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Bojan Zupanz, young man of 29 from Zagreb, arrived to Medjugorje on Sunday, September 22, 2013 after having walked for ten days. He began this pilgrimage of gratitude to the Blessed Mother for everything She gave him in his life. He did not make any accommodation plans and it was all in the hands of God’s providence. Bojan came to Medjugorje last year for the first time: “”That trip was beautiful, Holy Masses, homilies, climb of Apparition Hill but it is nothing comparing to the experience I just had”, said Bojan who thanked all who helped him on his pilgrimage. Numerous pilgrims have said how they were mostly impressed by the devotion of the Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. From October 1, 2013, this devotion will be held on Tuesdays from 9 to 10 p.m., not on Wednesdays as it was the case up to now. All parishioners and pilgrims will be able to participate in the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9 to 10 p.m. and on Thursdays immediately after the evening Holy Mass. The 2nd Pilgrimage for Persons with Disability was held in Medjugorje from September 20-22, with theme “Live your faith”. This pilgrimage gathered more than 460 participants who were hosted by parishioners of Medjugorje. This was opportunity for them to show their big hearts once again and it was another proof to Our Lady’s choice of this parish in a very special way. Most of the programme was held in Mother’s Village that together with the parish of Medjugorje and association “Susret” from Citluk is the main organiser of this event. The idea for this pilgrimage came from Sr. Rastisalva Ralbovsky who was coming to Medjugorje for many years with community of people with special needs from Djakovo. The whole programme was full of workshops, lectures and prayers. The pilgrimage for persons with disability “Live your faith” will be held in Medjugorje from September 20 – 22, 2013. Similar to the last year, most of the programme will be held in Mother’s Village that together with parish and association “Susret” from Citluk is the main organiser of this event. All participants will gather in the Thursday afternoon and the programme will be filled with workshops, lectures and prayers. Prayer on Apparition Hill will take place on Saturday and this pilgrimage will be concluded with Holy Mass on Sunday morning. The Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje on Sunday, September 15, 2013, and many pilgrims and parishioners gathered in Medjugorje on that day. Five Holy Masses in Croatian language were celebrated in the parish church, at 6, 7, 8 a.m. and 12 and 7 p.m. Solemn Holy Mass was celebrated on Cross Mountain at 11 a.m. and Fr. Ljubo Kurtovic was the main celebrant. All pilgrims prayed Rosary before the Holy Mass. Ljubo said in his homily: “This place in a special way is filled with God’s and Gospa’s presence, with Her vicinity and She invited us and still invites us to come to Her Son, invites us to pray before the cross for great graces are given from the cross. This hill is filled with efforts of all parishioners who made this cross nearly 80 years ago.” This feast is also the time of the change of the evening prayer programme timetable and from Monday, September 16, 2013 Rosary will begin at 5 p.m. and Holy Mass at 6 .m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays and Saturdays will be held from 9 to 10 p.m. Rosary for parishioners on Apparition Hill will take place on Sundays at 2 p.m., and Way of the Cross on Fridays at the same time. (photos) Change in time of the evening prayer programme takes place in Medjugorje on the first Monday after the celebration of the feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross. That change will start from September 16, 2013 and Rosary will be at 5 p.m., Holy Mass at 6 p.m., Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Wednesdays and Saturdays will be from 9 to 10 .m. Rosary on Apparition Hill on Sundays will be at 2 p.m., and Way of the Cross on Fridays at the same time. Croatian Holy Mass at 1 p.m. will only be celebrated on Saturdays. The Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross will be celebrated in Medjugorje on the first Sunday after the feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Solemn Holy Mass on Cross Mountain will be celebrated on September 15, 2013 at 11 a.m. All pilgrims who are not able to climb Cross Mountain can take part in one of the Holy Masses that will be celebrated in the church of St. James at 6, 7, 8 a.m. and 12 and 7 p.m. The cross was built in 1933, when the world celebrated 1900th Anniversary of Our Redeemer’s