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At the last daily apparition to Jakov Colo on September 12th, 1998, Our Lady told him that henceforth he would have one apparition a year, every December 25th, on Christmas Day. This is also how it was this year. The apparition began at 2:45 pm and lasted 7 minutes. The “Little Doves of Peace” from Medjugorje under direction of Sr. Slavica Kozul, and the “Little Dubrovnik Singers” under the direction of Maestro Djelo Jusic gave their traditional Christmas Concert in Medjugorje Parish Church on Sunday, December 19, 2005 at 3.00pm. The group “Luka” from Ploce was the special guest at this concert. Maestro Jusic and Sr. Slavica Kozul are collaborating for many years now. This Christmas Concert takes place every year in Medjugorje as well as in Dubrovnik. (photos) On Thursday, December 15, 2005, at 8.00pm, the Croatian Baroque Ensemble performed for the first time in St. James’ parish church in Medjugorje. The repertoire included a selection from the Italian baroque programme: Concerti Grossi by Corelli, Torelli and Manfredini, Legrenzi’s motet “O Dilectissime Jesu”, as well as Scarlatti’s cantata for soprano and strings «O Di Betlemme Altera». This concert was organised by the Medjugorje Parish with the assistance of the Croatian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (photos) Dear benefactors and friends of Medjugorje, We have entered into the time of Advent, a time of expectation. Each one of us in his own way, personally, within the family, and in the community, is trying to prepare the way for the One who is coming. He continues to come and to seek us. He continues to send prophets who announce this. Mary, His mother and our Mother, is from the very beginning his nearest disciple and reliable collaborator. On innumerable occasions throughout history she has proved this. In our days, God sends Her as Queen of Peace. He sends Her to teach us the divine wisdom of peace. He sends Her to teach us what brings us peace, and what destroys it. We are grateful to God and we praise Him for all those who in prayer, reconciliation, fasting, reception of the sacraments and reading of the Holy Scripture have come to know the divine wisdom of peace. The 13th International Meeting for Leaders of Peace Centres and Medjugorje Prayer, Pilgrim and Charity groups will take place in the New Hall in Medjugorje from March 5 to 9, 2006. The theme of this encounter is: “You shall be my witnesses until the ends of the world” (Acts 1,8) The number of places is limited, and the number of participants is increasing from year to year. This is why we ask you kindly to make your registration as soon as possible. You can send your registrations by fax + 387 36 651 999 (for Marija Dugandzic), or by e-mail: seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr . On the fifth anniversary of Fr. Slavko Barbaric’s death, the presentation of Fr. Marinko Sakota’s book “Living with the heart – Fr. Slavko Barbaric, his personality and his work” took place in the Parish hall in Medjugorje, in the presence of about 800 guests. On Thursday, November 24, 2005, the parishioners and the pilgrims commemorated the fifth anniversary of Fr. Slavko Barbaric's death in Medjugorje. In the afternoon, they prayed the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain, and in the evening, there was Holy Mass and Adoration in the Parish church, after which, in the large parish hall, Fr. Marinko Sakota’s book “Living with the heart” was presented. Fourteen years after the fall of Vukovar, Mrs Mirjana Kovac, an economist born in Vukovar, came on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje to entrust to God and to Our Lady all the pain that she is still carrying in her heart. With tears in her eyes she shared both her memories and her hopes with us. Before the war, Mrs Kovac was Director of a Health insurance company, during the war, she led the Croatian Medical Crisis Unit, and after the war, she was the assistant to the Director for the economy. Later she was in charge of the economy, and finally she became Director of Control in the Ministry of Defence of Croatia. Lidija Paris spoke with Mirjana Kovac at the presbytery of Medjugorje. During his visit to Medjugorje, on Saturday, October 22, 2005, Fr. Vinzenzo Brocanelli, ofm, moderator of the missionary evangelisation in the Franciscan Order, gave the following statement: “This is my first visit to Medjugorje. I climbed the Apparition Hill. I think that this is a great centre of spirituality. In a word, if people come here to love Jesus more, they will be able to love their neighbour more, and they will become new missionaries. Regarding the Franciscans serving here, I can only affirm that I hold them in the highest esteem. They make themselves available to those who come here, and what has greatly impressed me, they are well pleased to do so.” Mons. