Our Guest House
The view from our balcony in Medjugorje...that's Apparition Hill....
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Our Guest House
View from our home in Medjugorje at night. "Dear children! Today...
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Our Guest House
The view from our balcony in Medjugorje...Cross Mountain. "Dear children!...
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Our Guest House
View from our home in Medjugorje. We came right around Pentecost. "Dear...
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Our Guest House
View from our home in Medjugorje. "Dear children! You have helped...
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Our Guest House
View from our home in Medjugorje. I want to live here sooo bad! "Dear...
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Our Guest House
View from our home in Medjugorje. We stayed in an area of very high...
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Our Guest House
The top window under the triangle was our room.
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Our Guest House
The side yard at our home. "Dear children, Let all the prayers you say in...
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Our Guest House
The beautiful Fatima statue in the dining area. "I do not wish to force...
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Our Guest House
The dining area. "I would like the people to pray along with me...
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Our Lady
Lovely outdoor shrine to Our Lady in Medjugorje. This helped me find...
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A house in Medjugorje.
Flowers are a big part of European culture...at least that's what...
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Walking in Bijakovici
Waking up hill in Bijakovici, borough in the parish of Medjugorje, to the...
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Cenacolo Community
Waiting at the Cenacolo for Mirjana's apparition. "Dear...
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Cenacolo Community
Waiting for Mirjana's apparition. Saying the Rosary. I decided to get off...
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Cenacolo Community
Still waiting...that's the "Medjugorje Smile." "Dear...
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Cenacolo Community
Waiting for Mirjana's apparition. Saying the Rosary. "Dear children!...
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We're off to see the Wizzard....
Poppies...so many poppies all over Europe. "Dear children! Today I am...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
No matter how simple it looks, there is something about it that just moves me...
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School
School on the street from our home to St. James. This helps me spell......
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St. James
Prayer in front of the cross by St. James. It is important while...
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St. James
The out door altar behind St. James. Such a blessing to make a...
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Statue in front of St. James.
Many healings have occurred here. This place is always full of pilgrims.
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St. James
Fr. Bill and Maria giving us the game plan. "I invite you to call on...
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Main Street of Medjugorje
Just down that road and turn left to get to our guest house. St. James...
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St. James
Does that looked tipped to you? "Dear children! Today I beseech...
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Streets of Medjugorje
The street on the way to church. Quiet and humble. Full of food! "Dear...
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Walking from St. James to Bijakovici.
The new and the old of the Medjugorje area.
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Site of apparitions
Fr. Bill and Maria standing under a tree where many apparitions occur...
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Site of apparitions
Looking at Apparition Hill from that tree. Merchants set up little tables of...
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The Group and Our Sheppard!
Walking to Apparition Hill. "Dear children! I beseech you,...
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Walking to Apparition Hill
That blue house in the background is the visionary Vicka's parent's...
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Vicka's parents' home
Also known as "The Blue House" in Bijakovici.
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Old and New
Just across the street from the Blue house. About 10 feet away. Later...
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Rosaries and Crucifixes abound!
Shops on the way to Apparition Hill. You will never be in want of a religious...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
We climb the steep, rocky hill as all pilgrims do, in order to...
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"Let the Rosary always be in your hands"
"Let the Rosary always be in your hands as a sign to Satan that...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
The Annunciation: The Mysteries of the Rosary on Apparition Hill.
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
The steep climb up. Dear children! Today I call you to live the word...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
Our Lady asked that this cross be placed here so that everyone can stop and...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
Sisters walking up the hill...so beautiful. Walking to pray in front of their...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
"Dear children! These days you have experienced God's...
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Looking Down at Medjugorje
From Apparition Hill. You can see our white guest houses...they are on either...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
A statue of Our Lady atop Apparition Hill at the spot that the Blessed Mother...
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Apparition Hill - Crucified Christ
The crucifix atop Apparition Hill. While venerating Our Lady, she reminds us...
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Apparition Hill - Crucified Christ
This face...I've never seen a crucifix like it. When you sit at...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
A man sitting among the rocks on Apparition Hill. Those are not graves, just...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
This is a replica of the statue in front of St. James. Many apparitions occur...
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Medjugorje
This is home...the threshold of heaven! "If you are praying for...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
This is what the actual hill looks like. The redish color is from the...
