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On Wednesday, July 25, we are celebrating Feast of St. James, patron saint of Medjugorje parish. Holy Masses in the parish church are at 7, 8 and 7 p.m., while the central celebration will take place at 7 p.m. in the Garden and Fr. Stanko Dodig, Franciscan Capuchin, born in Medjugorje, will be the main celebrant. There will be procession from the church at 10.45 a.m. People from hamlets Čilići and Šege will be carrying the Statue this year. The prayer programme is according to the regular schedule, Rosary at 6 p.m. and Holy Mass at 7 p.m. Parish of Medjugorje was founded in 1892 and consecrated to St. James, patron saint of pilgrims. Around twenty members of Franciscan Youth from Sesvetske Sopnice were in Medjugorje from July 14-15, 2012, with their spiritual assistant Fr. Stipo Karajica. The President and Vice President of Franciscan Youth Josip and Marija Tolic, as well as Fr. Stipo were guests at radio station “Mir” Medjugorje. “This is a pilgrimage and spiritual retreat of Franciscan Youth and young people from our parish. This is something we have arranged half a year ago. The young people have readily accepted this programme and the most important part is the Eucharistic one”, said Fr. Stipo. Franciscan Youth from Sesvetska Sopnica was recently founded. On June 10, 2012, young people were celebrating ceremony of being received into fraternity. That is how another fraternity became alive and the number of Franciscan Youth in Zgreb town was increased. Bishop Msgr. Venant Bacinoni, bishop from Diocese of Bururi in Burundi, was in Medjugorje from July 1st to July 9, 2012. This was his first visit to Medjugorje. He first came to Belgium and his friends from Belgium invited him to come to Medjugorje with them, as a pilgrim. “This is one really good experience for me, I can see people praying, and they pray from the heart, you can see that they came here because of prayer and not because of something else. This is where one sees fruits. People come to pray, they participate in the Holy Eucharist, and they receive sacraments. This is also where they meet in friendship and in dialogue, this is really something good. We had really heavy civil war in Burundi that lasted for more than 15 years and this message of peace is really important for me and for our people as well. We cannot have peace without prayer, without hope and without help of Our Lady and God. This is the message that I am going to take from Medjugorje”, said bishop from Burundi. The 17th International Seminar for Priests that gathered more than 400 priests, deacons and seminarians from twenty countries began on Monday, July 9th, in Medjugorje with the liturgical evening prayer programme. Ivan Sesar, the Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province from Mostar was the main celebrant at the solemn Holy Mass of introduction to the seminar. The seminar ended on Saturday, July 14. The coordinator of the seminar was Dr. Miljenko Steko, and the theme of this International seminar that will finish on Saturday, July 14 is “Priest – man of faith.” The lecturer at the seminar is Dr. Ivan Dugandzic. The 17th International Seminar for Priests that gathered more than 400 priests, deacons and seminarians from twenty countries began on Monday, July 9th, in Medjugorje with the liturgical evening prayer programme. Ivan Sesar, the Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province from Mostar was the main celebrant at the solemn Holy Mass of introduction to the seminar. The coordinator of the seminar is dr. Miljenko Steko, and the theme of this International seminar that will finish on Saturday, July 14 is “Priest – man of faith.” The lecturer at the seminar is Dr. Ivan Dugandzic. The seminar is simultaneously translated to more than ten languages. These international seminars began in summer 1996, at the request of priests themselves and grew with the time into these regular annual gatherings of priests from all over world. The 17th International Priests Seminar will be held in Međugorje From 9th to14th July 2012 on the theme of: ''Priest – man of faith'' SEMINAR PROGRAMME Members of Croatian Taekwondo National Team, 25 years old sisters Ana and Lucija Zaninovic, came to Medjugorje. Both sisters have received many national and international rewards for their achievements in sport and they have also qualified for the Olympic Games in London in July this year. At the moment, they are preparing in Skradin and decided to come to Medjugorje. This is not their first visit to Medjugorje. “We were really impressed by Medjugorje. We have recently seen some movies about the apparitions and we felt need to come. We were not able to come during the Anniversary and we came a few days later. This is where we find peace that we need so much, peace that only faith and the Church could give”, said Zaninovic sisters, who are about to have new sport challenges. Number of Holy Communions: 170.