MESSAGE FROM POPE LEO XIV to the participants of the 36th Youth Festival Medjugorje, August 4th – 8th, 2025
Message, 25. July 2025
“Dear children! In this time of grace, when the Most High permits me to love you and lead you on the way of holiness, Satan wants to entangle you with the cord of peacelessness and hatred. Do not permit him to prevail, but, little children, fight for the holiness of every life. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (With Ecclesiastical approval)
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07.08.2025''How many people here in Medjugorje have felt transformation in the church during the Eucharist, in the sacrament of confession, on the Apparition Hill or on the Cross. They came with their suffering, with their life problems, questions, and the Lord transformed their lives. Our Lady, our Mother, therefore tirelessly calls: convert, pray, go to my Son... ''
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30.03.2022 - Notice to the media and the interested public
Parish of St. James the Apostle of Medjugorje and the Information Center Mir Medjugorje hereby inform the media and the interested public that audiovisual recording and photography for daily or political purposes or any other purposes incompatible with spiritual purposes is prohibited in all prayer areas of the parish.
Information Center Mir Medjugorje is the holder of the exclusive right to record audiovisual works and photographs in all prayer areas of the parish, which is why for audiovisual recording and photography for spiritual purposes it is necessary to obtain prior approval of the Information Center Mir Medjugorje, Gospin trg 1, Medjugorje, e-mail: mir@medjugorje.hr.
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The theme: “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” (Ps 122:1)
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
to be held in Medjugorje from August 4th - 8th, 2025
The theme: Ad fontem! To the source!
25th INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR MARRIED COUPLES
to be held in Medjugorje from February 4-7, 2026
31st INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR ORGANISERS OF PILGRIMAGES, LEADERS OF PEACE CENTRES AND LEADERS OF MEDJUGORJE PRAYER AND CHARITY GROUPS
to be held in Medjugorje from 9th – 13th March, 2026
THE 29th INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR PRIESTS
to be held in Medjugorje from June 29th –July 3rd, 2026
THE 37th MLADIFEST
to be held in Medjugorje from August 1st - 6th, 2026
Audio-video and photos live from the church in Medjugorje
Beginning with the feast of St. Francis, we began broadcasting live audio-video programs from the church in Medjugorje. You can follow them at the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-sLHYkB9R8tudWbBWZKDYw
Links both live audio and video in various languages:
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 Medjugorje parish in 2025
In the parish of St. James in Medjugorje, in addition to regular fasting and prayer seminars, various international seminars are held throughout the year. In addition to these international seminars, we bring several more important events in the Medjugorje parish in 2025:
February 2 – Presentation of the Lord – Blessing of Candles
February 5 to 8 – 24th International Spiritual Retreat for Married Couples
March 5 – Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lent
March 10 to 14 – 30th International Spiritual Retreat for Pilgrimage Organizers, Leaders of Peace Centers and Medjugorje Prayer and Charity Groups
March 20 to 23 – IT Congress
March 25 – Annunciation of the Lord
April 13 – Palm Sunday (procession from the foundations of the old church to the new church)
April 20 – Easter
April 27 – Divine Mercy Sunday
May 29 – Ascension of the Lord
May 10 – Sacrament of Confirmation
May 11 – First Holy Communion
June 8 – Pentecost
June 19 – Corpus Christi (procession through the parish after the evening Holy Mass)
June 24 – Peace March from Humac to Medjugorje
June 25 – 44th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions
June 30 to July 4 – 28th International Spiritual Retreat for Priests
July 25 – St. James the Apostle, patron saint of the parish of Medjugorje
August 4 to 8 – 36th International Youth Festival
August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8 – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Holy Mass on Cross Mountain
September 20 – Jubilee of Children's Choirs as part of the Jubilee Year 2025
November 24 – Anniversary of the Death of Br. Slavko Barbarić
December 8 – Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
December 24 – Christmas Vigil
December 25 – Christmas
December 28 – Holy Family
December 31 – Prayer Vigil for New Year's Eve in Medjugorje
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)