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At the foot of Apparition Hill
Shops just at the foot of Apparition Hill. I love the distinction between the...
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At the foot of Apparition Hill
Shops just at the foot of Apparition Hill.
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Lisa and I
mmmm...ice cream!
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Katie and I
Waking back to Medjugorje from Bijakovici on the dirt paths. Behind us...
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
In front of our guest house in Medjugorje. I'm wearing my Our Lady of...
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Vicka's talk
Waiting for the visionary Vicka (pronounced "Veet-ska") to speak with...
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Vicka's talk
The "Medjugorje smile". "Dear children! Today, like never...
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Vicka's talk
She spoke with us about the messages of Our Lady.
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Vicka's talk
Especially about the importance of fasting...
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Vicka's talk
...and prayer. We are all like flowers and God's grace is the...
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Cross Mountain
Cross mountain with a little wisp of clouds. "Dear children! I...
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The Pathway to Church
The path on the way to Apparition Hill and "visionary alley"
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The Pathway to Church
The path on the way to Apparition Hill and "visionary alley"
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Cross Mountain
These are some of the houses right at the foot of Cross Mountain.
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Cross Mountain
Walking the roads up to Cross Mountain.
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Cross Mountain
Walking the roads up to Cross Mountain.
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Cross Mountain
Walking the roads up to Cross Mountain. *From* those houses right at...
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St. James
St. James church at night.
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The Risen Christ
The Twelfth Station of the Cross around the Risen Christ.
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End of the Path from Bijakovici
Scenery near our guest home.
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St. James
"Dear children! I have chosen this parish in a special way and I wish to...
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St. James
Behind St. James. Looking towards the walkway to the Risen Christ.
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Mel Gibson's medical center
Mel Gibson comes to Medjugorje often and came with a large part of the...
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St. James -- Confession
Lines for the confessionals. They have *daily* confession and lines are still...
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St. James -- Confession
All the confessionals were full so priests set up chairs next to the...
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St. James -- Confession
Confession and reconciliation. Praised be Jesus! You would not believe...
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St. James -- Rosary
Sitting and saying the Rosary in Croatian over the loud speakers at St. James...
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The Risen Christ
The Risen Christ. Fr. Bill is pointing out the tears that fall from...
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Queen of Peace
The visionaries say this painting is the closest they have ever seen to the...
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Time with Fr. Ljubo
Since Fr. Slavko died, Fr. Ljubo gives the commentary on Our...
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The Plaza at St. James.
"Dear children! Today I call on you to read the Bible every day in your...
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The Plaza at St. James.
"Dear children! Again I call you to prayer with the heart. If you...
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The Plaza at St. James
The Plaza at St. James. The water fountain. You can fill up your water...
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Medjugorje from the Plaza
Looking out from the plaza of St. James church to the various shops and...
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Medjugorje
Fr. Bill and Maria walking along the sidewalk in front of the Plaza of St....
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Medjugorje
The beginning of the path to Bijakovici and Apparition Hill.
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Cross Mountain
The foot of Cross Mountain.
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Cross Mountain
The foot of Cross Mountain. Taxis--they're an experience in and of...
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Cross Mountain
The foot of Cross Mountain. There are religious shops EVERYWHERE!
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Cross Mountain
The foot of Cross Mountain.
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Cross Mountain
Beginning our trek up the mountain in prayer with the Stations of the Cross.
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Cross Mountain
Katie, Lisa and I went up the mountain barefoot for penance and sacrifice....
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Cross Mountain
Taking a breather. It was harder this year than last year...I'm...
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Cross Mountain
Sacrifice and prayer. "I invite you to call on everyone to pray...
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Cross Mountain
Jesus Falls the First Time. Quiet contemplation. "Dear children! I...
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Cross Mountain
"Dear children! In a special way this evening I am calling you to...
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Cross Mountain
It is incredible steep and rugged. People of the village used to make...
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Cross Mountain
...Our Lady was right: during her first apparition, she said that she chose...
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Cross Mountain
"Dear children! Today I call you to live Lent by means of your little...
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Cross Mountain
"Dear children! For these days while you are joyfully celebrating...
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Cross Mountain
At the 12th Station, Our Lady said that we should kiss the ground,...
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Looking Down on Medjugorje
Medjugorje from the top of the mountain.
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Memorial to Fr. Slavko
The spot where Fr. Slavko died while leading a group up the Mountain....
