Medjugorje: No decision yet : 34th anniversary celebrated

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La Repubblica criticizes Medugorje 
http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/06/26/news/medjugorje_i_dubbi_del_sant_uffizio_non_c_e_nulla_di_soprannaturale_-117732282/?refresh_ce

REGULAR ANNUAL APPARITION TO THE VISIONARY IVANKA

The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2015.

At her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year.

The apparition, which lasted 4 minutes, took place at Ivanka’s family home. Only Ivanka’s family was present at the apparition. After the apparition, Ivanka said: "Our Lady gave us her motherly blessing and said: Peace, peace, peace."

Objavljeno: 25.06.2015.http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/news/

Numerous pilgrims in Medjugorje for the 34th Anniversary

date: 25.06.2015.

34^th Anniversary of Gospa’s apparitions was solemnly celebrated in Medjugorje on Thursday, June 25, 2015, and many pilgrims from all continents arrived to be here. Many of them arrived walking so they would fulfil their promises and vows given to the Queen of Peace, as well as to thank for all of the graces they had received. We met Anica Cuic, from Tomislavgrad, who walked from Tomislavgrad for 28 hours to Medjugorje. „It was heavy rain and we were all wet, but everything went really well. I had some needs and I decided to come to Medjugorje. This is where we have special feeling of peace“ - said Anica.  Mate Pocrnjić came from Split, but he walked to Medjugorje from Posušje: „This is my second time to come from Split to Posušje and then to Medjugorje. We also have Our Lady of Sinj and every pilgrimage leaves a beautiful trace within me. Medjugorje is really beautiful today, especially when so many young people are here who all came to give to Gospa her worries, problems and prayers.“ http://www.medjugorje.hr/en/news/numerous-pilgrims-in-medjugorje-for-the-34th-anniversary,6949.html

Walked from Bugojno to Medjugorje for the Anniversary of apparitions

Stipo Lubar, 59 years old man born in Bugojno in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but lives in Austria at the moment, walked with his wife and son from Bugojno for the Anniversary of Gospa’s apparitions. Their pilgrimage lasted for more than three days and they arrived on the Eve of Anniversary, on June 24, 2015. Stipo said that he has been coming to Medjugorje since 1982, nine times before the war and ten times after the war: “This is not the first time for me to come to Medjugorje like this and it was not hard at all. I am happy I can do this and next year it will be my twentieth time. We organise this pilgrimage every year.”

24th Peace Walk held

date: 24.06.2015.

The 24^th Peace Walk was held on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 on the Feast of St. John the Baptist and on the eve of the 34^thAnniversary of Gospa’s apparitions. Many pilgrims participated in this Walk that started at 6.20 a.m. in front of the monastery of St. Anthony in Humac and finished outside the church of St. James in Medjugorje. Fr. Velimir Mandić, guardian of Humac monastery, greeted pilgrims and blessed them before their walk and the walk finished at 10 a.m. with the Benediction conducted by Fr. Ivan Landeka Jr. Olha Slavska from Ukraine participated in this walk and said this is her 15^th visit to Medjugorje: „I came here for the first time in 2006, and I recall it was a very difficult personal period for me. My family was about to break up and I did not know how to move on. My friend invited me to come for the seminar of Fr. Jozo Zovko. It was after that experience that my life completely changed. Gospa’s messages from Medjugorje became everyday practice; I began to pray the Rosary, to read the Holy Bible, to go to Holy Mass and to confess every month. I started to feel that Gospa was inviting me to come to Medjugorje every year. We came this year as we wanted to be the part of this Peace Walk. The situation in my country is not easy; there is a war in East Ukraine. We came here to pray with pilgrims from all over the world for peace in our hearts and then in the whole world.” Hubert Liebherr, a pilgrim from Germany, initiated this Peace Walk in 1992. He was horrified with all of the bad things that were happening here in the beginning of the war and together with his friends he initiated this event, believing in the words  of Gospa that with the prayer of Rosary even the wars could be stopped. (video); (photos)