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Along with pilgrims from twenty different countries, our journalists met those from Panama as well. Lorena Varela, wife of the Vice President of Panama is here for second time. She heard about Medjugorje from her mother who always wanted to come for a visit, but because of her serious illness, she was not able to. Her mom died last year. Soon after the death of their mother, Lorena and her mom decided to come on pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Number of Holy Communions: 183.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 3417 (113 per day) Summer schedule of the prayer programme begins on May 1st. Rosary will be at 6 p.m. and Holy Mass at 7 p.m. while after Holy Mass the regular prayer programme will follow, depending on the day in the week. Adorations on Wednesdays and Saturdays will start at 10 p.m. Devotion of the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain is on Fridays at 4 p.m., while Rosary on Apparition Hill is on Sundays at 4 p.m. Medjugorje is full of pilgrims in this Easter time. The Information Office registered smaller or bigger groups from: England, Romania, France, Slovakia, Albania, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Lebanon, the United States, Ireland, Brazil, Poland, Mexico, Canada, Slovenia, Korea, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This Easter gathered many pilgrims in Medjugorje who participated together with pilgrims in the Liturgical programme of Easter Triduum. In those days pilgrims from the following countries were present in Medjugorje: Korea, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Slovakia, Lebanon, Japan, the United States, Ireland, Austria and Romania. (photos) “Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” To all parishioners, pilgrims, friends, benefactors, and to all men of goodwill a Blessed and Happy Easter! Parish priest and the Franciscans (photos) Uskrsna cestitka 2012 - Fra Petar Vlasic Holy Thursday, April 5, 2012 – On this day when Church remembers institution of Holy Eucharist and Priesthood, it is allowed only to celebrate Holy Mass of consecration of the oil and Holy Mass of Lord’s Supper. Holy Mass of consecration of the oil can be celebrated only by bishop in his cathedral. Therefore, on that day before noon, in Medjugorje there are no confessions and no Holy Masses celebrated. Prayer of the Rosary begins at 5 p.m. and solemn Holy Mass of Lord’s Supper at 6 p.m. After Holy Mass there will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and all faithful will have opportunity for silent prayer until Midnight. Around forty volunteers, members and supporters of House for Homeless people “Roses of St. Francis” from Rijeka, spent few days in Medjugorje from March 31 to April 2, 2012. They wanted to thank Our Lady, Queen of Peace, for five years since they have their House. Sinisa Pucic, one of the volunteers in the mentioned House and the main editor of the magazine “Street Lights” spoke on Radio Mir Medjugorje about their pilgrimage and about the House for Homeless people. The purpose of the House is not just to provide those people a place where they would be able to spend a night, but to make them capable to become the members of the society again, depending on their physical and mental abilities. They have programmes of the work therapies and rehabilitation. “This pilgrimage is a good opportunity for those who have just joined us to get to know our programme and we all love coming to Medjugorje on pilgrimage”, said Sinisa. On March 31, 2012 spiritual renewal of the Franciscan School Sisters from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina who work in health or public care institutions was held in Medjugorje and 40 nuns participated in it. The theme of the retreat was: “Suffering, mysterious God’s speech” and Fr. Miljenko Steko was conductor of the retreat. Sr. Andrea Nazlic, one of the participants of this retreat who works in hospital in Split, in Croatia, said: “We work with people who suffer; therefore we have chosen this theme. It is time for us to recollect and this about that. Medjugorje is the place that will return us to ourselves.” Number of Holy Communions: 92.300 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1739 (56 per day) The ancient tradition in Mostar – Duvno Diocese is to pray from the 5th Sunday of Lent until Palm Sunday for deliverance of curses and blaspheming of our people. That was the case this year as well. All parishioners and pilgrims in Medjugorje have been invited to pray and to offer all of their intentions, especially prayer of the Way of the Cross on Friday, to God in atonement for all of the sins caused by cursing, slandering and blaspheming. Holy Week began on Palm Sunday with procession that started at the grounds of the old church at 