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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. As the 31st Anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions is getting closer, we meet pilgrims from all over the world in Medjugorje. We had chance to talk to 20 –years-old girl from Ireland who is in wheelchair. “I would like to thank for the opportunity to be in Medjugorje. My group leader told me that she had a cancellation last week and she invited me to come instead of that person. It is my blessing to be here, one really feels joy here. I hope to bring peace and hope from this place to my home, to those that I know”, said Maebh who shared her story with us, story full of crosses and lots of suffering, but on the other hand, story full of peace and joy. On Monday, June 11, 2012, after the evening prayer programme, the Franciscan Youth from Medjugorje held a performance titled “It all begins with something” in the hall of the Blessed John Paul II. The author of the piece is Dr. Mile Cavar and 13 members of the Franciscan Youth participated in this play. It is about the life of young people, their problems and ways to resolve those problems. “It is the way of proclaiming the Joyful News, the Gospel through performance, play or drama, it is our way to proclaim the Gospel”, said Fr. Slaven Brekalo, the spiritual assistant of the Franciscan Youth from Medjugorje. Franciscan Youth has been active in Medjugorje since 1995 and with singing, prayer and many other activities, these young people are contributing to the fruitful spiritual atmosphere in this world famous parish. Number of Holy Communions: 190.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4140 (133 per day) Diego Garcia Nunez arrived to Medjugorje after five months of walking from his native Cordoba in Spain, through Santiago de Compostela, Rome and Padua. This sixty- four years old pilgrim walked more than 3000 kilometres to fulfil his vow. Five years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer and he decided to walk to Medjugorje to Our Lady if he ever got better. He heard about Medjugorje when he was listening to Radio Maria, fifteen years ago. Exactly a year ago, his doctors told him that his cancer was gone and he decided to walk in thanksgiving to Our Lady, the Queen of Peace. Zvonko Bogi, Vesna Jankovic, Zlatica Cepo, brother and two sisters, walked from Osijek and arrived to Medjugorje on Thursday, May 24, 2012. They started their trip on May 14, 2012. They made decision to do this pilgrimage in the honour of Our Lady, the Queen of Peace, before Christmas last year. They wanted to thank her for everything she had done for them. They wanted to emphasise that everyone they met on their journey was kind and gracious to them and they would like to thank them all. “There was prayer and joy while we travelled here. We were in the pain, but every morning, after waking up, the pain was gone. Our Lady was with us all the time, she was guiding us and the doors were opened to us wherever we came. We visited many pilgrimage destinations, but Medjugorje is something special, something that cannot be described”, said Zvonko, Vesna and Zlatica who are members of the Movement of Devine Mercy. They will stay in Medjugorje until Sunday, May 27, when another group of pilgrims from Osijek will join them. John O’Sullivan arrived to Mejugorje with a group of pilgrims from town Killarney in Ireland. That would be something completely normal if it was not a pilgrim who celebrated his 100th birthday on April 5, 2012. This is his ninth pilgrimage to Medjugorje and he came for the first time in 2002. He found out about Medjugorje from other pilgrims. He is in a good health and his age did not prevent him from climbing Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain in the company of other pilgrims. “I heard about Medjugorje and I decided to come, I never thought it would be so beautiful. I visited other places but I always prefer to come back here”, said John and he promised to come back again. Annamária Vécsey from Budapest walked to Medjugorje with one another pilgrim. She had done that back in 2008. They started their journey on April 12, 2012 and arrived to Medjugorje on the Feast of Ascension of Our Lord, May 19, 2012. She knew all details of her journey and despite her age and health difficulties, 68-years old Annamaria said: “Yes, I will go!” When they arrived to Medjugorje in Our Lady’s embrace, they forgot about all of their difficulties and bad weather circumstances. They were only able to recall beautiful memories they had with other people. She thinks it was God’s providence that she was able to meet the same people who were willing to help her last time, four years ago. She is joyful and grateful to dear God and to Our Lady because they came to their destination healthy and alive, and she would like to thank all those good people who had helped them on their journey.
