MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - MEDJUGORJE CENTRE ( NORTH

NUMBER 290 : July 2015 : FREE
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
MEDJUGORJE CENTRE NORTH EAST
(Established since 1989)
www.medjugorjene.co.uk
OUR MINISTRY
To spread the messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus,
given through the visionaries in Medjugorje.
PEACE CONVERSION
FAITH PRAYER FASTING
OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
PRAY FOR US
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MEDJUGORJE
AFTERNOON OF PRAYER
led by Fr. Martin Morris
( 2nd Sunday of the Month )
Sunday 9th August 2015
Sunday 13th September 2015
4.00pm to 5.00pm Adoration
5.00pm to 6.00pm Rosary, Benediction and Reflection
ST ALOYSIUS CHURCH
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD
HEBBURN, TYNE AND WEAR
NE31 1BE
Date for your Diary
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO
MEDJUGORJE 2016
8th—15th June 2016
Cost £499
Single room supplement—£125
Flying from Newcastle
Half Board
Hotel Orbis—Close to St. James’ Church
Travelling with Aglow Pilgrimages, Harrogate
For Bookings ring
Kath Ash 01670 733358
Medjugorje Centre (North East)
MEDJUGORJE RETREAT AT MINSTERACRES
Spiritual Director—Fr. Martin Morris
Cost is £120 pp
Fri 16th –18th October 2015
Booking forms available from
Marian Fletcher
Telephone 0191 4174413
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OUR LADY’S MESSAGE—To the World
Given 25th July 2015 to Marija Pavlovic
ear children! “ With joy I am with you also
today and I call all of you, little children, pray,
pray, pray so as to comprehend the love which I have for
you. My love is stronger than evil, little children,
therefore draw closer to God so as to feel my joy in God.
Without God, little children, you do not have a future,
you do not have hope or salvation; therefore leave evil and choose
good. I am with you and, with you, I intercede before God for all of
your needs. Thank you for having responded to my call. ”
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Fr. Martin Morris’s Reflection
Spiritual Director of Medjugorje Centre NE
Dear Brothers and Sisters of
Medjugorje North East and beyond,
The Constitution of the Church, in the
documents of the Second Vatican
Council, Lumen Gentium refers to the
function of Our Blessed Lady in the
plan of Salvation, with words filled
with great Joy, the Church says, “in
the light of full Revelation we see the
figure of a woman, Mother of the
Redeemer, in a clear light. She is
already prophetically foreshadowed
in the promise of victory over the
serpent which was given to our first
parents after their fall into sin. (L.G)
In this month’s message Our Blessed
Mother says, “My love is stronger
than evil.” As Mother of the Church
Mary calls us from Medjugorje into
her love, the Love of her Son, which
is a call to truth that we need to hear.
The Serpent, the evil one has
deceived many with his deception in
our own times, but the love of Mary
is greater than the evil one, so she
asks us to leave behind everything
that is not of God, and to entrust our
lives and our world to her Divine
Love. This is a message filled with
Joy and Grace, there is a love that is
stronger than evil, and so many have
felt and experienced the beauty of this
love in Medjugorje.
Mary begins the Message “With Joy
I am with you.” We have a heavenly
Mother who is visiting us, is with us.
We need to comprehend this time of
Grace. Mary is coming to us because
as she has told us Satan is more active
than ever before. So Mary is more
active than ever before and her love is
greater. So Mary comes to us with
Joy. She is praying for us and
defending us, accompanying us on
our pilgrim journey. She knows us
how we are, she does not come to
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judge, but comes out of love, a love
which is stronger than evil. Now is
the time of opportunity, in this time
which belongs to Mary, her time. For
each of us to become part of a new
world, of love that is greater than the
forces of evil. In Mary, through this
month’s message we see signs of her
Triumph in the hearts of all her
children.
In this message Mary calls us to
begin the fight in our own hearts
against everything that does not bring
Joy, i.e. selfishness, hatred, jealousy,
false dependencies. The devil and all
that is evil are untiring, as Mary (And
Pope Francis) has told us. But Our
Lady shows us how to travel her
path to God. This co-operation
with Mary leads to life with
God, “therefore draw close to
God so as to feel my Joy in
God.”
“Pray, Pray, Pray.” Three
times Mary reminds of perseverance
in Prayer. This is a reminder of what
is already in the Gospels. The parable
of the persistent widow (Luke:18:1)
comes to mind, or Luke 6:12 where
we are told “Jesus spent the whole
night in prayer to God.” The point is,
prayer is the foundation of our peace.
