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The number of more than four hundred thousand (406,300) Holy Communions that were given during last August is more than all of the previous statistics in the last thirty years of Medjugorje. In accordance with that, the number of priests who celebrated Holy Masses in Medjugore was more than seven thousand – 7,280, in average 234 daily. The river of pilgrims continues in the first days of September as well. According to the record of Information Office there are bigger groups of pilgrims from Poland, Belgium, Slovakia, Lebanon, Spain, Argentina, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, the United States and England. We met Fr. Frank Gindro from Denmark and asked him to share his experience with us. He said that he feels special presence of Our Lady here, “It is a feeling I did not have for a long time. I pray for people in my country that have lost hope in their lives. I will come back to Medjugorje!” Number of Holy Communions: 406.300 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 7280 (234 per day) The famous Italian water polo player, 24 years old Alex Giorgetti came to Medjugorje. He comes from Savona in Italy, and he is offense player of Pro Recco, as well as the member of men’s Italy National Water Polo Team. They were the champions at the World Championship this year. Young Alex had meeting first with Fr. Miljenko Šteko, the Head of the Information Office in Medjugorje and gave him the water polo ball signed by all of the players of Italian team. He later shared his life experience with journalist of Radio Station “Mir” Medjugorje. At the end of August Medjugorje is packed with pilgrims from all over the world. The Information Office registered numerous groups from: Holy Land, Korea, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, England, Ireland, the United States, Germany, Austria and of course, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pat O’Hagan came from California after having heard of Medjugorje many years ago. “I am deeply impressed with enthusiasm and religion of all of the people who are coming here and I really like this place. I have seen that faith is really strong, that is what I had expected.” Our journalists met Fr. Anselmo Umoren, member of community of missionaries of Nigeria. He expressed his joy for being here and added: „This place is enabling us to pray, to hope and do penance.“ Lisa came from South Africa, and this is her third time in Medjugorje. She was 15 when she heard about the apparitions for the first time. „Medjugorje enriched my faith and trust in God, here, one can really feel higher power that moves this all. There is not much to say, you simply need to be here to feel and experience all of this. Young people are converting, the ones who are no longer on the right way are returning.“ Mihovel is a missionary. He has been in Poland ever since the last year and he has been coming to Medjugorje since 1986. „I confessed for seven hours the other day. I came to confess, but I spent all day confessing. I think that each experience is special and unique in Medjugorje, especially in people and their testimonies.“ Each of these testimonies is a new outpoor of grace that has been given to the whole world through Medjugorje for the last thirty years. (photos) The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated on Monday, August 15 with thousands of foreign and local pilgrims who arrived to Medjugorje on that day. So many of them, especially young people walked throughout the whole night from their towns and villages towards Medjugorje. Information office registered groups from Brazil, Lebanon, Austria, Italy, Germany, the United States, Ireland, England, France, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Korea, Portugal, as well as from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Nineteen Holy Masses were celebrated throughout the day, six for Croatian pilgrims. Dr. Fr. Ivan Dugandzic was the main celebrant at 7 p.m. Holy Mass. There were sixty priests who concelebrated at that Holy Mass. (photos) 22nd International Youth Festival that started on Monday, August 1, 2011 with the theme: “Here is the humble servant of the Lord, may it be to me according to Thy Word!” was completed on Saturday, August 6 at 5 a.m. with Holy Mass of Thanksgiving on the top of Cross Mountain. Danko Perutina, leader of the Festival, was the main celebrant. During the Farewell in song and prayer, that took place evening before, parish priest Fr. Petar Vlasic, invited all of the youth for the next Festival that will take place in August 2012. Dozens of thousands of young people from more than 60 countries and from all of the five continents gathered in Medjugorje during the first evening. Their number was getting bigger in the following days as well as the number of the countries they were coming from. The programme of the Youth Festival would start every single morning at 9 a.m. with lectures, testimonies and prayer until 12 p.m. The afternoon programme would start at 4 p.m. until Rosary at 6 p.m. Holy Mass at 7 p.m. gathered every evening more than 500 priests who concelebrated or were available for confessions at all times during the Festival. Total number of registered priests in those days was more than 600 from all of the continents. Traditional procession with Our Lady’s statue and candles was held on Wednesday