death on the cross. Parishioners prayed and gathered there once a year up to 1981, when after the apparitions it became the place of prayer for all of the pilgrims from the whole world. Pilgrims from all over the world are in Medjugorje this September, from: France, Italy, England, the United States, Canada, Lebanon, Belgium, Spain, Panama, Slovakia, Malta, Albania, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Ireland and Poland. We met a group from Poland who wore special gowns and they participated in the evening prayer programme on Sunday, September 1, 2013. Christina Georgotas from New Jersey told us how Gospa completely changed her life from the moment when she heard about Medjugorje in 2008. “I have never heard about Medjugorje and I did not know anything about the apparitions because I did not believe. My mom played a YouTube video from Mirjana’s apparitions and something happened in me in that particular moment. I wanted to come here and I came in June 2010 for the first time. This is where I feel peace and love. It is impossible to come here and remain untouched with all those stories of conversion, love and Gospa’s invitations.” Number of Holy Communions: 374 200 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 7492 (241 per day) Charles Colazzi comes from New Jersey and this is his ninth time in Medjugorje. He spoke about his life, priesthood vocation and experience of Medjugorje. He came here with a group of young people when he was sixteen and it was the time when he truly experienced the beauty of this place. “As a young man, I went to the church but did not particularly like the faith. During my visit to Medjugorje I had strong experience of prayer that completely changed me. After I returned home, I started loving prayer, I spent time Adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and I prayed Rosary every single day.” Four years afterwards, he went to the seminary and became a priest during his next visit to Medjugorje. “That is all really beautiful experience. I would say that I fell in love with Our Lady, with Jesus. Everyone experiences something different, weather it is inner healing, feeling of love and intimacy, or perhaps miracles because we all feel something different. Confessions in Medjugorje are very significant; people are really different when they return home. Usually people who confess here feel something, very often their life changes completely and they feel strength of good confessions that happen after twenty or thirty years of wondering around. For me as a priest that is a highlight here in Medjugorje because that is so beautiful and useful”, said Fr. Charles. Andrea Cunningham, who came with her family, husband and five children from Northern Ireland, was one of many pilgrims that we met and had chance to interview. This is her fifth visit. She thinks that Medjugorje is indeed a special place and she keeps coming back here because this is where she feels at home. “This indeed is a special place. I heard about the apparitions in the beginning of 90’s and I arrived here for the first time in 1994, at the time I got married. How does Medjugorje help me? It keeps my relationship with God, strengthens and renews my faith, gives me strength. I think it is really easy to become part of hectic life, stress of everyday living, we are easily distracted by other things, and when you come to place like Medjugorje, that means return to the nature, return to the personal relationship with God”, said Andrea who thinks that young people always seek for something, and they actually seek for God. “It is wonderful to see so many young people here who walk around and pray Rosary and they all look so natural, since it is easier for them to do that here than back home. It is hard to be like this at home because there is general opinion that something is wrong with the people who pray and do not do some other things. I do not know what will happen in the future. I can only say that Medjugorje is a little piece of heaven on this earth, and that is what we are all longing for, whether we were aware of that or not. We are longing towards that, and here you get the feeling that it is possible to achieve that.” The Second International Meeting of Persons with Disability will be held in Medjugorje from September 20 to September 22, 2013. Similar to the last year’s programme, most of the programme will be held again in the facilities of Mother’s Village, which together with the parish and Association “Susret/Encounter” from Citluk, is at the same time the main organiser of this event. All participants will be gathering in the afternoon on September 19, 2013 and