The 13th International Meeting for Leaders -official info

The 13th International Meeting for Leaders of Peace Centres and Medjugorje Prayer, Pilgrim and Charity groups will take place in the New Hall in Medjugorje from March 5 to 9, 2006. The theme of this encounter is: “You shall be my witnesses until the ends of the world” (Acts 1,8) The number of places is limited, and the number of participants is increasing from year to year. This is why we ask you kindly to make your registration as soon as possible. You can send your registrations by fax + 387 36 651 999 (for Marija Dugandzic), or by e-mail: seminar.marija@medjugorje.hr .

Simultaneous translation is available for all language groups. This is why we ask you kindly to take with you a small FM radio with headphones. The price of the seminar is 60 € per person. This includes all the fees for the organization and running of the seminar (lecturers, translations of texts, simultaneous translation and lunch the last day). When you register and pay at the beginning of the seminar, you will receive a badge, which will allow you to participate in the seminar. We ask you kindly to organize personally your accommodation in Medjugorje. We believe that this is not a problem for you, because you have come to Medjugorje for many years now and have friends and acquaintances here.

We are looking forward to your reservations and to welcoming you at this meeting!

Informaiton Centre MIR Medjugorje

Message of November 25, 2005

Message of November 25, 2005

“Dear children! Also today I call you to pray, pray, pray until prayer becomes life for you. Little children, at this time, in a special way, I pray before God to give you the gift of faith. Only in faith will you discover the joy of the gift of life that God has given you. Your heart will be joyful thinking of eternity. I am with you and love you with a tender love. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

I do not know if you know this but on every 25th we have Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament in the church of St. James from 10pm until 7am. People come individialy or with their families to spend some time with Jesus.

SO last night after regular evening program in the church, at 10pm we have started with adoration of the Most Blessed Sarcrament. First part was animated as usual by our singles and players in St. James Church, aftewards the adoration continued in silance all the night , until 7h this morning.

I hope all of you in US had have a great THANKSGIVING day!

God bless you
Anita

Snow in Medjugorje - Mass for father Slavko

It is incredible but true! It snows in Medjugorje. Yesterday all day it was snowing and today has stopped. We are so happy that it has stopped, I guess the children would love it to continue :-)
I was planning on taking some photo for you but my battery is out, but remember last year we had snow for a week here and you can see some of the photos my colleague made on that occasion. I must say that I am so surprised with this cold weather we have here. It is so unusual. But I guess it is that global warming everybody talks about.

Today is the 24th of November and today we are remembering our dear father Slavko Barbarić. The mess will be celebrated at the church of St. James tonight at 18 (6 pm). If you like you can listen to the rosary and holy mass from Medjugorje over satellite or internet.
If you like you can read about father on father Slavko official web site.

God bless!

Anita

news and more

Good morning from not so sunny Medjugorje. It is cold here! If you are planing to come begining December, and I know there will be my darling frien Mary Buckman from ON ANGELS WINGS coming, please bring very, very warm close.

We were receiving a great number of e-mails from you people so you wil alowe me few days to deal with it. I promise I will reply and also if there are some orders from the Emanuel shop we will get organized and give our best to send it to you as soon as possible.

Here are the official news from Information centre MIR Medjugorje

"On Friday, November 4, four bishops came to the Shrine of the Queen of Peace in Medjugorje. Mons. Thomas MSUSA, actual bishop of the diocese of Zomba, his retired predecessor Mons. Allan Chamgwera, and Mons. Remi Joseph Gustave Saint-Marie, bishop of Dedza, came from Malawi. Mons. Joseph Faber MacDonald, bishop of the diocese Saint John in New Brunswick, came from Canada.
All four bishops have a positive opinion about Medjugorje, and they are glad to be in this worldly renowned Our Lady’s shrine. At the presbytery, they met the pastor, dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar, and other Franciscans from Medjugorje. They especially underlined the importance of Medjugorje as the largest confessional of the world. "

As Anita was the one who was working on all arrangements for the group from Malawi, with the bishops coming, we were expecting to hear all the news about that famous project MEDJUGORJE SHRINE IN MALAWI. The project started by constructing a Medjugorje Cross mountain on Michiru Mountain in Malawi has grown into the whole Mejdugorje shrine, where the church, exact copy of ST. James in Mejdugorje, will be built in Malawi. All this is done by huge help of one Tony Smith from England, the benefactor to Malawi people. As we have heard Mr Smith already had a plan to build Mejdugorje shrine or better said it's copy, in England , but he couldnot fine sutable terain. All works are done according original plans for the Medjugorje church.

Mons. Thomas MSUSA said that he and his people are very happy that already next year they will be having Medjugorje in Africa. Peopel in Malawi is so poor and also the way to Medjugorje is complicated since they need so meny Visas from different countries. He also gave an interview to big Croatian newspapers but it is in Croatian so I can not quote for you.

Ok, this will be for this morning. I have to go and read those e-mails.

Keep on reading, keep on writing!

God bless you all!

Emanuel

Divine Mercy in Surmanci with father dr John Chisholm

One of Mejdugorje villages is Surmanci, where an icon of the Divine Mercy is displayed. Every Friday father dr. John Chisholm is leading prayers and devotions before the famouse icon of Divine Mercy. This icon is special because the miraculous healing took place to the person who was praying before it. The case has been used in the proces of beatification and canonisation of sister Faustina. Village is on about 15 min drive from the centre of the village to the east (behind Podbrdo- Apparition Hill)

The program on Friday starts with Divine Mercy rosary chanted by father John, then we celebrate holy mass and at aprx. 15 (3pm) the way of the Cross is prayed. (It is 2h program)

This summer pilgrims would meet in front of the parish house every Friday at 13 (1 pm) and then would take taxi to go to Surmanci.

We had a great time, my group and I and I whish all pilgrims could have this oportunity to visit Surmanci and pray before Divine Mercy icon.

Chapel also has small relic of sister Faustina displayed.

Message to Mirjana on November 2nd

This morning, November 2nd, again the thousands of pilgrims gathered in community CENACOLO in Mejdugorje for the apparition of Our Lady to Mirjana visionary. She is the one who sees Our Lady one a year on March 18th and also has inner locutions or apparition of Blessed Mother on each 2nd of the month.

This morning apparition was quite short. I am still under impresion and will make this post short, also. There in no message but here is what Mirjana shared with the people present.

"Our Lady came very sad, with tears in her eyes.
I have asked: Mother, what can we do to wipe the tears from your eyes?
Our Lady did not reply, She only blessed all of us and the religious articles."

Let us pray pray pray!
God bless you!
Emanuel