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The 2nd European Congress of OFS and YouFra was completed on Sunday, August 23, with the Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Milienko Steko, the Provincial of Herzegovina Franciscan Province, in the Franciscan church of Sts. Peter and Paul. Members of Chess club „Posavac“ from the parish Ruščica came to Medjugorje this August for the 12th time. It was opportunity for them to participate in the individual chess tournament „Međugorje 2015“. Chess players also participated along with the members of their families in the evening prayer programme held at the White Dome of St. James' church, as well as in the prayer on Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain. On Friday, August 21, the 9th stage of the Marian Vow, Sinj-Međugorje was completed. Around 15 pilgrims arrived to Medjugorje after their last stage they had walked from Vitina. They will stay in Medjugorje until August 23, and then they will continue their walk towards Slano and Dubrovnik, where this pilgrimage through Marian shrines is going to be completed. (fotos) HVIDRA, Association for former Soldiers of Croatia as well as student associations SKAC Palma and MAGIS, as well as many other communities of students and former soldiers from the recent homeland war, organised from June 21, the pilgrimage „Marian vow for Homeland“, that will go through all bigger Marian shrines from the east to the south of Croatia. The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje with huge numbers of pilgrims from our country and from the abroad. Many pilgrims, especially the youth, walked from various directions during the night to come to Medjugorje on this day. The first Holy Mass in Croatian was celebrated at 6 a.m., then there were Holy masses at 7, 8, 9, 11 a.m. as well. Ana Mlinarić fromVukovar, parish of St. Joseph the Worker, arrived to Medjugorje for the last Youth Festival. Ana said in her interview for medjugorje.hr that she has been coming here for the last 10 years in organised groups: „The bus of young people arrived with me, besides youth from my parish there are those from the other parts of Slavonija, around Vinkovac, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Pozega, Pakrac. During the 26th International Youth Festival, many would remain after the evening Holy Mass in Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. So many told us that Adoration was the most beautiful part for them. Anamaria from Germany has been coming for the fourth year now and she told us: The 26th Youth Festival that began on July 31, finished on August, 6 with the Holy Mass celebrated by the parish priest Fr. Marinko Sakota on the Feast of Transfiguration, August 6, on the top of Cross Mountain. The Youth Festival was held with the theme "Peace be with you" and gathered dozens of thousands of young people from 75 different countries. (foto) The programme of the 26th International Youth Festival continued on Wednesday, August 6, 2015. The morning lectures began with prayer and continued with the catechesis of Fr. Marinko Sakota with the theme of forgiveness. Sr. Rastislava Ralbovsky, member of community of Merciful Sisters of St. Cross of the Croatian Province in Djakovo, spoke about the connection she and her mission has with Medjugorje. (slike) A testimony that we would like to emphasise and it took place on Monday, August 3, was the testimony of married couple Gianluca Anselmi and Anna Benedetti from Verona. Both of them are professional musicians and Anna said that after 10 years of marriage she discovered she was pregnant and that they were expecting a girl. They decided to name her Lucy, but something was not right. The programme of the 26th International Youth Festival continued also on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. The morning prayer was led by Fr. Stanko Ćosić, while Fr. Ljubo Kurtovic gave a lecture on theme Prayer and life. Silvia Costa, 23 years old girl from Sicily in Italy, gave her testimony about her love for Medjugorje and Croatia. (fotos) ; (video) The central event today was the Holy Mass celebrated at 7 p.m. with Fr. Damir Pavic, parish priest from Brestovsko parish in the central Bosnia. The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament followed when at the end all of the priests were among the faithful giving them blessing with their extended hands over them. At the same time, many priests were confessing all those who wanted to receive the sacrament of confession. (foto) The programme of the 26th Youth Festival in Medjugorje continued on Sunday, August 2, 2015. Morning was reserved for the Holy Masses in different languages, and the programme continued at 4 p.m. with the prayer and testimonies. The visionary Marija Pavlović Lunetti spoke first and then Leticia Blanco Gordon from Peru gave a testimony on how the community „ Apostles of Mary, the Queen of Peace“ in Peru was established. (foto) On Sunday, August 2, after the evening Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Fillip Pavlovic, young priest born in Medjugorje, the procession with the Statue of Our Lady was held. The homily was given by Fr. Ivan Filipovic, a priest who was ordained after his healing from drugs in Cenacolo community. Young people from Switzerland carried the Statue of Our Lady in the area in front of the church, and the procession was conducted by Fr. Perica Ostojic. Leticia Blanco Gordon from Peru gave a testimony at the Youth Festival on Sunday, August 2 and she spoke about how the community “Apostles of Mary, the Queen of Peace” was created. This community is the fruit of Medjugorje and they will celebrate 15 years of their activity this year. She told us that everything began in 1991, when she was only 19 years old.
