INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR FOR LIFE
(PRO-LIFE)
to be
held in Medjugorje from June 16th to 19th, 2016
The theme of the
seminar is:
"The infant in the womb"(Luke 1, 41)
"Be
merciful as your Father is merciful." (Luke 6, 36)
With the Mother of Life this seminar is for those
who defend life; it is prayer for those who have lost a child; for those who
have been wounded by abortion or miscarriage; for spouses who desire children;
for pro-life activists; for victims of domestic violence, single parents,
pregnant women…
Thursday, June 16,
2016
16:00 Registration of participants
18:00 Evening Prayer Program in the Church
Friday, June 17, 2016
9:00 Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament
9:30 Lecture
Break
11:00 Lecture, testimonies
12:00
-15:30 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in silence
15:30 Lecture
18:00 Evening Prayer Program in the Church
Saturday, June 18,
2016
6:00 The
Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain, preparation for confession
10:00 Lecture
12:00
-15:30 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in silence
15:30 Lecture, testimonies
18:00 Evening Prayer Program in the Church
20:00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the
Church
Sunday, June 19, 2016
6:00 Prayer
on Apparition Hill
9:00 Sharing of the experience by the
participants,
Holy Mass
The
coordinator of the seminar is Fr. Marinko Šakota,
parish
priest of St. James parish, Medjugorje
The lecturers at the seminar are:
Fr. Ante Vučković, O.F.M. He was born in Sinj in 1958 into a large family. He is a member of the
Franciscan Province of the Most Holy Savior in Split. He attended and completed
studies at the classical secondary college and seminary in Sinj,
while he studied theology in Makarska and Zagreb. He
was ordained as a priest in 1983. After serving as a chaplain in Metković and Munich, he studied philosophy in Munich and
Rome where he obtained his doctorate on dimensions of hearing of Martin
Heidegger. He taught philosophy in Rome at the Pontifical University Antonianum and at the Franciscan faculty of Theology in Makarska. He is a philosophy professor at the Catholic
Theological Faculty of the University of Split. He also lectures at the faculty
of Philosophy at the same university. He guides spiritual exercises, seminars
and spiritual retreats. He is a spiritual counsellor and advisor. He has
published a number of books and his works are published in professional and
other periodicals.
Zrinka Jelaska, a professor of Croatian language and phonetics from Zagreb is a member of the Third Order Franciscans. She is married and is a mother of two adult children. From her childhood she was raised in faith and in her youth wandered away from God. In Medjugorje her father was inspired to pray for her conversion (praying at least one Hail Mary as he passed Our Lady's image at the 'Stone Door' in Zagreb). When she returned to the Church and started to attend daily Mass, he jokingly said he over-prayed.
Her life's theme are children in the womb - sensitive, prayerful, intercessory, cognitive. She also wrote two scientific articles about language development during the period of pregnancy.
NOTES:
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
FOR LIFE "Pro-life" will be held in Medjugorje from June 16th to 19th
2016 in the Hall of Saint John Paul II. The number of places is limited due to
space restrictions, therefore we kindly ask you to please sign up and confirm
your attendance as soon as possible. Registration is by e-mail at seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr
For the sake of the
organization of the Seminar and your certainty, please consider yourself
registered for the Seminar only after receiving return confirmation. If you
have not received a response, it means that we have not received your
application and that you are not registered because your e-mail may have been
sent to the wrong address or due to a virus in your e-mail it was automatically
blocked. Therefore, please note that you can consider yourself as registered
for the Seminar only after you have received an affirmative answer.
Simultaneous translation for all
language groups will be organized. Price of the Seminar is €30 per person and includes all fees for the organization and for
the expenses of the Seminar. Upon payment at the beginning of the Seminar, each
participant will receive accreditation which will permit participation at the
Seminar. Each participant is personally responsible for his own accommodation
in Medjugorje.
Since we cannot reach each organizer
personally, by this means we invite all organizers of pilgrimages, guides,
leaders of Peace Centers and prayer and charity groups to inform those who may
be interested in this Seminar.
With joy we look forward to
receiving your application and meeting with you!