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In the beginning of May 2007, Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile, visited Medjugorje. He came in company with a group of pilgrims from Italy. Since he retired from active episcopal service, Mons. Cazzaro serves as spiritual counselor and confessor in the Monte Berico Shrine near Vicenza in Italy. (Interview in preparation) On May 1st, 2007, the staff of the First Aid Station of the Order of Malta from Cologne (Germany) and their associated volunteers resumed their annual service in Medjugorje. They will be at the service of the pilgrims and the parishioners until November 1st of this year. The Order of Malta invites any volunteers who wish to be involved in this service to contact them. (See: http://www.malteser.de) Holy Communions distributed: 69.000 Concelebrating priests: 1.246 Holy Communions distributed: 136.500 Concelebrating priests: 2.565 The summer Prayer Programme schedule in Medjugorje begins on May 1st. Praying of the Rosary in the Parish Church begins at 6.00 pm. Holy Mass is at 7.00 pm, followed by the Prayer Programme according to the day of the week. Eucharistic adoration on Wednesday and Saturday is at 10.00 pm. Both the Rosary on Apparition Hill and the Way of the Cross on Krizevac begin at 4.00 pm. Thirteen friends, all members of a sport group from Zanica near Bolzano in Italy, undertook a 640 kilometer relay race from their own parish to Medjugorje, which they did in a spirit of pilgrimage. Each day they either walked or ran from 7.00 am until 8.30 pm. The participants rotated in relay every 12 kilometers, whether running or walking, each one according to his own capability. One of them even walked for two kilometers despite being disabled. Seven days were required to complete the journey from Bolzano to Medjugorje in this manner. From Bolzano they went to Ancona where they took a boat for Split, after which they journeyed onwards via Stobreč, Šestanovac and Zagvozd, Slivno, Vitina and Ljubuški to Medjugorje itself. They used two campers in which they spent each night. In the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina has been designated a new Administration. As Provincial has been chosen our parish priest, Fra Ivan Sesar. We send ours congratulations to Fra Ivan and we wish success on its task, the God’s Blessing and the intercession of the Queen of the Peace in the exercise of this service of responsibility. Also this year Holy Triduum of the Holy Week has ghatered pilgrims from all the world here in Međugorje. A large number of pilgrims of various linguistic groups has newly rendered necessary that the Liturgy and the Way of the Cross were carried out by groups. (photos) Holy Week, the highpoint of the Lenten preparation for Easter, begins with Palm (or Passion) Sunday. In Medjugorje, the liturgy of Passion Sunday begins with the reading of the Gospel and the blessing of the branches, and is followed by a procession from the site of the old parish church, culminating with the celebration of Holy Mass in the current Parish Church. (photos) At the end of February of this year, Fr. Petar Vlašić, curate in the parish of Medjugorje with responsibility for the care of the filial church of the Merciful Jesus in Šurmanci, visited both St. Polycarp House, the Home for elderly and sick people, and Redemptoris Mater, the diocesan missionary seminary in Pula (Croatia). This visit was in response to an invitation from Mr. Martin Kliman, Director of St. Polycarp House, where the residents are taken care of by the sisters of the Merciful Jesus who came from Poland to Croatia in 1990. Among the pilgrims who came to Medjugorje in the month of March, there was a group from the Pacific island of Tahiti. They attracted attention to themselves by their very pleasant and harmonious singing. This pilgrimage was organized by a deacon who is in charge of the training of catechists in Tahiti. The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. Mons. Frane Franić, retired Archbishop and Primate of Split-Makarska died on the 17th of March, 2007, in the Clinical Hospital in Split. As a professor of dogmatic theology he became an active participant in the Second Vatican Council, in addition to his membership of various other official commissions of that Council. He had served as a bishop in difficult historical times. With unwavering determination, he strengthened both fidelity to the Gospel and loyalty to the Holy Father, while at the same time he promoted ecumenism and dialogue in society as a whole. Mons. Franic’s burial was planned for March 21st in St. Peter’s Pro-cathedral in Split. The 14th International Meeting for Guides and Leaders of Peace Centres and Medjugorje Prayer, Pilgrim and Charity Groups took place in Medjugorje from the 4th to the 8th of March, 2007. The theme of this gathering was: “By your perseverance you will save your lives“. Alfons Sarrach was born in what was then the Free State of Danzig in 1927. He grew up in a German-Polish culture. On the 1st of September 1939, he personally witnessed the outbreak of World War II. Ten members of his family were immediately sent to a concentration camp due to the fact that they opposed the National Socialist Regime. Sarrach’s own family followed only a few months later. These events naturally had a formative influence on his way of thinking. January 2007: Holy Communions distributed: 51.000 Concelebrating priests: 803 February 2007: Holy Communions distributed: 35.000 Concelebrating priests: 694
