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10 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Terry Colafrancesco - who is the face behind the "Friend of Medjugorje" -- To many he is no friend of MedjugorjeOther languages: English, Español
By Stephen K. Ryan Who is the man behind the mask known as the "Friend of Medjugorje"? The founder and operator of Medjugorje.com/ Caritas of Birmingham insists on calling himself "A friend of Medjugorje" rather than by his own name. Maybe it is just us but this curious business of referring to oneself in the third person, as the "Friend of Medjugorje" does throughout his web site, is beginning to creep us out. From the onset the third person references on his web site create an aura of obfuscation and an unsettling lack of transparency. The "Friend of Medjugorje" as it turns out is named Terry Colafrancesco. He may refer to himself as a friend of Medjugorje but the more we peel away the layers we are beginning to discover that many people who are devoted to the Medjugorje movement think he is anything but a friend. 10 huhtikuu 2010 , Originally published 8 maaliskuu 2005 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Mediation may end dispute at Caritas of BirminghamOther languages: English, Italiano
By Daniel Jackson, Birmingham Post-Herald Patrick J. Flynn said the founder of a Shelby County religious compound no longer has any control over him, but other people should be warned. Last week Flynn was sitting 3 feet away from Terry Colafrancesco, founder of the Caritas Community, during depositions in a lawsuit filed by some of his former followers. Colafrancesco had his deposition and bank records sealed in the lawsuit. Flynn, one of the original 12 inhabitants of the Caritas Community, questioned Shelby County Circuit Judge J. Michael Joiner's confidentiality order, which bars discussion of the details in the three-year-old suit. A group of former Caritas residents and parents of residents have accused Colafrancesco of operating a cult that preys on devout Catholics and drains them of their assets. Parties in the case will begin court-ordered mediation on March 30. 4 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje News Easter and Palm Sunday in Medjugorje 2010 -- The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia!“Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” To all parishioners, pilgrims, friends, benefactors, and to all men of goodwill a Blessed and Happy Easter! Parish priest and the Franciscans Photos4 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Jim Caviezel: If it wasn’t for Medjugorje, I wouldn’t have ever played in movie “Passion”Jim Caviezel became the world famous actor with leading role in Mel Gibson’s movie “Passion”. Who is that actor that has so impressively become one with character of Jesus? Personally, he claims that if it wasn’t for Medjugorje, he wouldn’t have ever even accepted that role. Namely, in Medjugorje he had experienced certain dimension of faith that was unknown to him up to that point. In February he came to Medjugorje for the sixth time as pilgrim, and he visited Vienna after that trip. While he was in Vienna he had interview with Christian Stelzer for magazine “Oase des Friedens”, and interview translated in Croatian can be found in new edition of “Glasnik mira” from Medjugorje. 2 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje Videos - Category: Medjugorje Pilgrimages, Music with pictures / Author: Gospa2000 Video Veneration of the CrossThe Cross and the Crucifix, images from Medjugorje. 2 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje Videos - Category: Medjugorje Apparitions, Wide screen / Author: Vittorio, Bologna Video Medjugorje Apparition for Mirjana, 2. April 2010An apparition of Our Lady of Medjugorje for Mirjana, 2. April 2010 2 huhtikuu 2010 / Section: Our Lady of Medjugorje Messages - Category: Mirjana Viesti, 2.huhtikuu 2010 - Mirjanan saama viestiOther languages: English, Català, Čeština, Deutsch, Español, Français, Hrvatski, Italiano, Latviešu, Magyar, Malti, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Română, Русский, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Suomi, Tiếng Việt, زبان_فارسی
2 huhtikuu 2010 , Originally published joulukuu, 1993 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies Silent love makes impression in young woman’s cheated heartOther languages: English, Deutsch
