About Medjugorje

Photo: St. Jacob's Church, Međugorje, Herzegovina
Shrine of Međugorje
The exterior altar seats 5,000. Photo by level75.
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Međugorje ([ˈmɛdʑu.ɡɔːrjɛ], roughly meh’-joo-gor-yeh) is a town located in Bosnia and Hercegovina, around 25 km southwest of Mostar and close to the border of Croatia. Today the town is best known due to alleged apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary which appeared to six Herzegovinian Catholics since 24 June 1981[1], and is now visited by pilgrims from around the entire world as a shrine.
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The name Međugorje is of Slavic origin and it translates as "area between two mountains" in Bosnian. At an altitude of 200 metres above sea level, it has a mild Mediterranean climate. The town consists of an ethnically-homogeneous Bosnian Catholic population of over 4000, and the Catholic Parish (local administrative and religious area) consists of five neighbouring villages (Medjugorje, Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina and Šurmanci).


Photo: English: St. James Church in Međugorje.
Polski: Kościół św. Jakuba w Međugorje
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According to the Web site of the Medjurgorje Shrine:
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On 24 June 1981, at about 6 pm, six young parishioners from Medjugorje: Ivanka Ivanković, Mirjana Dragićević, Vicka Ivanković, Ivan Dragićević, Ivan Ivanković and Milka Pavlović, saw on the hill Crnica (on the place called Podbrdo) an apparition, a white form with a child in her arms. Surprised and scared, they did not approach.
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The next day at the same time, 25 June 1981, four of them, Ivanka Ivanković, Mirjana Dragićević, Vicka Ivanković and Ivan Dragicević, felt strongly drawn towards the place where, the day before, they saw the One who they had recognised as Our Lady, or, in Croatian, Gospa. Marija Pavlović and Jakov Čolo joined them. The group of Medjugorje visionaries was formed. They prayed with Our Lady and talked to Her. From that day onward, they had daily apparitions, together or separately.


Photo: St. James Parish Church at dusk.
Shrine Of The Queen Of Peace - Medjugorge
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/bosnia-herz/medjugorje.htm
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Contents
1 The seers' story
2 The messages
3 The ten secrets
4 Bishop Peric's Homily
5 Controversy and official statements
6 Scientific research on the visionaries
7 References
8 See also
9 External links
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. Thought From The Bible
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In Her messages, on several occasions, the Queen of Peace has called to the reading of Holy Scripture. According to Her words, the Bible
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- encourages us to pray,
- gives us the understanding of Our Lady presence among us,
- enables us to understand the signs of the times,
- enables the Word of God to dwell in our hearts,
- shows how God loves his people and
- leads to the joy in the encounter with God who infinitely loves his creatures.
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This page was created with the desire to help the friends of the Queen of Peace, through Our Lady’s messages, to better comprehend the Word of God revealed in the Bible.
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Above sections from article and photos from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C4%91ugorje
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http://www.sacred-destinations.com/bosnia-herz/medjugorje.htm
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Medjugorje Shrine:
http://medjugorje.hr.nt4.ims.hr/Main.aspx?mv=2&qp=Mg
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English:
http://medjugorje.hr.nt4.ims.hr/News.aspx
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Note: I noticed that in the two photos on Wikipedia one is listed as St. Jacobs, and the other is listed as St. James. I did a bit of a search, and found it to be St. James.