Mary wants our peace because there
are forces at work that intend to rob
us of our interior Peace and Joy and
disturb our spirit, our interior
equilibrium, which can have all sorts
of negative physical effects on our
lives. This is why prayer is so
important especially the Holy Mass,
the Holy Rosary and Confession. The
tool is prayer, and prayer is contact
with God. God is peace. With prayer
and fasting we are freed from our
pride, our egoism, and all negative
ways of thinking.
“Pray so as to comprehend the love I
have for you.” What a beautiful thing
to say, how beautiful it is to say also,
“I know the love of my heavenly
Mother, I have felt her presence, the
power of her love, her maternal
mantle, her warm enveloping
presence”.
Dear Friends, this is the grace of
Medjugorje, that has moved so many
hearts. “Dear Children if you knew
how much I loved you, you would cry
with Joy.”
“Leave evil and choose Good.”
When we remain faithful to regular
prayer, especially the Rosary,
something powerful happens. Sin and
the Rosary cannot co-exist
together. Sooner or later one of
them has to go. Prayer and evil
cannot exist side by side. Prayer
eventually cancels out the
tendencies towards evil, because
there is a love greater than evil.
“My love is stronger than evil.”
Let us pray…..
God, Our Father, we thank you
that you are speaking to us in these
times through Mary.
Through Her we ask that you give us
the Grace to live the Faith
and witness to it.
Give us the Grace that we may
untiringly work on our conversion.
Forgive us the times we have lived
the Faith only with our lips
and give us the Grace of a deep and
true conversion of heart.
A conversion that fills us with
immeasurable Joy of knowing the
love of Mary who said,
”Do whatever he tells you.”
God Bless, Fr. Martin
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RIP
Medjugorje North East have been informed and sadly announce the deaths of
Friends of Medjugorje.
Prayers and candles will burn brightly in their Memory during the next Pilgrimage to Medjugorje and Holy Mass will be offered for all the faithful departed.
We pray for the repose of the souls of:
Michael Jaques – Hartlepool
Angela Johnson – London
Mary Lavender - Cramlington
Jean Watson – Norton, Stockton
Kathleen McDonnell – Strabane – (Mother of Fr. Ciaran McDonnell
former Spiritual Director of Medjugorje North East)
Who are now in the Embrace of Our Blessed Mother Queen of Peace and live in
the Eternal light of Our Lord and Saviour.
We pray for all who grieve the loss of loved ones:
Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them
may they rest in peace—Amen
Our Lady’s message to Mirjana
2nd July 2015
“ Dear children! I am calling you to spread the faith in
my Son - your faith. You, my children illuminated by the
Holy Spirit, my apostles, transmit it to others - to those who
do not believe, who do not know, who do not want to know
- but for that you must pray a lot for the gift of love,
because love is the mark of true faith - and you will be
apostles of my love. Love always, anew, revives the pain
and the joy of the Eucharist, it revives the pain of the
Passion of my Son, by which He showed you what it means
to love immeasurably; it revives the joy for having left you
His body and blood to feed you with Himself - and in this way, to be one with
you. Looking at you with tenderness, I feel immeasurable love which
strengthens me in my desire to bring you to a firm faith. Firm faith will give
you joy and happiness on earth and in the end the encounter with my Son. This
is His desire.
Therefore, live Him, live love, live the light that always illuminates you in the
Eucharist. I implore you to pray a lot for your shepherds, to pray so as to have
all the more love for them because my Son gave them to you to feed you with
His body and to teach you love. Therefore, also you are to love them. But, my
children, remember, love means to endure and to give, and never, ever to judge.
Thank you."
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REPORT FROM SISTER EMMANUEL
of The Community of The Beatitudes
www.childrenofmedjugorje.com
July 17, 2015
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised
be Jesus and Mary!
1. On July 2, 2015 Mirjana received
her monthly apparition at the Blue
Cross in the presence of a very large
crowd.
2. Pray before the cross, dear Children!
I just returned from a 10-day mission
trip to the United States. Among the
testimonies that were reported to me,
here is one from one of our assistants
who has lived with us for over a year
in Medjugorje, and who participates,
as a prayerful presence, in exorcisms
which take place in her parish in California:
"When Father John was ordained,
someone gave him the gift of a metal
crucifix. A hidden compartment in
the crucifix contained a small piece of
wood reported to be a piece of the
true Cross. He wasn't really sure of
the authenticity of this relic, so he
didn't pay much attention to this gift,
but he kept the crucifix along with
other religious articles in his posses-
sion. Nine years later, he found himself involved, at the request of his
bishop, in prayers of deliverance and
even of exorcisms. One day, a man
came to him and asked for help, specifically for prayers of deliverance.
