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Pilgrims from all over the world arrived to Medjugorje during the last October. One hundred thousand more Holy Communions were given this October, in comparison with the same month last year. Along with numerous Italian pilgrims, there were larger groups from Brazil, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Germany, the United States, Canada, France, England, India, Romania, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Australia, Ireland, Belgium and Croatia. The evening prayer programme was held outdoors, just like it is the case in the summer time, all due to the large number of pilgrims. Number of Holy Communions: 251.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4539 (146 per day) As we celebrate thirty years of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje, Parish Office of Medjugorje parish together with editors of Scientific Bulletin “Herzegovina Franciscana” decided to organise International Scientific Symposium titled “Thirty years of Medjugorje”. This symposium was held on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 in the Hall of Bl. John Paul II in Medjugorje. Respectful and eminent theologians, historians, sociologists and psychologists participated, as well as other speakers who were involved in the events in Medjugorje in the last thirty years. This symposium was opened for the public and parishioners of Medjugorje parish were invited, as well as all of the pilgrims, but in a particular way invitation was directed to the guides and employees of Information Centre “Mir” Medjugorje. All of the works that were presented during this symposium are going to be printed in the following edition of “Herzegovina Franciscana” that should be ready until Christmas this year, and we are hoping that there might be special edition of all of these works. Number of Holy Communions: 300.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5441 (181 per day) The 12th International Seminar for Married Couples that gathered more than 250 participants from eight different languages was held in Medjugorje from 21st to 24th September 2011. The theme of seminar was „Marriage – in faith and with faith“, with prof. Ljilja Vokic as the main lecturer while Fr. Miljenko Steko was the coordinator of the seminar. The programme consisted of morning and afernoon lectures, continued with the evening prayer programme in the church of St. James and there were morning prayers on Cross Mountain and Apparition Hill as well. The seminar finished on Saturday with Holy Mass at 11 a.m. and Fr. Marinko Sakota was the main celebrant. Among various participants we met those who came all the way from Alaska, the United States. Ralph and Edith came to Medjugorje for the first time in 2000. Ever since that time they started following all of the events from Medjugorje through the official web site of the shrine. That is how they found out about this retreat for married couples and decided to come with another couple. This is what they said for radio station „Mir“ Medjugorje: „We are happy to be here, this is our first time to attend this retreat, we indeed feel content and welcomed from the moment we first arrived to Medjugorje. We were immediately able to feel that something special takes place here.“ (photos) The twelfth international seminar for married couples will be held in Medjugorje from the 21 to 24 September 2011 The seminar topic is: “Marriage – in faith and with faith” On Sunday, September 18, 2011, three young Franciscan seminarians, members of the Franciscan Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Mostar, made their Solemn Vows during the evening Holy Mass at the altar outside parish church of St. James. Josip Serdo Cavar and Fr. Mario Ostojic are from Medjugorje parish while Fr. Stanko Cosic is from parish of the Most Holy Trinity from Buhovo. After several years of preparation and spiritual retreat that lasted for one month, their vows were made to Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar, Provincial and the main celebrant at this solemn Holy Mass. Vjekoslav Milicevic was in charge of the liturgical part of Holy Mass, while young Franciscans of Herzegovina Franciscan Province sang. Petar Vlasic, parish priest of Medjugorje parish greeted all those present and he congratulated personally these young priests as well as their parents. The group of ninety pilgrims of different age walked from Lithuania to Medjugorje. They started their journey on June 24, 2011 and there were 29 pilgrims who started their journey and more were joining along the way as well. They all walked 1500 miles on their way to Medjugorje and arrived on September 11, 2011, all healthy and alive, just in time to climb the Cross Mountain for the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross. They carried huge, heavy wooden cross that they brought in their hands from Lithuania to the top of Cross Mountain. Robert Jolic, the main celebrant of the Holy Mass on Cross Mountain, greeted this group in a special way and thanked them for their extraordinary sacrifice and great act of love and devotion. This group walked from Lithuania to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pilgrims in this group carried huge and heavy wooden cross in their hands, along with two statues – Statue of Sacred Heart of Jesus and Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary. On