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Statistics for September, 2025.

Number of Holy Communions: 250 000

Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 6185 (206 per day)

Book ''Queen of Peace – A Note on the Spiritual Experience Connected to Medjugorje'' presented

Fr. Jozo Grbeš on Cross Mountain: Every time we set out on the Way of the Cross, we are on the path of the Holy

"Every place where there is a cross is holy, and every time we set out on the path of the cross, we are on the path of the holy," said the provincial of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina, Fr. Jozo Grbeš, opening the Holy Mass. (PHOTO)

Presentation of the Note ‘The Queen of Peace’ - The great majority of pilgrims in Medjugorje change their life

The book “The Queen of Peace”: Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje (Text of the Note and Interventions at the Press Conference on September 19, 2024 on the occasion of the declaration of nihil obstat for Medjugorje), will be presented on Sunday, September 21, at 8 p.m., in the John Paul II Hall.

Archbishop Cavalli: Medjugorje, the place God chose to give us His Grace

The book “The Queen of Peace”: Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje (Text of the Note and Interventions at the Press Conference on September 19, 2024 on the occasion of the declaration of nihil obstat for Medjugorje), will be presented on Sunday, September 21, at 8 p.m., in the John Paul II Hall.

Note “The Queen of Peace” of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith - St. John Paul II had desire to visit Medjugorje

Presentation of the Note “The Queen of Peace” – Sr. Valerija Kovač: Medjugorje is a spiritual oasis for people from all over the world

On Sunday, September 21, at 8 p.m., the presentation of the book “The Queen of Peace”: Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje (Text of the Note and interventions at the Press Conference on September 19, 2024, on the occasion of the declaration of Nihil Obstat for Medjugorje) will be held in the John Paul II Hall.

''THE QUEEN OF PEACE'' Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje

The presentation will be held at the St. John Paul II Hall on September 21, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.

Bishop Fernando Valera Sanchez: Here we discover that it is possible to see with the heart

Bishop Sanchez said that the Lord fills our interior with the new wine of the Holy Spirit and destroys the temptation to live Christianity without the cross.

Registration for the February Spiritual Retreat for Married Couples in Medjugorje has begun

The coordinator of this spiritual retreat is Fr. Josip Stanić, parish vicar of the Parish of St. James in Medjugorje, and the lecturer at the spiritual retreat will be Dr. Jozefina Škarica. This doctor was born in 1948, is married and is the mother of four children. After completing her medical studies, she worked at the Medical Center in Šibenik, Croatia. In 1985, she specialized in school medicine.

Spiritual retreat for pilgrimage organizers, leaders of peace centers, prayer and charity groups related to Medjugorje

The lecturer at this spiritual retreat will be the parish priest of Medjugorje, Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić, and applications are ongoing. The number of participants is limited, so the organizers ask kindly that you register as soon as possible, and all registration details are available HERE.

Statistics for August, 2025.

Number of Holy Communions: 350 000

Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 8077 (260 per day)

The prayer program schedule changes in Medjugorje

As of Monday, September 1, the prayer program schedule in Medjugorje will change. The evening prayer program will begin with the rosary at 5 p.m., and the Holy Mass will be at 6 p.m. The Rosary on Apparition Hill will be said on Sundays at 2 p.m., and the Stations of the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain on Fridays at 2 p.m.

Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić celebrated Holy Mass on Cross Mountain at the end the Youth Festival: ‘Be Our Lady''s children!’

''We must not reject the cross that brings us life. Instead, we must readily accept and carry it. Just as he carried his cross. Although it is difficult and demanding, it is nevertheless bringing us salvation. Whoever is ready to carry his cross is ready to follow Jesus. For the one who follows Jesus, he always goes towards salvation, towards heaven and towards eternity.'' (PHOTO)

Bishop Petar Palić presided over the Holy Mass on the final evening of the 36th Youth Festival

"Dear young people, accept the rosary, that is Mary's hand that she offers you to walk through life with Jesus and Mary and to learn from them! Be evangelizers in your family, in your city, in your country," said the parish priest of Medjugorje, Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić, and with this mission they are also invited to pass on to their countries, to their families and parish communities what they received in Medjugorje. (PHOTO)