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The spiritual retreat was held in Medjugorje from January 27 to January 29, 2012 and it was held by Professor Tomislav Ivancic from Zagreb. Besides the regular evening prayer programme, Prof. Ivancic conducted several lectures for parishioners, employees of the Parish Office, the Information Centre, as well as for the owners of hotels and for the children and the youth. He also celebrated two Holy Masses on Sunday morning, one for children at 9.30 a.m. and the main one at 11 a.m. The retreat ended with that Holy Mass. He gave interview for radio “Mir” Medjugorje and said that purpose of every retreat is to plant good seed for personal life and soul in order for our faith to grow stronger. “It is very important to open ourselves to God’s grace and to listen to everything God says to us. Medjugorje opens the mystery of Heaven and that is why it is so fascinating to us!” Parishioners from neighbouring parishes participated in this retreat as well. Sana Nassar and Sara Chaya are coming from Lebanon. Sana is the founder of the non-profit organisation “Friends of Mary, the Queen of Peace”. The purpose of that organisation is to serve to Our Lady’s messages from Medjugorje. She came to Medjugorje in 1986 for the first time, while in 1996, she organised the first pilgrimage to Medjugorje that was supposed to be just for her family and friends. That pilgrimage turned out to be pilgrimage for the whole Lebanese nation. Few of them organised pilgrimages that became bigger and bigger with each time. Sana witnesses how more than 40,000 Lebanese came to Medjugorje through the group of forty volunteers. There were more than 300 priests and nine bishops that came along as well. Their office is at Lumiere TV station that is the only Christian TV station for twenty-four Arabian countries in the Near East. On Saturday, January 21, 2012, we will commemorate the 10th death anniversary of former Medjugorje parish priest, Fr. Leonard Orec. He was born in Posuski Gradac in 1928, and died in Zagreb in 2002. We will celebrate the evening Holy Mass at 6 p.m. in the church of St. James on that day. Leonard attended the elementary school in Posuski Gradac, Grammar School in Siroki Brijeg (1940 – 1945), as well as in Varazdin and Sarajevo. He spent his years as seminarian in Sarajevo. He received his Franciscan habit in 1946, and he was ordained as a priest in 1951. He worked as educator in Split and Kraljeva Sutjeska. He received his post – graduate title of doctor of science at the University of Theology in Ljubljana in 1956, with the thesis of “Relation of Mary and Christ in devotion of people in Bosnia and Herzegovina ferom 1463 to 1878”. Apart from the parishioners of Medjugorje parish, there were numerous pilgrims from all over the world. According to the information of Information Office there were larger groups of pilgrims from Korea, China, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Hungary, Spain, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, the United States, Czech Republic, Portugal, Canada, Ukraine and Lithuania. There were also large groups of pilgrims from Croatia and Canada, along with many groups from other countries that are not mentioned above. (photos) Number of Holy Communions: 83.000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1452 (46 per day) In the previous 2011 there have been 2 027 900 Holy Communions given in the church, and total of 41 094 priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses. The 20th Anniversary of the “Fr. Slavko Barbaric” Association for providing stipends and grants to students was celebrated with solemn Academy held in Medjugorje on December 29, 2011 in the packed Hall of the Blessed John Paul II. Twenty years ago Fr. Slavko Barbaric initiated founding of this Association, with the intention of offering material and spiritual help to talented and poor students. Since Fr. Slavko had greatly contributed in foundation and work of this Association, the Board of the Association brought up decision in 2001 about changing the name the Fund “The Friends of the Talented” Medjugorje to the Association “Fr. Slavko Barbaric” Medjugorje. (fotos) And indeed, from His fullness we have received grace to grace, for He is our peace! With desire that God’s peace reigns in all of the hearts, all of the families, all of the countries