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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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2. po redu hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom održano je u Međugorju od 20. do 22. rujna pod geslom: „Živite svoju vjeru”. Poticaj za organizaciju susreta je dugogodišnje hodočašćenje s. Rastislave Ralbovsky sa zajednicom osoba s posebnim potrebama iz Đakova. „Moja veza s Međugorjem je Božji poticaj. Od 1995. otkako sam došla u Đakovo i otkako mi je povjeren rad Doma duhovne pomoći, jedan od prvih usmjerenja bio je rad s osobama s invaliditetom. Mi smo se uključili u svjetski pokret Vjera i svjetlo. Već od početka smo počeli dolaziti u Međugorje. To nam je bilo kao dolazak kući svojoj Majci. U srcu mi je uvijek bila želja da se rad proširi, da se pokrene internacionalni susret”-kazala je s. Rastislava koja ističe kako 30 godina imamo Kraljicu mira te je Bog počastio ovaj narod na tako osobit način. Bojan Zupanz, 29-godišnji mladić iz Zagreba, nakon 10 dana pješačenja stigao je u Međugorje u nedjelju, 22. rujna. Na put je pošao iz zahvale Majci Božjoj za sve što mu je u životu dala. Nije planirao gdje će spavati, sve je bilo prepušteno Božjoj providnosti. Bojan je prvi put u Međugorju bio prošle godine:„Bilo je lijepo taj put, sv. misa, propovijed, penjanje na Brdo ukazanja, ali to nije bilo ni blizu iskustvu koje sam sada doživio”-kazao je Bojan koji je zahvalio svima koji su mu pomogli na ovome putu. Brojni hodočasnici ističu kako ih se u Međugorju najviše dojmila pobožnost klanjanja Isusu u Presvetom Oltarskom Sakramentu. Od 1. listopada klanjanje Isusu u Presvetom oltarskom sakramentu bit će utorkom od 21 do 22 sata, a ne više srijedom, kao do sada. Tako će župljani i hodočasnici moći sudjelovati u pobožnosti Klanjanja utorkom i subotom od 21 do 22 sata te četvrtkom nakon večernje svete mise. 2. po redu hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom održava se u Međugorju od 20. do 22. rujna pod geslom: „Živite svoju vjeru”. Hodočašće je okupilo više od 460 sudionika, koje su 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. Većina programa održava se u prostorijama Majčinog sela koje je zajedno sa župom Međugorje i Udrugom „Susret“ iz Čitluka i glavni organizator susreta. 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. Hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom „Živite svoju vjeru” održat će se u Međugorju od 20. do 22. rujna. Kao i prošle godine, većina programa održavat će se u prostorijama Majčinog sela koje je zajedno sa Župom i udrugom „Susret“ iz Čitluka i glavni organizator susreta. Okupljanje sudionika predviđa se u poslijepodnevnim satima u četvrtak, 19. rujna. Program susreta bit će ispunjen radionicama, predavanjima i molitvenim sadržajima. U subotu jutro predviđena je i molitva na Podbrdu, a u nedjelju sv. misa. Blagdan Uzvišenja križa Kristova svečano je proslavljen u Međugorju u nedjelju, 15. rujna 2013. godine, uz sudjelovanje župljana i mnogobrojnih hodočasnika. U župnoj je crkvi slavljeno pet sv. misa na hrvatskome jeziku: u 6, 7, 8,12 i 19 sati. Svečana sv. misa na Križevcu, koju je predslavio fra Ljubo Kurtović, slavljena je u 11 sati. Prije početka mise, molila se Krunica. „Na poseban način, ovo brdo i ovo mjesto natopljeno je Božjom prisutnošću, Gospinom blizinom, koja nas je pozvala i poziva da dođemo njezinom Sinu, govoreći nam da se molimo pred križem, jer s križa se dobivaju velike milosti. Ovo brdo natopljeno je trudom i naporom župljana koji su gradili ovaj križ prije gotovo 80 godina’’-kazao je fra Ljubo u propovijedi. Od proslave Uzvišenja križa Kristova u Međugorju se mijenja i satnica molitveno-liturgijskog programa. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 17, a sv. misa u 18 sati. Slijedi uobičajeni molitveni program nakon sv. mise. Klanjanje Isusu u Presvetom oltarskom sakramentu srijedom i subotom je od 21 do 22 sata. Molitva krunice na Brdu ukazanja je nedjeljom u 14 sati, a Križni put na Križevcu petkom u isto vrijeme. (slike) Prvi ponedjeljak nakon proslave Uzvišenja križa Kristova u Međugorju se mijenja i satnica molitveno-liturgijskog programa. Ove godine to je 16. rujna. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 17, a sv. misa u 18 sati. Slijedi uobičajeni molitveni program nakon sv. mise. Klanjanje Isusu u Presvetom oltarskom sakramentu srijedom i subotom je od 21 do 22 sata. Molitva krunice na Podbrdu je nedjeljom u 14 sati, a Križni put na Križevcu petkom u isto vrijeme. Sveta misa u 13 sati samo subotom. Prve nedjelje nakon blagdana Male Gospe, u međugorskoj se župi tradicionalno slavi Uzvišenje križa Kristova. Ove godine to je nedjelja, 15 rujna. Svečana sv. misa na Križevcu je u 11 sati. Za sve one koji nisu u mogućnosti pohoditi Križevac, mogu sudjelovati na jednoj od sv. misa na hrvatskome jeziku u župnoj crkvi: u 6, 7, 8,12 i 19 sati. Križ na Križevcu podignut je u Jubilarnoj 1933.godini Otkupiteljeve smrti na križu i do 1981. bio je mjesto molitve župljana i vjernika iz okolnih župa. Nakon Gospina ukazanja 24.lipnja 1981., Križevac postaje mjestom molitve hodočasnika iz cijeloga svijeta. I početkom mjeseca rujna u Međugorju borave hodočasnici sa svih strana svijeta. Ured informacija bilježi skupine hodočasnika iz Francuske, Italije, Engleske, SAD-a, Kanade, Libanona, Belgije, Španjolske, Paname, Slovačke, Malte, Albanije, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Češke, Slovenije, Švicarske, Njemačke, Austrije, Irske, Poljske. Susreli smo skupinu iz Poljske u posebnim odorama koja je sudjelovala u večernjem molitveno-liturgijskom program u nedjelju, 1. rujna. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 374 200 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 7492 (241 dnevno) Otac Charles Colazzi iz New Jerseya deveti je put u Međugorju. Govorio nam je o svome životu, svećeničkom pozivu, iskustvu Međugorja. Ovdje je došao sa skupinom mladih kada je imao šesnaest godina. Kaže da je jednostavno iskusio ljepotu ovoga mjesta: „Kao mladić išao sam u crkvu ali nisam baš volio svoju vjeru. Dok sam bio u Međugorju, iskustvo molitve bilo je toliko snažno da me istinski promijenilo. Nakon povratka, zavolio sam molitvu, provodio vrijeme na klanjanju i moleći krunicu, uglavnom svaki dan”. Među brojnim hodočasnicima susreli smo Andreu Cunningham iz Sjeverne Irske koja je s obitelji, mužem i petero djece posjetila Međugorje. Ovo joj je 5. posjet. Misli da je ovo mjesto nešto posebno i stalno se vraća jer se osjeća kao kod kuće: „Ovo je doista posebno mjesto. Za ukazanja sam čula početkom 90-ih, a prvi put sam ovdje došla 1994. godine, kad sam se i udala. Kako mi Međugorje pomaže? Pa održava moj odnos s Bogom, jača mi i obnavlja moju vjeru, daje mi snagu. Mislim da je lako biti uvučen u gužvu, životnu zbrku, lako nas odvuku druge stvari, ali kad dođete u mjesto kao što je Međugorje to je onda povratak prirodi, povratak osobnom odnosu s Bogom''-kazala je Andrea koja smatra da mladi ljudi uvijek nešto traže, a zapravo traže Boga:„ Divno mi je vidjeti toliko mladih ovdje u Međugorju kako šeću i mole krunicu i izgledaju tako prirodno, ali to im je ovdje lakše nego doma. Kući je to ponekad teško jer ljudi misle kako nisu normalni ako mole, a ne čine neke druge stvari. Ne znam za budućnost. Jedino mogu reći da je Međugorje malo neba na ovoj zemlji i svi tome težimo, bili toga svjesni ili ne. Tome težimo, a ovdje dobijete osjećaj da je to moguće postići''. Drugi Internacionalni susret osoba s invaliditetom održat će se od 20. do 22. rujna 2013. u Međugorju. Kao i prošle godine većina programa održavat će se u prostorijama Majčinog sela koje je zajedno sa Župom i Udrugom „Susret“ iz Čitluka i glavni organizator susreta. Okupljanje sudionika predviđa se u poslijepodnevnim satima u četvrtak, 19. rujna 2013. Smještaj i hrana za sve sudionike su besplatni. Prijave za susret u kojima će biti naznačen točan broj osoba s invaliditetom, osoba s kolicima i njihovih roditelja i pratitelja primat će se na e-mail adresu: gospina.skola@gmail.com. Program susreta će kroz dane petka, subote i nedjelje biti ispunjen radionicama za djecu, za roditelje i pratitelje, predavanjima i molitvenim sadržajima. U subotu jutro predviđena je i molitva na Podbrdu, a u nedjelju je završna sv. Misa u Župi u 11,00 sati. Svetkovina Velike Gospe ili Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije na nebo u Međugorju je proslavljena uz posebno velik broj domaćih te hodočasnika iz inozemstva. Hodočasnici, među kojima je najviše bilo mladih, cijele su noći pješice pristizali u Međugorje, ispovijedali se i sudjelovali na sv. Misama. Prva sv. Misa slavljena je u 6 sati u prepunoj crkvi. Na Gospojinu su u Međugorju boravili hodočasnici iz Njemačke, Engleske, SAD-a, Irske, Kanade, Italije, Francuske, Španjolske, Češke, Slovačke i Poljske te, naravno, iz Hrvatske. (foto) Stefano Rotondo je liječnik iz Italije. Za Međugorje je čuo već na početku ukazanja, a prvi je put Kraljici Mira hodočastio već 1983. Posvjedočio nam je da se njegov život nakon toga iz temelja promijenio. „Tada sam shvatio da je vrlo važno pronaći Boga ondje gdje živim i da mogu pronaći radost jednostavnog susreta s Bogom. Došao sam pri put 1983., a Međugorje je danas za mene ondje gdje živim. Ono mi je pomoglo shvatiti Evanđelje i živjeti ga u svakidašnjem životu.