz župljane koji žive izvan rodnoga mjesta, a redovito u ove dane pohode župu, u Međugorju borave i hodočasnici iz raznih krajeva svijeta. Tako Ured informacija, krajem mjeseca listopada, bilježi hodočasničke skupine iz Poljske, Češke, Mađarske, Slovenije, Belgije, Portugala, Njemačke, Austrije, Francuske, Italije, Engleske, SAD-a, Irske i Latvije. Raspored svetih misa, Svi sveti, subota, 1. studenog : U četvrtak, 23. listopada 2014., u 93.godini života od srčanog udara preminuo je otac John Chisholm, svećenik Družbe Duha Svetoga iz Irske, dugogodišnji međugorski hodočasnik. Otac John je svećenik od 1946., a u Međugorju je proveo šest godina od 2000. do 2006 godine služeći Bogu, Gospi i međugorskim hodočasnicima engleskog govornog područja. Dok je boravio sa svojom majkom, čuo je što se događa u Međugorju i oduvijek ga je želio posjetiti. Ubrzo nakon njene smrti, primio je poziv da se pridruži grupi koja ide za Međugorje i u tom tjednu potpuno se zaljubio u Gospu, ljubav kojoj je vjerno služio do kraja svog života. U Međugorju je u nedjelju, 26. listopada svetom misom, na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova završeno 3. hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom koje se održavalo pod geslom „U Marijinoj školi”, a ove godine je okupilo 1380 sudionika. Župljani župe Međugorje, 85 obitelji(pansiona,hotela, obiteljskih domova) osiguralo je besplatan smještaj hodočasnicima koji su pristigli iz Hrvatske, Slovačke, Slovenije, Poljske, Ukrajine, Litve, Italije i SAD-a. U Međugorju je u tijeku 3. po redu hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom „U Marijinoj školi”, a ove godine je okupilo više od 1300 sudionika. Hodočašće je nastalo kao plod dugogodišnjeg hodočašćenja s. Rastislave Ralbovsky sa zajednicom osoba s posebnim potrebama iz Đakova. „Ja sam čvrsto uvjerena da je to Gospin plan, koji sam od početka naslućivala. Išla sam korak po korak. Vidim da je to Božje djelo.”-kazala je s. Rastislava istaknuvši kako joj je Međugorje u srcu od samih početaka. 3. po redu hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom održava se u Međugorju od 23. do 26. listopada pod geslom: „U Marijinoj školi”. Hodočašće je okupilo više od 1300 sudionika, najviše njih iz Hrvatske, potom iz Slovačke, Slovenije, Ukrajine, Litve, Italije i SAD-a. Hodočasnike su i ove godine ugostili međugorski župljani. I ovaj put, kao i toliko puta do sada, pokazali su da imaju veliko srce i posvjedočili zašto je Gospa izabrala ovu župu na poseban način. Hodočašće koje je organizirala udruga „Susret“ iz Čitluka, u suradnji sa Župnim uredom i „Majčinim selom“ počelo je večernjom svetom misom, koju je u četvrtak na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova predslavio fra Josip Vlašić ,župnik župe sv. Petra i Pavla u Mostaru.