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Many pilgrims walked to Medjugorje for the 32nd Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions. Among them, there was a group of 29 pilgrims from Rama who walked for three days. Some of them do this on regular basis and they have participated in similar pilgrimages for more than twenty times. All of them arrived with their personal problems, vows and desires and wanted to thank Our Lady with their humble and persevering prayers for all of the gifts they have received. These pilgrims said that they could feel more power and peace as they were getting closer to Medjugorje. The Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje was solemnly celebrated on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Along with many pilgrims from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, there were larger ogranised groups from England, the United Sates, Ireland, Canada, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Korea, France, Poland, Italy, Ukraine, Japan, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Portugal, Brazil, Lebanon, Slovenia and Romania. Apart from arriving by the ordinary means of the transport, many pilgrims have walked to Medjugorje so they would fulfill their vows to the Queen of Peace and thank Her for all of the graces they have received. During the day there were 22 Holy Masses celebrated in the parish church, at the outside altar and in the Adoration chapel. Holy Masses in Croatian language were celebrated at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 a.m. and the central evening prayer programme began at 6 .m. with Rosary and continued at 7 p.m. with the solemn Holy Mass, celebrated by Dr. Fr. Miljenko Steko, the Provincial of Herzegovina Franciscan Province along with 220 priests that concelebrated. Ivan Landeka celebrated Holy Mass on June 24, with 153 priests that concelebrated with him. The traditional 22nd Peace Walk was held on that morning from shrine of St. Anthony in Humac to Medjugorje parish church with couple of thousands of pilgrims that took part in this event. (photos) The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2013. At Her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year. The apparition, which lasted 2 minutes, took place at Ivanka’s family home. Only Ivanka’s family was present at the apparition. After the apparition, Ivanka said: Our Lady did not give a message. She blessed us with her motherly blessing. On Monday, June 24th 2013, thousands of pilgrims participated in the 22nd Peace Walk from Humac to Medjugorje. After the introduction speech, Guardian of the monastery in Humac, Fr. Velimir Mandic, blessed all pilgrims with the crucifix at the outside alter of church of St. Anthony in Humac. Pilgrims arrived in prayer and in song of praise in front of the church of St. James around 10 a.m. where Fr. Danko Perutina awaited for them. After the Walk, there was a prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction at the very end. This Peace Walk was initiated in 1992, by Hubert Liebherr, group leader from Germany. He was terrified by the war that began here and with few friends from abroad they decided to walk from Humac to Medjugorje, trusting to Our Lady who said that prayer and fasting could even stop the wars. Marinko Šušak, man from Siroki Brijeg in Herzegovina who lives in Zagreb and his friend Dragutin Bosak from Krapina left Zagreb on Sunday, June 9 after celebration of Holy Mass in Cathedral of Zagreb and blessing at the grave of Bl. Alojzije Stepinac, and began their pilgrimage to the Mother of God in Medjugorje. Motto of their pilgrimage was: “Salvation is in the Cross!” They carried huge cross and Croatian national flag and arrived to Medjugorje on the eve of the apparitions, June 24, 2013. Two friends, one from Herzegovina and the other from Zagorje, have filled their pilgrimage with prayer of Rosaries for convicted Croatian soldiers in Haag, for all forgotten and deprived soldiers of Croatian Army as well as for their families. They have blessed their cross one month ago at the place of martyrdom of burnt and killed Herzegovinian Franciscans in Siroki Brijeg. After this pilgrimage, the cross will be given to the Board for Beatification of Martyrs to be kept and protected in the memory