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The programme of the 26th Youth Festival in Medjugorje continued on Sunday, August 2, 2015. Morning was reserved for the Holy Masses in different languages, and the programme continued at 4 p.m. with the prayer and testimonies. The visionary Marija Pavlović Lunetti spoke first and then Leticia Blanco Gordon from Peru gave a testimony on how the community „ Apostles of Mary, the Queen of Peace“ in Peru was established. (slike) The beginning of the Youth Festival on Saturday morning took place on Apparition Hill when young people gathered to pray the Rosary. At 9 a.m., the programme continued at the White Dome with the lecture on fears given by Fr. Stanko Cosic. Calum and Mary Anne MacFarlane-Barrow from Scotland who have been married for 53 years gave their testimony about their first trip to Medjugorje in 1984, and how that trip changed their lives. (fotos) Međugorje is all about the youth in these days as we have the 26th Youth Festival held with the theme "Peace be with you." The official beginning was on Friday, July 31 at the White Dome, with the Rosary led by Fr. Leon Marjanovic, and Fr. Miljenko Strko, the Provincial of Herzegovina Franciscan Province was the main celebrant of the Holy Mass at 7 p.m., along with 333 priests concelebrating. (fotos) A friend of the youth, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, sent a message at the beginning of the Youth Festival 2015. The Cardinal sent this message from California, where he is at the moment participating in one big conference. The message is as follows: Number of Holy Communions: 195 500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 6117 (197 per day) The Youth Festival is going to be held this year from July 31 to August 6, 2015. The theme of this prayer meeting is “Peace be with you!” The programme will be made of catechesis, testimonies, liturgy celebrations, prayers and adoration, and as every year, there will be some surprises as well. The programme of the 26th International Youth Festival We are approaching the 26th Youth Festival that will be held in Medjugorje from July 31 to August 6, 2015. One of the major parts of this event is the International Choir conducted by prof. Damir Bunoza for the last six years, and the members are having the intensive rehersals in this period. Prof. Bunoza said it was a great pleasure to have 100 members from 30 different countries: On Friday, July 31, the 26th Youth Festival will begin with the evening Holy Mass with the theme “Peace be with you”. Great numbers of the youth from all over the world are expected and the final preparations are coming to their end. The International Choir and Orchestra is ready, as well as volunteers of the Franciscan Youth, interpreters, technical team, radio station Mir Medjugorje that will broadcast the event. Two pilgrims from Germany, Lukas Lorenz and Roland Kiechle arrived by bicycles to Medjugorje two days before the beginning of the Youth Festival. They began their journey in the mid July and they travelled for 1820 km all the way from Munich. They told us they were proud of what they did and very grateful to the Queen of Peace for all of the graces they received and for the opportunity to participate in the Youth Festival: (photos) The final preparations for the 26th Youth Festival are taking place in the last few days. This International Festival was initiated by late Fr. Slavko Barbaric in 1990, when about hundred young people and two guitarists gathered in the green tent at the back of the church. The number of participants was increasing each year, and this event became the biggest of all those taking place in Medjugorje. The idea about the prayer encounter of youth was born in the heart of one young pilgrim from England who shared this with late Fr. Slavko Barbaric in the end of the Marian Year in 1988. Slavko supported this idea and began organisation of the Youth Festival that he led and conducted until his death in 2000. After many conversations and lots of good will, the first Festival was successfully held with the Herzegovinian Franciscans as the main lecturers. On Saturday, July 18, a group of six pilgrims: Nikola Bodružić, Vigor Grego, Patrik Horvat, Karlo Jandrijević, Matija Ricov and Danijel Stanić began their journey towards Medjugorje. Their 15 - days long journey began and they decided to walk 30-35 km each day. They called their pilgrimage„Labora et ambulans ora“ meaning „Work and pray walking“, similar to motto of St. Benedict, as they decided to walk, pray and praise God on their trip. Medjugorje parish celebrated the feast of St. James, its patron saint this Saturday, July 25, 2015. The Holy Masses in Croatian language were celebrated at 7, 8 a.m. and at 7 p.m., while the central Holy Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. in the Garden opposite to the old parish church. The main celebrant was Fr. Josip Serdjo Cavar, parishioner of Medjugorje, who is now serving in Posusje. (photos) Vince Owen from England u came to Medjugorje for a pilgrimage with his family. He came here for the first time in 1988, and he gladly accepted to share his experience as well as to tell us more about the project called "Krizevac/Cross Mountain". This is what he told us: "We work in Malawi on a project Cross Mountain. The connection of Malawi, England and Cross Mountain is quite interesting as it unites few different stories. Many experiences of various pilgrims remain hidden from the public, but we also very often have chance to talk to those who do not hesitate to speak publicly about the special graces given to them at Gospa' intercession. Here we bring story of Gabrielle Colins from Ireland. She came to Medjugorje for the first time just because of her sister: „I was raised and grew as Catholic, but eventually with years, I stopped going to the church.
