Fruits of Medjugorje
Testimonies of Lay people
James Wahlberg
Something special is happening in Medjugorje
James first came to Medjugorje to visit his son who at the time lived in the Community Cenacolo. His first experience of going up the Apparition hill was a special experience because James helped the young men from Cenacolo carry a disabled person to the spot of the first apparition of Our Lady in Medjugorje. During his time here, James met several pilgrims who have experienced miraculous healing in Medjugorje. Listen to his testimony for the Fruits of Medjugorje series to find out how Medjugorje affect the journey of his faith.
Ann Vucic
Before Medjugorje I thought that religion was just about following a bunch of rules
When Ann was two years old, her family moved from a small town near Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the suburbs of Chicago. In her early teens, she experienced a lot of bullying from her peers. Raised in a traditional Catholic home, she could not understand how a supposedly loving God could allow such things and thus began to question His existence. In the summer of 1981, accompanied by her family, Ann returned to her hometown for a summer vacation. Thus at the age of fifteen, she witnessed the beginning of Our Lady’s apparitions. In her testimony for the Fruits of Medjugorje series, Ann speaks of how that summer changed her life forever. She is currently working on an exciting new project – a major motion picture about Medjugorje.
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Colleen Willard
Story of a miraculous healing in Medjugorje
Colleen was a happily married mother of three when she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. She came on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje with her husband John. During their trip Vicka Ivankovic Mijatovic, one of the six visionaries prayed over her. Later that day, upon receiving the Holy Communion at mass, Colleen started regaining feeling in her legs. The same day, she got out of her wheelchair and climbed Apparition Hill. Upon returning to USA her doctors confirmed that the brain tumor was gone.
Juana Vázquez
In Medjugorje I discovered the Eucharist
Juana came to Medjugorje for the first time in 1999. During her first visit she was able to meet with the visionaries, Fr Jozo Zovko and late fr Slavko Barbaric. That first trip left such a strong impression that within the following 12 months she made the long journey from Argentina to Medjugorje two more times. Watch the video find out how that pilgrimage changed her life and the life of her family.
Sofia Gamiz
How Medjugorje saved my marriage
Testimony that was shown at the 31st Mladifest, Youth Festival in Medjugorje. A pilgrimage to Medjugorje saved Sofia’s marriage. She had left her husband and two children. While in Medjugorje she went to confession after more than twenty years. She recounts the story of her first encounter with the messages of Our Lady, Queen of Peace. During their pilgrimage Sofia went to a talk by Mirjana Soldo, a visionary from Medjugorje. Their family prays the rosary every day now and they also daily participate in the Holy Mass.
Arthur P. Boyle
The CT scan showed that the cancer was gone
In 1999, Arthur Boyle, a father of thirteen children, learned that he had three tumors in his right lung. After the surgery to remove his lung was scheduled, at the suggestion of his brother in law, Arthur came to Medjugorje. A chance meeting with Vicka Ivankovic, one of the six visionaries of Medjugorje would change his life forever. Here is Arthur’s testimony of a miraculous physical healing and countless Fruits of Medjugorje that have since than spread though the entire community of south Boston and further.
Lorena González
I prayed to Our Lady to bless our marriage with children
A young married couple came to Medjugorje to pray for their marriage to be blessed with children. Lorena tells the story of consolation she found in Medjugorje during a miscarriage. Find out how their experience of Medjugorje helped them grow closer as a couple. At the time this testimony was recorded they were pregnant with their fourth child.
Carmel Kelly
I came to Medjugorje to fulfill my husbands dying wish
Carmel came to Medjugorje to fulfill her husbands dying wish. She was not interested in Medjugorje because as she said she was a Lourdes person. During her first visit she didn’t see anything extraordinary but she said she was certain of Our Lady’s presence. Carmel started bringing pilgrims from all over Ireland to Medjugorje. When we filmed her testimony she was on her 111th pilgrimage.
Magnus MacFarlane Barrow
Mary's Meals is a Fruit of Medjugorje
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was a teenager when he first came to Medjugorje. He returned to Scotland with a strong desire to put Our Lady’s messages into practice. When at the beginning of the 90’s, a war broke out in former Yugoslavia, Magnus began delivering aid to Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Over the years his work grew into Mary’s Meals, an organization that provides meals for 1,667,067 children every school day in a place of education. Mary’s Meals works in 19 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow likes to say that Mary’s Meals (named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a Fruit of Medjugorje.
Jesus Garcia
Writing an article about Medjugorje changed my life
Jesús García was working for a catholic newspaper in Spain when he received an assignment to write an article about Medjugorje, a small village in Bosnia and Herzegovina where six children were having daily apparitions of Our Lady. That first visit to Medjugorje would lead him to a spiritual retreat with Fr Jozo Zovko in Siroki Brijeg, where he will begin a new journey of faith and conversion. The article Jesús wrote was rapidly disseminated throughout Spain and the Spanish speaking parts of the world. Jesús would later write a book about Our Lady’s apparitions which has, over the years, introduced many to Our Lady’s messages and brought many pilgrims to Medjugorje. Through his foundation Gospa Arts, he continues to spread the messages of Our Lady across the world. Watch the interview to find out how Medjugorje changed his life.
Irene De Ramiro Martinez
I came to Medjugorje looking for peace
Growing up in the Canaries, Irene was very familiar with the peace that is often advertised in forms of a trip to a beach resort or a spa. In 2007, her mother went on a pilgrimage to a distant village called Medjugorje, where Our Lady has been appearing, every day, since 1981. Upon her mother’s return, Irene noticed the change in her and she longed for that deeper, true, inner peace which radiated from her mother. In her testimony, Irene shares her own experience of Medjugorje and how it continues to shape her life every day. Together with her husband Nicola, whom she met in Medjugorje, Irene brings hundreds of people to Medjugorje each year. Most Spanish speaking pilgrims know them through their work in the network Red Gospa.
Hermine Bader Hermine Bader
I used to think being Catholic meant giving up my freedom
After suffering serious injuries during a hiking accident, Hermine began reexamining her life. She was on a journey of discovering her faith when a friend expressed a desire to go to Medjugorje. She tells the story of learning to surrender control of one’s life to God and finding joy and freedom in Holy Confession. Hermine now works for Medjugorje Deutschland, an organization that promotes Our Lady’s messages in the German speaking parts of the world and which brings thousands of people to Medjugorje each year.
David Parkes
A story of healing and conversion
David Parkes was a professional football player when he got sick with Chron’s disease. Doctors told him he had two months to live. He came to Medjugorje where he was prayed over by fr. Peter Mary Rookey. After the miracle of a physical healing came a spiritual one. David went on to build a career in the world of Christian Music. Since 2001, he lives part of the year in Medjugorje working for Marian Pilgrimages.
