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The second fraternal meeting of rectors of the Mediterranean Marian shrines in Medjugorje

The program of the meeting was led by Br. Zvonimir Pavičić, the parish priest of Medjugorje, consisted of prayer at the Apparition Hill and other Medjugorje prayer places, participation in the evening prayer program, exchange of experiences... During the meeting, the Apostolic Visitor with a special role for the parish of Medjugorje, Msgr. Aldo Cavalli addressed all the participants... (PHOTO)

Announcement Regarding the Establishment of the Mir Medjugorje Information Center for Chinese speaking areas

We hereby announce that on June 25th, 2024, the Mir Medjugorje Information Center for Chinese speaking area was established. Pat Young has appointed as the director of the Center.

Statistics for September, 2024.

Number of Holy Communions: 275 000

Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5736 (191 per day)

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández: The Holy Spirit is at work in the spiritual experience of Medjugorje

At a conference dedicated to the deepening of the new "Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena", the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández clarified some parts of the document "The Queen of Peace" about the spiritual experience in the Herzegovinian Marian shrine, writes Vatican News.

Br. Zvonimir Pavičić: We are grateful to Pope Francis that he has this little place of great faith in his heart

''We are today especially grateful to dear God for this wonderful news from the Vatican, we are grateful to Pope Francis that he has this little place of great faith in his heart. We are grateful to God because he calls us to his closeness again and again and feeds us with His word and the body of Christ, we are grateful to the Mother of God, the Queen of Peace who started all this and guides it all. We are also grateful for those who came before us, who bore all the weight and grace of these events, and now celebrate the Eucharist with us in heaven. It is the Eucharist that connects us.''

DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH: Note About the Spiritual Experience Connected with Medjugorje

The press conference on Medjugorje is being held in Vatican on Thursday

The press conference on the spiritual experience of Medjugorje will be held on Thursday, September 19 at 11:30 a.m. in the Press Office of the Holy See. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, secretary of the doctrinal department of that Dicastery, Msgr. Armando Matteo and the director of the editorial office of the Dicastery for Communication Andrea Tornielli.

Br. Zvonimir Pavičić participated in Medjugorje prayer meetings in England

"I saw a lot of those who attended the fasting and prayer retreat in Medjugorje, they witnessed that the fasting and prayer retreat was very fruitful for them and that they will come again next year, so I encourage all the other pilgrims to come to these retreats as well, and the program for their languages ​​can be found on our website,'' said Br. Zvonimir.

Statistics for August, 2024.

Number of Holy Communions: 325 000

Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 9582 (309 per day)

Change in the timetable of the prayer program in Medjugorje

As of Sunday, September 1, the timetable of the prayer program in Medjugorje is changing. The evening prayer program begins with the Rosary at 5 p.m., and the Holy Mass is at 6 p.m. The prayer of the Rosary on Apparition Hill  will be on Sundays at 2 p.m., and the Stations of the Cross on Cross Mountain on Fridays at 2 p.m

The final evening of the 35th Youth festival - the Holy Mass was celebrated by Bishop Petar Palić

During the Youth Festival, the participants wrote their prayers on a large, hundred-meter-long canvas, which during the Holy Mass were brought to the altar and thus directed to the Lord, and after the Holy Mass there was the Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, and then the mission, where the young representatives from all countries participating in the Youth Festival received a rosary as a gift, which was distributed to them by Bishop Petar Palić and the Apostolic Visitor with a special role for the parish of Medjugorje, Archbishop Aldo Cavalli. (PHOTO)

The 35th Youth Festival ended with a Holy Mass on Cross Mountain

During the past few days, tens of thousands of young people from 80 countries celebrated Holy Masses in Medjugorje, listened to catechesis and lectures, as well as numerous testimonies, prayed on Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain and confessed...

The fourth day of the 35th Youth Festival – Br. Zvonimir Pavičić: If you are afraid, go to Holy Mass. The Lord will explain everything to you

"If you are afraid, go to Holy Mass, for there you will meet the Lord. He will explain everything to you. He will encourage you. It will open new horizons for you. He will feed you. He will preserve your life and bring you to heaven.'' (PHOTO)

The third day of the 35th Youth Festival - Msgr. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala: Medjugorje is a school of peace for the whole world

The Holy Mass was celebrated by Msgr. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. 707 priests concelebrated for him. (PHOTO)

The second day of the 35th Youth Festival – Holy Mass, prayers, catechesis, testimonies, song, dance...

"Europe showed all its emptiness both at the Eurovision Song Contest and at the Olympics. They tell us that it is in the name of tolerance, inclusiveness... Obviously, the evil has also become naive, without hiding because it has always been arrogant, selfish and empty. Where there is arrogance and selfishness there is always emptiness!'' (PHOTO)