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4199 (139 per day) After Medjugorje celebrated 31st anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions, many groups are still present on their pilgrimages and among them we met a group of pilgrims from Uganda. Fransis is bringing pilgrims from Uganda since 2005, and he brought 40 pilgrims on his first trip. They heard about Medjugorje from one Italian priest who spoke on Radio Maria in Uganda. “I had to take a map to look for this place and then I decided to bring a group of pilgrims together with a priest. It was hard for us to obtain visa since we do not have embassy in this country”, said Fransis. This year’s Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje on Monday, June 25, 2012. Besides numerous pilgrims from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, there were organised groups of pilgrims from England, the United States, Portugal, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, Uganda, Slovakia, China, France, Slovenia and Korea. Many of them arrived by usual transport means, while huge number of pilgrims walked to Medjugorje to fulfil their vows to the Queen of Peace and to thank her for graces they have received. (photos) The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2012. 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 7 minutes, took place at Ivanka’s family home. Only Ivanka’s family was present at the apparition. After the apparition, Ivanka said: Our Lady spoke to me about the 5th secret and at the end said: "I am giving you my motherly blessing. Pray for peace, peace, peace." Thousands of pilgrims participated in this year’s Peace Walk that took place on the feast of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, just one day prior to the 31st Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions. The Peace Walk started at 6 a.m. from the Monastery of St. Anthony in Humac and ended in front of the church of St. James in Medjugorje. The Guardian Priest of Humac Monastery, Fr. Velimir Mandić, blessed and greeted all pilgrims at the beginning of the Peace Walk. Prayers were said and hymns in the honour of the Queen of Peace were sung all the time during the Peace Walk, that arrived in front of the church around 9.30 a.m. Miljenko Steko met all of the pilgrims outside the church of St. James and conducted Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament as well as Benediction. The original initiator of this famous Peace Walk Hubert Liebherr started this walk. He was terrified with horrors of the war and he wanted to respond to Our Lady’s message when she said that with prayer of rosary even the wars could be stopped. Medjugorje will celebrate 31st Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions on Monday, June 25th, 2012. The solemn Holy Mass on the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the eve of the Anniversary, will be celebrated at 7 p.m. and Fr. Ivan Dugandzic is going to be the main celebrant. Prayer of the Rosary on Apparition Hill will not take place on Sunday. After the evening prayer programme there will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Holy Masses on the Feast of the Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions will take place at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 a.m. and at 4 p.m. There will be opportunity for confession throughout the whole day. The central evening prayer programme will start at 6 p.m. with the Rosary and will continue with Holy Mass at 7.p.m. Ivan Sesar, the Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province will celebrate that Holy Mass, we kindly ask all drivers throughout Herzegovina to be extra careful due to the large number of pilgrims who will walk to Medjugorje. All those who are coming to Medjugorje are kindly asked to remain in peace and prayer at all times. In the week of Our Lady’s anniversary, the Information Office has registered groups from Germany, the United States, Italy, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Ireland, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Poland, Singapore, Portugal and Lebanon. Each one of those pilgrims has his own story regarding Medjugorje phenomenon. Testimony of Fr. Oliver Devine from Ireland is an obvious proof of the grace that is poured on pilgrims who come to this place. He came to Medjugorje in 1985, for the first time, and he said: “This is where I receive new strength and new faith each time. I know that Medjugorje has influenced my vocation as a priest. Whenever people ask me why I decided to become a priest, I always tell them it was because of Medjugorje and because of what I felt here.” Our press members also met a group of 24 athletics who ran relay race from Bergamo, Italy to Medjugorje. Every person ran for 50 minutes and 