Spiritual Retreats

The theme of the retreat is: „And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts“ (Col 3:15)
In Our Lady's School

The Lecturer at the Retreat is  Jozefina Škarica, MD, born in 1948, married, mother of four, medical doctor. Following the end of her medical studies, she works in Medical center in Šibenik, Croatia. She specializes in school medicine in 1985. In 1993, late Šibenik monsignor Srećko Badurina establishes a Counseling Center For The Young, Marriage And Family in Šibenik, and appoints doctor Škarica head of the Counseling Center. In 2004, after two-year training in Zagreb, she earns a diploma of Family Counselor. In the last twenty years, she has been participating in marriage preparation seminars and held numerous lectures and seminars on marriage, family and child-rearing both in Croatia and abroad. The Retreat Coordinator is Fr. Josip Stanić.

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

• 2 pm Registration of the participants
• 4 pm Introduction to the Retreat
• 5 pm Evening Prayer Programme in the church

Thursday,  February 4, 2027

• 9 am Morning Prayer
• 9:30 am Lecture  
• 11 pm Silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 3 pm Lecture
• 5 pm Evening Prayer Programme in the church

Friday,  February 5, 2027

• 8 am Prayer on Cross Mountain
• 11:30 am Lecture
• 12:00 Silent Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament  
• 3 pm Lecture
• 5 pm Evening Prayer Programme in the church

Saturday, February 6, 2027

• 7 am Prayer on Apparition Hill
• 10 am Lecture
• 11 am Closing Holy Mass 

The theme of the Meeting is: „And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts“ (Col 3:15)
In Our Lady's School

The Lecturer at the retreat is Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić, the parish priest of Medjugorje. Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić was born in Mostar in 1989. He completed primary and secondary school in Široki Brijeg.  He graduated from the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb in 2017.  He was ordained a deacon in Zagreb on February 26, 2017, and as a priest in Mostar on June 25, 2017.  As a deacon, he came to serve in Medjugorje, and from his priestly ordination in the same parish, he served as parish vicar until August 2022, when he took over the service of Medjugorje parish priest.

Monday, March 08, 2027

• 15.00 The registration of the participants
• 17.00 The Evening Prayer Programme in the Church

Tuesday, March 09, 2027

• 9.00 The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 9.30 Lecture
• Recess
• 11.00 The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 15.00 Lecture
• 17.00 The Evening Prayer Programme in the Church

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 9.30 Lecture
• Recess   
• 11.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 14.00 Prayer on Cross Mountain
• 17.00 The Evening Prayer Programme in the Church

Thursday, March 11, 2027

• 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 9.30 Lecture
• Recess   
• 11.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 12.30 Lunch for all the participants  
• 15.00 Prayer on Apparition Hill
• 17.00 The Evening Prayer Programme in the Church

Friday, March 12,  2027

• 9.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• 9.30 Lecture
• 11.00    Holy Mass