The man had become possessed by
the devil while visiting prostitutes in
South America. During the sessions
of prayers of deliverance, Father John
noticed that the man had a strong
aversion to the standard wooden crucifix that he was using to bless him.
The man would turn his head away
from the cross and do everything he
could to avoid having it contact his
skin, and he would shout anytime
Father made the sign of the cross over
him with the crucifix. The same behaviour continued for 3 meetings in a
row. Then Father John remembered
the metal crucifix that he had received long ago. For the following
session, he brought that little cross
with him, but he said nothing to the
team or to the man about the difference between the two crucifixes. As
soon as Father raised that crucifix to
bless the man, the possessed one
flung himself away from the cross so
forcefully that his chair went over
backwards and he landed up against
the wall several feet away. He continued shouting and tried desperately
to get away from this cross. Everyone else in the room was surprised at
this extreme reaction, more violent
than anything that had happened with him before. After the
prayers were concluded and calm had
returned, Father John opened up the
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hidden compartment of his cross to
show everyone the small relic hidden
inside. No one had the slightest
doubt as to the authenticity of what
father held in his hands." It was by
His cross that Jesus conquered Satan
and delivered us from his hold! This
type of testimony is not rare among
exorcists. But I am anxious to call
attention to it here, because today,
aren't we all on a truly cruel battlefield? It would be utopic to believe
that we can conquer evil without
Christ and without His Cross. This
testimony also demonstrates how precious these true relics are, and to despise these objects of piety would deprive us of many graces that God desires so much to give us.
3. The Medjugorje Case.
the pilgrims who have links to that
place of pilgrimage. It is very regrettable that the media gave more mistaken- attention to certain statements the Pope made on Medjugorje,
rather than focusing on some of his
more powerful messages about other
problems Bosnia-Herzegovina is facing." He added, "I believe Francis'
decision on Medjugorje will be good
and right." Note that Cardinal Puljic
(see photo) is the president of the
Episcopal Conference of BosniaHerzegovina and a member of the
Commission for Medjugorje named
by Benedict XVI.
See the link:
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/
the-vatican/detail/articolo/medjugorje
-puljic-42059
4. Welcome to the young people!
We expect thousands of young people
for the Festival from July 31st to August 6th. In the prophetic vision of
Sister Briege McKenna in 1984, there
were rivers of living water flowing
In the midst of all the waves crashing
upon and against Medjugorje recently, let us underline the words of Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, who
welcomed Pope Francis on June
6th. During a clear and sober interview in the newspaper Dnevno, he
declared, in substance, that the media
has manipulated the statements of the
Pope
on
his
return
flight,
"interpreting them as inconclusive,
which is unacceptable," he said.
"Their interpretations have shaken the
spirit of the faithful, the priests and
from the altar of the sanctuary (St.
James church), and a few young people came there to avidly drink the
water in order to quench their thirst.
Realizing that they were re-born into
life, the true life, they left full of joy
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and back home called their friends
over to drink eagerly of this living
water, which is none other than the
river of blessings flowing from the
wounded Heart of Jesus. Today there
are thousands coming to drink from
this source of living water, not to "go
wild," but, on the contrary, to reconnect with the deepest part of their
hearts, to unify themselves interiorly
and find the true happiness that is so
often hidden from them in their surroundings. Let us pray for one great
and beautiful harvest of souls again
this year, along with the many priests
coming too, so happy to do their work
as shepherds in Medjugorje! Last
year, there were more than 500
priests assisting the young people,
and there was no chance they'd suffer
unemployment in the confessionals as
they do so often in their own parishes!
of Our Lady. Her wedding was magnificent! She taught theology in a
Catholic high school for 2 years. She
is beloved by her students, who, for
the most part, need a serious update
on the true Catholic faith, even
though they are baptized. She engages in deep dialogue with them on
themes essential to life, and her stay
in Medjugorje greatly enables her to
do that.
5. Rosie's wedding.
6. Good news!
A significant anecdote: Since Matthew taught in the same high school,
the students know him well. One day,
the theme of engagement and marriage came up, and Rosie told the kids
how important and beneficial it is to
live in chastity before marriage, and
that she and Matthew had made this
choice. The students burst out immediately, "What? People like you still
exist?" ... Apparently yes!
