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At the last daily apparition to Jakov Colo on September 12th, 1998, Our Lady told him that henceforth he would have one apparition a year, every December 25th, on Christmas Day. This is also how it was this year. The apparition began at 3:30 pm and lasted 11 minutes. Our Lady's Message to Jakov: “Dear children! Today, in a special way, I desire to take you to and give you over to my Son. Little children, open your hearts and permit Jesus to be born in you, because only in this way, little children, you yourselves will be able to experience your new birth and set out with Jesus in your hearts towards the way of salvation. Thank you for having responded to my call.” Christmas is about to be solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje, as it is mostly appropriate for the most joyful Catholic solemnity The evening prayer programme will begin at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve with Rosary and Holy Mass will be at 6 p.m. All priests from Medjugorje parish will concelebrate in that Holy Mass. After the evening Holy Mass, community Cenacolo will have their live performance of Nativity Scene. It will take place outside the parish church of St. James’. The Christmas Vigil will begin at 10 p.m. and will be continued with Midnight Holy Mass. Early Holy Masses at 6 a.m. are celebrated since November 28, and that is preparation for all of the parishioners for the feast of Birth of Jesus. Novena started on Thursday, December 15 with Rosary at 2 p.m. on Apparition Hill and will last until December 23rd. Radio station “Mir” Medjugorje is broadcasting early Holy Masses and that began on Friday, December 16th, 2011. The evening prayer programme begins with Rosary at 5 p.m., Holy Mass at 6 p.m. and regular prayer programme follows afterwards. Confessions are available from 5.30 a.m. until 7.30 a.m., and during the evening prayer programme. In the last few weeks members of Cenacolo community are making a set for live Nativity Scene that will take place during Christmas season outside the church of St. James. Three-day seminar was held from December 9th to December 11th, in house of prayer and encounters – “Domus Pacis” for members of music groups of local Franciscan youth. This seminar was organized by Branch Council of Franciscan Youth with Fr. Josip Vlasic, Branch Spiritual Assistant as the main leader and with two seminarians Fr. Marin Kracic and Fr. Zvonimir Pavicic who assisted him throughout the retreat. There were forty-one members of Franciscan Youth who participated and they came from fifteen different branches (Suica, Tomislavgrad, Rosko Polje, Kongora, Posusje, Posuski Gradac, Kocerin, Drinovci, Ruzici, Humac, Medjugorje, Citluk, Cerin, Mostar, Siroki Brijeg). The feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was solemnly celebrated this year as well. Along with many local faithful, there were groups from Germany, Austria, Italy, Korea, Spain, France and the United States. Eight Holy Masses were celebrated, four in Croatian language at 6, 8, 11a.m. and at 6 p.m. There was a retreat of fasting, silence and prayer for pilgrims from Croatia prior to this feast. A little before this retreat there was Advent spiritual renewal in Domus Pacis for youth from Sarajevo. It was conducted by Fr. Danijel Rajic, spiritual assistant of Franciscan Youth from Sarajevo. He was a guest of Radio “Mir” Medjugorje along with two girls who participated in this retreat, Verica Kramer and Karolina Baresic. “Students who study in Sarajevo and come from other regions like Dalmatia, Vojvodina, etc. are all here as well as the members of Franciscan Youth from Sarajevo who are engaged in different activities in the church of St. Anthony in Sarajevo. Their wish was to have this retreat in Medjugorje. Verica, a student of Faculty for Traffic, said: “After Holy Mass, one feels relieved and renewed.” Karolina, a journalism student, said: “Young people who come to Bistrik are celebrating community and prayer, and this is opportunity for us to renew ourselves in spiritual way.” (photos) The meeting of Provincial Boards of six Provinces of South Slavic Conference of Provincial Ministers of the Franciscan Order was held in Medjugorje for the first time. During their meeting all participants had chance to get to know different ways of their work and to share their experiences. Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar presided over this meeting, since he is the host Provincial. Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja, the Secretary of the Conference, gave a lecture and suggested some guidelines for further work. On the first day of the meeting, all participants concelebrated in the evening prayer programme in the church of St. James, and Dr. Fr. Nikola Vukoja gave a homily. (photos) Number of Holy Communions: 66.000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1348 (44 per day) On Thursday, November 24th we commemorated the 11th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko Barbaric. Ivan Dugandzic was the main celebrant of the evening Holy Mass in the church of St. James, and there were 25 priests that concelebrated. Ivan said in his homily: “We are remembering today 11th anniversary of death of Fr. Slavko, Franciscan and a priest who was in Medjugorje more than any of us and who served to Our Lady through Her messages. Slavko was not the one who taught about fasting and prayer, but he was genuine example and encouragement to many. He did not have to direct pilgrims to go and climb Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain, he was going before them. Therefore, we are proud and grateful for his life and we pray to our Lord to give him reward he deserves.” (photo) Radio Station “Mir” Medjugorje celebrated its 14th anniversary of their work on November 25th, 2011. Since this anniversary happened to be this year on Friday, day of prayer and fasting, director, workers, associates and supporters of Radio Mir Medjugorje will climb Cross Mountain and pray the Way of the Cross along with the rest of the parish. The station was blessed and opened on November 7, 1997 by Msg. Lazaro Perey, bishop from Mexico and the official start of programme was on November 25, 1997. After the station was initially just transmitting the evening prayer programme from the church of St. James, the programme was developed and broadened and now we have 24 hour – radio programme. On Thursday, November 24, we will commemorate the 11th anniversary of Fr. Slavko Barbaric’s death. Slavko was born on March 11, 1946 in Dragicina, and he was educated in Cerin, Visoko and Sarajevo. He graduated in Graz and received his doctor’s degree in Freiburg. He was ordained in 1971, and since that time he was active in several Herzegovinian parishes. He became familiar with the events in Medjugorje in 1982, and from that time became servant of Our Lady in everything he did: prayer, talks and testimonies, prayer encounters throughout the world, his fatherly love and acceptance of all pilgrims, his care for addicts, poor and abandoned children. He also organised various events like: Peace Walk, seminar for priests, Youth Festival, seminar for married couples, seminars of prayer, fasting and silence. All of these events became essential part of Medjugorje programme. Slavko died on November 24, 2000, after having completed prayer of the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain. He was buried in Kovacica cemetery. We will commemorate his death by climbing Cross Mountain and praying the Way of the Cross at 2 p.m., and celebrating Holy Mass at 6 p.m. in the church of St. James. Journalists of radio station “Mir” Medjugorje regularly invite pilgrims who come to Medjugorje to witness about their apparitions. Here, we will bring some of those experiences. Davor Terzic, musician and composer from Rovinj came with his wife Vesna to Medjugorje. Davor is very much present at Croatian music scene and he is regularly participating at every festival of spiritual music. “We visited other Croatian shrines like Marija Bistrica and Vepric, and here we are in Medjugorje, for seventh, eighth time. We try to have a little bit time for ourselves every year. Our work is related to music, we make our living from that. We come here to thank God for everything he has given us in the previous year. This is where we feel fulfilled.” (photo) Pilgrims from all over the world arrived to Medjugorje during the last October. One hundred thousand more Holy Communions were given this October, in comparison with the same month last year. Along with numerous Italian pilgrims, there were larger groups from Brazil, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Germany, the United States, Canada, France, England, India, Romania, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Australia, Ireland, Belgium and Croatia. The evening prayer programme was held outdoors, just like it is the case in the summer time, all due to the large number of pilgrims. Number of Holy Communions: 251.