accommodation and food are free for all participants. All who would like to take part in this Meeting can do that by sending the exact number of persons with disability, persons with wheelchairs and their parents or those who will come to accompany them, at the e-mail address: gospina.skola@gmail.com. The programme of this Meeting will be filled with workshops for children and parents as well as with the lectures and prayer meetings. Prayer on Apparition Hill will take place on Saturday morning, and this whole event will be concluded with Holy Mass on Sunday at 11 a.m. in the parish church of St. James. The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje in the presence of numerous pilgrims from our country and from abroad as well. Majority of pilgrims were youth, many of them arrived throughout the whole night, confessed and participated in the Holy Masses that were celebrated from 6 a.m. in the church of St. James’. Pilgrims from Germany, the United States, England, Ireland, Kanada, Italy, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Croatia were in Medjugorje in those days. Holy Masses were celebrated in Croatian language and in many other languages, while the central Holy Mass in the evening at 7 p.m. was celebrated by Fr. Stanko Cosic with 66 priests who concelebrated at that Holy Mass. It was on August 10, 2013 that one married couple from Poland arrived to Medjugorje and they came after 82 days of walking and 1500 km of their journey: Andrzey, who is 69 and Kararzyna Sieminscy, who is 60. Karazyna told us: “I decided for this trip on February 28 when Holy Father Benedict XVI resigned and I felt strong desire to walk to Rome again, but I decided to come to Medjugorje first. We thank all people that we met on our journey who have expressed their love to us. Gospa blessed each of our steps.” (photos) Stefano Rotondo is a doctor from Italy. He heard about Medjugorje at the beginning of the apparitions and made his first pilgrimage here in 1983. He told us that his life changed dramatically after that visit. “It was then when I understood that it is very important to find God where I live and that I can discover joy of simple encounter with God. I came in 1983 for the first time and Medjugorje is today everywhere for me, everywhere I live. It helped me understand the Gospel and to live it in everyday life. I learned how to listen here, I learned what is silence, I learned how to accept myself – simply, I started opening my heart to God,” said Stefano whose family together with two another families formed a prayer group. This is his fourth year that he comes and brings pilgrims to Medjugorje. “In the depth of our heart we wanted to continue prayer in our place and that is why our three families began to pray the Rosary together and we do that on regular basis. We felt Gospa’s presence in our homes and how She wanted us to bring others to Medjugorje as well.” Agnes Nick lives in Canada for the last twenty years and finally her great wish to come to Medjugorje was realised in these days. “Every day of my life I feel Gospa’s and Jesus’ grace. I am a member of prayer group in Saint Tomas in Toronto that is called ‘Mary moves priesthood’. We gather every Wednesday evening and we pray Rosary to the Blessed Virgin Mary and read Her messages from Medjugorje. Ever since I do that, I feel that I can carry all life difficulties in easy way: you simply surrender to God and His Mother, and they know the best all of our needs. They always come to help in our aids”, said Agnes.
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Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 226 400 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 4706 (156 dnevno) Hodočasnik iz Zagreba, 57-godišnji Gordan Bule nedavno je obavio zahvalno hodočašće pješice od Krašića do Međugorja. 18 dana hodočašća za njega su, kaže bili uistinu posebni, a molio je za obitelj, prijatelje, branitelje, za svoj hrvatski narod. O hodočašću je još kazao: „To je bila zahvala nebeskoj Majci, za sve dosada uslišane molitve. Dug je put bio, imao sam prilike moliti za sve. Na hodočašću je bilo i teških trenutaka, makar sam cijeli put podnio dobro, zahvaljujući pripremama. Nosim bogato iskustvo s hodočašća. Naišao sam na vrlo susretljive ljude koji su mi nudili pomoć. Svima njima zahvaljujem na iskrenoj dobrodošlici”. Članovi Mješovitoga pjevačkog zbora "Sv. Cecilija" župe sv. Euzebija i Polionija iz Vinkovaca, s predsjednikom Martinom Miškovićem, ujedno i članovi vinkovačke Matice hrvatske, zajedno s domaćim župnim vikarom Markom Martićem, hodočastili su krajem rujna u općinu Čitluk, odnosno u mjesta Međugorje i Čerin. U