Since 1981, in a small village in Bosnia-Hercegovina named Medjugorje, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been reportedly appearing and giving messages to the world. She tells us that God has sent Her to our world and, these years she is spending with us are a time of Grace granted by God. In Her own words She tells us, "I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to enjoy this fullness and peace, you must return to God".
Our Lady's mission is one of peace and love. She has come to earth to
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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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