and in the whole world, united in prayer with all of the friends of Medjugorje throughout the world: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! May this Christmas be for you day of joy and peace. May Jesus visit you in your families and may he be born in the hidden place of your heart! Parish Office of Medjugorje Information Centre “Mir” Medjugorje (photos) Čestitka - fra Petar Vlašić, župnik 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 3:30 pm and lasted 11 minutes. Our Lady's Message to Jakov: “Dear children! Today, in a special way, I desire to take you to and give you over to my Son. Little children, open your hearts and permit Jesus to be born in you, because only in this way, little children, you yourselves will be able to experience your new birth and set out with Jesus in your hearts towards the way of salvation. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Christmas is about to be solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje, as it is mostly appropriate for the most joyful Catholic solemnity The evening prayer programme will begin at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve with Rosary and Holy Mass will be at 6 p.m. All priests from Medjugorje parish will concelebrate in that Holy Mass. After the evening Holy Mass, community Cenacolo will have their live performance of Nativity Scene. It will take place outside the parish church of St. James’. The Christmas Vigil will begin at 10 p.m. and will be continued with Midnight Holy Mass. Early Holy Masses at 6 a.m. are celebrated since November 28, and that is preparation for all of the parishioners for the feast of Birth of Jesus. Novena started on Thursday, December 15 with Rosary at 2 p.m. on Apparition Hill and will last until December 23rd. Radio station “Mir” Medjugorje is broadcasting early Holy Masses and that began on Friday, December 16th, 2011. The evening prayer programme begins with Rosary at 5 p.m., Holy Mass at 6 p.m. and regular prayer programme follows afterwards. Confessions are available from 5.30 a.m. until 7.30 a.m., and during the evening prayer programme. In the last few weeks members of Cenacolo community are making a set for live Nativity Scene that will take place during Christmas season outside the church of St. James. Three-day seminar was held from December 9th to December 11th, in house of prayer and encounters – “Domus Pacis” for members of music groups of local Franciscan youth. This seminar was organized by Branch Council of Franciscan Youth with Fr. Josip Vlasic, Branch Spiritual Assistant as the main leader and with two seminarians Fr. Marin Kracic and Fr. Zvonimir Pavicic who assisted him throughout the retreat. There were forty-one members of Franciscan Youth who participated and they came from fifteen different branches (Suica, Tomislavgrad, Rosko Polje, Kongora, Posusje, Posuski Gradac, Kocerin, Drinovci, Ruzici, Humac, Medjugorje, Citluk, Cerin, Mostar, Siroki Brijeg). The feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was solemnly celebrated this year as well. Along with many local faithful, there were groups from Germany, Austria, Italy, Korea, Spain, France and the United States. Eight Holy Masses were celebrated, four in Croatian language at 6, 8, 11a.m. and at 6 p.m. There was a retreat of fasting, silence and prayer for pilgrims from Croatia prior to this feast. A little before this retreat there was Advent spiritual renewal in Domus Pacis for youth from Sarajevo. It was conducted by Fr. Danijel Rajic, spiritual assistant of Franciscan Youth from Sarajevo. He was a guest of Radio “Mir” Medjugorje along with two girls who participated in this retreat, Verica Kramer and Karolina Baresic. “Students who study in Sarajevo and come from other regions like Dalmatia, Vojvodina, etc. are all here as well as the members of Franciscan Youth from Sarajevo who are engaged in different activities in the church of St. Anthony in Sarajevo. Their wish was to have this retreat in Medjugorje. Verica, a student of Faculty for Traffic, said: “After Holy Mass, one feels relieved and renewed.” Karolina, a journalism student, said: “Young people who come to Bistrik are celebrating community and prayer, and this is opportunity for us to renew ourselves in spiritual way.” (photos) The meeting of Provincial Boards of six Provinces of South Slavic Conference of Provincial Ministers of the Franciscan Order was held in Medjugorje for the first time. During their meeting all participants had chance to get to know different ways of their work and to share their experiences. Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar presided over this meeting, since he is the host Provincial. Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja, the Secretary of the Conference, gave a lecture and suggested some guidelines for further work. On the first day of the meeting, all participants concelebrated in the evening prayer programme in the church of St. James, and Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja gave a homily. (photos) Number of Holy Communions: 66.000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1348 (44 per day) On Thursday, November 24th we commemorated the 11th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko Barbaric. Ivan Dugandzic was the main celebrant of the evening Holy Mass in the church of St. James, and there were 25 priests that concelebrated. Ivan said in his homily: “We are remembering today 11th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko, Franciscan and a priest who was in Medjugorje more than any of us and who served to Our Lady through Her messages. Slavko was not the one who taught about fasting and prayer, but he was genuine example and encouragement to many. He did not have to direct pilgrims to go and climb Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain, he was going before them. Therefore, we are proud and grateful for his life and we pray to our Lord to give him reward he deserves.” (photo)
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Sana Nassar i Sara Chaya dolaze iz Libanona. Sana je osnovala neprofitabilnu organizaciju ''Prijatelji Marije, Kraljice mira'' kojoj je cilj služiti Gospinim porukama mira iz Međugorja. Prvi put u Međugorje dolazi 1986., a 1996. je sa skupinom prijatelja organizirala prvo hodočašće u Međugorje koje je trebalo biti samo za obitelj i prijatelje. To se hodočašće pretvorilo u hodočašće za čitav libanonski narod. Nekolicina njih su organizirali hodočašća koja su postajala sve veća. - U subotu, 21. siječnja 2012. navršava se 10 godina od smrti bivšeg međugorskog župnika pok. fra Leonarda Oreča (Posuški Gradac, 1928. Toga dana u 18 sati slavit će se za njega sveta Misa u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova. Fra Leonardo je osnovnu školu pohađao u Posuškome Gracu, gimnaziju na Širokomu Brijegu (1940. - 1945.), Varaždinu i Sarajevu. U Sarajevu završava i bogosloviju. Franjevački habit obukao 1946., a za svećenika zaređen 1951. Djelovao kao odgojitelj u Splitu i Kraljevoj Sutjesci. U Međugorju su u molitvi Novu 2012. godinu, osim župljana, dočekali, kako je to uobičajeno, hodočasnici iz cijeloga svijeta. Prema podacima Ureda informacija u Međugorju su veće skupine hodočasnika iz: Koreje, Kine, Austrije, Njemačke, Italije, Francuske, Mađarske, Španjolske, Rumunjske, Švicarske, Slovačke, Poljske, SAD-a, Češke, Portugala, Kanade, Ukrajine i Litve. Uz njih, te manje skupine iz mnogih država svijeta, na molitvu se slilo i mnoštvo mladih iz Hrvatske i BiH. (slike) Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 83.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1452 (46 dnevno) U protekloj 2011. godini podijeljeno je ukupno 2 027 900 sv. pričesti, a na sv. misama je koncelebriralo 41 094 svećenika. Međugorje za molitveni doček Nove 2012. godine očekuje nekoliko tisuća hodočasnika, uglavnom mladih, iz čitavoga svijeta. Molitvena noć na Silvestrovo, u subotu 31. 12. 2011., započinje molitvom krunice u 17 sati. Večernja sv. Misa zahvalnica je u 18, a nakon svete Mise zajednica "Cenacolo" uprizoruje Žive jaslice na platou ispred crkve. U 22 sata je klanjanje pred Presvetim. Svečana sv. Misa je u 23,30. Dvadeseta obljetnica Udruge za stipendiranje studenata "fra Slavko Barbarić" iz Međugorja obilježena je 29. prosinca 2011. godine svečanom Akademijom koja je održana u prepunoj dvorani pape Ivana Pavla II. u Međugorju. Prije 20 godina, na inicijativu fra Slavka Barbarića, osnovan je Fond "Prijatelji talenata" Međugorje, s nakanom materijalne i duhovne pomoći talentiranim i materijalno ugroženim studentima. (slike) Doista, od punine njegove svi primismo, i to milost na milost, jer On je MIR naš! Sa željom da Božji mir vlada u srcima, u obiteljima, u svim zemljama i na cijelom