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Volunteers of academic church St. Filip Neri from Split for several years are organizing pilgrimages to Lourdes for about 160 people with special needs. This year, on Sunday, May 5 for the first time they organized a pilgrimage for people with special needs, but here in Medjugorje. The response was really great, after the initial 80 people, the number grew to 180 (half of them were companions and volunteers). Most of the program after the Mass which was held in the parish church in Medjugorje, was in Mother's Village, which ceded their spaces, but especially the boys from the community Merciful Father opened their hearts, carefully prepared lunch and gave their testimony. The program was completed by Fr Slaven Brekalo who gently explained the message of the Queen of Peace, and then prayed over them for the healing of soul and body. With a spiritual pilgrimage companion don Jozo Muzic, some members - volunteers of Medjugorje FRAMA, who assisted in the movement of pilgrims around the church, joined the pilgrimage. Everything went fine, even it was raining when it did not bother anyone, so that the satisfied pilgrims said they hope and new pilgrimage in even greater number.
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On Sunday forenoon, May 12, the children from Mother's Village gathered in the great hall St. Joseph. The reason for the gathering was a folklore show which was prepared for Mother's Day by 4 Folklore group:
1) HKUD Fr Mijo Cuic Bukovica - Tomislavgrad, Branch parish KONGORA
2) HKUD "JABUKA LIVADA" Brisnik - Tomislavgrad
3) HKUD "CRVENICE" Crvenice - Tomislavgrad
4) Folklore Group from Vionica
Head of the folklore dancers Mr Toma Curic told us that the idea for this trip came at the spiritual renewal of the folklore section, which was held in Medjugorje on the small Easter. His goal was to encourage children to exercise regularly dancing by motivating them with this performance, since in Bosnia, there aren’t any folk festivals for children's age. He also wanted besides training to sensitize children to think and gather some gifts for the children of Mother's Village.
With cheerful program of west Herzegovina dances which were performed by these small guests (65 of them), Sunday morning for all quickly passed and later continued in casual socializing and friendship.
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On Friday, the 10th May children from kindergarten Holy Little Teresa and Mother’s village had cheerful morning which are prepared silly clowns from Italy. In great program that consisted of mime, acting, dancing and conjuring tricks kids really enjoyed and happily participated. In a special way they were thrilled dancing under the colorful blanket and race for a great bag. Association Doctor Clown Italia is an association of volunteers who visited twice a week and animate patients in hospitals. Also twice a year they organizing international missions. This year they were here in Medjugorje, and before they visited India, Brazil, Kenya and the Holy Land, all with a desire to elicit the smile on the children's faces.
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In the parish church in Medjugorje on Saturday 4th of May was the division of the Holy Confirmation, and on Sunday was celebrated First Communion. In the Mother's Village, we had two confirmations (Vesna Musa and Slađan Vidovic) and one sacrament of first communion (Jerko Tomas).
For all of them on Saturday was prepared a common, special lunch! We want them to live with passion what they Bishop Ratko said: "Dear candidates, pray to God, devote to the Holy Spirit and live the commandments of God!"
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More and more beautiful mosaic „comes out" from therapeutic workshop "Tau" which acts at the Community of the Merciful Father. Their artistic significance notes and beyond, so they have a number of orders from parishes, as well as from private individuals. Among the major works one can be extracted, the St. Ilija mosaic for the parish of St. Ilija in Krusevo, cross paths for monastery in Humac and Tuzla and mosaic of the Last Supper for hotel "Medjugorje". The large Stations of the Cross for Klobuck hill have been making at the moment which should be ready by the August 1 and mosaics of joyful mysteries for one pension in Medjugorje. However, currently the largest project of the workshop is a great mosaic altar for the parish church st. Paskal in Vitina. Vitina is a village seven kilometers from Ljubuski, and belongs to the municipality Ljubuski. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. There is a great Vrilo Vrioštica in the center of the village.
On the mosaic different motives are harmoniously blended: Our Lady of Lourdes, which has been honored for a long time in Vitina, association of sources in Lourdes and Vitina, figure of Fr Pascal with the Most Blessed Sacrament, and people in costumes who honor him in front of the Vitina church. |
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Facing with a deep crisis of faith and the loss of religious sense which represents one of the biggest challenges of the Church today, Pope Benedict XVI by the Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, declared the YEAR OF FAITH.
