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Charles Colazzi comes from New Jersey and this is his ninth time in Medjugorje. He spoke about his life, priesthood vocation and experience of Medjugorje. He came here with a group of young people when he was sixteen and it was the time when he truly experienced the beauty of this place. “As a young man, I went to the church but did not particularly like the faith. During my visit to Medjugorje I had strong experience of prayer that completely changed me. After I returned home, I started loving prayer, I spent time Adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and I prayed Rosary every single day.” Four years afterwards, he went to the seminary and became a priest during his next visit to Medjugorje. “That is all really beautiful experience. I would say that I fell in love with Our Lady, with Jesus. Everyone experiences something different, weather it is inner healing, feeling of love and intimacy, or perhaps miracles because we all feel something different. Confessions in Medjugorje are very significant; people are really different when they return home. Usually people who confess here feel something, very often their life changes completely and they feel strength of good confessions that happen after twenty or thirty years of wondering around. For me as a priest that is a highlight here in Medjugorje because that is so beautiful and useful”, said Fr. Charles. Andrea Cunningham, who came with her family, husband and five children from Northern Ireland, was one of many pilgrims that we met and had chance to interview. This is her fifth visit. She thinks that Medjugorje is indeed a special place and she keeps coming back here because this is where she feels at home. “This indeed is a special place. I heard about the apparitions in the beginning of 90’s and I arrived here for the first time in 1994, at the time I got married. How does Medjugorje help me? It keeps my relationship with God, strengthens and renews my faith, gives me strength. I think it is really easy to become part of hectic life, stress of everyday living, we are easily distracted by other things, and when you come to place like Medjugorje, that means return to the nature, return to the personal relationship with God”, said Andrea who thinks that young people always seek for something, and they actually seek for God. “It is wonderful to see so many young people here who walk around and pray Rosary and they all look so natural, since it is easier for them to do that here than back home. It is hard to be like this at home because there is general opinion that something is wrong with the people who pray and do not do some other things. I do not know what will happen in the future. I can only say that Medjugorje is a little piece of heaven on this earth, and that is what we are all longing for, whether we were aware of that or not. We are longing towards that, and here you get the feeling that it is possible to achieve that.” The Second International Meeting of Persons with Disability will be held in Medjugorje from September 20 to September 22, 2013. Similar to the last year’s programme, most of the programme will be held again in the facilities of Mother’s Village, which together with the parish and Association “Susret/Encounter” from Citluk, is at the same time the main organiser of this event. All participants will be gathering in the afternoon on September 19, 2013 and accommodation and food are free for all participants. All who would like to take part in this Meeting can do that by sending the exact number of persons with disability, persons with wheelchairs and their parents or those who will come to accompany them, at the e-mail address: gospina.skola@gmail.com. The programme of this Meeting will be filled with workshops for children and parents as well as with the lectures and prayer meetings. Prayer on Apparition Hill will take place on Saturday morning, and this whole event will be concluded with Holy Mass on Sunday at 11 a.m. in the parish church of St. James. The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje in the presence of numerous pilgrims from our country and from abroad as well. Majority of pilgrims were youth, many of them arrived throughout the whole night, confessed