Medjugorje: A Reconciled Parish Before 1981, Medjugorje was a village of 3,000 inhabitants nestled between mountains. On the highest peak, Mount Krizevac, 540 meters high, the Catholic parish had built [...] "true believers." But the people who lived in Medjugorje, which is divided into 5 different hamlets, were divided. They didn't always get along... In Medjugorje, the reconciliation was started by the parish [...] police and the government officials. The Communist rulers had first perceived the apparitions of Medjugorje like a Trojan horse, a new subterfuge of Croatian nationalism. But the constantly humble, prayerful

Medjugorje: Origin of the Shrine June 24, 2010 Origin On the afternoon of June 24, 1981, about half a mile from the church, two girls from Sarajevo, Ivanka (15) and Mirjana (16), on vacation at the family's [...] stars perfectly; her blue eyes looked at them with affection. ________________ Christian CANNUYER, "Medjugorje" in: Rene LAURENTIN and Patrick SBALCHIERO, Dictionnaire encyclopédique des apparitions de la Vierge

brother Fergus, two scottich fish-farmers in Argyll, took a jeep load of aid from their home to Medjugorje in Bosnia. Magnus decided to give up his job for a year to drive the aid. The public did not stop