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Antonia Tartaglione iz Italije, sa skupinom hodočasnika, hodočastila je u Međugorje. Tom prigodom je ispričala svoje svjedočanstvo koje donosimo u cijelosti:„Čula sam za Međugorje od osoba koje su hodočastile u Međugorje. I shvatila sam da se radi o čarobnom osobnom iskustvu. Upravo takvi osjećaji su me potaknuli 27. ožujka 2011. na hodočašće u Međugorje, u društvu muža i sestre. U tijeku je devetnica Kraljici Mira, priprava za 35. obljetnicu Gospinih ukazanja u Međugorju, kao zahvala Nebeskom Ocu na Marijinoj prisutnosti. U ovoj devetnici, od 15. lipnja 2016., gotovo neprekidno, danju i noću, prema Gospinu kipu na Podbrdo uspinju se skupine hodočasnika sa svih strana svijeta. Svakog se popodneva u 16 sati, do 23. lipnja, moli krunica. (slike) Fra Mario Hadchity, pripada Libanonskoj franjevačkoj provinciji, župnik je u Jerihonu. Podrijetlom je iz Libanona. Proživio je rat u Libanonu, vjeruje da ga je Bog pozvao u svećeničko zvanje preko Majke. Fra Mario je ovih dana prvi put posjetio Međugorje, a u programu radiopostaje „Mir” o svom doživljaju Međugorja je kazao: Nicola De Li Borio i Giovanni Soria, hodočasnici su iz Italije koji su biciklima hodočastili Kraljici Mira u Međugorje. Na dugačkom i ustrajnom putu od 1400 kilometara pratilo ih je još pet prijatelja. Stigli su u Međugorje 19. lipnja, nakon 9 dana. Nicola je u programu radiopostaje „Mir” Međugorje kazao: (slike) Ususret 35. obljetnici Gospinih ukazanja radiopostaja „Mir” Međugorje objavila je glazbeni spot u kojem sudjeluje zbor Frame Hercegovina koji je otpjevao međugorsku himnu „Kraljici Mira”, u narodu poznatiju kao „Došli smo ti Majko draga”. Tekst i glazbu je napisao pok. fra Stanko Vasilj, a aranžman Živko Ključe. U Međugorju je, u nedjelju 19. lipnja, svetom misom u 11 sati, koju je predslavio fra Ante Vučković, završen Prvi međunarodni seminar za život (PRO LIFE) koji je počeo 16. lipnja. Tema susreta, koji je okupio oko 130 sudionika iz 16 zemalja, bila je: „Čedo u utrobi” (Lk 1, 41), „Budite milosrdni kao što je Otac vaš milosrdan” (Lk 6, 36). Međugorje će u subotu, 25. lipnja 2016. proslaviti 35. obljetnicu Gospinih ukazanja. Svete mise na hrvatskom jeziku su u župnoj crkvi u 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 i središnja svečana sv. misa u 19 sati. U 22 sata je redovito mjesečno cjelonoćno klanjanje do 7 sati ujutro. U petak 24. lipnja 2016., na svetkovinu sv. Ivana Krstitelja je Uočnica 35. obljetnice Gospinih ukazanja. Kao i svake godine, toga dana Hodnja mira polazi ujutro u 6 sati ispred samostana sv. Ante na Humcu. Dolazak pred župnu crkvu u Međugorju predviđen je u 10 sati. Pozivaju se župljani i hodočasnici, posebno mladi da se pridruže molitvi. Sv. mise na hrvatskom jeziku u župnoj crkvi toga dana su u 7, 8, 11 i 19 sati. Jedna od sudionica Prvog međunarodnog seminara za život u Međugorju, koji traje do 19. lipnja, je i prof. Elizabeta Rezić, iz Mostara. „Odlučila sam doći, jer sam ljubiteljica života, svog života, duhovnog života, svih ljudi, Boga iznad svega koji nam daje da Ga spoznamo kroz svoj život, koji nam otvara putove. Osjećam veliku radost i zbog predavača i zbog sudionika. Veliki župni zbor „Kraljica mira“ već 26 godina djeluje u međugorskoj župi. Tijekom cijele godine Veliki župni zbor marljivo radi, na redovitim probama se uvježbavaju nove skladbe, utvrđuje staro gradivo. A, uvijek su intenzivnije pripreme uz svetkovine tijekom crkvene godine. U Međugorju je u četvrtak, 16. lipnja registracijom sudionika i večernjim molitvenim programom počeo Prvi međunarodni seminar za život (PRO LIFE) koji će trajati do 19. lipnja 2016. Tema susreta je: „Čedo u utrobi” (Lk 1, 41), „Budite milosrdni kao što je Otac vaš milosrdan” (Lk 6, 36). (slike) U Međugorje su proteklih dana hodočastile skupine iz Italije, Francuske, Austrije, Švicarske, SAD-a, Slovačke, Poljske, Slovenije, Rusije, Njemačke, Engleske, Litve, Irske, Belgije, Kanade, Portugala i Južne Afrike. I 72-godišnja Anđelka Pušić, iz Zenice, sa skupinom hodočasnika, hodočastila je u Međugorje. Kazala nam je da zadnjih 10-ak godina dolazi u Međugorje. U Međugorju se tijekom godine uz redovite seminare posta i molitve, održavaju i različiti međunarodni seminari. Neki od njih imaju dugogodišnju tradiciju, a neki su pokrenuti nedavno. Namijenjeni su svećenicima, laicima, voditeljima centara mira, bračnim parovima, liječnicima, medicinskom osoblju… Magda Kaliterna iz Splita sudjelovala je na 5. međunarodnom hodočašću za osobe s invaliditetom u Međugorju. „Ovo je četvrti put nama kao grupi da smo u Međugorju. Mi smo grupa volontera pri crkvi sv. Filipa Nerija, specijalizirani za vođenje osoba s invaliditetom u Lurd. I pošto imamo to iskustvo, kada smo čuli da se organizira hodočašće u Međugorje, bili smo oduševljeni. U Međugorju je u nedjelju, 12. lipnja u 11 sati misnim slavljem na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova završeno 5. međunarodno hodočašće osoba s invaliditetom koje se od četvrtka održavalo pod geslom „U Marijinoj školi”. Ove godine hodočašće je okupilo oko 1800 sudionika. Uoči misnoga slavlja sudionici su govorili o svojim svjedočanstvima i iskustvima. (slike)