of their Way of the Cross that they took for their Homeland and Croatian people. Medjugorje parishioners and pilgrims from all over the world as well as local pilgrims are preparing for the celebration of the 32nd Anniversary of Our Lady’s Apparitions. The Novena to the Queen of Peace began on Saturday, June 15, 2013 and as a part of this Novena pilgrims and parishioners are climbing Apparition Hill every day at 4 p.m. to pray the Rosary. The evening prayer programme begins at 6 p.m. with prayer of Rosary and continues with Holy Mass at 7 p.m. The Information Office registered groups from Germany, Austria, Italy, the United States, Ireland, Canada, Lebanon, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, China, Hungary and Hong Kong. Each one of these pilgrims has his own story related to Medjugorje. So, Judy Paterson arrived from South Africa and this is her tenth pilgrimage to the Queen of Peace. Among other things, Judy told us: “I came here to thank. I had many experiences. Three years ago I was healed here. I was really sick and doctors told me I have three more months left. I recovered some strength, came here, prayed and returned home healed. It took me lots of time but I was healed. I came to thank Our Lady because my healing came through Her and our Lord. I know it was them who restored my health again.” Members of the music band “The Apostles of Peace” from the parish of Sts. Vitus and George in Madarevo in Varazdin County, Croatia, were in Medjugorje from June 1-2, 2013. They were singing at the Holy Mass celebrated on Saturday, and Sunday was the day when they climbed hills in Medjugorje. They were also guests on Radio Mir Medjugorje and they spoke about their journey with God in praise and worship, as well as about their personal experience of Medjugorje. The spiritual music group “The Apostles of Peace” was formed in the Jubilee Year 2000 and ever since then, they have been motivating the prayer life of youth in their parish and in other places as well. They were guests at numerous prayer encounters. Number of Holy Communions: 198 500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 3972 (128 per day) The Feast of Corpus Christi was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Many groups from various countries like Austria, Germany, England, the United States, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Poland, China, France, Spain, Ukraine and Romania came to Medjugorje, a world famous shrine, on that day. Four Holy Masses were celebrated in Croatian language and eleven more in other languages. After the evening Holy Mass that was celebrated at the outside Alter of St. James’ church, with Fr. Svetozar Kraljevic as the main celebrant and 48 priests who concelebrated at that Mass, the traditional Procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament followed through the streets of Medjugorje parish. There were many pilgrims who arrived to Medjugorje in May and among them we had chance to talk to few of them who arrived from Germany: Sr. Jency Naduvilaparmabil and Fr. Mathew Jacob Matatila, and to the group leader Marlis Deutsch. Sr. Jency and Fr. Mathew come from India, and for years they are serving in Germany. Many pilgrims arrived to Medjugorje in the last few days, but there is one group that was a bit more special than others. It is a group of pilgrims from Slavonski Brod and Derventa, members of the prayer group “The Third Heart”, whose mission is to pray for the unborn, for life and this group has walked to Medjugorje. Their intention was to pray for unborn, for protection of life. In ten days period, they have walked more than 350 km and told us how they experienced incredible things. “Along with our primary prayer intention, we came to Medjugorje to thank Mother of God for all we received from Her and for all we have, mostly for our families,” they told us. Sean Parsons from England came to Medjugorje for the fourth time. This time he arrived with another three pilgrims. He heard about Medjugorje from his aunt, who is nun, and that made him come and visit this place. Four years after his first visit he joined the seminary and came afterwards again to Medjugorje together with his parents. Parsons said: “Few weeks after I was ordained, I returned to Medjugorje. This is where one can feel great