It is now possible to get a new app for
your smartphone and receive all the
official messages of Our Lady since
1984. This app is free and available
in many languages. This is found at
the app store. In the search menu,
type
Medjugorje
Friends
of
Mary. Share this super news with
your friends! What a beautiful means
of evangelization!
Rosie and Her husband Matthew
During our mission to the USA, we
had the joy of being at Rosie's side
for her marriage to Matthew, in New
Jersey on July 4th. Many of you
know her, because she spent 3 years
with us in Medjugorje, in the school
Sister Emmanuel +
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The 26th
Jubilee Youth
Festival
(medjugojre.hr)
Medjugorje Youth Festival
Donations
31st July—6th Aug 2015
We would like to Thank Readers for
their generosity to sponsor Young
People to get to The Medjugorje
Youth Festival
The Youth Festival was initiated by
late Fr. Slavko Barbaric in 1990.
Currently £450 has been donated,
nearly enough to sponsor one place.
“Peace Be With You”
is theme for Mladifest 26
At present, no one has been allocated
a place, therefore, it has been decided
to carry this amount forward to Medjugorje Youth Festival 2016.
(Crownofstars)
This year’s theme is “Peace be with
you!” (John 20 : 21), the same theme
adopted by the Episcopal Bishops
Conference of Bosnia Herzegovina
for the Pope’s visit to Sarajevo on
June 6.
We continue with our sponsorship
appeal.
The progamme includes catechesis,
testimonies, liturgical celebrations,
prayer and adoration and, like every
year, some surprises are promised.
Fiona Johnston.
Treasurer,
Medjugorje Centre North East,
26 Oaklands Terrace,
Gosforth,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4RQ
Tens of thousands of young (and not
so young people) travel from all over
the world to Medjugorje for this evergrowing event and this year
simultaneous translations will be
provided in Croatian, English, Italian,
German,
French,
Spanish,
Portuguese,
Polish,
Slovak,
Slovenian, Hungarian, Romanian,
Russian, Czech, Korean, Arabic,
Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese
Chinese.
Donations
made
payable
to
‘Medjugorje Centre North East’
and send to :
Fr. Slavko
was truly the spiritual
father of Medjugorje.
He taught us how to
live the spirituality of
Medjugorje
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Medjugorje Pilgrimage 2015
‘Mary Queen of Peace School of Prayer’
by Fr Jeffrey Dodds ( Copy in ‘Northern Cross’ )
Medjugorje Pilgrims with VICKA—centre
Each year, Medjugorje North East
organises a pilgrimage to a Marian
Shrine that has become one of the
most popular places to visit in
Europe. On Wednesday 20th May,
nearly fifty pilgrims from our diocese
travelled to Medjugorje together with
four priests as their guides – Father
Martin Morris, Fr Michael Corbett, Fr
Michael Whalen and Fr Jeff Dodds.
We were to spend a week
experiencing what it means to be
Church with thousands of other
fellow pilgrims from all over the
world.
The town of Medjugorje is a town
located in the Herzegovina region of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, around
16 miles southwest of Mostar and
close to the border of Croatia. On the
24th June 1981, Mary Mother of God,
was reported to have appeared to six
local children with a message of
peace to the world. Our Lady of
Medjugorje continues today to offer
messages to some of the visionaries,
inviting us to stay strong in loving
prayer, the celebration of the
Sacraments and faith in God. Mary
reminds each one of us – ‘I have
come to tell the world that God exists
and that He loves you.’ As a pilgrim
to Medjugorje, you soon realise that
this shrine is a ‘School of Prayer’,
where you learn to pray with the
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heart. For some people this is an
amazing experience that is often life
transforming. There is a joyfulness of
spirit as you enter the daily
programme of events under the
guidance of the Franciscan priests
and brothers who run the local parish.
Each year an estimated one million
people visit this place of pilgrimage.
During our groups stay in Medjugorje
we were blessed to lead the parish
morning Mass on the Thursday in St
James’ Church. Fr Martin Morris was
the main celebrant and reminded the
full church that they had been called
to this place not by chance, but by
Mary Mother of God. The music
during the Mass is always inspiring
and helps to lift heart and mind to
God. The Taize style chants with
violins and flutes create a deep
prayerful atmosphere. Pilgrim talks
during the week by Jakov and Vicka
were a highlight in reminding us
about the reality of God’s mercy and
the need for the Church to guide us
along the pathway to heaven. The
importance of supporting vocations to
the priesthood and religious life was
explained. We were encouraged to
return home and make our families
and parishes places where all
vocations could grow and mature.