subotu 27. rujna Vinkovčani su hodočastili na brdo Križevac i molili pobožnost križnoga puta. Toga dana na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova u Međugorju članovi zbora, predvođeni Dubravkom Vukovarac, pjevali su na večernjem misnom slavlju koje je predslavio fra Ivan Dugandžić u suslavlju 66 svećenika, a među kojima su bili i vlč. Marko Martić i župnik župe Bezgrešnog Srca Marijina iz Vinkovaca o. Ivan Poleto. Subotnji hodočasnički dan završio je klanjanjem na kojemu su sudjelovali hodočasnici iz cijeloga svijeta. Svetkovina sv. Franje Asiškog, utemeljitelja Franjevačkoga reda, svečano će se proslaviti u Međugorju u subotu , 4. listopada svetim misama u 7.30, 13 te 18 sati. U 7.30 sati sveta misa je za Franjevački svjetovni red (trećare).Tradicionalni 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, u petak 3. listopada. Iz župnog ureda pozivaju sve župljane na molitveni susret, posebice one koji pripadaju velikoj franjevačkoj obitelji; časne sestre franjevke, članove Trećeg svjetovnog reda, te Framu. 79-godišnja Carmel Kelly iz Irske u Međugorje je dovela 100. skupinu po redu. Ovdje je prvi put došla 1997., zbog supruga, a o svom prvom dolasku u Međugorje je kazala: „Do 1997. sam svake druge godine išla u Lourdes. O Međugorju nisam znala apsolutno ništa. Moj suprug, koji nikad nije bio u Lourdesu i nikad nije htio ići u religijska mjesta čitao je o Međugorju i rekao mi da bi htio doći ovamo. Budući da je izrazio želju da ide na neko hodočasničko mjesto, rezervirala sam mjesta za 22 svibnja. Početkom ožujka on je počeo osjećati bol u prsima i liječnici su ga liječili od vrlo jake infekcije pluća. Marin Čilić, pobjednik ovogodišnjeg US Opena, u svoje rodno Međugorje došao je u utorak, 16. rujna. Dočekali su ga brojni međugorski župljani i hodočasnici koji su mu čestitali na osvojenoj pobjedi. Marina su također dočekali i čestitali mu međugorski franjevci, predvođeni međugorskim župnikom fra Marinkom Šakotom. Poslije je Marin sudjelovao u večernjem molitveno-liturgijskom programu na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova u Međugorju, od 17 sati u molitvi krunice, a potom i na svetoj misi zahvalnici u 18 sati koju je predslavio međugorski župnik, u koncelebraciji 67 svećenika. Svojom pjesmom slavlje su uveličali Frama, zbor Prijatelji i mješoviti župni zbor Kraljice Mira. Nakon svete mise, priređen je prigodni program za Marina koji je zahvalio svima koji su mu bili potpora u ovim danima. U nedjelju, 14. rujna 2014., u Međugorju su četvorica braće Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije: fra Augustin Čordaš, fra Ivan Marić, fra Alen Pajić, i fra Ivan Penavić položili su svečane (doživotne) zavjete. Svečanu večernju misu na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova u 19 sati, koja je počela svečanom procesijom, predslavio je provincijal hercegovačkih franjevaca dr. fra Miljenko Šteko u suslavlju 87 svećenika. Svojim pjevanjem uveličali su je bogoslovi, uz ravnanje fra Stanka Mabića. Provincijal je iskazao svoju radost zbog slavljenja zavjeta u Međugorju, u Gospinoj blizini, što je bio odabir braće zavjetovanika. Posebno je istaknuo i blagdan Uzvišenja svetog križa koji se slavio taj dan: „Što nam ovaj blagdan, ovdje u Međugorju, u ovoj župi s Križevcem poručuje? Blagdan Uzvišenja križa Kristova svečano je proslavljen u Međugorju u nedjelju, 14. rujna 2014. 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 Franjo Dušaj iz Crne Gore, slavljena je u 11 sati. Prije početka mise, molila se krunica koju je predmolio fra Marinko Šakota, međugorski župnik. „Križ na vrhu ovoga brda nije podignut samo kao zavjetni čin u vrijeme nevolja i gladi, iako znamo da su se zavjetovali. Ovaj križ za nas i za sav narod Božji ima dublje značenje, a to je proročki navještaj spasenja. Gospodin Isus u Matejevom evanđelju kaže svojim apostolima: „Po njihovim ćete ih plodovima prepoznati“. U ovih 80 godina je zaista mnogima došlo spasenje preko ovoga križa, i svega što se kroz ovo vrijeme događalo i događa. I to su plodovi o kojima Isus govori. Evanđelje je jučer, danas i ono ostaje i za sutra. I preci naši postaviše na vrh ovoga brda križ. Ja ga krstih nedavno da je to Božji gromobran. Zato su i Međugorje i svi mi koji ovdje dolazimo pod velikom Božjom zaštitom. Mnogi se ovdje osjećaju dobro, čak i bolje nego kod kuće. Mnogi bi se i preselili ovamo. Jer brdo Tabor je u Svetoj Zemlji, a brdo Tabor je tamo gdje je Isus. I ovo je brdo Tabor’’. - kazao je fra Franjo u propovijedi. (slike) Mnoštvo hodočasnika svakodnevno dolazi u Međugorje. Početkom rujna, prema podacima Ureda informacija, u Međugorju su boravile skupine hodočasnika iz Italije, Austrije, Njemačke, Irske, SAD-a, Francuske, Poljske, Nizozemske, Španjolske, Slovačke, Latvije, Japana, Mađarske, Libanona, Argentine, Češke i Malte. Među hodočasnicima iz Italije susreli smo Giorgio Dal Molin iz Italije. U Međugorju je do sada bio oko 200 puta: „Kao hodočasnik sam dolazio na početku, a sada u Međugorje dovodim skupine. Za Međugorje sam prvi put čuo 1988. godine. Jako me dirnulo ono što se ovdje događalo i odlučio sam proći duhovno iskustvo. Moje prvo hodočašće temeljilo se na znatiželji. Krenuo sam iz Italije da bi vidio što se događa u mjestu koje je važno za Crkvu i cijeli svijet. Ostao sam iznenađen vjerom koju sam ovdje susreo. Ovdje se ta vjera očitovala u hodočasnicima ali nadasve u župljanima. Svoj duhovni put sam ovdje produbio. Dolazio sam u Međugorje kao hodočasnik do samoga početka rata, a nakon toga sam postao hodočasnik koji je pomagao ljudima koji su ovdje bili u nevolji”-kazao je Dalmunin koji ističe kako ga najviše dira unutarnji doživljaj koji hodočasnici imaju za vrijeme molitve na brdima. Prve nedjelje nakon blagdana Male Gospe, u međugorskoj se župi tradicionalno slavi Uzvišenje križa Kristova. Ove godine to je nedjelja, 14. rujna. Svečana sv. misa na Križevcu je u 11 sati. Svi oni 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. Uoči Uzvišenja križa Kristova, 13. rujna, u podnožju Križevca, bit će održana predstava „Kako se gradio Križevac”, u izvedbi HNK-a Mostar u 20 sati. Prvi ponedjeljak nakon proslave Uzvišenja križa Kristova u Međugorju se mijenja i satnica molitveno-liturgijskog programa. Ove godine to je 15. 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 utorkom i subotom je od 21 do 22 sata. Četvrtkom je Klanjanje nakon večernje svete mise. 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. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 364 500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 7652 (246 dnevno) Koordinator: fra Marinko Šakota, ofm Treće međunarodno hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom održat će se od 23. – 26. 10. 2014. u Međugorju. Glavni organizator je Udruga „Susret“ iz Čitluka, u suradnji sa Župnim uredom i „Majčinim selom“. Okupljanje sudionika predviđa se u poslijepodnevnim satima u četvrtak 23. 10. 2014. Župljani župe Međugorje osiguravaju hodočasnicima besplatan smještaj i hranu. Program hodočašća će kroz dane petka, subote i nedjelje biti ispunjen radionicama, predavanjem i molitvenim sadržajima. U subotu jutro predviđena je molitva na Brdu ukazanja. Prijave za hodočasnike započet ćemo primati od 1. – 30. 09. 2014. na e-mail adresu: gospina.skola@gmail.com. U PRIJAVI NAVESTI: točan broj osoba s invaliditetom, osoba u invalidskim kolicima te njihovih roditelja i pratilaca, koliko će dana sudjelovati na seminaru i svoj kontakt. Članovi šahovskog kluba „Posavac“ iz prigradskog naselja Ruščica, kod Slavonskog Broda, u kolovozu su jedanaesti put hodočastili u Međugorje. Šahisti su s članovima svojih obitelji redovito sudjelovali u večernjem molitvenom programu na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova u Međugorju te molitvi na Brdu ukazanja i na Križevcu. Za program radiopostaje „Mir“ Međugorje, predsjednik kluba Mato Opačak je istaknuo kako svake godine dolaze u Međugorje nakon svetkovine Velike Gospe. Ovaj put je bilo i desetak hodočasnika koji su boravili prvi put u Međugorju. Oduševljeni su i najavili su hodočašće i iduće godine. Osim hodočasnika iz Hrvatske, krajem kolovoza u Međugorju su boravili hodočasnici iz Italije, Austrije, Francuske, Irske, SAD-a, Španjolske, Mađarske, Ukrajine, Njemačke, Kanade, Libanona, Malte, Poljske. 26-godišnji Sean Hickey dolazi iz grada Killkeny u Irskoj. Ovoga ljeta u Međugorju je boravio 8. put, a sudjelovao je i na Festivalu mladih. Istaknuo je da je prigodom prvog posjeta Međugorju doživio zaista veliko obraćenje: „Odlučili smo osnovati molitvenu skupinu u Killkenyiju i već smo doveli više stotina mladih iz Killkenyija, sastajemo se svakog petka, molimo krunicu, imamo klanjanje. Utjecaj Međugorja na mlade je nevjerojatan, njihovi životi se mijenjaju, a i životi ljudi oko njih, pa tako i cijeloga društva kod nas u Irskoj. Sve ovo govorim i iz vlastitog iskustva, kako sam se sam pomaknuo, obratio i preobrazio te uspostavio osoban odnos s Isusom i Gospom. Danas jednako tako gledam mlade koji rastu u svome odnosu prema Bogu. U Irskoj su mladi rastreseni svakakvim sadržajima i teško ih je pokrenuti na ovakve divne stvari. Zato ih dovodimo u Međugorje na tjedan dana svake godine i tu mogu podijeliti i iskusiti vjeru sa svim mladima iz cijeloga svijeta, mogu vidjeti kako drugi mladi reagiraju i suživljavaju se sa svojom vjerom.