evening and it was all around roads of Medjugorje. Thousands of people participated in this event as well. The entire programme was simultaneously translated in eighteen languages. The programme was accompanied with music and songs performed by International Choir and Orchestra that consist of more than 100 members from 20 countries. Their leader and conductor is Prof. Damir Bunoza. We need to say that the entire programme was broadcasted live on various Internet portals and many accredited press members from various countries were registered to monitor these events. (photos) 22nd International Youth Festival in Medjugorje, titled “Here is the humble servant of the Lord, may it be to me according to Thy word!”, started in Medjugorje on Monday, August 1st, with the evening prayer programme at the White Dome at the back of the church of St. James. After prayer of Rosary at 6 p.m., young people from 60 various countries that have arrived up to that evening have introduced themselves. Hosts from parish of Medjugorje, members of Franciscan Youth greeted couple of dozens of thousands of young people, and then Fr. Petar Vlasic, parish priest in Medjugorje parish greeted all present faithful. Ivan Sesar, Provincial of Herzegovina Franciscan Province was the main celebrant of that opening Holy Mass, as well as in the previous years. The Festival that is conducted by Fr. Danko Perutina is full of prayer, music, lectures and testimonies that are accompanied by the International Choir and Orchestra with more than one hundred players and singers. This Festival is monitored by numerous press members from all of the continents, and whole programme is simultaneously translated in eighteen languages. This programme is also live broadcasted by radio “Mir” from Medjugorje and many other radio stations, Internet portals and TV stations. Late Fr. Slavko Barbaric initiated this Festival back in 1990, by gathering around hundred young people in that year with two guitar players and couple of singers. Every year, number of participants was increasing and at the moment, those numbers are far above all of the other events that are taking place in Medjugorje. (photos) Number of Holy Communions: 204.500 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5783 (185 per day) Medjugorje, August 1 – 6, 2011 „Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word” On Monday, July 25th we are celebrating the feast of St. James, patron saint of Medjugorje parish. Holy Masses are going to be held only in parish church at 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., while the central and solemn celebration is going to take place at 1 p.m. in the Garden, with Fr. Miro Sego, parish priest from Citluk parish, as the main celebrant. Procession with the statue of St. James will start from the church at 10.45 a.m. Parishioners from hamlet of Miletina will be carrying the Statue this year. Parish of Medjugorje will prepare for this feast with Three-day prayer programme that will start on Friday, July 22nd. The prayer programme is according to its regular schedule, Rosary at 6 p.m., and Holy Mass at 7 p.m. Parish of Medjugorje was founded in 1892 and ever since its foundation it has been consecrated to St. James, patron saint of pilgrims. The sixteenth International Seminar for priests, that gathered 305 priests, deacons and seminarians from 24 countries, ended on Saturday, July 9th with Holy Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Dr. Fr. Miljenko Šteko, the coordinator of the retreat. Families from Međugorje, that were hosts to priests and provided accommodation and food for free, were present at that Holy Mass as well. The theme of this retreat was: “The Priest and The Sacrament of Reconciliation – Contemporary Challenges” and Dr. Fr. Tonči Matulić was the main lecturer. He is full professor of Moral Theology and of Social Teachings of the Church at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb. (photo) The 16th International Seminar for Priests that gathered more than 300 priests, deacons and seminarians from twenty countries began on Monday, July 4th, in Medjugorje with the liturgical evening prayer programme. Ivan Sesar, the Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province from Mostar was the main celebrant at the solemn Holy Mass of introduction to the seminar. The coordinator of the seminar is dr. Miljenko Steko, and the theme of this International seminar that will finish on Saturday, July 9 is “The priest and the sacrament of reconciliation – contemporary challenges”. The lecturer at the seminar is Dr. Tonci Matulic, full professor of Moral Theology and of Social Teaching of the Church at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University in Zagreb. The seminar is simultaneously translated to more than ten languages. These international seminars began in summer 1996, at the request of priests themselves and grew with the time to these regular annual gatherings of priests from all over world. The 16th International Priests Seminar will be held in Međugorje From 4th to 9th July 2011 on the theme of: "THE PRIEST AND THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILLIATION – CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES" SEMINAR PROGRAMME Number of Holy Communions: 225.000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5136 (171 per day)