Monday, September 12, the time and schedule of liturgical prayer programme in parish of Medjugorje is changing. The Rosary will start at 5 p.m. and Holy Mass at 6 p.m. After Holy Mass prayers of blessings and healing will follow and it will end with third part of the Rosary. The Adoration of Jesus in Blessed Sacrament is on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 to 10 p.m. and on Thursdays immediately after Holy Mass. Veneration of the Holy Cross is on Fridays immediately after Holy Mass. Prayer of Rosary on the Apparition Hill is on Sundays at 2 p.m., and Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain is on Fridays at 2 p.m. Ever y first Sunday after the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, parish of Medjugorje is celebrating the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Robert Jolić is going to be the main celebrant of the solemn Holy Mass at the top of Cross Mountain on Sunday, September 11, at 11 a.m. One hour before the Holy Mass there will be prayer of the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain. All those who are unable to climb the mountain, they can attend one of the Holy Masses in the church of St. James, in Croatian language at 6, 7, 8, 12 and 7 p.m. The evening prayer programme is changing to winter schedule from Monday, and Rosary will be at 5 p.m., and Holy Mass at 6 p.m. Adorations of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays and Saturdays will take place from 9 to 10 p.m. Sunday Rosary at Apparition Hill and the Way of the Cross at Cross Mountain on Fridays will take place at 2 p.m. The number of more than four hundred thousand (406,300) Holy Communions that were given during last August is more than all of the previous statistics in the last thirty years of Medjugorje. In accordance with that, the number of priests who celebrated Holy Masses in Medjugore was more than seven thousand – 7,280, in average 234 daily. The river of pilgrims continues in the first days of September as well. According to the record of Information Office there are bigger groups of pilgrims from Poland, Belgium, Slovakia, Lebanon, Spain, Argentina, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, the United States and England. We met Fr. Frank Gindro from Denmark and asked him to share his experience with us. He said that he feels special presence of Our Lady here, “It is a feeling I did not have for a long time. I pray for people in my country that have lost hope in their lives. I will come back to Medjugorje!” Number of Holy Communions: 406.300 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 7280 (234 per day) The famous Italian water polo player, 24 years old Alex Giorgetti came to Medjugorje. He comes from Savona in Italy, and he is offense player of Pro Recco, as well as the member of men’s Italy National Water Polo Team. They were the champions at the World Championship this year. Young Alex had meeting first with Fr. Miljenko Šteko, the Head of the Information Office in Medjugorje and gave him the water polo ball signed by all of the players of Italian team. He later shared his life experience with journalist of Radio Station “Mir” Medjugorje. At the end of August Medjugorje is packed with pilgrims from all over the world. The Information Office registered numerous groups from: Holy Land, Korea, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, England, Ireland, the United States, Germany, Austria and of course, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pat O’Hagan came from California after having heard of Medjugorje many years ago. “I am deeply impressed with enthusiasm and religion of all of the people who are coming here and I really like this place. I have seen that faith is really strong, that is what I had expected.” Our journalists met Fr. Anselmo Umoren, member of community of missionaries of Nigeria. He expressed his joy for being here and added: „This place is enabling us to pray, to hope and do penance.“ Lisa came from South Africa, and this is her third time in Medjugorje. She was 15 when she heard about the apparitions for the first time. „Medjugorje enriched my faith and trust in God, here, one can really feel higher power that moves this all. There is not much to say, you simply need to be here to feel and experience all of this. Young people are converting, the ones who are no longer on the right way are returning.“ Mihovel is a missionary. He has been in Poland ever since the last year and he has been coming to Medjugorje since 1986. „I confessed for seven hours the other day. I came to confess, but I spent all day confessing. I think that each experience is special and unique in Medjugorje, especially in people and their testimonies.“ Each of these testimonies is a new outpoor of grace that has been given to the whole world through Medjugorje for the last thirty years. (photos) The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated on Monday, August 15 with thousands of foreign and local pilgrims who arrived to Medjugorje on that day. So many of them, especially young people walked throughout the whole night from their towns and villages towards Medjugorje. Information office registered groups from Brazil, Lebanon, Austria, Italy, Germany, the United States, Ireland, England, France, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Korea, Portugal, as well as from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Nineteen Holy Masses were celebrated throughout the day, six for Croatian pilgrims. Dr. Fr. Ivan Dugandzic was the main celebrant at 7 p.m. Holy Mass. There were sixty priests who concelebrated at that Holy Mass. (photos)