svijetu, sjedinjeni u molitvi sa svim prijateljima Međugorja širom svijeta: NA DOBRO VAM DOŠAO BOŽIĆ I SVETO POROĐENJE ISUSOVO i NOVA 2012. GODINA! Neka vam ovaj Božić bude dan radosti i mira. Neka Vas Isus pohodi u vašim obiteljima i rodi se u skrovitosti vašega srca! Župni ured Međugorje Informativni centar «Mir» Međugorje (slike) Čestitka - fra Petar Vlašić, župnik Na posljednjem svakodnevnom ukazanju 12. rujna 1998. Gospa je Jakovu Čoli rekla da će ukazanje imati jedanput godišnje i to 25. prosinca, na Božić. Tako je bilo i ove godine. Ukazanje je počelo u 15 sati i 30 minuta i trajalo je 11 minuta. Jakov je prenio: Draga djeco! Danas na poseban način vas želim povesti i predati svome Sinu. Dječice, otvorite vaša srca i dopustite Isusu neka se rodi u vama, jer samo tako dječice, i sami ćete moći doživjeti vaše novo rođenje i krenuti s Isusom u vašim srcima prema putu spasenja. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu. U Međugorju se svečano dočekuje Božić, najradosniji katolički blagdan. Na Badnjak, večernji program započinje u 17 sati molitvom krunice, a sveta Misa Badnje večeri je u 18 sati. Na njoj sudjeluju svi svećenici. Nakon večernje sv. Mise zajednica Cenacolo i ove godine uprizoruje žive jaslice na platou ispred župne crkve. Božićno bdijenje započinje u 22 h, i nastavlja se sv. Misom polnoćkom. Od ponedjeljka 28. studenoga u Međugorju se slave svete Mise zornice u 6 sati kojima se međugorski župljani pripravljaju za svetkovinu Rođenja Isusova. Devetnica započinje u četvrtak 15. prosinca krunicom uz Podrbrdo u 14 sati - svakodnevno se moli do 23. prosinca. Od petka, 16. prosinca, radiopostoja "Mir" Međugorje izravno prenosi sv. Mise zornice. Večernji molitveno-liturgijski program u crkvi započinje kao i redovito u 17 sati molitvom krunice, u 18 je sv. Misa, a nakon Mise uobičajeni molitveni program. Ispovijed je svako jutro za vrijeme mise zornice, tj. od 5,30 do 7,30, kao i za vrijeme večernjega molitvenog programa. Već nekoliko dana članovi Zajednice Cenacolo, ispred međugorske župne crkve sv. Jakova, pripremaju žive jaslice, koje će, kao je to postalo uobičajeno, uprizoriti u božićno vrijeme. Od 9. do 11. prosinca u Međugorju u kući susreta Domus pacis održan je trodnevni seminar za članove glazbenih sekcija iz mjesnih bratstava hercegovačkih Frama. Seminar su, u organizaciji područnog vijeća Frame, zajedno s fra Josipom Vlašićem, područnim duhovnim asistentom, vodili bogoslovi fra Marin Karačić i fra Zvonimir Pavičić. Na seminaru je sudjelovao četrdeset i jedan framaš iz petnaest mjesnih bratstava (Šuica, Tomislavgrad, Roško Polje, Kongora, Posušje, Posuški Gradac, Kočerin, Drinovci, Ružići, Humac, Međugorje, Čitluk, Čerin, Mostar, Široki Brijeg). Svetkovina Bezgrješnoga začeća Blažene Djevice Marije, u četvrtak 8. prosinca, svečano je i ove godine proslavljena u Međugorju. Međugorje su, uz domaće vjernike , pohodili i hodočasnici iz: Njemačke, Austrije, Italije, Koreje, Španjolske, Francuske i SAD-a. Slavljeno je osam sv. Misa, od toga četiri na hrvatskom - u 6, 8, 11 i 18 sati. Pred svetkovinu Bezgrješne u Međugorju se održao i seminar posta, šutnje i molitve za hrvatsko govorno područje. (slike) U sklopu turneje po BiH, Hvarsko pučko kazalište iz grada Hvara gostovalo je u subotu 3. prosinca 2011. u Međugorju gdje je u crkvi sv. Jakova izvedena predstava "Prikazanje života svetog Lovrinca mučenika" u dramaturškoj obradi i režiji Marina Carića. Najvažnija predstava ovog pučkog kazališta je spomenuta predstava koja je izvedena više od 200 puta. Milan Lakoš, tajnik kazališta kazao je da su 2011, odlučili s crkvenim prikazanjem života sv. Lovrinca, mučenika pohoditi Hrvate u Bosni i Hercegovini, te turneju završiti u Međugorju. U predstavi su sudjelovala 22 glumca. Matična kuća Hvarskog pučkog kazališta jedno je od najstarijih kazališta (sagrađeno 1612. godine) u Europi. U Međugorju je prvi put održan susret provincijskih uprava iz šest provincija Južnoslavenske konferencije provincijalnih ministara OFM. Za vrijeme susreta, pod predsjedanjem provincijala domaćina dr. fra Ivana Sesara, sudionici su upoznali načine rada pojedinih uprava te izmijenili iskustva. Dr. fra Nikola Vukoja, tajnik konferencije, održao je prigodno predavanje i dao prijedloge za daljnji rad. (slike) Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 66.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1348 (44 dnevno)