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A., auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Panama, was in Medjugorje in September 2005. He came on a private pilgrimage with 17 pilgrims. Dragan Soldo spoke with him for Radio “Mir” Medjugorje. On Friday, November 4, four bishops came to the Shrine of the Queen of Peace in Medjugorje. Mons. Thomas Msusa, actual bishop of the diocese of Zomba, his retired predecessor Mons. Allan Chamgwera, and Mons. Remi Joseph Gustave Saint-Marie, bishop of Dedza, came from Malawi. Mons. Joseph Faber MacDonald, bishop of the diocese Saint John in New Brunswick, came from Canada. Vinzenzo Brocanelli, Secretary general for the Missions of the OFM Franciscans, and Fr. Sime Samac, Definitor general of the Franciscan Order, visited Medjugorje on Saturday, October 22, 2005. Mons. Michael Pearse Lacey, retired auxiliary bishop of Toronto, was on his fourth private pilgrimage in Medjugorje from October 9 to 17, 2005. He came with a group of pilgrims from Canada. “The Days of Bread”, a manifestation that the pupils and the teachers of the Elementary School Bijakovici are organising for many years now in their school, took place this year in front of St. James’ Parish church. It’s meaning is to give thanks for “our daily bread” and for life that is coming from God, and to learn how to make use of the bread and of all the gifts of God. Mons. Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M., bishop of the diocese of Kole in the Democratic Republic of Congo, came for the second time on a private pilgrimage to Medjugorje in September 2005. He was ordained a priest in 1979, and a bishop in 1998. Mons. Lukumwena is the first black African who was a Franciscan Provincial in Congo, and the first black African ordained a bishop in Congo. He came alone to Medjugorje, for a few days of personal prayer and spiritual renewal.
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U svibnju 2007., skupina hodočasnika iz Hong Konga i Makaa pohodila je Međugorje. Skupinu je pratio svećenik a hodočašće su organizirale Michelle Yau Ivy (Hong Kong) i sestra Claire-Marie (Makao). S njima je razgovarala Lidija Paris. Od 8. do 14. svibnja 2007. na hodočašću u Međugorju boravio je Mons. Boulos Emile Saadé, maronitski biskup biskupije Batroun u Libanonu. Došao je sa skupinom hodočasnika u organizaciji udruge „Prijatelji Marije Kraljice mira“ sa sjedištem u Beirutu. Mons. Boulos Emile Saadé je svećenik od 1958. god. a biskup od 1986. Odgovornost za biskupiju Batroun na sjeveru Libanona nosi od lipnja 1999. Evo što nam je rekao: Osamnaesti međunarodni molitveni susret mladih održat će se u Međugorju od 1. do 6. kolovoza 2007. Tema susreta je: "Ljubite jedni druge; kao što sam ja ljubio vas tako i vi ljubite jedni druge!" (Iv 13,34) (“Draga djeco! Danas vas pozivam na ljubav. Dječice, ljubite se Božjom ljubavlju… Uskrsli Isus bit će s vama a vi njegovi svjedoci.“ - Poruka, 25. ožujka 2005.) (Vidi i: Međunarodni susreti) U subotu 19. svibnja 2007. održan je prvi „Maraton mira i pomirenja“ od Gruda do Međugorja u dužini od 42.195 metara pod nazivom „Trčimo Gospi“. Organizatori su kršćanska udruga Kup-Karmel u suradnji s atletskim klubom Dinamo-Zrinjevac iz Zagreba (Hrvatska), te Studio Nada d.o.o. iz Ljubuškog (BiH). Početak maratona bio je u Grudama, a cilj kod Gospina kipa pred crkvom u Međugorju. Na dionici od Ljubuškog do Međugorja održala se utrka građana u dužini od 15 kilometara. Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, nadbiskup u miru nadbiskupije Puerto Montt (Čile) proveo je najveći dio svog života kao misionar u Čileu. Napustivši aktivnu biskupsku službu vratio se u rodnu Italiju da bi pomagao kao duhovni savjetnik i ispovjednik u marijanskom svetištu Monte Berico. U svibnju 2007, za vrijeme jednog hodočašća u međugorje s jednom skupinom iz provincije Vittorio Veneto, u razgovoru s Lidijom Paris izrazio je svoje dojmove o Međugorju. Od 8. do 14. svibnja 2007. na hodočašću u Međugorju boravi Mons. Boulos Emile Saadé, maronitski biskup biskupije Batroun u Libanonu. Došao je sa skupinom hodočasnika u organizaciji udruge „Prijatelji Marije Kraljice mira“ sa sjedištem u Beirutu. (Razgovor u pripremi) U nedjelju 6. svibnja 2007., osamdeset i dvoje djece iz župe Međugorje pristupilo je Prvoj svetoj pričesti. Na ovaj sakrament sjedinjenja s euharistijskim Isusom pripremili su ih njihovi vjeroučitelji sestra Slavica Kožul, sestra Petra Bagarić i sestra Iva Bešlić. Svečanu svetu Misu predslavio je fra Bože Milić. Slavlje je svojim prekrasnim pjevanjem obogatio zbor „Golubići mira“ pod ravnanjem sestre Slavice Kožul. (photos) Početkom svibnja 2007. mladi svećenik Zdenek Fučik iz župe Mikulov u biskupiji Brno u Češkoj odlučio je doći na hodočašće u Međugorje biciklom da bi tako Bogu zahvalio za svoj svećenički poziv i za prvu godinu svog svećeništva. Svećeničko ređenje primio je 24. lipnja 2006., točno na 25. obljetnicu prvog ukazanja u Međugorju. Bilo je to 1991. godine. Nakon večere kod mojih roditelja, otac mi je dao pogledati jednu video kasetu o Međugorju. Uvijek sam voljela Gospu. Fasciniralo me je da se ukazuje u ovoj zemlji, i rekla sam ocu: Kako je to moguće? To traje već deset godina, a nikad nisam nijednog svećenika čula da o tome govori u crkvi! Otac mi je rekao da je film snimio jedan protestant! Te večeri bla je velika oluja i nisam se mogla vratiti svojoj kući, pa sam prenoćila kod roditelja. Tijekom te noći osjetila sam Gospinu nazočnost u sobi. Nikad prije mi se ništa slično nije dogodilo. S jedne sam strane bila uzbuđena, s druge nervozna, ali osjećala sam mir. Te se noći nešto dogodilo. Gospa me taknula. To mi je uvijek ostalo u pamćenju. Kad god bih čula riječ Međugorje, to bi me fasciniralo. Početkom svibnja 2007., u Međugorju je boravio Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, nadbiskup u miru nadbiskupije Puerto Montt (Čile). Došao je sa skupinom hodočasnika iz Italije. Otkada je napustio aktivnu biskupsku službu, Mons. Cazzaro služi kao duhovni savjetnik i ispovjednik u svetištu Monte Berico kod Vicenze u Italiji. (Razgovor u pripremi.) 1. svibnja 2007, članovi Prve pomoći Maltežana iz Kölna (Njemačka) i dragovoljci započeli su svoju ovogodišnju službu u Međugorju. U službi hodočasnika i župljana bit će do 1. studenog ove godine. Malteški red poziva sve dragovoljce koji se žele uključiti u ovu službu da im se jave. (Vidi: http://www.malteser.de) Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 69.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1.246 Travanj 2007.: Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 136.500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 2.565 Ljetni raspored molitvenog programa u Međugorju počinje 1. svibnja. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 18h. Misa je u 19h, a nakon Mise slijedi uobičajeni molitveni raspored ovisno o danu u tjednu. Euharistijsko klanjanje srijedom i subotom je u 22h, a molitva krunice na Podbrdu i Križni put na Križevcu u 16h. Trinaestoro prijatelja, članova jedne sportske skupine iz mjesta Zanica kod Bolzana u Italiji poduzelo je hodočasničku štafetu dugu 640 kilometara od svoje župe do Međugorja. Svakog dana hodalo se odnosno trčalo od 7 sati ujutro do pola devet navečer. Članovi štafete izmjenjivali su se svakih dvanaestak kilometara, neki su hodali a neki trčali, već prema mogućnostima. Jedan sudionik s invaliditetom hodao je puna dva kilometra. Da bi na taj način došli od Bolzana do Međugorja trebalo im je sedam dana. Put ih je vodio do Ancone gdje su se ukrcali na trajekt za Split, zatim od Splita preko Stobreča, Šestanovca i Zagvozda, Slivna, Vitine i Ljubuškog do Međugorja. U pratnji su se nalazile dvije kamp-prikolice u kojima su noćili. U Hercegovačkoj franjevačkoj provinciji izabrana je nova Uprava. Za provincijala je izabran naš župnik fra Ivan Sesar. Fra Ivanu čestitamo i želimo mu uspjeh u radu, Božji blagoslov i zagovor Kraljice Mira u obnašanju ove odgovorne službe.