peace, an immense joy in celebration of the Holy Eucharist and in confessions. It is beautiful to hear the experiences of pilgrims during confessions because we can see that their hearts have changed. When they come here, they all want to reject what is wrong in their lives and to return to Jesus. Pilgrims read Our Lady’s messages, we all read those messages, but how much do we live those - that is another issue. Each one of us should decide to live according to Our Lady’s messages, because Our Lady is tirelessly inviting us, especially to place the prayer of Rosary into the centre of our life so we could be converted in that way.” Dulcinea Candida De Macedo Von Der Eijk was born in Brazil, and lives in Amsterdam today. She came to Medjugorje because of her great love and devotion to Mary. She is in Medjugorje for the first time and she is very grateful that her desire to come here was brought to reality. She witnessed how she received invitation by Our Lady and said: “I love being in Medjugorje and I am certain I will be back again. Yesterday we climbed Cross Mountain and it is so beautiful to be there, it is so nice to be here and to pray with the whole world.” Simalon Kohonde, a priest from Benin in Africa who lives and works in missions in France, came to Medjugorje in the last week. He shared his experience with us: “I came to Medjugorje to thank God and Our Lady because without their help, I would not be able to do my work. The reason of my pilgrimage is peace, I need prayer above al. I can say that Medjugorje is the whole world in one place, it is a place where we can pray with the heart.” A group of volunteers from the academic or student’s church of St. Philip Neri from Split organised for the first time a pilgrimage for persons with special needs to the Queen of Peace in Medjugorje. This pilgrimage was held on Sunday, May 12, and around 180 pilgrims came, half of them were their nurses and volunteers. After the Holy Mass in the parish church, pilgrims continued their programme in the Mother’s Village. The spiritual assistant of the pilgrimage was Fr. Jozo Muzic, and members of the Franciscan Youth of Medjugorje helped some of the persons during their pilgrimage in Medjugorje on that day.
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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. Sedamdeset i sedam hodočasnika iz župe Brestovsko posjetilo je u mjesecu listopadu Međugorje. Po samom dolasku u Međugorje, zaputili su se na Križevac, razmatrajući postaje Križnog puta i moleći krunicu, a potom su išli na Brdo ukazanja. S hodočasnicima s raznih strana svijeta sudjelovali su u večernjem molitvenom programu koji je započeo u 17h molitvom krunice na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova. Svetu misu u 18h je predslavio župnik župe Brestovsko fra Damir Pavić. Međugorje je proteklih dana drugi put posjetio svećenik Mduduzi McHunu iz Južne Afrike. Pripada misionarskoj zajednici Oblati Bezgrješne. U razgovoru s novinarima radiopostaje Mir Međugorje kazao je da je prvi put čuo za Međugorje nakon jedne duhovne obnove 1999. „Vjerujem da je ovo mjesto na poseban način izabrano kako bi donijelo na određen način osvježenje, obnovu vjere, posebno u ovo vrijeme. Vidim dosta ljudi i u svojoj zemlji koji misle da mogu sve sami bez Boga. Mi to nazivamo krizom vjere. Iskustvo koje Međugorje nudi je zapravo Gospina majčinska ljubav i briga koju nam želi pokazati kako bi nas dovela natrag svojoj vjeri i Bogu, te Isusu, njenom Sinu ”. –kazao je svećenik Mduduzi iz Južne Afrike. Ovih su se dana svi članovi jedne irske obitelji odlučili okupiti na hodočašću u Međugorju. Međugorska hodočasnica i voditeljica hodočašća Mairead Peoples uspjela je okupiti 35 članova obitelji na jednotjednom hodočašću. Mairead je kazala da dugo godina dolazi u Međugorje. Prvi put je došla 1985. godine. „Svake godine dovodim hodočasnike, mislim da sam propustila samo jednu godinu, 1991. I sve ove godine, vidjela sam kako se životi ljudi mijenjaju. U našoj zemlji vjera je vrlo slaba. Dovodim ljude i vjerujem da Gospa za svakoga od njih učini nešto posebno. I volim da dođe moja obitelj ”-kazala je međugorska hodočasnica Mairead. Proteklih dana u Međugorju je boravio Ollie Clarke, novinar iz Irske koji radi na kršćanskom radiju – Spirit Radio Ireland. Kaže kako je posao