and participated in the Holy Masses that were celebrated from 6 a.m. in the church of St. James’. Pilgrims from Germany, the United States, England, Ireland, Kanada, Italy, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Croatia were in Medjugorje in those days. Holy Masses were celebrated in Croatian language and in many other languages, while the central Holy Mass in the evening at 7 p.m. was celebrated by Fr. Stanko Cosic with 66 priests who concelebrated at that Holy Mass. It was on August 10, 2013 that one married couple from Poland arrived to Medjugorje and they came after 82 days of walking and 1500 km of their journey: Andrzey, who is 69 and Kararzyna Sieminscy, who is 60. Karazyna told us: “I decided for this trip on February 28 when Holy Father Benedict XVI resigned and I felt strong desire to walk to Rome again, but I decided to come to Medjugorje first. We thank all people that we met on our journey who have expressed their love to us. Gospa blessed each of our steps.” (photos) Stefano Rotondo is a doctor from Italy. He heard about Medjugorje at the beginning of the apparitions and made his first pilgrimage here in 1983. He told us that his life changed dramatically after that visit. “It was then when I understood that it is very important to find God where I live and that I can discover joy of simple encounter with God. I came in 1983 for the first time and Medjugorje is today everywhere for me, everywhere I live. It helped me understand the Gospel and to live it in everyday life. I learned how to listen here, I learned what is silence, I learned how to accept myself – simply, I started opening my heart to God,” said Stefano whose family together with two another families formed a prayer group. This is his fourth year that he comes and brings pilgrims to Medjugorje. “In the depth of our heart we wanted to continue prayer in our place and that is why our three families began to pray the Rosary together and we do that on regular basis. We felt Gospa’s presence in our homes and how She wanted us to bring others to Medjugorje as well.” Agnes Nick lives in Canada for the last twenty years and finally her great wish to come to Medjugorje was realised in these days. “Every day of my life I feel Gospa’s and Jesus’ grace. I am a member of prayer group in Saint Tomas in Toronto that is called ‘Mary moves priesthood’. We gather every Wednesday evening and we pray Rosary to the Blessed Virgin Mary and read Her messages from Medjugorje. Ever since I do that, I feel that I can carry all life difficulties in easy way: you simply surrender to God and His Mother, and they know the best all of our needs. They always come to help in our aids”, said Agnes. Many people of various vocations and professions from all over the world came to give a testimony at the Youth Festival. Among them we found two young men from the United States, from New York and their names are Cliffored Azize and Charles Kinnane. It was couple of years ago that two of them established production company “Grasfids Films” that films documentaries and one of the most famous works of their production is movie Child 31. This moving documentary speaks about the great project of organisation “Mary’s Meals” that helps more than 700.000 children in sixteen countries throughout the world. Thanks to donations and huge help of numerous volunteers who are trying to resolve one of the greatest problems in these times – hunger, but in the way that meal is provided at the schools and in that way children are encouraged to education. The 24th International Youth Festival that began on Thursday, August 1, 2013 finished on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 with Holy Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated at 5 a.m. on the top of Cross Mountain by Fr. Danko Perutina, coordinator of this meeting. Dozens of thousands of young people gathered in Medjugorje this year and they came from 60 different countries. The programme of the Youth Festival would start at 9 a.m. with the Morning Prayer and would continue with lectures, testimonies and lessons from Christian life throughout the rest of the day. The evening prayer programme would begin at 6 p.m. with Rosary and the central event of every day was Holy Mass at 7 p.m. The opening Holy