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U Međugorju i dalje borave hodočasnici iz mnogih krajeva. Ured informacija bilježi hodočasničke skupine iz Irske, SAD-a, Njemačke, Austrije, Italije, Francuske, Slovenije, Portugala, Španjolske, Poljske, Mađarske, Litve, Brazila, Rumunjske i Hrvatske. Susreli smo Jelicu Bikfu koja dovodi hodočasnike iz Velike Gorice u Međugorje od 2001. Ovo joj je 107. dolazak sa hodočasnicima. Stotu skupinu hodočasnika vodila je u listopadu 2011., te kaže da je to bilo njeno zlatno hodočašće. Bračni par iz Italije, Giuseppe i Lilijana Mengoti, pješice su stigli u Međugorje. Žive na jezeru Como kod Lugana u blizini granice sa Švicarskom, a ovo im je prvi posjet Međugorju. Propješačili su 1067 kilometara u 36 dana puta. O razlogu hodočašća Giuseppe i Lilijana su kazali: ‘’Odlučili smo renovirati kuću, te napraviti jednu kapelicu. Odlučili smo u kapelicu staviti Gospin kip, te smo po taj kip došli hodočasteći pješice u Međugorje. Čuli smo mnogo o Međugorju. Tijekom puta ljudi su nam rekli da molimo za njih kada dođemo u Međugorje’’. Hodočašće je na njih ostavilo jedan dubok i pozitivan dojam. Kažu: ‘’Kad smo stigli, to je bio snažan osjećaj zbog svega. To je prekrasno iskustvo. Odavde ćemo ponijeti poruku mira, radosti. To je nešto što možemo ponijeti svojima doma’’-rekoše, između ostaloga, ovi zanimljivi hodočasnici. Nadbiskup Latinske crkve i apostolski vikar latinskih katolika u Libanonu Paul Dahdah boravio je u Međugorju. Za radiopostaju ‘’Mir’’ Međugorje govorio je o vjerskom životu u Libanonu, plodovima Papinog posjeta Libanonu, o Međugorju i Godini vjere. Za Međugorje je čuo prije 15 godina kada je bio nadbiskup u Iraku. ‘’Kasnije sam primijetio da u Libanonu postoje mnoge zajednice koje idu u Međugorje, postoje organizirani pohodi koje organizira televizija ‘’Svjetlo’’ i oci maroniti. Ovaj fenomen obraćenja, pomirbe, molitve mogao bi se protumačiti u ovom vremenu kao znakom vremena, osobito u svijetu koji je izgubio vrijednost. Sadašnji svijet je svijet osakaćen, nema više svojih uporišta. Vidio sam sada ovdje mlade kod Uskrslog Krista koji, siguran sam, traže smisao svojih života i vjere i želim se nadati da je fenomen trajan, autentičan i da će dugo, dugo trajati. Otac konventualac koji ovdje dolazi češće rekao mi je da je riječ o jednome fenomenu čiji je sadržaj ispovijedanje, pomirba i molitva…’’- kazao je, između ostaloga, ovaj nadbiskup. Javljamo svoj braći franjevcima, rodbini, prijateljima i znancima, da je okrijepljen svetim sakramentima, u Međugorju, 17. listopada 2012., blago u Gospodinu preminuo njegov sluga i naš brat fra ZORAN OSTOJIĆ župni vikar i župnik u 99. godini života, 80. godini redovništva i 73. godini svećeništva. Pokojnikovo tijelo bit će izloženo u župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova apostola u Međugorju u četvrtak 18. listopada u 13 sati. Sprovodni obredi započet će sv. Misom zadušnicom istoga dana u 15 sati. Pokop će biti na groblju Kovačica u Međugorju. POČIVAO U MIRU BOŽJEM! BRAĆA HERCEGOVAČKI FRANJEVCI Među brojnim hodočasnicima iz Hrvatske koji u listopadu dolaze u Međugorje, novinari RPMM susreli su i Elia Karlovića, osnivača molitvene zajednice ''Kraljica Mira'' iz Pule te Slavka Fileša koji su podijelili svoje iskustvo Međugorja. Potaknut saznanjima o postojanju molitvenih zajednica širom svijeta, nadahnutih duhom i primjerom Međugorja, Elio je u Puli organizirao sastanak svećenika i vjernika, međugorskih hodočasnika, a jedan od važnih plodova svega je molitvena zajednica “Kraljica Mira“. Zajednica se okuplja svakog posljednjeg četvrtka u mjesecu, s uobičajenim večernjim međugorskim programom: molitvom krunice, slavljenjem sv. Mise i klanjanjem. U Majčinom selu u Bijakovićima, župa Međugorje od 12. do 14. listopada održava se seminar s temom: "Ovisnost o igrama na sreću: između bolesti i osobne – društvene odgovornosti" u organizaciji Franjevačkog instituta za kulturu mira iz Splita. Pozdravne riječi uputio je predsjednik Vijeća franjevačkih zajednica Hrvatske i Bosne i Hercegovine fra Ivan Sesar, a na seminaru sudjeluju brojni predavači. ‘’Želim izraziti radost da se događa ovaj seminar, jer vjerujem