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 4539 (146 per day) As we celebrate thirty years of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje, Parish Office of Medjugorje parish together with editors of Scientific Bulletin “Herzegovina Franciscana” decided to organise International Scientific Symposium titled “Thirty years of Medjugorje”. This symposium was held on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 in the Hall of Bl. John Paul II in Medjugorje. Respectful and eminent theologians, historians, sociologists and psychologists participated, as well as other speakers who were involved in the events in Medjugorje in the last thirty years. This symposium was opened for the public and parishioners of Medjugorje parish were invited, as well as all of the pilgrims, but in a particular way invitation was directed to the guides and employees of Information Centre “Mir” Medjugorje. All of the works that were presented during this symposium are going to be printed in the following edition of “Herzegovina Franciscana” that should be ready until Christmas this year, and we are hoping that there might be special edition of all of these works. Number of Holy Communions: 300.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5441 (181 per day)
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Uoči 31. godišnjice Gospinih ukazanja u Međugorju susrećemo hodočasnike iz svih krajeva svijeta. Susreli smo 20-godišnju Meabh Carlin, djevojku iz Irske, koja je u invalidskim kolicima. ''Želim zahvaliti na prilici da sam u Međugorju. Žena koja dovodi skupine je rekla da je netko otkazao prošli tjedan i pozvala me da dođem umjesto te osobe. Meni je blagoslov biti ovdje, osjeća se radost. Nadam se da ću doma ponijeti nadu i mir ljudima''-kazala je Meabh koja nam je ispričala svoju životnu priču, ispunjenu križevima i patnjom, ali s druge strane mirom i radošću. U ponedjeljak, 11. lipnja 2012. nakon večernjeg molitveno-liturgijskog programa u dvorani Ivana Pavla II. u Međugorju je održana predstava ''Sve nečim počinje'' u izvedbi članova Frame Međugorje. Autor teksta je dr. Mile Ćavar, a u predstavi sudjeluje 13 framaša. Predstava govori o životu mladih, njihovim problemima, te kako riješiti te probleme. ''To je način navještaja Radosne vijesti, Evanđelja kroz predstavu, igrokaz, dramu, način na koji mi naviještamo Evanđelje''- kazao je fra Slaven Brekalo, duhovni asistent Frame Međugorje. Franjevačka mladež u Međugorju djeluje od 1995. Pjesmom, molitvom i brojnim drugim aktivnostima, mladi uspješno daju svoj doprinos plodnom duhovnom ozračju ove svjetski poznate župe. U Međugorju je svečano proslavljena svetkovina presvetoga Tijela i Krvi Kristove - Tijelovo, u četvrtak 7.lipnja 2012. U ovome svjetski poznatome molitvenom mjestu toga dana boravile su brojne hodočasničke skupine iz: Italije, Njemačke, Austrije, Slovačke, Mađarske, Francuske, Češke, Poljske, Kanade,Irske, Australije, Danske, Ukrajine, Koreje i SAD-a. Slavljeno je trinaest sv. misa, od toga četiri na hrvatskom jeziku. Poslije večernje svete Mise na vanjskom oltaru međugorske župne crkve, koju je predslavio fra Karlo Lovrić, uslijedila je tradicionalna procesija s Presvetim ulicama Međugorja, a predvodio ju je, uz mnoštvo svećenika i desetak tisuća vjernika, fra Slaven Brekalo. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 190.500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 4140 (133 dnevno) Nakon 5 mjeseci pješačenja iz rodne Cordobe u Španjolskoj preko Santiago de Compostele , Rima, Padove u Međugorje je stigao hodočasnik Diego Garcia Nunez. Ovaj 64-godišnjak propješačio je više od 3000 kilometara kako bi izvršio zavjet. Naime, prije 5 godina dijagnosticiran mu je karcinom i tada je odlučio, ako mu jednoga dana bude bolje doći će pješice Gospi u Međugorje. Slušajući Radio Mariju za Međugorje je čuo prije 15-ak godina i prije godinu dana kada su liječnici ustanovili da mu se karcinom u potpunosti povukao odlučio je sam hodočastiti Kraljici Mira i zahvaliti joj za ozdravljenje. Zvonko Bogi, Vesna Janković, Zlatica Čepo, brat i dvije sestre stigli su pješice iz Osijeka u Međugorje u četvrtak 24. svibnja. Na put su krenuli 14. svibnja. Još prije Božića su se dogovorili da bi mogli hodočastiti Kraljici Mira u Međugorje. Ovaj put su htjeli zahvaliti na svemu što je za njih učinila. Ističu da su ih svi , koje su sreli na putu lijepo i srdačno primili. Svima zahvaljuju. ''Bilo je molitve i radosti tijekom puta. Noge su nas strahovito boljele, ali ujutro kada