date: 24.05.2021.
MEDJUGORJE – WHERE HEAVEN TOUCHES THE EARTH
„By their fruits you shall know them” (Mt 7:16)
ONLINE CONFERENCE on fruits of Medjugorje in the Spanish speaking countries
to be held in Medjugorje on May 29&30, 2021
Organisers:
Information Centre „MIR“ Medjugorje
and Association „CENTRO MEDJUGORJE“
Day 1
Saturday, May 29, 2021
1 p.m. INTRODUCTION MINUTES – OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
The Medjugorje Hymn „To the Mother and the Queen of Peace”, Introduction
words and prayer
1.30 p.m. Msgr. LUIGI PEZZUTO, the Apostolic Nuncio for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo
Lecture: By their fruits you shall know them (Mt 7:16)
1.55 p.m. Fr. DANKO PERUTINA, OFM, Mariologist
Lecture: 40 years of fruits of Medjugorje
2.30 p.m. FRUITS OF MEDJUGORJE in Honduras, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru and Columbia
Prayer groups, Peace Centres, places of prayer and charity associations in Latin America,
all as a fruit of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje
3.15 p.m. Fr. AGUSTÍN GIMÉNEZ GONZÁLEZ, PhD in Biblical Theology and Head of Catechesis Institute at the San Damaso Ecclesiastical University in Madrid
Lecture: By their fruits you shall know them (Mt 7:16)
3.40 p.m. Interview: JESÚS GARCÍA and MARÍA VALLEJO-NÁGERA
Two friends from Spain, a journalist and a writer, whose lives were changed after the visit
to Medjugorje, both interviewed the other in this rather unusual interview
4.05 p.m. EMMANUEL & ALEXANDER ACHA
Father and a son, famous Mexican artists, singers and musicians, both speak about their
experience of Medjugorje and what the messages of Our Lady mean to them
4.25 p.m. FRUITS OF MEDJUGORJE in Argentina, Ecuador, Florida, Nicaragua, and Spain
Prayer groups, Peace Centres, places of prayer and charity associations in Latin America
and Spain, all as a fruit of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje
5 p.m. LIVE STREAMING OF THE EVENING PRAYER PROGRAME FROM MEDJUGORJE
Joyful and Sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary
6 p.m. Holy Mass
7 p.m. The Eucharistic Adoration
8 p.m. ONLINE CONFERENCE CONTINUES
8.10 p.m. Fr. MILJENKO ŠTEKO, OFM, the Provincial of Herzegovinian Franciscan Province
and the President of the Union of Friars Minor of Europe
Lecture: By their fruits you shall know them (Mt 7:16)
8.30 p.m. JUAN MANUEL COTELO, Spanish actor, movie director and producer
JOSÉ MARÍA ZAVALA, Spanish journalist, writer and movie director
Two Catholic witnesses speak of their experience of Medjugorje
8.55 p.m. MARIJA PAVLOVIĆ-LUNETTI
Testimony of one of six Medjugorje visionaries
9.20 p.m. Fr. PETAR LJUBIČIĆ, OFM
Herzegovinian Franciscan who served in Medjugorje more than ten years speaks of his
experience of Medjugorje, starting from the first days up to now
9.40 p.m. CONVERSIONS – part 1
Friends of Medjugorje from Latin America and Spain, of various profiles, professions and
different vocations, speak about how the encounter with Jesus and His Mother in
Medjugorje changed their lives
10.30 p.m. SPIRITUAL VOCATIONS TESTIMONIES – part 1
Priests, religious and religious sisters from Latin America and Spain talk about how the
encounter with Mary and Jesus in Medjugorje inspired them to reflect on consecrated
life or this encounter had strengthened or renewed their existing vocations
11 p.m. Closure of the first day of the Conference
Day 2
Sunday, May 30, 2021
1 p.m. INTRODUCTION MINUTES
Prayer and song „La Guadalupana“
1.15 p.m. Cardinal VINKO PULJIĆ, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo
Catechesis: By their fruits you shall know them (Mt 7:16)
1.30 p.m. Fr. CARLOS BALLBÉ
Testimony: How Spanish representative and Olympics player became a priest
1.50 p.m. Association „CENTRO MEDJUGORJE“
The history of the Association that organised this Online Conference along with the
Information Centre „Mir“ Medjugorje, whose main purpose is spreading of the
messages of the Queen of Peace in Spain and in Latin America
2.20 p.m. Fr. ISRAEL, Fr. INOCENCIO, Fr. PATRICIO and Fr. ALFONSO
Spiritual reflections of priests from Latin America who responded to the invitation of
Our Lady and who tirelessly work on spreading of Her messages
2.50 p.m. IN MEMORIAM LUIS SIMAN
Remembering of Mr. Luis Siman, the man who worked from the very beginning of
the apparitions on spreading of the messages of the Queen of Peace and who
organised the encounters, conferences and meetings throughout Latin America
3:15 p.m. Parish priests of Medjugorje parish in this period and Fr. MARINKO ŠAKOTA, OFM,
acting parish priest
Short review to the priests who served as Medjugorje parish priests from the
beginning of the apparitions until this day, including the experience of the
acting parish priest Fr. Marinko Šakota, OFM
3.40 p.m. Fr. PABLO SCIOTI, OFM, in pastoral charge of the Spanish speaking countries
A priest from Argentina, whose vocation is a fruit of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje,
who lives today in Medjugorje and is in pastoral charge of pilgrims from the Spanish
speaking countries
4.00 p.m. BISHOPS OF LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN
Bishops of Latin America and Spain speak on their experience of Medjugorje
4.20 p.m. FRUITS OF MEDJUGORJE in Nicaragua, Peru, Spain and Curaçao
Prayer groups, Peace Centres, places of prayer and charity associations in
Latin America, all as a fruit of Our Lady’s apparitions in Medjugorje
5 p.m. LIVE STREAMING OF THE EVENING PRAYER PROGRAME FROM MEDJUGORJE
Joyful and Sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary
6 p.m. Holy Mass
7 p.m. Prayer for the Healing of Body and the Soul, Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
8 p.m. ONLINE CONFERENCE CONTINUES
8 p.m. LEADING THE SOULS TO GOD – Organisers of the pilgrimages
Persons who after the experience of Medjugorje felt for all the others to
feel the same, speak on how they had calling to lead the souls to God
8.30 p.m. Fr. GUSTAVO JAMUT
Catechesis: By their fruits you shall know them (Mt 7:16)
8.50 p.m. JAKOV ČOLO
Testimony of one of six Medjugorje visionaries
9.10 p.m. THE HISTORY OF SPREADING THE MESSAGES OF OUR LADY IN LATIN AMERICA
AND IN SPAIN
Chronological review of spreading of Our Lady’s messages in Latin America
and in Spain, as well as to lay people and priests who mostly contributed to that
9.35 p.m. CONVERSIONS – part 2
Friends of Medjugorje from Latin America and Spain, of various profiles, professions
and different vocations, speak about how the encounter with
Jesus and His Mother in Medjugorje changed their lives
10.20 p.m. SPIRITUAL VOCATIONS TESTIMONIES – part 2
Priests, religious and religious sisters from Latin America and Spain talk about how the
encounter with Mary and Jesus in Medjugorje inspired them to reflect on consecrated life
or this encounter had strengthened or renewed their existing vocations
11.00 p.m. THE END OF THE CONFERENCE (Our Lady loves you!)