Mass was celebrated by the Provincial of Herzegovina Franciscan Province, Dr. Fr. Miljenko Steko. Every other night, four newly ordained priests were the main celebrants: Fr. Stanko Cosic, Fr. Mario Ostojic, Fr. Josip Serdjo Cavar and Fr. Mijo Sarcevic, while the homilies were given by their older brothers: Fr. Slaven Brekalo, Fr. Petar Ljubicic, Fr. Svetozar Kraljevic and Fr. Danko Perutina. The largest number of priests who have concelebrated at those Holy Masses was on Thursday, when 515 of them were present. (foto) ; (video) Marijo Jerković, Petra Grancarić and Antonija Rebrina walked from Zagreb to Medjugore and it took them sixteen days for the journey of more than 500 km. It was Marijo who initiated this trip after he read some of the testimonies from Medjugorje, among those one about lady who walked from Poland and about pilgrim who converted in Medjugorje and became a priest. Our young pilgrims began their pilgrimage on July 11, 2013 and were very impressed by goodness of the people they met on their way and who have helped them in many ways. “We received one beautiful experience; Gospa followed us on every step we took. We always carry beautiful impressions from Medjugorje”, they said and thanked all from Zagreb to Medjugorje. The community “Merciful Father” introduced their work and activities to young people at the 24th International Youth Festival on Monday, August 5, 2013. This community is based in Bijakovici and it is led by Fr. Svetozar Kraljevic who said: “Today I would like to congratulate boys - some of them have been with us for more than three years. It is huge when one young man comes from the street into the prayer, serious work, into love, care, affection where he learns how to say: I am sorry…thank you…can I help you…where rosary beads become every day decoration of soul, heart, mind and body. People in the community discover gifts that God gave them at the birth, they discover beauty, kind words, mercy, compassion, something they never knew of. Therefore, I would like to congratulate these boys once again and I am rejoicing because of the extreme happiness of their families. The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament took place nearly every night after the evening prayer programme. Many have told us that it was exactly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament that they found to be so special and most moving for them. Suzana from Petrinja comes to the Youth Festival for seven years now and she came this year in the group of ninety pilgrims. She told us: “More people come here every year. I love listening to the testimonies and I found them moving indeed, but I am most impressed by the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.” Tatjana from Slovenia also told us that she loves coming here because of homilies, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Holy Masses. Liam Lawton from Ireland grew up in a big family with five children and he was ordained as a priest in 1984. He said how he was moved by the faith of the local people when he first arrived to Medjugorje. Liam comes from the family of musicians and his desire was to live music at the same time with priesthood. The crucial moment for him was encouragement he received after confessing before Fr. Slavko Barbaric who invited him to sing few songs during the Holy Mass that same evening. After singing during the Holy Communion he also accompanied Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with his music. That was the beginning of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament that we have today in Medjugorje. The traditional procession with thousands of young people from sixty different countries took place on Sunday, August 4, 2013, after the evening Holy Mass, as a part of the 24th International Youth Festival. Procession started from the church with Our Lady’s statue and candles in the hands of participants and followed the main road towards the Apparition Hill, Cross Mountain and ended with the prayer outside the White Dome. Stanko Cosic celebrated the evening Holy Mass on Friday, August 2, 2013 along with 515 priests that concelebrated. Slaven Brekalo gave a homily and said to youth: “You have come here, but we cannot all stay here, we need to return to where we