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Članovi Udruge hrvatskih branitelja iz Siska kod Kraljice Mira Članovi Udruge dragovoljaca i veterana Domovinskog rata, klub INE Sisak, 5. i 6. travnja bili su na hodočašću u Međugorje, čime im se ispunila dugogodišnja želja. Osamdeset članova ove udruge i članova njihovih obitelji te drugih vjernika iz Siska po dolasku u Međugorje molili su križni put na Križevcu i sudjelovali u večernjem molitvenom programu. Stotinu i četrdeset učenika OŠ Žepče u pratnji sedmoro učitelja boravilo je u Međugorju 10. i 11. travnja 2008. Prema riječima učiteljice Elizabete, u Žepču ima mnogo djece, pa OŠ Žepče broji 1500 učenika. U srijedu 2. travnja, nakon što je nazočio otvaranju Međunarodnog sajma gospodarstva u Mostaru, Međugorje je u pratnji g. Ive Jerkića, načelnika općine Čitluk, posjetio Josip Friščić, potpredsjednik Hrvatskog Sabora. U ime župnika koji je nažalost bio odsutan primio ga je fra Svetozar Kraljević. Filijalna crkva međugorske župe u Šurmancima posvećena Milosrdnom Isusu svake godine na Mali Uskrs slavi obljetnicu posvećenja. Vjernici se za blagdan pripremaju devetnicom Krunice Milosrdnog Isusa. Na sam blagdan, središnje slavlje je sveta Misa koju je ove godine predslavio fra Miljenko Šteko. Na Misi su se mještanima pridružili i brojni hodočasnici. U Večernjem listu od 21. 03. 2008. Ivan Tolj objavljuje razgovor s kardinalom Vinkom Puljićem, sarajevskim nadbiskupom. Pitanje: Nedavno objavljeni intervju državnoga tajnika Svete Stolice, kardinala Tarcisia Bertonea, da slučaj Međugorje treba preispitivati, potaknuo je brojna nagađanja. Je li Biskupska konferencija BiH razmatrala to pitanje i hoće li, doista, Međugorje biti ponovno pod službenim promatranjem? Sveto trodnevlje Velikog tjedna u Međugorju je okupilo hodočasnike iz cijeloga svijeta: osim iz europskih zemalja, ove su godine Uskrs ovdje proslavile i skupine iz Argentine, Nove Kaledonije, SAD-a, Koreje i Libanona. (photos) Devetnaesti međunarodni festival mladih - Mladifest 19 – održat će se u Međugorju od 1. do 6. kolovoza 2008. Tema susreta je: „Primit ćete snagu Duha Svetoga koji će sići na vas i bit ćete mi svjedoci“ - Dj 1,8. (“Nek vam u tišini Duh Sveti govori i dopustite Mu da vas obraća i mijenja.“ - Poruka, 25. srpnja 2006.) - (Program u pripremi) Cvjetnicom ili Nedjeljom Muke Gospodnje započinje Veliki tjedan, vrhunac korizmene priprave za blagdan Uskrsnuća. Isusa gledamo u veličini njegove svemoćne ljubavi po kojoj kaže: „Polažem život svoj da ga opet uzmem. Nitko mi ga ne oduzima, nego ja ga sam od sebe polažem. Vlast imam položiti ga, vlast imam opet uzeti ga.“ (Evanđelje po Ivanu 10,17-18) (photos) Najave hodočašća prije dolaska u Međugorje potrebne su da bi Ured informacija mogao organizirati program za hodočasnike i tako im bolje služiti. Zato molimo sve organizatore hodočašća da najave dolazak svoje skupine na e-mail adresu: informacije@medjugorje.hr ili na telefon/fax: 00 387 36 651 988. Preporučamo svim organizatorima da koriste usluge mjesnih vodiča: http://medjugorjeguides.com. Sve dodatne informacije kao i posredovanje u traženju vodiča za vašu skupinu (za hrvatski, engleski, njemački, francuski, talijanski, španjolski, poljski, češki i slovački jezik) možete dobiti u Uredu informacija na gore navedenu e-mail adresu i telefon. Vidjelica Mirjana DragićeviĆ-Soldo imala je svakodnevna ukazanja od 24. lipnja 1981. do 25. prosinca 1982. Na posljednjem svakodnevnom ukazanju Gospa je, povjerivši joj desetu tajnu, rekla da će joj se ukazivati jedanput godišnje i to 18. ožujka. Tako je i bilo tijekom svih ovih godina. Više tisuća hodočasnika okupilo se na molitvi krunice u zajednici „Cenacolo”. Ukazanje je započelo u 14:01 h i trajalo do 14:08 h. Cvjetnica, 16. ožujka - Nedjelja muke Gospodnje Blagoslov grančica bit će u 10,30 sati na temeljima stare crkve. Odatle u procesiji krećemo u župnu crkvu. Svete Mise u župnoj crkvi su u 8, 10,30 i 18 sati. Pjevanje muke je pod pučkom Misom. Na svim misama bit će blagoslov grančica. Petnaesti međunarodni susret voditelja centara mira, molitvenih i karitativnih skupina vezanih za Međugorje, održao se u Međugorju od 2. do 6. ožujka 2008. godine i okupio je 125 voditelja i organizatora iz 15 zemalja. Cjelokupni program bio je simultano prevođen na engleski, francuski, njemački, talijanski i poljski jezik. Tema susreta bila je: „Pouzdanje u Providnost“ (Mt 6,26-34). Dana 17.05.2008.g. u Međugorju će se održati II. Maraton mira u organizaciji Kršćanske udruge Kup-Karmel. Maraton počinje u 9h ujutro na dionici Grude-Ljubuški-Međugorje (42,195 metara), a istovremeno iz Ljubuškog počinje Utrka građana. Siječanj 2008.: Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 42.500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 891 (28 dnevno) Veljača 2008.: Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 30.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 686 (23 dnevno) U Međugorje je hodočastila Mariasela Álvarez Lebrón iz Dominikanske Republike, Miss svijeta 1982. godine. U skladu s tradicijom, kao dijete je primila sve sakramente, no puninu vjere počela je živjeti tek prije šest godina.