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Number of Holy Communions: 61 000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1264 (42 per day) After 25 years of the Youth Festival in Medjugorje, the first Youth Festival was held in Poland. Croatia and Poland had many historical connections in the past, most recent one in the character of Holy John Paul II, and now they are connected through Medjugorje as well. Polish pilgrims have been coming to Medjugorje for many years and now this is a new opportunity when Medjugorje travels to Poland and we hope that relationship would be stronger and more fruitful in the future. That is how it seemed during three days of communion young people from Poland and Medjugorje had. (photos) On Sunday, November 30, the Advent, time of preparation for Christmas will begin. Starting with Monday, December 1, early Holy Masses will be held at 6 a.m. in the parish church, every day but Sundays. Those Holy Masses will be broadcasted live on radio Medjugorje. The morning Holy Masses at 7.30 a.m. will not be held, masses for dead will be at 6 a.m. every day. This is traditionally quiet time in Medjugorje and there were groups from Poland, Latvia, the United States, Italy, Slovakia, Korea and Austria. The Regional Council of the Franciscan Youth of Herzegovina for the first time organised the seminar for all their members who gave the first vows. The seminar was held in Medjugorje from November 7-9, 2014 at the theme: “Lord, what do you want me to do?” and 37 young people from 16 fraternities participated. Those members of the Franciscan Youth who gave their first vows or were just about to give them, had chance to learn more about the meaning of vows, their purpose, to whom they give them and why and they meditated on this great step as for them and for their fraternities. Croatian Dominican Province in association with the youth from the parish of the Queen of the Holy Rosary from Zagreb organised in the beginning of November the spiritual retreat and the youth pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Ivan Marija Tomic and Maja Maric, parishioner of the parish of the Queen of the Holy Rosary, were the main organisers of this year’s pilgrimage. Young people climbed Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain and also participated in the evening prayer programme in the parish church. Upon their return homes, some of them gave testimonies about the graces they received at this pilgrimage. On Monday, November 24, 2014, Medjugorje remembered the 14th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko Barbaric. Stanko Cosic was the main celebrant of the evening Holy Mass along with 25 priests concelebrating. In his homily, among other things, Fr. Stanko said: “Today, we remember man who united his heart with the motherly heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary and who encouraged men to return to their hearts. Slavko, with his own example, was trying to pray, fast, celebrate Holy Mass, to confess and to talk, but also to be silent with the heart. As every prophet of his own time, he did not have answers to all of the questions, but he was facing many issues in his search for the truth. Slavko was discovering that treasure hidden in the depth of one’s heart and he invites us all to search for it as well.” Medjugorje parish also remembered Fr. Slavko on Cross Mountain when many faithful gathered to pray the Way of the Cross. Mother’s Village, the institution founded by late Fr. Slavko also commemorated the death of its founder. Father Paulo Sergio Correia was in Medjugorje with a group of pilgrims from Sao Paolo in Brazil. This is his fourth visit to Medjugorje. He said that he heard about Medjugorje in the very beginning, but decided to come only in 2012: „Some parishioners were coming earlier and they were trying to bring me to come here. Now. I came to thank the Queen of Peace for all She gave me. I think the most important message of Medjugorje is the message of peace. I thank all for the hospitality I gained here” - said Fr. Paulo. Married couple Jim and Silvina