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Udruga „Nada“ iz Širokog Brijega, klub roditelja djece sa smetnjama u psihofizičkom razvoju zapadnohercegovačke županije, redovito dolazi na hodočašće Kraljici mira. U rujnu 2007. u Međugorje je došlo oko 70 roditelja i djece, a s njima je bila sestra Anamarija Biško. Franz Gollowitsch Jun. koji je u posljednjih dvadesetak godina zajedno sa svojim ocem u Austriji organizirao blizu 450 hodočašća u Međugorje, u rujnu 2007. i sam je došao na hodočašće, ali biciklom. U franjevačkom samostanu na Humcu od srčane kljenuti preminuo je iznenada dr. fra Jozo Vasilj, aktualni odgojitelj franjevačkih novaka, profesor na Hrvatskom sveučilištu u Mostaru, predavač na Katehetsko-teološkom institutu pri mostarskom Hrvatskom sveučilištu. Rodio se u župi Međugorje u ratnoj 1943., pučku školu pohađao u Međugorju, osmoljetku u Čitluku, a gimnazijsko školovanje započeo u Zadru da bi završio ispitom zrelosti god. 1962. na humanističkoj gimnaziji ‘Ruđer Bošković’ u Dubrovniku. Te godine stupio u franjevački red, obukao habit na Humcu, odslužio vojni rok, a potom nastavio sa studijem filozofije i teologije u Visokom, Sarajevu i Schwazu (Austrija). Za svećenika zaređen god. 1969., djelovao potom kao kapelan u Čapljini, a onda od 1973. studirao sociologiju na Papinskom sveučilištu ‘Gregoriana’ u Rimu, gdje je doktorirao god. 1980. Među brojnim hodočasničkim skupinama koje dolaze u Međugorje, u ovom mjestu od 15. do 23. rujna boravi i skupina iz mjesta Kierlikowka pokraj Krakova, Poljska. Riječ je o 24 radnice tekstilne tvornice ASGA te vlasnicima tvornice, gospođi Anni i gospodinu Stanislawu Lukasiku. ASGA je specijalizirana za šivanje misnog ruha i zapošljava ukupno 32 djelatnika. Korisnici Centra za rehabilitaciju fra Ante Sekelez iz Vrlike, Republika Hrvatska, svake godine jedanput hodočaste u Međugorje. Tako je 19. rujna 48 korisnika i djelatnika ovoga Centra ponovno posjetilo svoje omiljeno odredište. U franjevačkom samostanu na Humcu 16. rujna 2007., u 64. godini života, 46. redovništva i 39. godini svećeništva, opremljen svetim sakramentima, umro je fra Jozo Vasilj, član Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije. Francis Farry (41) iz Donegala (Irska) zaređen je za svećenika 1. srpnja 2007. Međugorje je dio njegove duhovne i emocionalne izobrazbe. Evo njegovog svjedočanstva: U Međugorje sam prvi put došao 1995. Imao sam 29 godina i bio sam vrlo izgubljen. U to vrijeme bio sam taksist i financijski mi je išlo dobro. Imao sam vlastitu kuću u Dublinu, ali sam bio vrlo izgubljen. Nešto sam tražio, ali nisam domogao naći. Nisam mogao naći smisao. Među brojnim hodočasnicima koji su posjetili Međugorje za blagdan Uzvišenja svetog Križa bio je i Stipo Jakovljević iz Bešpelja, župa Podmilačje, gdje se nalazi čuveno Svetište svetog Ive. Došao je pješice i bos. Hodočašće je trajalo četiri dana. Prošle godine Stipo je u Međugorje hodočastio bos za blagdan Male Gospe. U ponedjeljak 10.09.2007. prelazimo na zimski raspored molitvenog programa. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 17h, sv. Misa je u 18h, nakon čega slijedi uobičajeni program ovisno o danu u tjednu. Euharistijsko klanjanje srijedom i subotom je u 21h, a Križni put na Križevcu petkom i molitva krunice na Podbrdu nedjeljom su u 14h. Blagdan Uzvišenja svetog Križa u župi Međugorje tradicionalno se slavi prve nedjelje nakon 8. rujna, blagdana Male Gospe. U čast Svete godine Otkupljenja 1933./34., potaknuti tadašnjim župnikom fra Bernardinom Smoljanom, međugorski su župljani, usprkos velikoj neimaštini, na brdu ponad Međugorja sagradili monumentalni betonski križ visok 8,5 a širok 3,5 metara. U njegovo su križište ugrađene relikvije Isusova Križa dobivene iz Rima. (photos) Krajem mjeseca studenoga 2004. godine pokrenuta je u Zadru molitvena inicijativa „Suradnici Kraljice mira“, potaknuta uzastopnim pozivima Gospinim. „Molite, molite, molite“. Temeljna karakteristika molitvene inicijative jest naći dnevno pola sata za molitvu. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 128.500 (4.145 dnevno) Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 5.985 (193 dnevno) Kolovoz 2007.: Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 318.000 (10.258 dnevno) Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 6.196 (200 dnevno) Petnaesti međunarodni susret voditelja centara mira, molitvenih i karitativnih skupina vezanih za Međugorje, održat će se u Međugorju od 2. do 6. ožujka 2008. godine. Tema susreta je «Pouzdanje u Providnost» (Mt 6, 26-34). Broj mjesta je ograničen, pa vas molimo da što prije prijavite svoj dolazak na ovaj seminar. Prijave izvršiti na faxa: 00 387 36 651 999 (za Mariju Dugandžić) ili putem e-maila: seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr. Bit će organizirano simultano prevođenje za sve jezične skupine. (Program) U sklopu redovitih promjena pastoralnog osoblja Franjevačke hercegovačke provincije i sukladno crkvenim propisima, novim župnikom župe Međugorje imenovan je fra Petar Vlašić koji je od 2000.-te godine do sada ovdje bio kapelan odgovoran za filijalnu crkvu Milosrdnog Isusa u Šurmancima. Mons. Claude Frikart, umirovljeni pomoćni biskup Pariza, bio je u Međugorju od 7. do 13. travnja 2007. sa skupinom hodočasnika iz Francuske. Mons. Frikart bio je pomoćni biskup Pariza od 1986. do 1997., a tijekom osam godina bio je i ispovjednik pariških bogoslova. Rođen je 1922., svećeničko ređenje primio je 1948., a biskupsko posvećenje 1986.