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Deveti međunarodni seminar za bračne parove održat će se u Međugorju od 5. do 8. studenoga 2008. godine. Tema seminara je: „Problemi braka i obitelji i njihovo rješavanje“. Predavač na seminaru je prof. dr. Vlado Jukić, psihijatar, ravnatelj Psihijatrijske bolnice Vrapče u Zagrebu, izvanredni profesor psihijatrije Medicinskom fakultetu u Zagrebu. (Program i prijave) U ovogodišnjem Maratonu mira „Trčimo Gospi“ od Gruda do Međugorja sudjelovali su atletičari međunarodne organizacije „Fiaccola di Lolek“, trkači koji nose goruću baklju pod nazivom „Svjetlo Ivana Pavla II.“ koju je na papinu grobu prvi zapalio postulator za proglašenje svetim Ivana Pavla II., a blagoslovio kardinal Stanislas Dziwisz, tajnik pokojnog Pape. Ovu skupinu blagoslovio je 19.3. ove godine i Papa Benedikt XVI. Između Gruda i Međugorja se u subotu 17. svibnja 2008. održao II. Maraton mira i pomirenja pod motom „Trčimo Gospi!“ (42,195 metara). Organizirala ga je udruga Kup Karmel u suradnji s atletskim klubom Dinamo-Zrinjevac iz Zagreba. Na dionici od Ljubuškog do Međugorja održala se utrka građana u dužini od 15 kilometara. U utorak 6. svibnja u Međugorje su na jednodnevno hodočašće došli štićenici Doma za odrasle osobe Zemunik (donji) kod Zadra čiji je osnivač Republika Hrvatska. U toj ustanovi živi 150 osoba od kojih su 44 došle na hodočašće zajedno s djelatnicima ovoga doma. U Međugorju ih je pozdravio župnik fra Petar Vlašić koji im je uputio tople riječi dobrodošlice te im podijelio međugorske krunice. U nedjelju 4. svibnja 2008., osamdeset i osmoro djece iz župe Međugorje pristupilo je Prvoj svetoj pričesti. Na ovaj sakrament pripremili su ih njihovi vjeroučitelji sestra Slavica Kožul, fra Stjepan Martinović i s. Iva Bešlić. Ovo je najveći broj prvopričesnika koji je ikad zabilježen u župi sv. Jakova. Zlatna harfa je tradicionalni susret dječjih zborova koji se svake godine održava u župama. Prva Zlatna harfa održala se 1. srpnja 1984. u Kočerinu, u Hercegovini, i okupila je dvjestotinjak malih pjevača. Inicijativu je dao fra Mićo Pinjuh, tadašnji župnik u Kočerinu. Svaki je zbor otpjevao dvije tematske i jednu slobodnu liturgijsku skladbu. Temeljne zadaće Harfe su obnova liturgijskog pjevanja, poticanje suradnje među voditeljima crkvenog pjevanja kao i poticanje stvaralačkog duha skladatelja. Blagdan Uzašašća, blagdan svetog Josipa radnika i početak Marijina mjeseca svibnja u Međugorje je ove godine doveo velik broj hodočasnika. Budući da je Prvi svibnja u mnogim zemljama državni praznik i neradni dan, mnogi su taj produženi vikend iskoristili za hodočašće. Molitveni program održavao se na vanjskom oltaru. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 99.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1.605 (51 dnevno) Travanj 2008.: Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 88.000 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 2093 (70 dnevno) Tajnik Svete Stolice za odnose s državama (ministar vanjskih poslova), nadbiskup Dominique (Joseph Francois) Mamberti, koji od 26. do 29. travnja 2008. boravi u službenom pohodu Bosni i Hercegovini, susreo se u nedjelju 27. travnja u franjevačkom samostanu u Mostaru s Upravom Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije Uznesenja BDM. Susretu su nazočili i apostolski nuncij u BiH nadbiskup Alessandro D'Errico, te njihovi najbliži suradnici, savjetnik Nuncijature u Državnom tajništvu Svete Stolice, mons. Miguel Buendi Maury i tajnik Nuncijature, mons. Waldemar Stanislav Sommertag. Ljetni raspored molitvenog programa u Međugorju počinje 1. svibnja. Molitva krunice u župnoj crkvi započinje u 18h. Misa je u 19h, a nakon Mise slijedi uobičajeni molitveni raspored ovisno o danu u tjednu. Euharistijsko klanjanje srijedom i subotom je u 22h, a molitva krunice na Podbrdu i Križni put na Križevcu su u 16h. Framaši Frame Međugorje su 20. travnja 2008. imali obred primanja i obećanja pod misom u 18 sati koju je predvodio regionalni duhovni asistent fra Sretan Ćurčić uz nazočnost ostalih duhovnih asistenata. U Framu su po prvi put primljena 32 framaša, obećanja je produžilo 29 framaša, a po prvi put su dali obećanja 33 framaša. Članovi Udruge hrvatskih branitelja iz Siska kod Kraljice Mira Članovi Udruge dragovoljaca i veterana Domovinskog rata, klub INE Sisak, 5. i 6. travnja bili su na hodočašću u Međugorje, čime im se ispunila dugogodišnja želja. Osamdeset članova ove udruge i članova njihovih obitelji te drugih vjernika iz Siska po dolasku u Međugorje molili su križni put na Križevcu i sudjelovali u večernjem molitvenom programu. Stotinu i četrdeset učenika OŠ Žepče u pratnji sedmoro učitelja boravilo je u Međugorju 10. i 11. travnja 2008. Prema riječima učiteljice Elizabete, u Žepču ima mnogo djece, pa OŠ Žepče broji 1500 učenika. U srijedu 2. travnja, nakon što je nazočio otvaranju Međunarodnog sajma gospodarstva u Mostaru, Međugorje je u pratnji g. Ive Jerkića, načelnika općine Čitluk, posjetio Josip Friščić, potpredsjednik Hrvatskog Sabora. U ime župnika koji je nažalost bio odsutan primio ga je fra Svetozar Kraljević. Filijalna crkva međugorske župe u Šurmancima posvećena Milosrdnom Isusu svake godine na Mali Uskrs slavi obljetnicu posvećenja. Vjernici se za blagdan pripremaju devetnicom Krunice Milosrdnog Isusa. Na sam blagdan, središnje slavlje je sveta Misa koju je ove godine predslavio fra Miljenko Šteko. Na Misi su se mještanima pridružili i brojni hodočasnici.