bismo se dizali sav je umor nestajao. Cijelim putem je Gospa bila s nama, ona nas je vodila, vrata su nam se sama otvarala. Išli smo svugdje na hodočašća, ali Međugorje je posebno, ne može se riječima opisati''-ističu Zvonko, Vesna i Zlatica koji su članovi Pokreta Božanskog Milosrđa. U Međugorju ostaju do nedjelje 27. svibnja kada u Međugorje dolazi skupina hodočasnika iz Osijeka. John O' Sullivan je stigao u Međugorje sa skupinom hodočasnika iz grada Killarneya, u Irskoj. Ne bi to ništa bilo neuobičajeno da se ne radi o hodočasniku koji je 5. travnja navršio 100 godina. Ovo mu je deveto hodočašće u Međugorje. Prvi put je došao 2002. O ovom mjestu je saznao od ljudi koji su već bili međugorski hodočasnici. Zdravlje ga dobro služi te se i ovom prilikom uspeo na Podbrdo i Križevac, naravno u pratnji ostalih hodočasnika. ''Čuo sam o Međugorju i odlučio sam doći. Nisam mislio da će biti toliko lijepo. Poslije sam govorio ljudima o Međugorju. Putovao sam na druga mjesta, ali više volim otići u Međugorje''-kazao je John koji nam je najavio i iduće hodočašće. Annamária Vécsey iz Budimpešte je stigla pješice u Međugorje s još jednim hodočasnikom. Učinila je to i 2008. godine. Pošli su 12. travnja, a stigli na svetkovinu Uzašašća Gospodnjeg 19. svibnja. I ovoga puta, kako će sama kazati, potaknuta Božjom riječju, odlučila se odazvati. Znala je što je čeka na putu, no unatoč godinama - ima ih šezdeset i osam, te zdravstvenim poteškoćama, rekla je: ''Idem''. Kada su došli Gospi u Međugorje, na svoj cilj, zaboravili su sve teškoće u putu i vremenske neprilike, a prevladala su lijepa sjećanja na susrete s ljudima. Božjom providnošću smatra da je susretala iste osobe kao i prije 4 godine, koje su joj kao i tada rado pomagale. Radosna i zahvalna dragom Bogu i Gospi da su uspješno stigli živi i zdravi, zahvaljuje svima koji su im pomogli na ovom putovanju. Bračni par Patricia i Jack Duggan iz Kanade ovih dana borave u Međugorju. Prvi put su ovamo došli 1993. godine, kada su pomagali izbjegličkim kampovima u BiH. Patricia svjedoči: ''O Međugorju sam čula od jednog svećenika. Bilo je puno problema, imala sam malu djecu i nisam odmah mogla doći. Sve što želimo jest pomagati drugima, a igrom slučaja ja i muž smo postali vodiči skupina. Doveli smo mnoge ljude iz Kanade u Međugorje, a dolazimo dva puta godišnje. Međugorje je naš drugi dom''. Patricia ističe kako su vidjeli jako puna obraćenja u svojim skupinama nakon Međugorja. U subotu, 19. svibnja 2012., u župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju 81 krizmanik primio je sakrament Svete Potvrde kojim se kršteni obogaćuju darom Duha Svetoga i savršenije povezuju s Crkvom. Sakrament Potvrde kandidatima je podijelio mjesni biskup, mons. Ratko Perić, pod Svetom Misom u 10 sati. Dan prije, 18. svibnja krizmanici, njihovi kumovi i roditelji imali su ispovijed. Trideset četiri hodočasnika, pravoslavne vjeroispovijesti, iz različitih dijelova Izraela, stigli su u Međugorje 11. svibnja 2012. Još neki će im se pridružiti u idućim danima. Susreli smo ih na početku hodočašća. ''Došli smo kući, svojoj Majci. Svi smo mi kršćani i svi smo mi sjedinjeni s Bogom. Nema razlika u raju. Mi se ovdje osjećamo kao da nam je mjesto ovdje'' - kazali su hodočasnici iz Izraela koji u Međugorju ostaju 10 dana. Hodočasnici u Međugorje pristižu na različite načine. Hodočasnik na biciklu i nije osobita novost, međutim kad se radi o čovjeku koji je prešao sedamdeset godina, onda je to ipak nesvakidašnji događaj. Radi se o 71-godišnjem Nijemcu, Helmutu Kϋhnu koji je iz sjevernoga djela Njemačke stigao u Međugorje biciklom. Uz hodočasnike iz dvadesetak država svijeta, novinari radiopostaje „Mir“ Međugorje susreli su ovih dana i one iz Paname. Lorena Varela, supruga potpredsjednika Paname, drugi je put ovdje. Za Međugorje je čula preko svoje majke koja je oduvijek željela posjetiti Međugorje, ali hodočašće nije bilo moguće radi teške bolesti. Umrla je prošle godine. Nedugo nakon smrti majke, Lorena sa svojom sestrom odlučila hodočastiti. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 183.500 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 3417 (113 dnevno) Ljetni raspored molitvenog programa u Međugorju počinje 1. svibnja. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi je u 18, a sv. Misa u 19 sati, a nakon Mise slijedi uobičajeni molitveni raspored ovisno o danu u tjednu. Klanjanje je srijedom i subotom u 22 sata. Pobožnost Križnog puta na Križevcu petkom je u 16, a molitva krunice na Podbrdu nedjeljom također u 16 sati.