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Corss Mountain
Finally! The Cross! "Dear children! The cross was also in God's plan...
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OUr Lady's Chosen Land!
The view from Cross Mountain is absolutely amazing!
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Our Lady's Chosen Land!
I could stay up here all day!
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Our Lady's Chosen Land!
The land of milk and honey.
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Cross Mountain
As always...the rocks.
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Cross Mountain
Lots of crosses are build upon this cross by pilgrims.
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Cross Mountain
Apparition Hill from Cross Mt. I can just imagine the Blessed Mother...
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Cross Mountain
...whenever I look between the two hills, I image what the Blessed...
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Cross Mountain
There was a field of these rock crosses, probably over 50!
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Cross Mountain
The Cross was erected in 1933 in honor of the 1900 years since...
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Cross Mountain
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have Mercy on us and on the whole world!
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Medjugorje from Cross Mountain
Medjugorje from the top of the mountain.
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Medjugorje from Cross Mountain
Medjugorje from the top of the mountain. This really gives you a good idea of...
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Medjugorje from Cross Mountain
Medjugorje from the top of the mountain.
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Cross Mountain
We pass a group praying on the way back down. "Dear children! I...
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Cross Mountain
Going back down. Crazy steep!
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Cross Mountain
We made it! The 3 of us and our dirty feet!
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Cross Mountain
We stopped at the cafe just at the bottom of the hill for a nice beer and ice...
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Roads of Medjugorje
The road to the right of our house.
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Roads of Medjugorje
The road to the left of our house...going towards church. There has...
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Roads of Medjugorje
Further up the road towards church.
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Roads of Medjugorje
The elementary school we pass on the way to church.
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Roads of Medjugorje
From the school towards the newer developments. This road loops all the way...
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Roads of Medjugorje
One of the little shops on the way to church. Be careful if you pay in...
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Roads of Medjugorje
Yay...about a 5 minute walk. Hardly anyone takes pictures from this...
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Roads of Medjugorje
Walking towards the hamlet of Vasilj, toward the base of cross...
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Roads of Medjugorje
Some of the new pilgrim neighborhoods that have been built. I thought...
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Roads of Medjugorje
There is hardly enough room to house pilgrims now...what will it be...
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Roads of Medjugorje
A grave in someone's front yard!?
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Roads of Medjugorje
Road to cross mountain.
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Roads of Medjugorje
Cars come around these corners like crazy!
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Roads of Medjugorje
To the right, Cross Mountain. To the left, Apparition Hill and...
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Roads of Medjugorje
"old" buildings. Pre-apparitions. "Dear Children! Today also I...
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Roads of Medjugorje
I love that everywhere you walk in Europe, you see ruins of something...
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Roads of Medjugorje
People grow all different kind of roses all over the place! It is so beautiful!
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Roads of Medjugorje
Fr. Slavko's old church-turned retreat house. This is at the foot of Blue...
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Blue Cross / Apparition Hill
Going to the Blue Cross on the back end of Apparition Hill. Blue Cross is the...
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Roads of Medjugorje
Road up to the Oasis of Peace and the Cenacolo Community. "Dear children!...
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Paths of Medjugorje
I took a really random "short cut"---more like a...
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Paths of Medjugorje
All I could think of is, "What if Maria sees me walking through someone...
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Bijakovici
Bijakovici. If you want to see a little bit of what the apparition...
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Paths of Medjugorje
Little dirt trail to Apparition Hill and Bijakovici.
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
Little white flowers among the boulders on Apparition Hill. I decided...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
This picture was actually taken in the evening, it was a lot darker than it...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
This moment was the best experience of my life! I knew that I was where the...
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St. James
St. Leopold Mandic (pronounced "Mundch"). Very famous and holy...
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
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The Old Church Shrine
The silhouette of the old church. It was built on a marsh and cracked....
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The Old Church Shrine
In side the shrine to the old Medjugorje church.
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The Old Church Shrine
Inside the shrine to the old Medjugorje church.
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Apparition Hill (Podbrdo).
From the back part of our guest house.
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St. James
Inside St. James. The young adults of Medjugorje had just celebrated...
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St. James
Statue of Our Lady in front of which many apparitions occurred. The...
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St. James
Me in front of St. James. "Dear children! In your life you have all...
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Maria and I.
I cried a little...
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