We invite you to join the Hemel West Parish Pilgrimage to Medjugorje from 4th October to 11th October, flying from Luton. Cost per person sharing will be £706 with single room supplement of £130. Accommodation is at Tomato House which is very close to St James Church and grounds. Our parish priest, Fr Brian, will also join us.
Deposit of £100 due as soon as possible, payable to our fellow parishioner Pat Henry, who will transfer the money to Marian Pilgrimages. They will then send your invoice so you can book and pay in full online or by bank transfer. You must be insured for this trip. Contact pat@arthurmc.com for payment or queries.
In June 1981, the Blessed Mother reportedly began appearing regularly to several children in the town of Medjugorje, which is now located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Holy See, consistent with the rulings of the local bishops, has allowed pilgrimages to Medjugorje, provided they don’t present the reported apparitions as approved by the Church, and has forbidden the faithful from participating in events where the reported seers present their reported apparitions as of supernatural origin.
Nevertheless, it is clearly a place of faith and has influenced many people’s return to Catholicism. With more than 16 million visitors, the site has become the scene of an exceptional spiritual revival. More confessions are heard in Medjugorje than in any other parish of the entire world. In the year 1990 (before the outbreak of civil war), 1,900,000 people took Communion (more than at Fatima); 30,000 priests and bishops have visited the site. Many conversions are reported, even among those who come out of curiosity, or simply to accompany friends or relatives.
Full details of the visit and accommodation will be released before October.
All queries please to Pat, pat@arthurmc.com
Ave Maria!
Fr Brian McMahon
Parish Priest.
Hemel West Parish