4 campers accompanied them at all times. When they left Bergamo with lit torches, they all ran for the first mile together and they did the same during their last mile to Medjugorje. “When we entered Medjugorje, our sports adventure was finished and we started our spiritual journey”, said Marco Previtali from Bergamo, and this is his first visit to Medjugorje. Novena to the Queen of Peace is starting today and pilgrims and parishioners will prepare for the 31st Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions through prayer of the Rosary on Apparition Hill at 4 p.m. every day. The evening prayer programme starts with Rosary at 6 p.m. and Holy Mass at 7 p.m. Novena is opportunity to thank God for all of the graces we had received through our Heavenly Mother in the last 31 years.
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Stephane Galbert dolazi iz Martiniquea. Ovo mu je prvi dolazak u Međugorje. Kaže da u Martiniqueu dosta ljudi zna za Međugorje, jer je proteklih godina mnogo njih ovdje hodočastilo i oni su svjedočili ono što su doživjeli. Njihova poruka je da bi na ovo mjesto trebao doći svaki kršćanin. ''Ja sam se uvijek osjećao blizu Gospi, jer sam od svoje osme godine imao mali Gospin kip i nekako sam povezan s njom. Tako da kad mi je moja majka pričala o Međugorju i pozvala me da dođem ovdje, odmah sam prihvatio i shvatio sam da je ovo Gospin dom. Obično vidimo Mariju prikazanu kako stoji raširenih ruka, zato jer je ona u poslanju, misiji, zove nas k sebi.'' - kazao je Stephane. U subotu 8. prosinca svetkovina je Bezgrešnog začeća Blažene Djevice Marije. Sv. mise na hrvatskome jeziku u župnoj crkvi u Međugorju su u 6 (sv. misa zornica), 8, 11 i 18 sati. Mise na drugim jezicima kao nedjeljom. Večernji molitveni program počinje Krunicom u 17 sati, slijedi svečana sveta Misa. Blagoslov nabožnih predmeta, Molitva za zdravlje duše i tijela, te Slavna otajstva Krunice su nakon Mise. Od 21 do 22 sata je Klanjanje Isusu u Presvetomu Oltarskom Sakramentu. U nedjelju, 9. prosinca 2012. godine, u župnoj crkvi svetoga Jakova u Međugorju održat će se susret velikih župnih zborova iz Hercegovine. Svi zborovi će zajedno pjevati za vrijeme sv. Mise u 18 sati. A potom će zborovi pojedinačno nastupiti i izvesti po dvije skladbe. Misu i nastupe zborova prenosit će izravno i radiopostaja MIR Međugorje. Anton Guanaratnam je hodočasnik iz Kanade. Za Međugorje je čuo prije 6 godina. Kaže kako je njegova prijateljica imala tumor na mozgu i htio joj je nekako reći da Bog postoji. ''Ona nije bila krštena pa sam joj na neki racionalan način htio objasniti da Bog postoji. Onda sam saznao za Međugorje. I sam se počeo vraćati svojoj vjeri. Nakon što sam čuo poruke zavolio sam Blaženu Djevicu Mariju i Boga. Ovdje dolazim već 6 godina i želim širiti Gospine poruke svijetu. Gospa je učinila toliko toga za mene. Osjetio sam veliki mir ovdje na Brdu Ukazanja. Na misama mi se posebno dopadaju propovijedi. Osim toga, klanjanje mi je posebno jer se tako mnogo ljudi klanja Isusu, a sve je nekako mirno i zato je posebno'' - kazao je hodočasnik iz Kanade. U nedjelju 2. prosinca počinje Došašće - vrijeme priprave za Božić. Od ponedjeljka, 3.prosinca, u župi Međugorje započinju svete mise zornice Rođenju Isusovu. Svaki dan, osim nedjelje, bit će u župnoj crkvi sveta Misa zornica u 6 sati, koju će prenositi i Radiopostaja Mir Međugorje. Raspored molitveno-liturgijskoga programa ostaje isti za hrvatske i inozemne hodočasnike. Iz župnog ureda pozivaju na intenzivniju obiteljsku molitvu, sudjelovanje na molitvenom programu u crkvi i molitve na brdima. Kroz četiri nedjelje Došašća u 10.30 bit će klanjanje Isusu u Presvetome Oltarskom Sakramentu. U Međugorju su, u ovome uobičajeno mirnijem vremenu, hodočasnici iz Italije, Rumunjske, SAD-a, Slovačke, Ukrajine, Njemačke, Hrvatske. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 72 000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1731 (57 dnevno) Između brojnih hodočasnika koji posjećuju Međugorje, ponekad neki od njih izazivaju posebnu pozornost. Tako je bilo i nedavno, kad je u Međugorje hodočastio Siaosi Talitimu, poglavica na otoku Samoa koji je smješten na Pacifiku. Gostovao je i na Radiopostaji Mir Međugorje. ''Držimo da je središte ljudskog bića – srce'', kazao je na početku Siaosi. ''Riječ ''Moa'' znači srce, a ''Sa'' znači ljudi, kada se te riječi spoje, to znači ''ljudi srca'' – takav je moj narod'' kazao je poglavica svoga naroda na otoku Samoa. Na početku je upoznao s otokom i ljudima koji žive na njemu. Posvjedočio je da je došao u Međugorje tražeći čudo, a onda mu je Gospodin, po jednom ulomku iz Biblije, pokazao što je njegova misija u životu, što treba činiti. Radostan je što vidi kako je međugorska poruka naišla na otvorena srca, a posvjedočio je i o težini i dvojbama s kojima se susreće kako poglavica i zašto, iako je poglavica naroda na Samoi, živi