The 7th International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disabilities
to be held in Medjugorje from
14. – 17. 06. 2018.
The theme of the Meeting is:
Living on the Word of God
“Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures” (Lk 24:45)
Fraternity “Marian Vow for Homeland”, founded by the youth and former soldiers, began their first pilgrimage called “Marian Vow for Homeland” in 2015. This pilgrimage shall pass through the most of the Marian shrines from the east to the south of Croatia, and they will also walk for a part of their journey in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through Medjugorje.
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Fr. Marinko Sakota was the main celebrant of the solemn Holy Mass celebrated on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, along with 65 priests concelebrating. Fr. Zvonimir Pavićić led the prayer of the Rosary and as traditionally, the Procession with the Blessed Sacrament in the streets of Medjugorje followed, with many priests, religious and pilgrims participating. (foto)
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Number of Holy Communions: 171 000
Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 3646 (117 per day)
On May 31, 2018, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C., retired bishop of Warsaw-Prague (Poland), Apostolic Visitor with a special role for the parish of Medjugorje, for an indefinite time, and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis.
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Parishioners and pilgrims are preparing for the 37th Anniversary of Gospa’s apparitions with the Novena that began on Friday, June 15, 2018 on Apparition Hill and on June 16, 2018 in the church of St. James. Rosary will be on Apparition Hill every day at 4 p.m, until June 23, 2018. On Friday, the parish will not pray the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain, but instead there will be Rosary on Apparition Hill. The evening prayer programme begins at 6 p.m. with the Rosary and Holy Mass is at 7 p.m. Also this year, rosary before the Holy Mass will be led by the parishioners from Medjugorje and this is the schedule of this programme:
Friday, June 15 - MILETINA
Saturday, June 16 - VIONICA
Sunday, June 17 - ŠURMANCI
Monday, June 18 - BIJAKOVIĆI
Tuesday, June 19 - MEĐUGORJE
Wednesday, June 20 – Mother's Village
Thursday, June 21 – Third Franciscan Order
Friday, June 22 - YouFra
Saturday, June 23 – Mary's Hands
This Novena is opportunity to thank God for all of the graces we have received in the last 37 years through our Heavenly Mother.
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On Wednesday, May 30, there will be launching of book in the Hall of John Paul II in Medjugorje, at 8 pm, of Fr. Antonio Sakota, OFM – Holy Land – book of memories. Fr. Antonio Šakota, OFM Fr. Ante Vučković, OFM and Davor Ljubić will talk about this book.
''Stories that Fr. Antonio brings in his book are the fruit of his three-year studying in Jerusalem, but these stories are much more than historical and archaeological knowledge he acquired while staying there. This, above all, is the fruit of his soul, of him as a pilgrim, and this is not just subject of the intellectual observation and studying, but this is a living book of the memories where Fr. Antonio got his strength and wishes now to share those experiences with his readers”, said Fr. Ivan Dugandzic in the foreword of this book.
The 7th International pilgrimage for persons with disabilities will take place from June 14-17, 2018, with the theme Living on the Word of God “Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures” (Lk 24:45). The coordinator of the pilgrimage is the parish priest Fr. Marinko Sakota. Also this year, our parishioners will provide free accommodation and food for these pilgrims. After you know how many you can take, we ask you to register to the parish office, but for the purposes of the better organisation, to do that as soon as possible. All those who would like to be volunteers in these days or to help in the organisation, you can all register in the parish office. The application can be done from May 1-30, at the email address gospina.skola@gmail.com.
After the ceremony of blessings of the Great Hall of the Croatian Catholic University in Zagreb, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, held a press conference on Monday, October 30, on which occasion he answered a question regarding Medjugorje. As the Informative Catholic Agency reports, this is what the Cardinal said:
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 4 pm, an hour-long press conference of the Special Envoy of the Holy See for Medjugorje, Dr. Henryk Hoser, was held in the Hall of St. John Paul II. Even though there were about fifty journalists registered, the interest for this event was much greater. The conference was translated into the Croatian, English, Italian, German and French languages, and those were the official languages spoken during the conference, while a translation was also given in the Polish, Spanish and Slovakian languages.
Dear brothers and sisters, I will speak in French, excuse me, for I have not yet learned the beautiful Croatian language!
We have gathered around the altar on the 5th Sunday of Lent. We have two more weeks from the Easter, and in a week time, it will be Palm Sunday, and in two weeks we are going to celebrate, at the end of Holy Week, the greatest Christian Feast Day - the Feast of the Resurrection.
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Mons. Henryk Hoser, Special Envoy of the Holy See for Medjugorje, on the occasion of his arrival to Medjugorje, in the church of St. James said to all gathered:
After arriving to Sarajevo and paying visit to Mostar, the Special Envoy of the Holy See for the parish of Medjugorje, mons. Henryk Hoser, arrived to Medjugorje in the company of the Provincial of Herzegovina Neretva Province, Fr. Miljenko Steko. On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 29, he was welcomed by Fr. Marinko Sakota, the parish priest, brothers Franciscans, Franciscan School Sisters werving in Medjugorje and gathered parishioners and pilgrims. Children from the parish welcomed him with a bouquet of flowers.
At noon today, on February 11th 2017, the feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, the press office of the Holy See released a statement that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has nominated a Special Envoy of the Holy See to Medjugorje, his Excellency Msgr. Henryk Hoser, S.A.C, a Polish archbishop and the current Bishop of Warsaw-Prague (Poland).
