Statistics for November, 2021.
Number of Holy Communions: 40 000
Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 1254 (41 per day)
Message, 25. November 2021
“Dear children! I am with you in this time of mercy and I am calling all of you to be carriers of peace and love in this world where, through me, little children, God is calling you to be prayer and love, and an expression of Heaven here on earth. May your hearts be filled with joy and faith in God; that, little children, you may have complete trust in His holy will. That is why I am with you, because He, the Most High, is sending me among you to encourage you to the hope; and you will be peacemakers in this peaceless world. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
A new Apostolic Visitator for Medjugorje appointed
27.11.2021The Press Office of the Holy See announced today at noon, November 27, 2021, the news that Pope Francis had appointed Archbishop Msgr. Aldo Cavalli, titular Archbishop Vibo Valentia (Vibo Valentia - lat. Dioecesis Vibonensis), former Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands, as the Apostolic Visitor with a special role for the parish of Medjugorje, indefinitely and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis. It is a continuation of the mission carried out in Medjugorje by Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C., who died on August 13, 2021 in Warsaw.
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The 21st anniversary of the death of Fr. Slavko Barbarić was marked in Medjugorje
25.11.2021During the day, two walks were organized to Fr. Slavko's grave, one from his hometown in Dragićina, and the other from the high school in Čitluk, which bears his name. High School Slavko Barbarić celebrated their day with this procession. Fr. Slavko died on this day, 21 years ago, in the afternoon, finishing the devotion of the Way of the Cross on Križevac, so also today we prayed the Way of the Cross on Križevac, and at 6 pm in the church of St. James. The Holy Mass for Fr. Slavko Barbarić was celebrated in Medjugorje, which was presided over by the Provincial of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina, Fr. Miljenko Šteko, with the concelebration of the Medjugorje parish priest Fr. Marinko Šakota and 22 other priests. (FOTO)
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Statistics for October, 2021.
01.11.2021
Number of Holy Communions: 106 400
Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 2846 (91 per day)
How to follow the livestream of the evening prayer program?
28.10.2021Wanting to improve the quality of transmission of our contents, the video broadcast of the evening prayer program from November 1, 2021, will be available only through our existing YouTube channels, and on our website www.medjugorje.hr you will still find the most important news from Medjugorje in your language. A link to YouTube is available on the website www.medjugorje.hr, where you have now followed the livestream, andalready now you can follow the broadcast of the evening prayer program.
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19.03.2020 - The words of encouragement of Medugorje parish priest, Fr. Marinko Sakota, March 19, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
24.12.2018 - Mons. Henryk Hoser on Međugorje: This is the time and the place of conversion. This is where we live the new evangelisation
The Apostolic Visitor with the special role for the parish of Medjugorje, the Archbishop Henryk Hoser, paid a visit to Radio Mir Medjugorje and met all those who work there. ...(photos)
14.12.2018 - BE OBEDIENT TO MONS. HOSER
Siate obedienti al mons. Hoser» (Be obedient to Mons. Hoser), these is what the Holy Father Francis told me after I told him I was the parish priest from Medjugorje and that Mons. Hoser was sending his regards to him. (photos)
01.11.2017 - Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican’s Secretary of State speaks of Medjugorje
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:
08.04.2017 - The Press Conference of the Special Envoy of the Holy See, Mons. Henryk Hoser
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.
03.04.2017 - The homily of Archbishop Hoser (the Special Envoy of the Holy See) in Medjugorje, on April 1st, 2017
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:
30.03.2017 - The Special Envoy of the Holy See arrived to Medjugorje
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.
Reminder
The theme: Learn from me and you will find rest (Mt 11: 28-30)
27TH INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR ORGANISERS OF PILGRIMAGES, LEADERS OF PEACE CENTRES AND LEADERS OF MEDJUGORJE PRAYER AND CHARITY GROUPS
shall be held in Medjugorje from 14th – 18th March, 2022
8 TH INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR LIFE
to be held in Medjugorje from May 11-14, 2022
THE 25th INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR PRIESTS
to be held in Medjugorje from July 4-9, 2022
21st INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR MARRIED COUPLES
to be held in Medjugorje from November 2-5, 2022
House of prayer “Domus Pacis” - Prayer and Fasting Seminars Silence
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
Media
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
Spiritual movement of the Queen of Peace in the world
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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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PRIESTS
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)
The important dates in Medugorje parish
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 2020:
February 26 – Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lent
March 2 – March 6 – The 27th International Spiritual Retreat for the Group Leaders and Organisers of Pilgrimages;
April 5 – Palm Sunday (procession from the old to the new church);
April 12 - Easter;
May 20-23 -the 8thInternational Spiritual Retreat for Life;
June 11 – Corpus Christi (procession through the parish with the Blessed Sacrament);
June 14-17 – the 9th International Pilgrimage for Children and Persons with Disabilities;
June 24 – Peace Walk from Humac to Medjugorje;
June 25 – the 39th Anniversary of Our Lady’s Apparitions;
July 6-11 – The 25th International Spiritual Retreat for Priests;
July 25 – Feast of St. James, patron saint of Medjugorje parish;
August 1 -6 – the 31st Youth Festival;
August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
September 13 – Holy Mass on Cross Mountain, Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September 24-27, 2020 – the 2nd International retreat for musicians
October 7-10 – the 21st International Spiritual Retreat for Married Couples;
November 24 – the 20thAnniversary of Fr. Slavko’s death;
December 24 – Christmas Vigil;
December 31 – New Year’s Eve Vigil Prayer
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.
Q U E S T I O N N A I R E
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)