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![]() | Medjugorje Website Updates - Medjugorje News & Articles13.maio.2010. , Originally published 15.agosto.1999. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies Testimony of Pauline, France![]() "Before coming to Medjugorje, I had sunk very low. My parents are atheists. When I was 9, they divorced on grounds of adultery. From that day, I let myself be carried away by all the evils of society. At 13, I started on drugs. My broken family had gradually reduced me to a state of fear and being turned in on myself, I moved forward without seeing, without living, like a ghost. 'Emptiness', that is the word which best described my inner state. I threw myself into the 'pleasures of the flesh' and went completely adrift. Last summer, I attempted suicide, and when I woke up at the hospital, I felt that life was horrible, with no way out, no future. 8.maio.2010. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies / Author: Cristina Palici Mary invited me into her home…![]() I still remember the first time I found a copy of Echo of Mary in the underground chapel of a Greek Orthodox church in my town. It was in 1997, in a little town in north-central Romania and I still hadn’t turned 17. I hungered for the living word and I needed to meet people who experience my same thirst; and this little publication was an immense gift. I immediately felt that Our Lady’s messages were nourishing me, freeing me, and immersing me in a Light which filled everything in me. Also the articles based on the witness of others and news within the Church gave me great joy for it made me understand that I wasn’t the only one to experience this intense desire for God, for holiness, and to surrender my own life totally to Him. 3.maio.2010. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje News 15th International Priests Seminar![]() The 15th International Priests Seminar will be held in Međugorje 1.maio.2010. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies Experiences of pilgrims in Medjugorje![]() This period in which our Church celebrates the mystery of resurrection that lasts for fifty days was filled with many pilgrims in Medjugorje and press members from radio station “Mir” Medjugorje were able to find quite few interesting life experiences. Kim Yong Hwan, priest form Korea, said that he heard about Medjugorje in 2001 for the first time and in that year he was celebrating 25 years of his priesthood. At the same time, that was the year of great crisis for him, since he felt sort of spiritual emptiness in his vocation as a priest. 24.abril.2010. , Originally published novembro, 1991 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Testimonies Four young men from the New World leave the land of milk and honey to clothe the cowlOther languages: English, Deutsch
![]() The Franciscan basilica at Tomislavgrad in Herzegovina, where the Croatian king, Tomislav, was crowned 900 years ago, saw a particularly solemn ceremony this year when a group of young men took their vows. Apart from the eight seminarians from Herzegovina, who were surrounded by the whole Franciscan family and a swarm of family members and friends, there were four brothers from abroad: three Americans and one Australian. 24.abril.2010. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama ![]() Gravely disturbing testimonies of former long term residents of Caritas of Birmingham -- and associates of self-styled "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, and also writings of concerned family membersOther languages: English, Italiano
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17.abril.2010. , Originally published fevereiro, 1993 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews A lesson by an Anglican minister -- In Medjugorje I found Mary - the renewal of my church began with Her. He begs Catholics .. recite the Rosary: through Mary you can renew the worldOther languages: English, Deutsch
![]() Apart from the many Catholics who visit Medjugorje to venerate the Queen of Peace, of late there have also been an increasing number of non-Catholic Christians who visit Medjugorje to pray to Our Lady with trust and to ask for Her motherly intercession before God. A recent visit was paid by Anglican minister, Robert Llewelyn. Despite his age, he is spritely, and deeply spiritual. Peace and joy irradiate from his every word. 17.abril.2010. , Originally published 31.janeiro.2001. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama ![]() Michael O'Neill who lived at Caritas from 1991 to 1999 writes to Birmingham Bishop David Foley -- in the purpose of having clearer picture of Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Alabama![]() Your Excellency, For the purpose of having a clearer picture of Caritas, I feel that, you should know the following which Jacquie and I did not have an opportunity to relate. First, I am not sure how long it was that you told Terry that Mass was not allowed to be said at Caritas, but Terry interpreted it to our needs. Since 1995 or 1996, a priest from Phoenix, Alabama, came on a fairly regular basis and said Mass either in the field or the Tabernacle building. Terry always explained that as long as the priest was from outside the Diocese, you give permission for Mass. What your instructions were regarding this we had no idea. We only knew what Terry told us. As I said in our discussion on 10/13/00, after I left Caritas a lot of the FBI came out in me and I did some of my own investigation and came up with some interesting facts. I say facts because the two people I talked to have absolutely no "ax to grind" with Terry or Caritas. 17.abril.2010. , Originally published 28.dezembro.2004. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama ![]() Caritas of Birmingham: Accused of "Brainwashing"Other languages: English, Italiano
![]() By Nancy Wilstach, The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama, 12/28/04 Former residents and parents of residents accuse the Shelby County, Alabama, Caritas of Birmingham community, led by Terry Colafrancesco, of fraud, misrepresentation, undue influence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment. They say Colafrancesco lures devout Catholics to Caritas and then takes all their money. A judge has ordered principals in the three-year-old suit to submit to mediation. Colafrancesco created Caritas following the 1988 vision of a woman from Bossnia-Herzegovina who reported experiencing visitations from the Virgin Mary while standing in Colafrancesco’s pasture. She continues to have visions during her periodic returns to the US, and her most recent visit drew thousands of pilgrims. The community draws its membership from such people, who give up their property when they move into Caritas. The community also receives donations from the devout around the world. Caritas, which the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize, operates a school, sawmill, gift shop, and farm. 13.abril.2010. / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Medjugorje and Vatican Investigative commission on Medjugorje meets![]() VATICAN CITY, 13 APR 2010 (VIS) - Press Office of the Holy See The International Investigative Commission on Medjugorje met for its first session on 26 March 2010. The Commission, presided over by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, His Holiness' vicar general emeritus for the diocese of Rome, is composed of the following members: 10.abril.2010. , Originally published julho, 2005 / Section: Medjugorje News & Articles - Category: Interviews Fr. Carmelo interviewed -- “A Eucharistic Parish”![]() Fr. Carmelo, you spent two years in Medjugorje. How did you get this opportunity, and what does it mean for you now?It was definitely a call by Our Lady, and it was through a small article precisely in the Echo of Mary which said there wasn't an Italian priest in Medjugorje to look after the Italian pilgrims. I took this as a personal call, and I asked Our Lady to provide a ticket to get there and a place to stay as a sign that it really was for me. Not long after this, whilst having dinner with friends, one of them said he had an extra ticket to go to Medjugorje and that he wanted to give it to someone. Then, at Medjugorje I asked Fr. Slavko about it and he confirmed that Our Lady had called me to stay there so I could better comprehend God's plans. 10.abril.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.abril.2010. , Originally published 8.março.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.abril.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.abril.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. | | ![]() | |
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