have come from. That is exactly what God wishes for you so you would witness what you have experienced here. You should never forget Holy Scripture. The Gospel is joyful news and not some tyranny, it is not some condemnation but it is joyful news full of grace and love. Gospa invited you here but She sends you further because that is God’s logics, God invites and then He sends. He has no one else to send but you. Be holy!” (photos) Among young people from sixty countries who participate in the 24th International Youth Festival in Medjugorje we met Tatjana who came from Slovenia. This is Tatjana’s twelfth visit to the Youth Festival. She briefly told us: “I come because of homilies, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, testimonies and Holy Masses. It is good for us to be here with the Queen of Peace. It is crowded, but we do not have problem with that.” Young people from Slavonija, region on north of Croatia, arrived to the Youth Festival in the great number. We spoke to Sanja Stivanovic and Darko Ilijasic from Slavnoski Brod. “Medjugorje is alwas a special event for us, we always bring something beautiful from here. As we look at such a great number of young people that were gathered here by Gospa, that is indeed experience that changes every one of us.” Darko came for the first time and said: “I was extremely impressed by such a great number of young people at one place. So much joy and so much sincere and open love.”
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Prvi ponedjeljak nakon proslave Uzvišenja Križa Kristova u Međugorju se mijenja i satnica molitveno-liturgijskog programa. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 17, a sv. Misa u 18 sati. Slijedi uobičajeni molitveni program nakon sv. Mise. Klanjanje Isusu u Presvetom oltarskom sakramentu srijedom i subotom je od 21 do 22 sata. Molitva krunice na Podbrdu je nedjeljom u 14 sati, a Križni put na Križevcu petkom u isto vrijeme. Sveta Misa u 13 sati bit će samo subotom. Prve nedjelje nakon proslave blagdana Male Gospe - rođenja blažene Djevice Marije, u Međugorju se tradicionalno slavi blagdan Uzvišenja Križa Kristova. Ove godine blagdan Male Gospe je u subotu, a nedjelja nakon toga, 9. rujna, je proslava na Križevcu. Svečana sv. Misa na Križevcu je u 11 sati, a sat vremena prije sv. Mise započinje molitva Križnoga puta uz Križevac. Za sve one koji nisu u mogućnosti pohoditi Križevac, mogu sudjelovati na jednoj od sv. Misa na hrvatskome jeziku u župnoj crkvi: u 6, 7, 8,12 i 19 sati. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 366 000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 8018 (258 dnevno) U Međugorje su u četvrtak, 30. kolovoza nakon gotovo mjesec dana pješačenja iz Bergama, iz Italije, sretno stigli hodočasnici, braća Franco i Sergio Valoti. Iako u sedmom desetljeću života, uz Božju pomoć, sretno su prepješačili put dug 1050 kilometara. Namjera njihova hodočašća bila je proći duhovni put, put duhovnoga obraćenja. Roberta Brusić i Boris Peterlin djelatnici Hrvatskog Caritasa boravili su u Međugorju. Roberta kaže kako se prvi susret s Međugorjem dogodio neposredno nakon završetka rata u Hrvatskoj, no, pravi istinski susret s Gospom i čežnja za ovim mjestom dogodio se u zreloj dobi. ''Tada je Gospodin učinio promjenu u mom života i dogodio se susret sa živim Bogom i Majkom'', ističe Roberta. I nakon svetkovine Velike Gospe u Međugorju borave brojni hodočasnici sa svih strana svijeta. Ured informacija bilježi skupine hodočasnika iz: Italije, Njemačke, Austrije, Češke, Slovačke, Poljske, Irske, Engleske, SAD-a, Francuske, Španjolske, Libanona, Novog Zelanda, Mađarske, Ukrajine, Koreje i naravno hodočasnici iz BiH i Hrvatske. Novinari radiopostaje ''Mir'' Međugorje susreli su vlč. Richarda Offonga, kapelana u Londonu za nigerijsku skupinu ljudi koja živi tamo. Svetkovina Velike Gospe ili Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije na nebo proslavljena je u Međugorju u srijedu, 15. kolovoza 2012. uz osobito veliki broj domaćih i stranih hodočasnika. Tisuće hodočasnika, među njima brojni mladi, pješice su cijele noći dolazili u Međugorje, ispovijedali se i sudjelovali na sv. Misama koje su slavljene od 6 sati. Od inozemnih hodočasnika najbrojniji su bili Talijani, te, po prijavama u Uredu