The many accounts of personal stories involving Medj. show how only the hand of God can get to the bottom of a person’s heart and radically change it. This is the story of a young woman who lives in a religious community in Medj. She was born in a Catholic family; her parents practised their faith, but from when she was a little girl, she felt nauseated by everything they did. At first, out of respect, she hid these feelings from them, but when she was only 13, her heart was already distant from them, from prayer and from God. 27 maaliskuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje Videos - Category: Spirituality, Music with pictures / Author: Angelina Video "Mary's Way of the Cross" -- narrated by Angelina, written by Richard Furey"The Way of the Cross" is not only a great testimony to an inner depth and maturity, but it is in fact a school for interiority and consolation. It is also a school for the examination of conscience, for conversion, for inner transformation and compassion - not as sentimentality, as a mere feeling, but as a disturbing experience that knocks on the door or my heart, that obliges me to know myself and to become a better person." - Pope Benedict XVI 27 maaliskuu 2010 , Originally published toukokuu, 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies Testimony of Candace Evans, New Hampshire (USA)My name is Candace Evans. I am 43 years old and live in New Hampshire (USA) with my husband and nine year old son. My parents, both deceased, were Jewish. My mother was an atheist. We never spoke of religion in our home so I never had any spiritual teaching or guidance as a child, nor later as an adult. 18 lokakuu 2009 , Last update 27 maaliskuu 2010 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje News QuestionnaireRespected brothers, the purpose and aim of this questionnaire is to make a list of priests who received their vocation through Medjugorje. So, we kindly ask you to fill out this form with following information: 27 maaliskuu 2010 , Originally published 26 maaliskuu 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Faith or folly? -- Birmingham Post-Herald on Caritas of BirminghamBy Sara Foss, Birmingham Post-Herald Accusations of brainwashing and money laundering plague an area religious group as some unhappy members leave Terry Colafrancesco started Caritas in Shelby County in 1987 to promote the experience of Medjugorje, the Eastern European village where six youngsters reported seeing the Virgin Mary. Today, Caritas has grown into a multimillion-dollar enterprise, complete with families who live there year-round, a travel agency that offers trips to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a publishing arm and even a farm. Caritas' mission of educating people about Medjugorje remains unchanged. But recently the organization has come under fire by longtime residents who have left the community and others interested in Medjugorje. A lawsuit filed in California accuses Colafrancesco, the president of Caritas, of brainwashing residents and using funds raised from donors to purchase heavy equipment for himself. 27 maaliskuu 2010 , Originally published 26 maaliskuu 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Looking for a miracle -- Birmingham Post-Herald on Caritas of BirminghamOther languages: English, Italiano
By Sara Foss, Birmingham Post-Herald In 1986, a man with a great enthusiasm for Medjugorje began visiting Jack Sacco in his office at the Eternal Word Television Network, a Roman Catholic television network based in Irondale. At that time, Sacco was organizing one of the first trips from Alabama to Medjugorje, a rural village in Bosnia-Herzegovina where six youths had reported receiving messages from the Virgin Mary in 1981. "I convinced two friends to go with me," said Sacco, a Birmingham native who now runs Michelangelo Films, a film production company based in Marina del Rey, Calif. "Before we left, this guy Terry is showing up in my office every day, all enthusiastic. He would talk about Medjugorje." Sacco was referring to Terry Colafrancesco, then a landscaper who ran his business out of his home in Sterrett in Shelby County. Today Colafrancesco is the president and founder of Caritas of Birmingham, a religious organization in Sterrett dedicated to promoting devotion to the visions of Medjugorje. 27 maaliskuu 2010 , Originally published 26 maaliskuu 2001 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Questions push families away -- Birmingham Post-Herald on Caritas of BirminghamOther languages: English, Italiano
By Sara Foss, Birmingham Post-Herald When the Flynn and the Littiken families moved to Caritas of Birmingham, they did it for their children. The idea of a wholesome farming community, where devout Roman Catholics worshipped together and worked side by side, appealed to them. 27 maaliskuu 2010 , Originally published kesäkuu, 2003 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Local Man Escapes Alabama Cult -- Fox News on Caritas of Birmingham and Terry ColafrancescoBy Andy Treinen, Fox News 19 Faith is defined as a complete acceptance of a truth which cannot be proved by the process of logical thought. All of us have faith in something, but sometimes our faith is betrayed. That's exactly what happened to a local man who after nine years, came to the realization that he was in a cult. Tom O'Neill, a Xavier graduate and former teacher at LaSalle High School, was also in the FBI for 20 years. But none of his past work prevented him from making one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Now, his daughter is the one at risk. "What is happening at Caritas is exactly the same as Waco, Texas," claimed O'Neill. | | |||
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