Each day the Franciscan priests lead
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
and Veneration of the Cross.
When the weather is warm enough
these are celebrated outside on an
altar with thousands of local people
and pilgrims of all ages. Great
healings are likely to take place
during this as people gaze quietly
upon Jesus, sing Eucharistic chants
and experience being part of the
universal Church. During our weeks
stay many of our group climbed the
Hill of Apparitions while praying the
rosary and the Cross Mountain while
praying the stations of the cross.
This takes real physical effort as the
climbs are quite steep with rugged
stones. For those less physically
abled, Stations of the Cross on the flat
by St James’ Church was an excellent
alternative. Visits to the Medjugorje
Cenacolo Community where young
men with addiction issues are helped
and a talk by Sister Emmanuel
reminded us all of the fruits this
special place brings to the world. Fr
Michael Whalen celebrated Mass at
the end of the week for our group as
we travelled to Dubrovnik airport.
His message during the homily was
that we are the dream in God’s loving
heart. Through prayer we make that
dream a reality for others and
ourselves. This was a fitting way to
end our time in Medjugorje, knowing
that Our Lady would guide and help
us as a pilgrim people.
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Continued
Here are a few comments from our
group about their time in Medjugorje.
‘Medjugorje is a living shrine… We
witnessed the affirmations of our
shepherd priests in the gaze of Mary
Mother of God.’
Ken and Kath Ash
‘In Medjugorje the veil between
heaven and earth is very thin.’
Ken and Ina Kinghorn.
‘Our Lady, in her messages to the
visionaries, is reminding us how to
live as God would have us live - in
peace. Like most children, we need to
be constantly reminded by our Mother
how to be good children. We hope
that through the school of Mary, this
aim will be achieved in the hearts of
all peoples.’
Marian Fletcher
‘People travel to Medjugorje for their
own personal reasons – renewing or
strengthening of their faith, searching
for answers, curiosity or maybe out of
despair and desperation. We have
found Medjugorje to be a place
overflowing with love, peace, hope
and friendship. A beautiful holy place
of prayer. We feel that Our Lady has
reached out and touched our hearts
and welcomed us home – to be with
Jesus. Each day we will pray to Mary
Queen of Peace, for the intentions of
the whole world.’
Paul and Gillian Hewitson
‘I wished I had discovered a place
like Medjugorje as a young priest…
Its like being on the best retreat ever.’
Fr Michael Corbett
Vatican is expected to
Increase its Support for
Medjugorje and
Seers
(Crownofstars, June 10, 2015)
Positive signs reported for decision
on Medjugorje
Restrictions with supervision and
support…
Messages to continue…
Vatican satisfied with Franciscans
A report in the Croatian newspaper
Vecernji List says that the Vatican is
taking steps to restrict the Medjugorje
visionaries from witnessing around
the world because they do not have
sufficient theological knowledge and
are often left unsupported and without enough strong links with Church
institutions.
It adds that the Church authorities do
not have a problem with the visionaries transmitting messages and will
ensure the seers are protected with
supervision and ties to Church structures.
The report also says that no decision
will be made on the apparitions until
they have ended, which is likely to be
after the last visionary has died.
The parish of Medjugorje will come
under greater scrutiny by the Holy
See which is satisfied with the pastoral work of the local Franciscans.
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Pray for my Pastors in the Church
Medjugorje Message may 29th, 2015
Extraordinary message given to seer
at Medjugorje….
Apparition to Ivan asks for priests to
accept and live Medjugorje messages
Pray, dear children, for my
shepherds and be constant in
prayer. Thank you for responding
to my call today.”
On
Friday
29th May, in
an apparition
to
Ivan
Dragicevic,
Our
Lady
gave
an
extraordinary
message to the Medjugorje seer and
asked for priests to accept and live
her messages.
Then the Lady blessed us all with her
Motherly blessing and blessed all that
you brought to be blessed. Then I
recommended all of you, your needs,
your intentions, your families and
especially the sick. Then Our Lady
continued to pray for a period of time
here over all of you, and in this
prayer left in the sign of the cross and
light, with the greeting: “Go in peace,
my dear children.”
This is how Ivan reported what was
said by Our Lady during the prayer
group meeting on Apparition Hill
around 10:00pm:
The message seems to be a direct
appeal by Our Lady fo the Church to
accept her visitations and messages at
Medjugorje and that her evangelising
message is indeed the Gospel
message.
