7 nights Medjugorje Pilgrimage May 2025

Day 1 (21st May)

• Arriving at your airport, your local bus driver will meet you upon your arrival at the airport. You will then board a private coach/bus to your hotel. Stops will be made for refreshments and a visit to the f restroom if needed. Check-in at your hotel.
• 20.00 Dinner at the hotel

Zdravo! Welcome to Medjugorje

Since 1981, in a small village in Bosnia-Hercegovina named Medjugorje, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing and giving messages to the world. She tells us that God has sent Her to our world, and these years She is spending with us are a time of Grace granted by God. In Her own words, She tells us, "I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to enjoy this fullness and peace, you must return to God". Our Lady's mission is one of peace. She has come to earth to re-educate us and to help us convert and re-center our lives back to God. Our Lady's role has always been one of guiding people to Her Son, Jesus. What an amazing opportunity we have before us! Our Lady's call to conversion is urgent, and we should respond with all our hearts.

Day 2 Medjugorje Saint James church, Apparition Hill, Blue Cross (22nd May)

• 7.00 am Breakfast at the hotel
• 8.00 Meet your guide at the hotel and visit Apparition Hill and blue Cross
• With a guide, climb Apparition Hill where the young visionaries first encountered Our Lady. As you climb, you can see the inspired beauty of the bronze plaques depicting each mystery of the rosary, and pray before the cross that commemorates the spot where Our Lady appeared. Visit Blue Cross
• 12.00 Join Daily English Mass at St James Church at noon on Sundays
  The church is the focal point of the village. It has 600 seats inside, and several thousand outside. It is moderately air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. It has a total number of 61 confessionals available for confession.
• 13:00 - 14.00 Introduction around St. James church by guide
  St. James Church, the outside Altar, Statue of our Blessed Lady, Statue of St. Leopold, and Confessionals
• 16:00 Dinner at the hotel
• Free to join Daily Evening Prayer program at Saint James church from 17 – 19.00 (translation in English trough radios)
• 17.00 Confession and Rosary
• 18.00 Holy Mass celebration

Apparition Hill (Mount Podbrdo)

This mountainous hill is where the visionaries first encountered Our Lady. Also, at the base of this hill is a Blue Cross, where it is said Our Lady appeared to the children while they hid from the communist police in the early days of the alleged apparitions. When climbing, your group is invited to recite the Rosary, pausing five times for each decade of the Rosary. At the top of the hill, you will witness the exact location of the first alleged apparition of Our Lady to the visionaries, and enjoy private time in prayer. It was from Apparition Hill where Our Lady first began inviting the world, through the visionaries and the village of Medjugorje, to respond to Her call. There have been thousands of apparitions of Our Lady on this hill —apparitions that continue even to this day.

Blue Cross

"This Medjugorje site has a distinct Blue Cross marking the spot where the visionaries met in secret for their apparitions during the communist persecution of the early days. During the early days of persecution, Mt. Podbrdo (Apparition Hill) was occupied by the armed Yugoslavia Socialist Army. The Yugoslavian government did not believe in the apparitions. They wanted them to stop. Blue Cross was hidden from the road, not far from the base of Podbrdo, and went unnoticed by the Socialist Army. Apparition Hill was occupied for a short period as thousands of visiting pilgrims ignored repeated attempts to stop the apparitions. Pilgrims continued to flood Medjugorje until the Army gave up trying to stop them and disappeared. From this most recent picture, we can see this hidden spot is no longer hidden.

Day 3 Medjugorje retreat Castle Nancy and Patrick, cenacolo community, Surmanci (23rd May)

• 8:00 am Breakfast at the hotel.

DEVINE MERCY CHURCH SURMANCI:

• 9.00 am Depart and visit the Church of Devine Mercy in Surmanci, a place only a few kilometers away from Medjugorje. There is a miraculous icon of Jesus of Mercy.
• Private Mass celebration
• 11:00 am Visit the Nancy and Patrick Castle on your return to Medjugorje. In 1999, Nancy and Patrick Latta began to build a castle in Medjugorje, to be used as a retreat place for priests, nuns, seminarians, and religious.
• Afternoon visit the “Cenacolo” Community which was founded in Saluzzo (Italy) by Sr. Elvira Petrozzi in 1983, to help drug addicts. The main goal of the community is to
• discover and live the true values of Christian life. According to their words, their therapy is Jesus Christ, and the way of healing is prayer, work, and friendship. The boys of the “Cenacolo” community gladly receive pilgrims and give witness to their conversion and liberation from drug addiction.
• 16:00 Dinner at the hotel
• Free to join Daily Evening Prayer program at Saint James church from 17 – 19.00 (translation in English trough radios)
• 17.00 Confession and Rosary
• 18.00 Holy Mass celebration

Day 4 Medjugorje, Cross Mountain, Risen Christ Statue (24th May)

• 7:00 am Breakfast at the hotel.
• 8:00 - 12.00 am Your guide will accompany you to the Cross Mountain. As you climb, you can see the artistry of the bronze plaques depicting each mystery of the Way of the Cross.
• 16:00 Dinner at the hotel
• Free to join Daily Evening Prayer program at Saint James church from 17 – 20.00 (translation in English trough radios)
• 17.00 Confession and Rosary
• 18.00 Holy Mass celebration
• 19 – 20.00 Adoration of the Holy Blessed Sacrament

Cross Mountain (Krizevac)

“Krizevac” means “Mount of the Cross.” It is the highest mountain in the area. In 1933, the parish of St. James erected a large concrete cross to commemorate the 1900th Anniversary of Jesus’ passion and death on the Cross. Cross Mountain is central to one’s pilgrimage to Medjugorje. It is a penitential climb that leads pilgrims to reflect upon their relationship with God and what they need to change in their lives to draw closer to Him. Often deep healing, cleansing, and peace are experienced at the summit of the mountain, at the foot of the cross, after pilgrims arrive at the top. Our Lady has made it clear in Her messages that she desires to see pilgrims climbing both Cross Mountain and Apparition Mountain.