Curran came from Ireland in the last few days. Their life in the recent years is a journey from Medjugorje, Ireland and Argentina, but the most important is that it was changed completely all thanks to Medjugorje and the messages of Gospa, the Queen of Peace. Silvina said that she came to Medjugorje in 2009 for the first time: “When I first came, I did not know what to expect. But, as soon as I arrived here, I felt peace and something special in regards to this place. I loved Medjugorje from the beginning and we feel this is our home.” Number of Holy Communions: 200 500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4075 (131 per day) On the Feast of All Saints and All Souls’ Day we all go to graveyards so we would remember and thank our beloved departed ones as well as pray for all of them. On those days, Holy Masses will be celebrated at various graveyards in Medjugorje parish. Many parishioners who are living outside Medjugorje come to their homes for these two feasts, and there are also many pilgrims who came from various countries. The Information Office registered pilgrims from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Belgium, Portugal, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, England, the United States, Ireland and Latvia. John Chisholm, the Holy Ghost priest from Ireland, long-time Medjugorje pilgrim died on Thursday, October 23, 2014 in his 93rd year of life as a consequence of a heart attack. John was ordained as a priest in 1946, and he spent six years in Medjugorje from 2000 to 2006, serving to God, Gospa and English –speaking pilgrims. While he was once with his mother, he heard about the events in Medjugorje and felt desire to come to this place. Soon after her death, he received invitation to come to Medjugorje with a group of pilgrims. In that week, he completely fell in love with Gospa, in love that he faithfully served to until the last breath of his earthly life. The Third International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disability ended with Holy Mass at the White Dome of St. James’ church and the pilgrimage was held with the theme “In Mary’s School” and gathered around 1380 participants. The parishioners from Medjugorje – 85 families (pansion houses, hotels and family homes) gave free accommodation to all pilgrims that arrived from Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Italy and the United States. This pilgrimage was organised by the Association “Susret/Encounter” from Citluk, parish office Medjugorje and Mother’s Village. Jasminka Vasilj, the President of Association “Susret” said at the end of this pilgrimage: “I am proud of our parish, everything went well, we had 1380 pilgrims with disability, their parents and volunteers who were here for three days and on Saturday there were around 150 people from the area that joined the pilgrimage.” The Third Pilgrimage for Disabled Persons “In Mary’s School” that is being held in Medjugorje, gathered more than 1300 participants. This pilgrimage was created as the fruit of pilgrimages of Sr. Rastislava Ralbovsky with the community of persons with special needs from Djakovo. “I am strongly convinced that this is Our Lady’s plan that I was aware of from the beginning. I moved slowly in the process and I can see it is the work of God”, said Sr. Rastislava and emphasised that Medjugorje was in her heart from the very beginning. Magda Kaliterna, volunteer from the church of St. Phillip Neri from Split said that they came for the pilgrimage last year for the first time. “We came last year not knowing what to expect, but everyone from volunteers to parents were thrilled. Some young volunteers who were 18 – 19 years old returned home and told their parents that they had spent the four most beautiful days in Medjugorje. Our volunteers are young people and we would like to form and raise them in the Christian spirit so they would understand that serving is the most important thing in their lives.” The Third International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disability is being held in Medjugorje from October 