The 28th International Youth Prayer Meeting in Medjugorje – Youth Festival, is going to be held from August 1 to August 6, 2017. The programme will be made of catechesis, testimonies, Eucharistic celebrations, prayers and Adorations of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
We expect you, dear young people, to join us for this 28th International Youth Prayer Meeting in Medjugorje in August, 2017. These meetings were initiated by late Fr. Slavko Barbaric in 1990, when there were only hundred people, two guitar players and a couple of singers in the former green tent. Each year, the number of participants grew more and more and now it is far more than of the all other events organised here.
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Medjugorje, 01. 08. - 06. 08. 2016.
It was only few months ago that we had the 26th Youth Festival that gathered large number of the participants from all over the world. We are already preparing for the next one that will begin on August 1, 2016, not on July 31, 2016. The Youth Festival will finish on August 6, 2016.
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6th International Spiritual Retreat for Life
to be held in Medjugorje from May 9-12, 2018
With the Mother of Life: the spiritual retreat for doctors and all medical workers, for those who are fighting for life, prayer for those who have lost a child, all who have been wounded by abortions, spontaneous miscarriages, for spouses who are longing for a child, for pro-life activists, victims of domestic violence, single parents, pregnant women…
The 7th International Pilgrimage for Persons with Disabilities
to be held in Medjugorje from
14. – 17. 06. 2018.
The theme of the Meeting is:
Living on the Word of God
“Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures” (Lk 24:45)
23RD INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR PRIESTS
will be held in Medjugorje from July 2-7, 2018
MLADIFEST
Medjugorje, August 1st – August 6th, 2018
19TH INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR MARRIED COUPLES
will be held in Medjugorje from November 7-10, 2018
Seminars are conducted by franciscans of Međugorje. Here are the dates according to language groups, as well as contact persons: Contact
Audio-video and photos live from the church in Medjugorje
Beginning with the feast of St. Francis, we began broadcasting live audio-video programs and photos from the church in Medjugorje. You can follow them at the link: http://medjugorje.hr/en/multimedia/ - croatia language from Church - Evening Prayer Programme - Adobe Flash media live player
Links both live audio and video in various languages:
www.medjugorje.de (Deutsch)
www.kathtube.com (Deutsch)
www.kathtube.com/player.php?id=32333 (Deutsch)
www.kit-tv.at (Deutsch)
www.qpmm.org http://62.75.216.148 - USA KOREA
The movement, born after the apparitions of the Queen of Peace in Medjugorje, includes pilgrimages to Medjugorje, the setting up of Peace Centres, prayer and charity groups all around the world, as well as pastoral, publishing, humanitarian and other kinds of activities...
This questionnaire will give us the opportunity to have a better grasp of the worldwide dimension of the movement in the service of the Universal Church. It will help us to get to know each other better, to have better communication with various groups worldwide, as well as to grow better in our prayer and service.
We kindly ask all the leaders of Peace Centres, prayer and charity groups, as well as organisers of pilgrimages to fill in the questionnaire and to send it to Medjugorje to fax no. + 387.36.653 360, or to write to gospaspilgrim@gmail.com in order to receive the questionnaire by email.
Questionnaire:
ČESKY / DEUTSCH / ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL / FRANCAIS / HRVATSKI / ITALIANO / MAGYAR / NEDERLANDS-VLAAMS / POLSKI / PORTUGUÊS / ROMANA / RUSSIAN / SLOVENSKY
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We ask you to keep integrally the rules of the Church envisaged by the Code of the Canon La~ the general liturgical rules and the directives and the rules of the proper authorities of the Church in connection with the life and the service of the priest.
To take part in the liturgical life of the parish, according to the rules of the Church, it is necessary to have arecommendation letter of your bishop or your superior (celebret), not older than one year. (Cf" Code of the canon Law, Can. 903)
There are many events taking place in Medjugorje parish throughout the year, along with the regular seminars of fasting and prayer and different international spiritual retreats. Here are some of the important dates for Medjugorje parish in 2018:
February 14 – Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lent
Febraury 26 – March 2 – The 25th International Meeting of the Group Leaders and Organisers of Pilgrimages;
March 25 – Palm Sunday (procession from the old to the new church);
April 1 - Easter;
May 9 - 12 - International Seminar for Life;
May 26, Saturday – Sacrament of the Confirmation;
May 27, Sunday – Sacrament of the Holy Communion;
May 31 – Corpus Christi (procession through the parish with the Blessed Sacrament);
June 14 - 17 – the 6th International Pilgrimage for Disabled Persons;
June 24 – Peace Walk from Humac to Medjugorje;
June 25 – the 37th Anniversary of Our Lady’s Apparitions;
July 2 - 7 – The 23rd International Spiritual Retreat for Priests;
July 25 – Feast of St. James, patron saint of Medjugorje parish;
August 1 -6 – the 29th Youth Festival;
August 15 – Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 9 – Holy Mass on Cross Mountain;
November 7 - 10 – the 19th International Spiritual Retreat for Married Couples;
November 24 – Anniversary of Fr. Slavko’s death;
December 24 – Christmas Vigil;
December 31 – New Year’s Eve Vigil Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13XHKaF0T3g
Mother of God – the best pastoral theologian
Max Domej from Gebetsktion Wien spoke to Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, Archbishop of Vienna, during his visit to Međugorje.
Both in Lourdes and Fatima the events first ceased and than Church had its decision about that. Its final decision. Sooner or later that will take place here as well, but in this case we let Mother of God with freedom of choice...I think that Medjugorje can continue well on their journey, with full trust that Church, Mother and Teacher, in this case, is going to continue to monitor their journey.
Kardinal dr. Christoph Schonborn - Medjugorje, 31. December 2009
Respected brothers, the purpose and aim of this questionnaire is to make a list of priests who received their vocation through Medjugorje. So, we kindly ask you to fill out this form with following information: (Questionnaire)
