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Number of Holy Communions: 28 800 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 623 (22 per day) The 21st International Meeting for Organisers of Pilgrimages, Leaders of Peace Centres and Međugorje Prayer and Charity Groups will be held in Medjugorje from the 3rd to the 7th of March 2014. The theme of the gathering is: “Behold, your Mother” (John 19, 27) PROGRAM On Saturday, February 15, 2014, the postulants of the Franciscan Province of Bosnia Argentina visited postulants of Herzegovina Franciscan Province. Eight postulants from our province together with their leader Fr. Stanko Mabic met all postulants from Visoko and their leader Fr. Danijel Rajic. Danko Kustura from Split came to Medjugorje for the first time soon after the apparitions have began and continued coming at least twice a year ever since. He lived all of his life as a Christian, but it was the apparitions in Medjugorje that have strengthened his faith. He regularly reads Catholic newspapers, and despite his modest pension allowance, he gladly gives a gift of annual subscription to “Glasnik mira”, monthly bulletin from Medjugorje, to his family and friends. He said that news about Medjugorje have spread so fast in the very beginning and he came here on April 10, 1983 for the first time. Holy Mass for all killed Franciscans during and after the World War II, as well as for all parishioners killed in the First, Second and recent Homeland War was celebrated in the parish church of St. James on Monday, February 10, on the feast of Blessed Alojzije Stepinac. Up to this day, graves of so many killed persons have remained unknown, but memory on them is still alive in hearts and prayers of faithful. Ivan Dugandzic celebrated the evening Holy Mass with six priests that have concelebrated. The members of band “The Apostles of Peace” from Zagreb/Madjarevo were in Medjugorje not long ago. During their visit they came to radio station “Mir” Medjugorje and shared their personal experience of Medjugorje, as well as their own testimony of praising God with song. They said how every time they come to Medjugorje, they feel peace that cannot be described in words. “It is always nice to come here, to recharge our batteries and later on to return to everyday life, to obligations we have, but every time with Mary’s blessing that is present on every step. One can feel here really special joy and special love.” This band for spiritual music was founded in 2000, and so far they have performed at many prayer meetings. Clemens from Martinique came to Medjugorje for the first time with a group of pilgrims from France. He heard of Medjugorje long ago and wanted to come earlier, but there were obstacles every time that prevented him from coming. He said how Medjugorje is a world famous place: “There is a radio station called Radio St. Louis and it is religious radio station where they speak a lot about Medjugorje and now everyone knows about this place. I would like to thank people in Medjugorje, people of this country for their way of accepting everyone who comes here, for preparing to meet more people because this is the only place where we can talk to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. She gives us beautiful message for the time we live in, and that is peace. After all of the sufferings from this world are gone, what is left for us is peace, peace and love”, said Clemens and added that it is easy to live messages of the Queen of Peace if we surrender to be guided by Her heart. “Medjugorje is a sensation of peace; I personally have feeling of respect towards people that I see praying Rosary as well as towards you who are receiving us here. Let us maintain that spirit, because the enemy would like to interfere everywhere and always. Let us maintain the spirit of love and peace. Every place of the apparitions gives us different sensations, but this place here fills us with love.” On Sunday, February 2, in the church of St. James in Medjugorje, young people, members of the Franciscan Youth, had ceremony of solemn promises during the evening Holy Mass at 6 p.m. that Fr. Slaven Brekalo, regional spiritual assistant, had celebrated in con-celebration of 11 other priests. It was Sunday of Presentation of our Lord, and Fr. Slaven had combined those two events into his homily. A member of Croatian Salesian Province of St. John Bosco, Josip Petricic, is a frequent pilgrim in Medjugorje. He comes from Zagreb and he is 25 years old. He graduated in high school for graphics. As a young boy he was thrilled with priesthood, because his uncle is a priest. “During the summer, I was going with him to help him out and I was thrilled with that because it made me content and fulfilled to help others. It was a little fervor that moved me to go to priesthood. But, I