da će kroz ova stručna predavanja barem netko otkriti opasnost koja proizlazi iz ovisnosti o kocki, odnosno o igrama na sreću. Svetkovina sv. Franje, utemeljitelja Franjevačkoga reda, svečano je proslavljena u Međugorju u četvrtakak, 4. listopada. Tradicionalni i svečani obred preminuća svetoga Franje, ili kako ga još nazivaju ''Memoria Transitus'', utkan u okvire liturgijskoga obreda, slavljen je nakon večernje sv. Mise, na Uočnicu svetkovine, na vanjskome oltaru župne crkve sv. Jakova. Obredu su nazočili i brojni hodočasnici koji u listopadu, Gospinom mjesecu, borave u Međugorju. Ured informacija bilježi skupine hodočasnika iz: Njemačke, Austrije, SAD-a, Irske, Italije, Francuske, Ukrajine, Slovačke, Slovenije, Španjolske, Poljske, Srbije, Rumunjske, Libanona, Belgije, Nizozemske, Perua, Engleske, Kanade, Švicarske, Brazila i Venezuele. Svetkovina sv. Franje, utemeljitelja Franjevačkoga reda svečano će se proslaviti u Međugorju u četvrtak, 4. listopada svetim misama u 7.30, 8 te 18 sati. U 8 sati sveta misa je za Franjevački svjetovni red (trećare). Tradicionalni i svečani obred preminuća svetoga Franje, ili kako ga još nazivaju ''Memoria Transitus'', utkan u okvire liturgijskoga obreda, slavit će se nakon večernje sv. Mise, na uočnicu svetkovine 3. listopada. Za svetkovinu se vjernici, uz brojne hodočasnike pripravljaju trodnevnicom koja počinje u ponedjeljak, 1. listopada Krunica kroz trodnevnicu je u 17 sati, a sveta misa u 18 sati. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 226 500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 5324 (177 dnevno) Jean Azar dolazi iz Libanona. Prvi put je bio u Međugorju 2002. godine. Tada je prolazio kroz jako teško razdoblje u životu. Više puta je pokušao počiniti samoubojstvo i u Međugorju je dobio milost da se izliječi. ''Bog mi je dodirnuo srce preko Gospe i od tada hodam s njom. Mnogo stvari mi se promijenilo u životu, postao sam puno bolja osoba otkako živim Gospine poruke i razmišljam o njima svaki dan. Trinaesti međunarodni seminar za bračne parove, koji je okupio oko 150 sudionika iz Konga, Belgije, Njemačke Kostarike, Latvije, Hrvatske, BiH, Slovačke održan je u Međugorju od 19. do 22. rujna 2012. godine, a tema mu je bila: "Suvremeni moralni izazovi u braku". Program se i ove godine odvijao preko jutarnjih i popodnevnih predavanja Tončija Matulića, profesora moralne teologije i socijalnog nauka Crkve na Katoličkom bogoslovnom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, potom molitveno-liturgijskog programa u međugorskoj crkvi, molitve na Križevcu i Podbrdu. Završio je sv. Misom u subotu, 22. rujna u 11 sati. Seminar za bračne parove pokrenuo je pok. fra Slavko Barbarić, a ovogodišnji koordinator seminara bio je fra Danko Perutina. (slike) Trinaesti međunarodni seminar za bračne parove održat će se u Međugorju od 19. do 22. rujna 2012. godine. Tema seminara je: „Suvremeni moralni izazovi u braku“ Libanonski svećenik p. Charbel Zgheib boravio je u Međugorju sa skupinom mladih. Ovo mu je prvi posjet Međugorju. ''Ovdje je prisutna vjera i zaista se osjeti da Bog postoji. I da, mir tu prevladava''-kaže p. Charbel koji dodaje da mnogo Libanonaca dolazi u Međugorje:''Mnogi dolaze iz znatiželje, ali ima osoba koje imaju mnogo poteškoća. Kada dođu ovamo, cijeli njihov život se mijenja. I kada se vrate u Libanon, oni su drugačiji, njihov pogled na život i svijet se posve mijenja jer su doživjeli iskustvo susreta s Isusom i Gospom''. (slike) U Međugorje hodočasnici dolaze na razne načine. Susreli smo ovih dana mladu Slovenku koja je u Međugorje hodočastila biciklom.Biljana Nikoloska iz Ljubljane na put je pošla bez zaliha hrane i pića, a novca je ponijela samo toliko da plati misu zahvalnicu. I tako, s potpunim pouzdanjem u Božju providnost, kako kaže, nakon petodnevnog putovanja u Međugorje stigla u subotu 1. rujna. Szabó Ferenc došao je u Međugorje pješice iz Mađarske. Kaže kako je u ljeto 2010. osjetio poziv da pođe u Međugorje. Blagdan Uzvišenja Križa Kristova svečano je proslavljen u Međugorju u nedjelju, 9. rujna 2012. uz župljane i mnogobrajne hodočasnike iz: Velike Britanije, Kanade, Australije, Irske, Španjolske, Italije, Njemačke, Austrije, Švicarske, Slovačke, Francuske, Malte, Ukrajine, Češke, Belgije, Koreje, Poljske, Brazila, Portugala, Rumunjske te Hrvatske i Bosne i Hercegovine. U župnoj crkvi je slavljeno pet sv. Misa na hrvatskome jeziku: u 6, 7, 8,12 i 19 sati. Svečana sv. Misa na Križevcu, koju je predslavio fra Slaven Brekalo, slavljena je u 11 sati. Prije početka Mise, molila se Krunica. (slike)