Tonight Our Lady came to us joyful
and happy and, at first, greeted us all
with her motherly greeting, “Praised
be Jesus my dear children!” Then Our
Lady extended her hands and prayed
for a period of time on all of you, and
prayed especifically for the sick.
Then Our Lady said:
“Dear children! Today I invite you
to pray for my pastors in the
Church. Pray, dear children, that
they may receive me, that they may
receive my messages and to live my
messages, because they are carriers
of my messages in this tired world.
Dear children, strengthened by the
Holy Spirit, strengthened by faith,
they are carriers of the Gospel and
evangelization in families.
In 34 years of the Medjugorje
phenomenon, the Church has never
condemned the messages as a danger
to the faith and morals of the faithful,
but recently the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith has issued
notices to some bishops restricting
the six visionaries and promoters
from giving witness to the
Medjugorje phenomenon in their
dioceses.
This afternoon Ivan Dragicevic was
due to witness before thousands of
pilgrims at Medjugorje. Parish priest
Fr Marino Sakota was also scheduled
to address pilgrims after Ivan’s talk
Reported: . Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Hexham & Newcastle Diocese Pilgrimage to Lourdes
This week we unite our Prayers with Our Lady and The Pilgrims in the Grotto
in Lourdes.
O ever-Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy,
health of the sick, refuge of sinners,
comforter of the afflicted,
you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings;
look with mercy on me.
By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes,
you were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary,
whence you dispense your favours;
and already many sufferers have obtained
the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal.
I come, therefore, with complete confidence
to implore your maternal intercession.
Obtain, O loving Mother, the grant of my requests.
(mention your petition)
Through gratitude for your favours,
I will endeavour to imitate your virtues,
that I may one day share your glory. Amen.
"O my mother, in your heart I placed all my anguish of my heart and it is
there that I gain strength and courage."
Sainte Berrnadette Personal Notebook p.28
The 20th International Seminar for priests finished
date: 12.07.2015.
The 20th International Seminar for priests which gathered
around 400 participants from 20 countries finished on
Saturday with Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Ivan-Ike Mandurić, this year’s lecturer.
The seminar began on Monday, July 6, 2015 with the
evening prayer programme and opening Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Marinko Sakota, the parish priest and 311 priests who concelebrated with him. The theme of this year’s seminar was “Peace be with you”. Apart
from the lectures, the participants took part in the evening prayer programme
and also prayed the Way of the Cross on Friday at Cross Mountain, as well as
Rosary on Apparition Hill on Thursday. Fr. Stanko Dodig, Franciscan Capuchin
serving in Dubrovnik at the moment, came here for the fourth time. This is what
he told us: “It is about the spirituality and we come here to strengthen our own
spiritual life. If the hearts of the recipients are closed, no leader can pour that
into us. It is up to each one of us to decide whether we want to take that journey
or not. That journey begins here. One needs to come to Medjugorje with the
open heart to receive all that is being given here.”
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Medjugorje Centre North East
www.medjugorjene.co.uk
MIDDLESBROUGH CENTRE FOR PEACE
MIDDLESBROUGH CENTRE FOR PEACE
MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE
MEDJUGORJE EVENING
Wednesday 9th – 16th Sept 2015
No meeting in August
Friday 18th September 2015
For further details please contact:
7.30pm to 9.30pm
Mrs Marie Bedingfield
Tel: 01642 530739
Rosary : Holy Mass : Talk : Witness
CAFOD
Nepal Earthquake Disaster
We pray for the people of Nepal
JOHN PAUL CENTRE
55 GRANGE ROAD,
MIDDLESBROUGH, TS1 5AU
For further details please contact:
Mrs Marie Bedingfield
Tel: 01642 530739
Donations can be made to Cafod
at
www.cafod.org.uk
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Medjugorje Apostolate of England and Wales
Annual Pilgrimage to Walsingham
Led by
Fr. Stefan Park OSA
Spiritual Diretcor of the Medjugorje Apostolate
Monday 31st August 2015
1.15pm
3.45pm
5.30pm
Praise, Rosary, Litany of Our Lady followed by:
Talk by Fr Stefan
Break ( Sacrament of Reconciliation
Holy Mass, Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament and Benediction
Depart
Please give advance warning of coach parties and concelebrating priests to 0116
2128175 or 0208 3374612
The Centre recognizes and accepts that the final authority regarding the apparitions
at Medjugorje rests with the Holy See of Rome. We willingly submit to that judgement.