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Početkom mjeseca studenog, od 6. do 8. studenog u Međugorju je održan seminar za učenice 7. i 8. razreda, u organizaciji Školskih sestara franjevki iz Mostara. Okupilo se 40 djevojaka iz Međugorja, Posušja, Mostara, Kočerina, Tihaljine i Klobuka. Želeći se vratiti svojoj prvotnoj karizmi, sestre su, između ostaloga, počele organizirati molitveno-odgojne susrete za djevojke koji se redovito održavaju tijekom školske godine od 1993. Proteklih mjeseci novinari radiopostaje „Mir” Međugorje imali su prigodu razgovarati s brojnim hodočasnicima. Jedan od njih je 27-godišnji Layousse iz Izraela, koji je u Međugorje prvi put hodočastio tijekom Međunarodnog molitvenog susreta mladih. Pod geslom „Ti si nada naša i veselje”, u subotu, 31. listopada u Mostaru je održan XVIII. festival duhovne glazbe Franjevačke mladeži – Framafest. Na Festivalu je nastupilo ukupno dvadeset Frama koje su predstavile svoje skladbe. Sveukupni pobjednik Framafesta je Frama Osova s pjesmom „To je nada ta”. Ann iz Irske prvi put je hodočastila u Međugorje. O svome iskustvu Međugorja kazala je: „Jedna od mojih sestara bila je ovdje prije nekoliko godina, a i nekoliko mojih prijatelja, pa me sve to zainteresiralo da i sama dođem. Djelomice iz radoznalosti, ali i stoga što vjerujem da se Gospa ovdje ukazuje. Mogu reći da je predivno vidjeti tolike mlade, a napose u trenucima tišine. Od 23. rujna do 1. studenog, po prvi put u Mostaru je održana molitvena pro-life inicijativa „40 dana za život”. Iz organizacijskog odbora ove inicijative svjedoče o milostima koje su svi primili moleći i družeći se pred Kliničkom bolnicom na Bijelom Brijegu. „Naša inicijativa organizira jedinstven događaj - Hodnju za život, koja će se održati u subotu, 7. studenog. John Michael Fillie ima 71 godinu. Rođen je kao pripadnik islamske vjeroispovijesti, a danas je katolički svećenik. Proteklih dana bio je prvi put na hodočašću u Međugorju i tom prigodom govorio je za program radiopostaje „Mir“ Međugorje. Svećenik je reda Duha Svetoga i misionar. Najmlađi je od 18-ero djece u svojoj obitelji. „Kada mi je bilo 10 godina, postao sam kršćanin. Već godinama župa sv. Franje u Imotskom organizira hodočašće u Međugorje. Ove su godine vjernici ove župe hodočastili Kraljici mira u subotu, 17. listopada. „Naša župa dva puta godišnje hodočasti u Međugorje: jednom u korizmi, a jednom u mjesecu listopadu. Ovaj je put hodočašće bilo 17. listopada. Bilo je 90 hodočasnika, a vodio ih je župni vikar fra Zoran Kutleša. Među brojnim hodočasnicima iz Hrvatske koji u listopadu dolaze u Međugorje bili su i članovi zajednice Krista Kralja i učenici Medicinske škole u Rijeci. Oni su hodočastili s vjeroučiteljicom i voditeljicom Ines Turković od 23. do 25. listopada 2015. Kraljici mira u Međugorje. Sudjelovali su u molitvi na Križevcu i Brdu ukazanja te u večernjem molitveno-liturgijskom programu međugorske župe. Broj podijeljenih sv. pricesti: 173 500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 3696 (119 dnevno) Na svetkovinu Svih Svetih i na Dušni dan groblja i posljednja počivališta postaju mjesta naše zahvale i prisjećanja pa ih tradicionalno obilazimo i prisjećamo se u molitvi svojih pokojnika. Na svetkovinu Svih svetih i Dušni dan na svim grobljima u međugorskoj župi slave se svete mise. Krajem mjeseca listopada u Međugorju su boravile skupine hodočasnika iz Portugala, Poljske, Belgije, Mađarske, Španjolske, Francuske, Italije, Njemačke, Austrije, SAD-a, Kanade, Irske, Ukrajine, Latvije, Bjelorusije, Slovačke, Češke, Slovenije, Meksika te Hrvatske. Bračni par, 68-godišnja Mariane Arnauld i 69-godišnji Jean de Franssu iz Arrasa, grada na sjeveru Francuske, stigli su pješice u Međugorje. Pošli su 18. kolovoza, i nakon dva mjeseca stigli su u Međugorje. „Put nije bio nimalo lagan, ali uzdajući se u Božju providnost, sve je prošlo u najboljem redu. Svake godine hodočastimo u neko svetište, išli smo u Santiago de Compostelu, Lurd… Župljani župe Prelog hodočastili su 11. i 12. listopada u Međugorje. Hodočasnike je pratio župni vikar vlč. Karlo Šimek. U jutarnjim satima hodočasnici su sudjelovali u pobožnosti Križnog puta uz brdo Križevac. „Unatoč kišovitom i prohladnom vremenu, hodočasnici su zadržali optimizam i vedar duh, te su se svi uspjeli popeti i spustiti s brda. Sto hodočasnika iz župe Uzvišenja svetog križa, Kravarsko (Hrvatska) hodočastilo je u Međugorje. Po dolasku u Međugorje, svi su se zajedno uspeli na Brdo ukazanja, gdje su kao zajednica izmolili svetu krunicu na razne nakane. Drugi dan, ponovno su zajedno uz brdo Križevac sudjelovali u molitvi Križnog puta i krunice. Oko 800 hodočasnika prvog zavjetnog hodočašća naslovljenog „Marijanski zavjet za Domovinu“ prešlo je u 70-tak dana, naizmjenično, po tjednim etapama 1600 km od istoka do juga Hrvatske. Planira se točno utvrditi ruta-trasa, odnosno hodočasnički put kojim bi se organizirano hodilo u budućnosti svakog ljeta, ali i pojedinačno tijekom cijele godine.