10.30 a.m. Holy Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. in the church of St. James, it was the Mass of Passion of Our Lord. Holy Masses in Croatian language were held at 7, 8,11 and 6 p.m. Palm and olive branches were blessed at every Holy Mass. On the eve of Palm Sunday, Holy Mass at 6 p.m. was celebrated for all of the youth and Franciscan Youth choir were singing at that Holy Mass. Roberto Mancini, Manager of Manchester City football club, came with his family for two-day visit to Medjugorje on Monday, March 26, 2012. He participated in the evening prayer programme, visited places of prayer in Medjugorje and spoke to Franciscans in Medjugorje parish. He also held press conference in the Information Centre Mir Medjugorje where he spoke about reasons for his visit and about some details from the world of sports. At the very beginning he said how this visit is fulfillment of one decision that he made long time ago. He heard about Medjugorje for the first time 25 years ago from one of the priests from Genova. “I believe this is a special place and I am really happy here”, said Mancini. He spoke about the importance of spirituality in everyday life and he said how faith means a lot to him. At the end, he said that he is planning to come again, since Medjugorje is really a special place for him. The Easter egg, gift of Koprivnica – Krizevci County from the Republic of Croatia, was exposed again in the area in front of the church of St. James, on Monday, March 26, 2012. Marinko Sakota, the assistant parish priest in Medjugorje parish, Mr. Ivo Jerkic, Mayor of Citluk Municipality, Velimir Plesa, general consul of the Republic of Croatia in Mostar as well as the Head of the Koprivnica – Krizevci County, Darko Koren with representatives of the Tourist Board from Koprivnica – Krizevci County were present at this event. It is the project of painting big Easter eggs in naïve art that was launched by the Tourist Board of Koprivnica – Krizevci County. This Easter egg in Medjugorje is part of the project “Easter egg from the heart”, launched in 2007 with desire that one such easter egg brings message of love, peace and friendship throughout Croatian, European and world towns and cities. Group of 64 Greek Catholic Nuns, members of fourteen different orders from Ukraine, came to Medjugorje for the first time from March 10 to March 15, 2012. Petro Kobalj is the organiser of this pilgrimage and he regularly participates in the Seminar for Priests that is organised in Medjugorje every summer. “These nuns wished to come to Medjugorje so they could witness about this place in Ukraine, since many of them work in the houses of mercy. They wanted to learn prayers and to bring that to the convents where they work and live. Here, in Medjugorje, they were able to see what does the living church mean”, said Fr. Kobalj. Sr. Maria, Sr. Ljubomira, Sr. Tadeja and Sr. Nazarija spoke about their experience of Medjugorje. Sr. Marija is the member of the Order of St. Joseph and she told us that she cannot describe with words what she felt in Medjugorje. “I think it was a miracle that happened to me. Before I came to Medjugorje, I had huge pain in my back. Doctors did everything they could. One of the nuns that lives with me was encouraging me and she was saying how everything was going to be all right and I should go to Medjugorje. I told her that I could not walk, and especially not travel. I felt pain while we were travelling, but thanks to dear God I was able to come to Medjugorje.” She said that she experienced a great miracle since she was able to climb Cross Mountain. Sr. Ljubomira from the Order of Servants of the Immaculate Virgin Mary witnessed that they have one prayer group thanks to Medjugorje. “I am especially grateful to the Queen of Peace, since I deeply felt her presence, she restored peace in my heart”, added Sr. Ljubomira. The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. Several thousand pilgrims gathered in prayer of the Rosary at the 'Blue Cross'. The apparition lasted from 14:00 to 14:05. Dear children! I am coming among you because I desire to be your mother - your intercessor. I desire to be the bond between you and the Heavenly Father - your mediatrix. I desire to take you by the hand and to walk with you in the battle against the impure spirit. My children, consecrate yourselves to me completely. I will take your lives into my motherly hands and I will teach them peace and love, and then I will give them over to my Son. I am asking of you to pray and fast because only in this way will you know how to witness my Son in the right way through my motherly heart. Pray for your shepherds that, united in my Son, they can always joyfully proclaim the Word of God. Thank you.
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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.