23-26, with the theme “In Mary’s School”. This pilgrimage gathered more than 1300 participants and most of them were from Croatia, then Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Italy and the United States. All participants were again hosted by families from Medjugorje which again confirmed their great hearts and desire to help and also why Our Lady had chosen this parish in a very special way. This pilgrimage that was organised by Association “Encounter/Susret” from Citluk, in cooperation with Mother’s Village and the Parish Office, began on Thursday with the evening Holy Mass celebrated at the White Dome of St. James’ church by Fr. Josip Vlasic, the parish priest from Mostar parish of Sts. Peter and Paul. The inspiration for this gathering is a pilgrimage that took place for many years to Medjugorje by Sr. Rastislava Ralbovsky that had been coming here with the community of special needs persons from Djakovo. She gave interview on radio Medjugorje and said that today people with disabilities are meeting in Medjugorje so they could find love and protection with Our Lady: “May all of them be encouragement to us, that by looking at them, we may understand ourselves, our wounded hearts. We all carry within ourselves deep desire to love and to be loved: that is what the core of human being is.” The programme is also this year filled with many activities, lectures and prayer meetings. Seventy seven pilgrims from the parish Brestovsko came to Medjugorje this October. Immediately upon their arrival to Medjugorje, they climbed Cross Mountain while meditation on the stations of the Way of the Cross and praying Rosary and then they went to Apparition Hill. Along with all other pilgrims they participated in the evening pray programme and their parish priest Fr. Damir Pavic was the main celebrant at the evening Holy Mass. One after visiting their parish web site can read some of the testimonies that young people received during this pilgrimage: „It was so special on Apparition Hill. God’s love streamed through me and I felt beautiful. I could not have even imagined that this place is so nice. When I came to the statue of Our Lady I felt something indescribable, something so nice. It was love of God that strengthened me and gave me force to remain strong in my faith. When I receive another chance, I will go to Medjugorje again”, wrote young parishioner from Brestovsko.
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PROGRAM Subota, 6. lipnja 2015. Polazak zrakoplovom iz Rima/Fiumicino za Sarajevo Službeni doček na Međunarodnom aerodromu Sarajevo U Međugorju je u četvrtak, 4. lipnja 2015., svečano proslavljena svetkovina Presvetoga Tijela i Krvi Kristove – Tijelovo. U ovome svjetski poznatom molitvenom mjestu toga dana boravili su hodočasnici iz BiH, Hrvatske, ali i drugih zemalja. Tako je Ured informacija zabilježio hodočasničke skupine iz Italije, Češke, Poljske, Slovačke, Libanona, Kine, Francuske, Austrije, Njemačke, Španjolske, Argentine, Irske, Engleske, Kanade, SAD-a, Koreje, Ukrajine i Perua. (slike) Na svetkovinu Tijelova, u četvrtak ,4. lipnja tijekom večernje svete mise u 19 sati, na vanjskom oltaru crkve sv. Jakova izvedeni su „Gloria” A. Vivaldija te „Krunidbena misa” W.A. Mozarta. Nastupili su: Akademski pjevački zbor Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Akademski zbor Pro musica, zborovođa: Katja-Krolo Šarac i Dragan Filipović, korepetitorica: Marijana Pavlović, Simfonijski orkestar Mostar, solisti: Ilijana Korać, Monija Jarak, Stefano Surian, Mario Krnić. Izvedbom je dirigirao Igor Tatarević. Na svečanom misnom slavlju, koje će 6. lipnja 2015. na Olimpijskom stadionu Koševo u Sarajevu slaviti Sveti otac, papa Franjo pjevat će najveći crkveni zbor u povijesti BiH ikada okupljen na jednom Euharistijskom slavlju. Čine ga 53 zbora koji su prijavili svoje sudjelovanje te navježbali zadani program. Dio najvećeg crkvenog zbora u povijesti BiH je i međugorski župni zbor Kraljice mira pod ravnanjem sestre Irene Azinović. U Međugorju početkom lipnja boravi veliki broj hodočasnika, a najviše njih dolazi iz Italije. Tu su