koji radi veliki dar jer može svjedočiti svoju vjeru. U Međugorje je došao prvi put 1995. godine, a od tada ga je posjetio još 30 puta, te ističe: „Međugorje je moj dom. Ono je otvorilo moju vjeru, dalo mi je alate koje sam trebao, da bih prosvijetlio poruku Evanđelja u svom srcu”. Životna priča ovoga hodočasnika vrlo je zanimljiva i protkana Božjim blagoslovom unatoč obiteljskim tragedijama i suočavanju s teškom bolešću koju je pobijedio s Isusom i Marijom. U subotu 11. listopada, u popodnevnim satima Majčino selo koje djeluje u Bijakovićima, župa Međugorje, posjetile su sestre Služavke Malog Isusa i djelatnice-odgajateljice iz zajednica u kojima se odvija odgojno-obrazovni rad s djecom: Mostar, Vitez i Sarajevo. Nakon pozdrava i dobrodošlice, nastanak i povijest Majčinoga sela ukratko im je ocrtao fra Dragan Ružić, ravnatelj. Potom su zajedno obišle Selo kao i zajednicu Milosrdni Otac. Na kraju su posjetile jednu od kuća u kojima žive djeca, gdje su se zadržale u kratkom druženju, izmjenjujući iskustva iz rada i odgoja. Proteklih mjeseci novinari radiopostaje „Mir” Međugorje imali su prigodu razgovarati s brojnim hodočasnicima. Jedan od njih je svećenik Juan Carlos Zapata,koji se rodio u Kolumbiji. Trenutačno je na službi u župi sv. Josipa, biskupija Newark, New Jersey. Zaređen je za svećenika prije 10 godina.. „Obavljao sam razne službe na župama u Americi. Do prije četiri godine bio sam direktor Radio Marije. I dalje radim na radiju, vodim emisije. Jedan sam od propovjednika o marijanskim temama i savjetnik za bračne parove”.-kaže ovaj svećenik o svojoj službi te dodaje: Ostalo je još nekoliko dana do početka 3. Međunarodnog hodočašća za osobe s invaliditetom koji će se održati u Međugorju od 23. do 26. listopada pod geslom „u Marijinoj školi“. Oko 1000 osoba se prijavilo za ovo hodočašće koje organiziraju udruga „Susret“ iz Čitluka, u suradnji sa Župnim uredom i „Majčinim selom“. Okupljanje sudionika predviđa se u poslijepodnevnim satima, u četvrtak, 23. listopada. Župljani župe Međugorje osiguravaju hodočasnicima besplatan smještaj i hranu. Poticaj za organizaciju ovog susreta je dugogodišnje hodočašćenje s. Rastislave Ralbovsky sa zajednicom osoba s posebnim potrebama iz Đakova. Program je ispunjen radionicama, predavanjima i molitvenim sadržajima. Od 10. do 12. listopada 2014. godine u „Kući mira“ u Međugorju održan je seminar za glazbene sekcije Frame Hercegovina, pod geslom „Blagoslovljen Bog uvijeke“. Seminar je organiziralo područno vijeće Frame Hercegovina, a sudjelovalo je 40 framaša iz 16 bratstava. Seminar su pripremili i vodili fra Tihomir Bazina i fra Branimir Novokmet, a prisutan je bio i područni duhovni asistent fra Slaven Brekalo. U petak u 16 sati počelo je okupljanje i prijave framaša. Poslije prijava uslijedio je odlazak na večernju sv. misu u crkvu sv. Jakova. Nakon večere započeo je program seminara; predstavljanje i uvodno predavanje. U subotu je program počeo jutarnjom molitvom, a tijekom dana su bile radionice, na kojima su uvježbavali pjesme za euharistijska slavlja, rad po grupama te plenum. Tijekom cijelog seminara, voditelji su stavili naglasak na odabire pjesama za liturgijsko slavlje. Seminar je protekao u glazbi, pjesmi i molitvi. Svetkovina sv. Franje, utemeljitelja Franjevačkoga reda, svečano je proslavljena u Međugorju u subotu, 4. listopada. Tradicionalni i svečani obred preminuća svetoga Franje, ili latinski ''Memoria Transitus'', utkan u okvire liturgijskoga obreda, slavljen je nakon večernje sv. mise, na uočnicu svetkovine, na vanjskom oltaru župne crkve sv. Jakova. Svetu misu i obred preminuća predvodio je fra Stanko Ćosić. Obredu su nazočili i brojni hodočasnici koji u listopadu, Gospinom mjesecu, borave u Međugorju. U listopadu, mjesecu koji je na poseban način posvećen Gospi, u Međugorje pristiže mnoštvo hodočasničkih skupina sa svih strana svijeta. Ured informacija zabilježio je prvih dana mjeseca listopada hodočasničke skupine iz Italije, Francuske, Poljske, Slovenije, Belgije, Španjolske, Argentine, Austrije, Irske, Ukrajine, Slovačke, Češke, Njemačke, Rumunjske, Litve, SAD-a, Kanade, Engleske, Koreje, Libanona i Malezije. Novinari radiopostaje Mir Međugorje proteklih dana susreli su Hansa Thea Müllera iz Njemačke koji u Međugorje dolazi od 1986. godine. Odavno je prestao brojati svoje dolaske, no kaže: