40th anniversary

 This month, June 24th-25th, the Croatian Catholic parish of Medjugorje (and many people of faith around the world) celebrate the 40th (fortieth) anniversary that the Blessed Virgin Mary helps us get closer to God through her guidance in apparitions! There is also an annual impressive Peace March.

A milestone for this "heaven on earth" that Pope Francis and many faithful around the world recognize as the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace.

A time of grace, God's grace.

Sharing her message & a video from the 30th anniversary of Our Lady Gospa, Queen of Peace apparitions from June 25, 2011. We are there in Spirit through sincere prayer with the heart.

https://staging.rferl.org/a/24247075.html

1st photograph: Mir-Peace spiritual pilgrimage group joining in prayer from the heart during holy mass and evening prayer program at St. James Croatian Catholic Church, June, 2011.

photos: peace march in the past.

(EN) Gospa's Medjugorje message, June 25, 2011

(HR) Gospina Medjugorska poruka, 25. lipanj 2011.

(ENGLISH) "Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages. Many of you have responded, but I wait for, and seek, all the hearts that have fallen asleep to awaken from the sleep of unbelief. Little children, draw even closer to my Immaculate Heart so that I can lead all of you toward eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call."

(HRVATSKI) Gospina Medjugorska poruka, 25. lipanj 2011.

“Draga djeco! Zahvaljujte sa mnom Svevišnjem na mojoj prisutnosti s vama. Radosno je moje srce gledajući ljubav i radost u življenju mojih poruka. Mnogi ste se odazvali, ali čekam i tražim sva zaspala srca da se probude od sna nevjere. Približite se još više dječice mom Bezgrješnom srcu da vas sve mogu voditi prema vječnosti. Hvala vam što ste se odazvali mome pozivu. ”

This year due to a worldwide pandemic our Mir-Peace pilgrimage group and many others will not travel there as we had in past years, but God's peace and love are in our hearts. We join pilgrims from around the world in prayer, answering the Blessed Virgin Mary's call to pray, fast, confess our sins, and convert our hearts and minds and lives for God's will. God bless us all!

@MirPeaceUSA info email: mir.peace@comcast.net

History trivia: About 100,000 pilgrims celebrated the 30th anniversary of the first appearance of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bosnia Hercegovina in 2011. As of 2011, more than 30 million people have visited the shrine.

#medjugorjemessage #Medjugorjeanniversary #memories #shrine #immaculateheart #Queenofpeace #OurLady #Medjugorje #Gospa #apparitions

Historical! Letter from His Holiness Pope Francis to Medjugorje: Mladifest Youth Festival 2020

Pope Francis tells youth festival Mladifest at Medjugorje: 

be inspired 

by the Virgin Mary

Letter from His Holiness Pope Francis, the Vatican, was read to attendees at Mladifest opening ceremony, International Annual Youth Festival 2020!

Good news! Real news! Faith in action.

Together we will rise and help create a better future, together with Gospa, Our Lady Queen of Peace, with her Son Jesus Christ, and our Father, Lord God Almighty.... wherever we are in this world.

This video at the exterior altar of St. James Croatian Catholic church has voiceover in French.

Full text of the letter is in English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=dFFtEH6VEfY

Article by Catholic News Agency, "Pope Francis tells youth at Medjugorje: be inspired by the Virgin Mary", in English:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-tells-youth-at-medjugorje-be-inspired-by-the-virgin-mary-62665

Pope Francis authorizes pilgrimages to Medjugorje

GOOD NEWS! (on Mother's Day! :-) )
Pope Francis authorizes pilgrimages to MEDJUGORJE! (EN) ~ Vatican news, May 12, 2019
 (HR) Papa Franjo odobrio hodočašća u Međugorje 

Pope Francis has decided to authorize pilgrimages to Medjugorje, which can now be officially organized by dioceses and parishes and will no longer take place only in a private capacity which as has so far been the case. The announcement was made today during Mass, at the parish shrine which has become a destination for millions of pilgrims, by the Apostolic Nuncio Luigi Pezzuto in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the Holy See's Special Apostolic Visitator.
~Massimiliano Menichetti - Vatican City (EN) - (HR) bitno .net

Mir-peace spiritual pilgrimages have never doubted the authenticity. We travel there every year. Thank God! We know the people and their strong faith in this Croatian Catholic Church parish, Bosnia Hercegovina, Europe.
We first saw this announcement today shared by Ivan Dominik Iličić:
"Nekako se poklapi da uz nase sinoćnje pjevanje pjesme “Došli smo ti Majko draga”, na koncertu Progledaj srcem u Areni, dođe i ova divna vijest 🙂službeno su odobrena Hodočašća u Međugorje 🙂#Međugorje #Progledajsrcem #Progledajsrcem2019#Kraljicamira #Gospa #Isus " with link to Croatian article, 
then verified with the Vatican news. Vatican city. 
HRVATSKI :
https://www.bitno.net/vjera/aktualnosti/papa-franjo-odobrio-hodocasca-u-medugorje/?fbclid=IwAR0FLvw7ZyByvEMVXmFn-BFOQ7lPechXd2svlhQyTGYGvRNYUtFQR816tCk
ENGLISH: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-05/pope-authorizes-pilgrimages-to-medjugorje.html

2019 PILGRIMAGES to HEAVEN ON EARTH

Join us on a journey of renewed faith, true joy, & lasting peace in our hearts. 

"There is a light in Medjugorje." 

~Pope's Vatican Papal Envoy to Medjugorje

:-) - 2019 PILGRIMAGE travel dates* schedule available -

Let's BE a LIGHT together. 

Blessed Virgin Mary, Gospa, wants to encourage us to learn to get closer to our Lord with the help of her Son, JESUS CHRIST... with prayer together, we feel the love and peace, serenity, good energy of heaven on earth... together in Spirit. Through God's grace Helen & Joseph Sarcevic and family have been dedicated to answering Our Lady's call in Medjugorje, Bosnia Hercegovina, & sharing that spirituality with you for over 30 years! #blessed 

---     For information, email:     mirpeace@comcast.net     ---

We keep everyone with us in our hearts & prayers when we travel to this "heaven on earth": 

- participating in Holy Mass at Saint James Croatian Catholic Church, 

- praying the rosary and afterward at adoration and blessing, 

- climbing Apparition Hill & Krizevac (Cross Mountain) in prayer of Stations of the cross (Way of the Cross) 

- eating delicious home-made food prepared by our host families in the parish, Elez, Vasilj, Ostojic, Vlaicevic...

- visiting with the visionaries as possible,

- a night at hotel at beautiful southern Croatian mediterranean-climate Dalmatian coast of Adriatic Sea.

-Transportation originates in the United States (USA), & in country. You can join us enroute, also.

Let's "BE a LIGHT!" :-) (Mir-Peace motto).

HVALJEN ISUS I MARIJA! (Croatian language) 

English translation: Praised be Jesus and Mary!

*note: trip info, dates are tentative and may change.

breaking news! Pope sends envoy!

The Pope Francis' emissary is going back to Medjugorje!

 "There is a light in Medjugorje " ~Henryk Hoser, archbishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, former Vatican Papal special envoy to Medjugorje. “from a pastoral point of view, there is a very positive result.”

 News from the Vatican: Apostolic Visitor with a Special Role for the (Croatian CAtholic Church) Parish of Medjugorje is Appointed

The Franciscans in Medjugorje work together with the Catholic Church and Holy Father for all pilgrims and faithful. Mir Peace pilgrimage groups, and many others as approved from around the world, travels back there this June. Faith in action!

Did Pope Francis denounce Medjugorje? 
No. He sent back a delegate who is positive about the parish and genuine apparitions by Gospa (Our Lady Queen of Peace, Mother of God in Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary) to the visionaries.

"There is a Light in Medjugorje." 

Gospa is helping us ti see the light through prayer and reading meditating on the Gospel, New Testament, and coming closer to God Our Father through the Light of the World, Jesus. We can each share that light, be a light, by living in love as that role model and emulating Christ's life. Thank God! Alleluia.