zatim skupine iz Njemačke, Austrije, Irske, SAD-a, Kanade, Francuske, Španjolske, Kine, Koreje, Slovačke, Ukrajine, Poljske, Švicarske, Paname i Malezije. Uz mnoštvo vjernika koji posjećuju međugorska molitvena mjesta, svakim danom sve su veći redovi i onih koji strpljivo čekaju na sakrament ispovijedi pred međugorskim ispovjedaonicama. Lijepo vrijeme i brojnost hodočasnika učinili su pretijesnom međugorsku župnu crkvu, tako da se skoro već dva mjeseca večernji molitveni program odvija s vanjskoga oltara. Od ove godine u Međugorju ljetni raspored molitvenog programa počeo je 1. lipnja i trajati će do 1. rujna. U 19 sati je večernja sveta misa, sat vremena prije moli se krunica. (slike) Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 200 300 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 3774 (121 dnevno) Klapa „Laetitia“ (iz Frame Međugorje) održala je u nedjelju, 31. svibnja samostalni koncert u dvorani Ivana Pavla II. u Međugorju. Klapa je nastala prije nešto više od godinu dana na inicijativu voditeljice Monije Jarak i župnika fra Marinka Šakote. Sastoji se od 11 članova koji su i u glazbenoj sekciji Frame. MEĐUNARODNO HODOČAŠĆE ZA OSOBE S INVALIDITETOM Koordinator: fra Marinko Šakota, međugorski župnik Četvrto međunarodno hodočašće za osobe s invaliditetom održat će se u Međugorju od 11. do 14. lipnja 2015. Glavni organizator je Udruga „Susret“ iz Čitluka, u suradnji sa Župnim uredom Međugorje i „Majčinim selom“. Okupljanje i smještaj sudionika predviđen je u poslijepodnevnim satima u četvrtak, 11. lipnja 2015. u zgradi radiopostaje „Mir“ Međugorje (zgrada na dnu velikog parkirališta iza crkve). Prijavilo se oko 1600 hodočasnika iz Hrvatske, BiH, Slovenije, Italije, Poljske, Slovačke, Latvije i Ukrajine. Klapa „Laetitia“ (iz Frame Međugorje) najavljuje samostalni koncert koji će se održati u nedjelju, 31. svibnja 2015. u dvorani Ivana Pavla II. (žuta dvorana) u Međugorju, u 19:30. Ulaz je slobodan. Darija i Anamarija Ramljak, u programu radiopostaje „Mir“ Međugorje, najavljujući koncert, o klapi su kazale: Ljetni raspored molitvenog programa u Međugorju počinje 1. lipnja. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi počinje u 18, a sv. misa u 19 sati, a nakon mise slijedi uobičajeni molitveni raspored, ovisno o danu u tjednu. Klanjanje je utorkom i subotom u 22 sata te četvrtkom nakon večernje svete mise. Pobožnost Križnog puta na Križevcu petkom je u 16, a molitva krunice na Podbrdu nedjeljom također u 16 sati. Kratke audio najave posjeta pape Franje Bosni i Hercegovini, namijenjene emitiranju u radio programima, izradila je ovih dana Radiopostaja Mir Međugorje, kao svoj doprinos u medijskim pripremama papinog dolaska u Sarajevo. U Međugorju krajem mjeseca svibnja borave hodočasnici iz Njemačke, Austrije, SAD-a, Italije, Francuske,Irske,Engleske, Meksika, Poljske, Slovenije, Belgije, Koreje, Češke, Slovačke, Indonezije. U Međugorju smo proteklih dana susreli i fra Nikicu Devčića, člana Franjevačke provincije svetog Jeronima sa sjedištem u Zadru. Fra Nikica je sudjelovao i na seminaru za liječnike, jer je on i liječnik. Sredinom svibnja 2015., Therese Gloumeau s dalekog Barbadosa sudjelovala je na seminaru za liječnike i medicinsko osoblje u Međugorju. Po struci je kardiolog i taj posao radi već 44 godine. O hodočašću u Međugorje Therese je kazala: „Put do Međugorja je jako dug, 36 sati leta. Ovo nije moj prvi posjet Međugorju, ali je prvi put da sam na seminaru za liječnike i medicinsko osoblje. Od 8. do 10. svibnja 2015. godine u Međugorju je održana duhovna obnova Frame Mostar. Cilj duhovne obnove bila je priprema za nadolazeća primanja i obećanja bratstva. U subotu, nakon jutarnje molitve, duhovni asistent fra Antonio Šakota imao je predavanje o temi koja je ujedno i geslo duhovne obnove „Živite dostojno poziva kojim ste pozvani“ (Ef 4, 1). U nedjelju, 17. svibnja pedeset i sedmero djece iz župe Međugorje pristupilo je prvoj svetoj pričesti. Svečanu svetu misu u 10 sati predslavio je fra Dragan Ružić, a misno slavlje je svojim pjevanjem uveličao međugorski dječji zbor „Golubići mira“ pod ravnanjem s. Irene Azinović.