Day 5 Tihaljina Day tour – OPTIONAL VISIT (25th May)

• 8:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
• 09.00 Meet your guide at the hotel and depart to Tihaljina by your private coach
• 10 - 11 Private Mass with your priest at Tihaljina church
  Located 45 kilometers away from Medjugorje. Part of the visit to Tihaljina is a visit to the church of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary where our pilgrims have an opportunity to attend a Holy Mass. A day trip to the monastery and church in Tihaljina is also a popular pleasure trip. The parish priest Fr. Jozo Zovko 1985-1991 renewed the parish house and the church, and in its place of the old parish house is a new home for nuns, the grounds of the church have also attractively been reclaimed.
• 12.00 Talk by Father Ljubo, Parish priest in Tihaljina
• 13.00 Return to Medjugorje and arrive around 14
• 16.00 Dinner at the hotel
• 17.00-20.00 Join the evening prayer program at St. James church that includes a prayer of all Mysteries of the Holy Rosary 17 – 18, Confession from 17.00, 18.00 Holy Mass celebration
• 19 – 20 blessings of objects. Prayer for health of soul and body

Day 6 Thu Medjugorje, Mothers Village (26th May)

• 8:00 am Breakfast at the hotel
• 9:00 am Visit to Mother’s Village. Mother’s Village was founded in
• 1993 by the late Father Slavko, during the war in the Balkans. It began operating on September 8, 1996, as an orphanage for children whose parents had died during the war.
  The Village was built and maintained by pilgrims and donors from all over the world. It provides a family-like atmosphere for its occupants, who live in separate houses instead of a big institutional building. The main objective is to maintain harmony between God, man, and nature while giving witness to the love promoted by Our Lady. Mother’s Village belongs to the Community of the Herzegovinian Franciscans and works within the sphere of the Catholic Church. This Village is a visible fruit of Medjugorje.
• 10.00 Private Mass with your priest at their chapel
• 16.00 Dinner at the hotel
• 17.00-20.00 Join the evening prayer program at St. James church that includes a prayer of all Mysteries of the Holy Rosary 17 – 18, Confession from 17.00, 18.00 Holy Mass celebration.
• 19 – 20 Adoration of the Blessed Holy Sacrament

Day 7 (27th May)

• Free day, Optional Tour 

Day 8 (28th May)

• Board the coach/bus back to the airport for your counter-check-in for your flight back to the IRELAND.
• During dinner each evening, the schedule for the following day will be posted in the reception area, by the front desk.
• The End of your Pilgrimage Tour

“You will be carrying with you the graces received in Medjugorje to share with those back home through the witness of your lives”

Optional tours can be provided to the following:

MOSTAR AND KRAVICE WATERFALLS

Mostar, also famously called the city where the North meets the South and the West meets the East, is a city of poetry, stone, and narrow streets An exceptional town because of its dwellings and monuments, we guide you through these sites for this half-day of history and culture.

Mostar sites that define the look and rich history of Mostar:

• The Franciscan Church monastery with St. Peter and Paul church - The Old Bridge the UNESCO Heritage is famous and appreciated for its uniqueness in terms of its age, architecture, and beauty.
• Old city, Kujundziluk - English "coppersmiths “area. - Karadjoz-bey mosque - considered the most beautiful mosque built in 1557.- Muslibegovica House - ideal example of Mostar's grand houses of the Ottoman period, built for merchants and landowners

SPLIT

Located in the warmest region of the northern Mediterranean coast, The Split tour's city sights include:

• Sightseeing of Split with the old city core that has developed within and around spacious Diocletian's Palace (part of UNESCO World Heritage), the most famous and well-preserved ancient monument in Croatia.
• A walk through the small picturesque streets paved with stone to the Cathedral of St. Domnius, originally the mausoleum of Diocletian.
• A visit to the well-preserved Diocletian's Cellars
• Finish the tour on the beautiful waterfront, the symbol of this Mediterranean city, full of charming cafés. Free time for lunch on the Riviera on your own and walk through the cobblestone streets

Tihaljina

Located 45 kilometers away from Medjugorje. Part of the visit to Tihaljina is a visit to the church of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary where our pilgrims have an opportunity to attend a Holy Mass. A day trip to the monastery and church in Tihaljina is also a popular pleasure trip. The parish priest Fr. Jozo Zovko 1985-1991 renewed the parish house and the church, and in its place of the old parish house is a new home for nuns, the grounds of the church have also attractively been reclaimed.

*Price to be advised