did not know which order to choose. I shared that with my uncle and he told me that he could see vocation growing within me. He advised me to join the order of Salesians that I heard of for the first time at that time”, said this pilgrim and added that he came to Medjugorje for the first time while he was in the seminary. “I was thrilled when we climbed Apparition Hill during the night. I was also thrilled to see such a great number of young people who were seeking for the Lord and found Him here. It was a family atmosphere that was created among us and all pilgrims. We did not differentiate because of our nationality, but were all united.” We would like to inform all groups of pilgrims that the 25th Jubilee Youth Festival will be held in Medjugorje from July 31 – August 6, 2014, which means that it will begin one day earlier than in the previous years. We hope that you will be able to organise and reserve plains and buses for this event on time. The Youth Festival was initiated by late Fr. Slavko Barbaric in 1990, when he gathered around 100 young people, two guitar players and a couple of singers, while the whole programme was held in the green tent behind the church. The number of participants increased each year and in the last few years, that event is the greatest of all Medjugorje events. We are looking forward to your coming! Number of Holy Communions: 50 000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 870 (28 per day) Young people, members of the Franciscan Youth from Medjugorje, will give their solemn promises during the evening Holy Mass at 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 2, in the church of St. James. The Franciscan Youth is active in Medjugorje since 1995, and it grew out of the prayer group that late Fr. Slavko Barbaric led. The first meetings were held oon Fridays, after the evening Holy Mass and that remained the same in all of these years. Numerous pilgrims visit Medjugorje every year and their testimonies are like little pieces that form beautiful mosaic, picture of Medjugorje. Married couple, Neli and Igor Kanizaj emphasise that every visit to Medjugorje is for them great joy and new, deep experience. Igor got to know Medjugorje in his young days, while he was a member of the Franciscan Youth, and each of his visits was bringing him something new, primarily peace: The theatre performance “In the years of the famine”, created by Fr. Ante Maric, and directed by Tina Laco, was held in the Hall of the Blessed John Paul II in Medjugorje on January 19, 2014, before the large audience. This theatre performance is made on the theme of the difficult time of famine in the beginning of the 20th century here in Herzegovina, when one priest, Fr. Didak Buntic, despite many problems and difficulties that he encountered, was able to save several thousands of poor and hungry children. The members of music group “New Heaven” from the parish of St. Elijah in Zenica, came for their visit to Medjugorje. Music directors are Danijela and Zoran Curic, married couple. Danijela said that her first encounter with Medjugorje took place in 1995, when she was 15 years old. “I was not aware back in those days what this place meant. Now, every time I come here, I feel peace, serenity and that is something that cannot be denied. Every person who comes here experiences something that is absolutely immeasurable.” Zoran told us that Medjugorje means so much to him in his life, and there is something really special for him here:
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U Međugorje je ponedjeljak 28. prosinca, u privatni posjet, stigao nadbiskup bečki, kardinal dr. Christoph Schönborn, a u Međugorju će ostati nekoliko dana. Kardinal, povrh svega, želi, uz posjet Cenacolu - koji svoju podružnicu ima i u Austriji, u ovom poznatom molitvenom mjestu biti molitelj. Kardinal Schönborn (1945.) je od 1975 do 1991. profesor je dogmatike i teologije kršćanskoga Istoka u Fribourgu (Švicarska), a od 1987. do 1992. je tajnik redakcije za izdavanje novoga Katekizma Katoličke Crkve. Od 1991. je pomoćni biskup, a od 1995. nadbiskup Beča. Godine 1998. imenovan je kardinalom, te izabran za predsjednika Biskupske konferencije Austrije. Kardinal Schönborn danas je jedan od najuglednijih stručnjaka za teologiju kršćanskoga Istoka, a član je, između ostaloga, i vatikanske Kongregacije za nauk vjere. (slike) Propovijed beckog kardinala dr. Christoph Schonborn u Medjugorju - 31.12.2009. Doista, od punine njegove svi primismo, i to milost na milost, jer On je MIR naš! Sa željom da Božji mir vlada u srcima, u obiteljima, u svim zemljama i na cijelom svijetu, sjedinjeni u molitvi sa svim prijateljima Međugorja širom svijeta: NA DOBRO VAM DOŠAO BOŽIĆ I SVETO POROĐENJE ISUSOVO i NOVA 2010. GODINA! Neka vam ovaj Božić bude dan radosti i mira. Neka Vas Isus pohodi u