u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama. Za Međugorje je saznao od prijatelja, a prvi put dolazi 1995. godine. U nedjelju 25. studenoga obilježena je 15. obljetnica djelovanja Radiopostaje Mir Međugorje. Tom prigodom je slavljena zahvalna večernja sveta Misa u crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju, koju je predvodio fra Ivan Sesar, provincijal Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije. Propovijedao je fra Miljenko Šteko, ravnatelj. Susret s djelatnicima, prijateljima, predstavnicima medija s kojima se surađuje, te brojnim podupirateljima nastavljen je u prostorijama radija. Čitavi taj dan protekao je u slavljeničkom raspoloženju, a svojom pjesmom radiopostaju su darovali glazbenici Alen Nižetić i Ivan Mikulić. Radiopostaja Mir Međugorje emitira program 24 sata te pokriva gotovo cijelu BiH, veliki dio Republike Hrvatske, a Srednjim valom, Satelitima i Internetom svih 5 kontinenata. Od samoga početka programsko usmjerenje ravnalo se po načelu »istinska ljudskost, zdrava religioznost«. U Međugorju je, 24. studenoga, obilježena 12. obljetnica smrti fra Slavka Barbarića. Večernju sv. Misu u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi za pok. fra Slavka predslavio je međugorski župni upravitelj fra Marinko Šakota u suslavlju 18 svećenika. Fra Marinko je u propovijedi, između ostalog, kazao: ’’Za mene osobno fra Slavko je uzor i nadahnuće. Tome mogu posvjedočiti ne samo ja nego mnogi ljudi diljem svijeta. U subotu, 24. studenog, dvanaesta je obljetnica smrti fra Slavka Barbarića. Umro toga datuma 2000. godine Gospodnje, nakon završene pobožnosti Križnoga puta na Križevcu, a zemni mu ostaci počivaju na međugorskome groblju Kovačica. Na dvanaestu obljetnicu fra Slavkove smrti molit će se Križni put na Križevcu u 14 sati i slaviti sv. Misa u 18 sati u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova. Biskup s Filipina Julito Cortes boravio je u Međugorju u pratnji 35 hodočasnika. Za Međugorje je čuo u samim počecima ukazanja, još dok je bio student u Rimu. U opširnom razgovoru za radiopostaju Mir Međugorje, biskup je, između ostaloga, govorio o radosti da je mogao doći, ali i o poteškoćama koje im objektivno stoje na putu dolaska u Međugorje: ‘’Za nas je jako skupo doći ovdje. Ne postoji veleposlanstvo Hrvatske ili BiH na Filipinima, tako da djelatnici putničke agencije trebaju otići u Maleziju kako bi dobili vize za nas’’- kaže biskup Cortes. Otac Joseph Horn sa skupinom hodočasnika iz SAD-a, već je dvanaesti put u Međugorju. ''Ovdje sam kako bi produbio svoju vjeru i uvijek se učim bolje moliti, iako sam svećenik već 15 godina. Ovaj put sam doveo 26 hodočasnika sa sobom i tražim samo milost da razumijem što Otac nebeski želi od mene. Bračni par Maria Rosa i Gino Sorenzo iz Italije stotinu puta bili su u Međugorju. Dolaze iz svetišta sv. Ante Padovanskog, a u Međugorje dovode hodočasnike oko 8 puta godišnje. Samo prošle godine u njihovoj organizaciji hodočasnici su došli u 28 autobusa. Maria Rosa je u Međugorje došla prvi put 1988., a s obitelji dolazi u ranom vihoru 1993. godine. Franjevci iz provincije sv Kažimira u Litvi, njih 19, ovaj tjedan borave na šestodnevnim duhovnim vježbama u Međugorju, koje predvodi dr. fra Miljenko Šteko. S njima je i njihov provincijal fra Astijus Kungys, kojemu je ovo prvi posjet Međugorju. Novinarima radiopostaje Mir Međugorje kazali su kako su ovdje došli moliti i tražiti zaštitu BDM Marije i Njeno vodstvo tijekom provincijskoga kapitula koji će u njihovoj provinciji uslijediti u siječnju iduće godine. Sprovodni obredi započeli su danas, petak, 9. studenoga, sv. Misom zadušnicom, koju je predslavio mostarsko-duvanjski biskup, mons. Ratko Perić, u suslavlju s provincijalom fra Ivanom Sesarom – koji je i propovijedao, te brojnim svećenicima, u župnoj crkvi u 15.00 sati. Nakon Mise povorka se uputila na groblje Kovačicu, gdje je fra Petar pokopan u fratarsku grobnicu. Nakon smrti aktualnoga župnika fra Petra Vlašića, župom Međugorje će upravljati fra Marinko Šakota, dosadašnji župni vikar u župi Međugorje. Tako je, na prijedlog o. Provincijala, u svome dekretu potvrdio mjesni biskup, mons. Ratko Perić. (slike) Rano jutros u Međugorju je, okrijepljen svetim sakramentima, nakon teške bolesti, preminuo fra Petar Vlašić, aktualni međugorski župnik. Fra Petar je preminuo u 75. godini života, 51. godini redovništva i 47. godini svećeništva. Obnašao je službe župnog vikara, župnika, gvardijana i definitora. U Međugorju je boravio od 1999. godine, a službu župnika obavljao je od kolovoza 2007. do svoje smrti. Pokojnikovo tijelo bit će izloženo sutra, u petak 9. studenoga, u župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova apostola od 13 sati. Sprovodni obredi započet će sv. Misom zadušnicom istoga dana u župnoj crkvi u 15.00 sati. Pokop će biti na groblju Kovačica gdje će fra Petar biti pokopan u fratarsku grobnicu. Pokoj vječni daruj mu Gospodine!