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FEAST OF EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS CELEBRATED IN MEDJUGORJE

On September 13, 2009, the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated in Medjugorje, that is traditionally celebrated on first Sunday after the Feast of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary. Holy Masses in the parish church were celebrated at 6, 7 and 8 a.m. Solemn Holy Mass on the top of the Cross Mountain, in the presence of numerous parishioners and pilgrims was at 11 a.m. and Fr. Mario Knezovic, parish vicar in the parish of Posusje was main celebrant. For all those unable to climb the Cross Mountain, Holy Mass in the parish church was at 12, led by Fr. Tomislav Pervan along with fifty other priests that con celebrated. Evening Holy Mass at the Dome of church of St. James' was celebrated by Fr. Ivan Ivanda with concelebration of 76 priests. (foto)

PARISH CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

On Sunday, September 13, 2009 we are celebrating the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross in parish of Medjugorje. Holy Masses in the Church of St. James are at 6, 7, 8, 12 and 7 p.m. Solemn Holy Mass is at 11 on the top of the Cross Mountain, and prayer of the Way of the Cross and Rosary begin at 10.

PRAYER PROGRAMME – WINTER SCHEDULE

On Monday, September 14, the time and schedule of liturgical prayer programme in parish of Medjugorje is changing. The Rosary will start at 5 p.m. and Holy Mass at 6 p.m. After Holy Mass prayers of blessings and healing will follow and it will end with third part of the Rosary. The Adoration of Jesus in Blessed Sacrament is on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 to 10 p.m. and on Thursdays immediately after Holy Mass. Veneration of the Holy Cross is on Fridays immediately after Holy Mass. Prayer of Rosary on the Apparition Hill is on Sundays at 2 p.m., and Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain is on Fridays at 2 p.m.

Statistics for August 2009

Holy Communions distributed: 283.000

Concelebrating priests: 6.897 (222/day)

With bicycle to Medjugorje

Medjugorje in its pilgrimage reality has never experienced such busy August. Pilgrims in small and big groups are arrriving from all over the world, through various means of transport.Amongst many groups, journalist of Radio station "Mir" Medjugorje, noticed pilgrims on bikes who were glad to introduce themselves: Jeren Karel and Goran Pranjic from Sesvetski Kraljevac in vicinity of Zagreb.

40th Anniversary of Priesthood

Franciscans of Herzegovinian Province: Fr. Ivan Dugandzic, Fr. Ante Leko, Fr. Berislav Kutle, Fr. Vitomir Musa, Fr. Tomislav Pervan, Fr. Ilija Puljic, Fr. Ljubo Vlasic and Fr. Franjo Vrgoc, member of Province of Bosna Srebrena, have celebrated on Saturday, August 22, the 40^th anniversary of their priesthood with the verse from Psalm 32: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.” Solemn Holy Mass at 7 p.m. was celebrated by Fr. Ivan Sesar, The Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province, and the Fr. Tomislav Pervan, one of the celebrants gave the homily.

THE FEAST OF ASSUMPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY CELEBRATED IN MEDJUGORJE

Dozens of thousands of pilgrims, local and from abroad, came to Medjugorje for celebration of feast of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the information from Parish Office, on that day there were 21 Holy Masses that were celebrated in the Church, at the White Altar and in the Chapel, all in different world languages, and total of 150 priests concelebrated at those Masses. Parish priest Fr. Petar Vlasic was the main celebrant at the Holy Mass at 11 a.m., and Fr. Miljenko Steko, Vicar of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province was the main celebrant at 7 p.m. Holy Mass.

THE FEAST OF ASSUMPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

The Feast of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary will be celebrated on Saturday, August 15th, and many groups of pilgrims from all over the world have already arrived to Međugorje for that occassion. Holy Masses in the parish church of St. James' will be celebrated at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 a.m. and 7. p.m. Due to the large number of pilgrims who will be walking towards Međugorje, we are kindly asking all those involved in traffic to be extra careful on that day.

CELEBRATED 45 YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD IN MEDJUGORJE

On Sunday, August 9^th, 2009 in the Parish church of St. James’ in Međugorje Fr. Ante Perković, Fr. Oton Bilić, Fr. Ferdo Majić, Fr. Dinko Maslać, Fr. Ivan Kvesić and Fr. Ljubo Krasić celebrated 45 years of their priesthood. Solemn Holy Mass was celebrated by Fr. Ljubo Krasić, who is at service in Chicago. Fr. Miljenko šteo, Vicar in the Province greeted them at the beginning of celebration congratulating them on their jubilee on behalf of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province and on behalf of Međugorje Parish priest Fr. Petar Vlašić.

20th INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL IN MEĐUGORJE ENDED

20th International Youth Festival, that began in Međugorje on August 1, 2009 with Holy Mass that was celebrated by Fr. Ivan Sesar, Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province, ended on August 6, 2009 with Holy Mass on the top of the Cross Mountain at 5 a.m. that was celebrated by Fr. Miljenko Steko, Vicar of Province and around 80 priests have concelebrated at the same Holy Mass. (foto)

20th International Prayer Youth Festival began

20^th International Prayer Youth Festival began in Međugorje on August 1, 2009. After the prayer of the Rosary at 6 p.m., young people from around sixty different world countries gave a brief message in their own language, and then parish priest Fr. Petar Vlašić greeted and welcomed all present. Fr. Ivan Sesar, Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscans, celebrated the Holy Mass, and there were 342 priests that co-celebrated while the whole programme was simultaneously translated into sixteen different languages. (foto)

Statistics for July 2009

Holy Communions distributed: 102.000

Concelebrating priests: 3.824 (123/day)

20th International Prayer Meeting of Youth – Medjugorje Youth Festival

20^th International Prayer Meeting of Youth – Medjugorje Youth Festival will be held in Medjugorje from August 1^st to 6^th. Theme of Meeting is “Do whatever He tells you!”(Jh 2,5). Youth Festival will be directly broadcasted through Internet both in picture and sound.

Programme of the Festival is as follows: (Program)

Parishioners of Medjugorje parish celebrated the Feast of St. James'

Parish of Medjugorje celebrated on Saturday, July 25^th the Feast of St. James the Apostle, its patron saint. Holy Masses in Croatian were celebrated in the parish church at 8, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., and central Holy Mass was celebrated in Gaj (Garden) opposite to the ruins of the old Medjugorje church. The main celebrant was Fr. Miro Sego. (foto)

Mayor of Assisi in Medjugorje

Mayor of Assisi, birth place of St. Francis, Claudio Ricci, came to Medjugorje on Sunday, July 19th in the company of Mayor of Citluk Ivo Jerkic, and visited Medjugorje and Franciscans from Medjugorje. He visited prayer places of Medjugorje parish and in the chambers of Parish office he spoke with Franciscans from Medjugorje. In his interview to radio station Mir Medjugorje Mayor said that he wanted to achieve this visit due to the celebration of 800 years of Franciscan order, and he added that it is his desire to link many world shrines on the paths of spirituality and humanity, just similar to the spirit of St. Francis. By enforcing this project, our desire is to go along with the time, but at the same time not to lose our identity and roots, emphasized Mayor of Assisi.