vašim obiteljima i rodi se u skrovitosti vašega srca! Župni ured Međugorje Informativni centar «Mir» Međugorje (slike) Čestitka - Fra Petar Vlašić, župnik Na posljednjem svakodnevnom ukazanju 12. rujna 1998. Gospa je Jakovu Čoli rekla da će ukazanje imati jedanput godišnje i to 25. prosinca, na Božić. Tako je bilo i ove godine. Ukazanje je počelo u 14 sati i 35 minua i trajalo je 12 minuta. Međugorska župa radosno dočekuje Božić. U crkvi sv. Jakova u Međugorju na Badnjak večernji program započinje u 17 sati molitvom krunice, a Sveta misa bdjenja je u 18 sati. Nakon sv. Mise zajednica Cenacolo uprizorit će žive jaslice na platou ispred župne crkve. Božićno bdijenje započinje u 22 h klanjanjem pred Presvetim Oltarskim Sakramentom, a završava sv. Misom polnoćkom. Na sam dan Božića sv. Mise su u župnoj crkvi u 8,11 i 18 sati. Navečer nema uobičajenoga cjelonoćnog klanjanja. U subotu je blagdan sv. Stjepana, prvomučenika, a svete Mise na hrvatskome jeziku slave se u župnoj crkvi u 8,11 i 18 sati. U nedjelju je svetkovina Svete obitelji i blagdan sv. Ivana apostola. Svete mise su u 8, 11 i 18 sati. Svima želimo sretne i blagoslovljene blagdane! U četvrtu nedjelju Došašća, 20. prosinca, međugorski dječji zbor ''Golubići mira'', pod vodstvom s. Slavice Kožul, održao je božićni koncert u župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova. Nastupio su i zbor Srednje škole "Fra Andrije Kačića Miošića" iz Ploča. Kao i dosadašnjih godina, djelatno je sudjelovao i maestro Đelo Jusić. (slike) Nove parametre treba postaviti od 15. prosinca 2009. Ime satelita: HOT BIRD 6 Pozicija: 13° E (stupnjeva istočno), Transponder br. 157, Prijamna frekvencija: 11 642 MHz, Polarizacija: H (horizontalna), Symbol rate: 27 500 Msymb/s, FEC (Forward Error Correction):3/4 Međugorska župa i ove se godine za svetkovinu Božića pripravlja Devetnicom koja je započela 15. prosinca. Mise zornice, u prepunoj crkvi sv. Jakova, slave se svakim danom, osim nedjelje, u šest sati ujutro, a animira ih svojim pjevanjem Franjevačka mladež Međugorja - FRAMA. Župljani i hodočasnici sve ove dane uz Podbrdo mole krunicu u 14 sati, a večernji molitveni program, kao i do sada, započinje sv. Krunicom u 17 sati. U utorak, 8. prosinca u župi Međugorje svečano je proslavljena svetkovina Bezgrješnog Začeća Blažene Djevice Marije. Uz brojne vjernike iz Bosne i Hercegovine i Hrvatske, u ovo hodočasničko mjesto pristigao je i neuobičajeno velik broj stranih hodočasnika iz Italije, Austrije, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, Španjolske, Meksika, Francuske, Portorika, Njemačke i dr. Broj podijeljenih sv. pričesti: 47.300 Broj svećenika koncelebranata: 1.118 (37 dnevno) U Međugorju je obilježena deveta obljetnica smrti fra Slavka Barbarića koji je umro 24. studenoga 2000. u 15 i 30 na Križevcu nakon završene pobožnosti Križnoga puta. Brojni župljani i hodočasnici uspeli se na Križevac moleći Križni put u 14 sati, koji je predvodio fra Vjekoslav Milićević. U 18 sati slavljena je sveta misa u župnoj crkvi koju je u suslavlju s 18 svećenika predslavio fra Danko Perutina. Kršćanska udruga Kup Karmel organizirala je 17. i 18. studenoga besplatno hodočašće stotinjak siromaha, prosjaka i beskućnika iz Zagreba i još nekih gradova s područja Republike Hrvatske međugorskoj Kraljici Mira. Tijekom boravka u Međugorju pohodili su Podbrdo, nazočili molitveno-liturgijskom programu u župnoj crkvi sv. Jakova te posjetili Majčino selo. U utorak 24. studenog navršava se devet godina od smrti fra Slavka Barbarića, svećenika koji je osamnaest godina života posvetio širenju Gospinih poruka u svijetu i brizi za hodočasnike. Johannes Mikl, liječnik, kardiolog iz Austrije, autor pjesme Gospa, majka moja, koja se često pjeva u međugorskoj župnoj crkvi, nedavno je boravio u Međugorju. U razgovoru za radiopostaju "Mir" Međugorje, dr. Mikl, između ostaloga, kaže kako je 1983. godine čuo za Gospina ukazanja u Međugorju, te ubrzo, s još dvojicom prijatelja, i posjetio ovo hodočasničko mjesto. U Međugorju je u srijedu 4. studenoga započeo Deseti međunarodni seminar za bračne parove s tematskim okvirom: «Ljubav nikada ne prestaje i presahnuće ljubavi». Seminar je u popodnevnim satima otvorio koordinator dr. fra Miljenko Šteko, a potom je sve nazočne pozdravio župnik fra Petar Vlašić. Seminar, koji traje do subote, 7. studenoga, predvodi dr. fra Ante Vučković, član franjevačke provincije Presvetoga Otkupitelja, profesor na Katoličkom bogoslovnom fakultetu i Filozofskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Splitu. Međunarodni seminar simultano se prevodi na više svjetskih jezika. Krajem listopada u Međugorju je nekoliko dana boravio nadbiskup Edmond Farhat, biši Apostolski nuncij u Austriji, te predvodio misno slavlje za brojne austrijske hodočasnike prigodom njihova nacionalnoga blagdana , u ponedjeljak 26. listopada.