informacija, hodočasnici iz: Austrije, Njemačke, Irske, Engleske, SAD-a, Slovačke, Ukrajine, Poljske, Mađarske, Francuske, Koreje, Libanona i naravno BiH i Hrvatske. Tijekom dana slavljene su svete Mise na hrvatskom i jezicima inozemnih hodočasnika. Večernju sv. Misu u u 19 sati predslavio je fra Svetozar Kraljević u koncelebraciji 76 svećenika. (slike) Svetkovina Velike Gospe ili Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije na nebo slavi se u srijedu, 15. kolovoza. Svete Mise na hrvatskome jeziku u crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju su u 6, 7, 8, 11, a svečana večernja Misa je u 19 sati. Večernji molitveno-liturgijski program započinje u 18 sati molitvom krunice. Mise na stranim jezicima su u prijepodnevnim satima. Nikolas Sonntag iz Njemačke je došao pješice u Međugorje, u srijedu, 8.kolovoza 2012. To mu je i prvi dolazak u ovo mjesto, ali, obećaje, ne i zadnji. Za Međugorje je saznao od članova jedne zajednice koji svake godine dolaze u Međugorje .''Prošle godine sam išao pješice u Rim i na putu sam osjetio želju doći u Međugorje. Između mnoštva svjedočanstava mladih koji su sudjelovali na upravo završenom Mladifestu u Međugorju, novinari radiopostaje Mir Međugorje izabrali su nekoliko zanimljivih susreta. Po prvi put, na 23. međunarodnom molitvenom susretu mladih u Međugorju, uz mlade iz 70-ak zemalja, sudjelovali su i mladi iz Ruande koji su svoje iskustvo Međugorja podijelili i sa slušateljima radiopostaje ''Mir'' Međugorje. Fidelis Nsengiyunva, je franjevac u Ruandi. Sretan jer je ovo prvi put da dolazi na Festival u Međugorje, odnosno u Europu. Dvadeset i treći međunarodni molitveni susret mladih - Mladifest koji je započeo u Međugorju u srijedu 1. kolovoza 2012. pod geslom "Gospodine, daj nam više vjere", završio je u ponedjeljak 6. kolovoza, sv. Misom zahvalnicom na Križevcu, u 5 sati ujutro, koju je predslavio fra Danko Perutina, koordinator susreta. Ove godine na Festivalu su se okupili deseci tisuća mladih iz 70-ak zemalja, a po prvi put su sudjelovali mladi iz Ruande. Program Mladifesta započinjao je jutarnjom molitvom u 9 sati, potom svjedočanstva, pjesme i pouke kršćanskoga života. Program se, nakon stanke, nastavljao od 16 sati do molitve Krunice u 18 sati. Svakodnevni središnji susret bila je sv. Misa u 19 sati. (slike) U petak 3. kolovoza, nakon večernje svete Mise, u sklopu Mladifesta u Međugorju je održana tradicionalna procesija, uz Gospin kip i upaljene svijeće u rukama nepreglednoga broja sudionika, iz 70-ak zemalja. Procesija je išla glavnom cestom prema Podbrdu, zatim ispod Križevca prema Ćorkovu docu, a završila molitvom ispred vanjskog oltara. Večernju sv. Misu je toga dana na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova predslavio fra Dalibor Milas, mladi svećenik koji je 29. srpnja imao Mladu misu, a propovijedao je fra Branko Radoš. Koncelebriralo je 548 svećenika. U Međugorju je u srijedu 1. kolovoza 2012. večernjim molitveno-liturgijskim programom otvoren 23. međunarodni molitveni susret mladih-Mladifest. Geslo susreta je iz Lukinog evanđelja i glasi ''Gospodine, daj nam više vjere'' (Lk 17,5). Svetu Misu otvaranja predslavio je dr. fra Miljenko Šteko, vikar Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije u koncelebraciji 422 svećenika. Susret na kojem sudjeluje nekoliko desetaka tisuća mladih iz cijeloga svijeta završit će u ponedjeljak 6. kolovoza svetom Misom na Križevcu u 5 sati ujutro. Ove godine na Mladifestu, uz predstavnike sedamdesetak država svijeta, po prvi put, sudjeluju i mladi iz Ruande. Program izravno prenosi radiopostaja "Mir" Međugorje, te mnoštvo drugih radiopostaja, internetskih portala i televizijskih postaja. Festival, kojim ravna fra Danko Perutina, obilježen je molitvom, pjesmom, predavanjima, svjedočanstvima koje prati Međunarodni zbor i orkestar. Molitveni susret mladih pokrenuo je pokojni fra Slavko Barbarić 1990. godine, okupivši te godine stotinjak mladih, dva svirača s gitarom te nekoliko pjevača, a sve se održavalo u zelenom šatoru. Svake godine broj sudionika se povećavao, te brojem prerastao sva druga međugorska okupljanja. (slike) Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 176.500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 6112 (197 dnevno) Međugorje, 1. „Gospodine, daj nam više vjere!“