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"Dear children, this is what I desire: give me your hands so that I can lead you like a mother along the right road; in this way I can take you to your Father. Open up your hearts and let me come in. Pray, so that I can guide you and bring you to peace and happiness." (Message received by visionary Mirjana Dragicevic on 18th March 1993)

Where is Medjugorje?
This village in Bosnia Herzogovina, is situated about 30 miles from the Adriatic Coast, in a triangle between Sarajevo, Split and Dubrovnik and close to the old city of Mostar. It is about 200 metres above sea level on a plateau surrounded by hills - a beautiful, rocky, rugged country with a mild Mediterranean climate. Flights from London to Split or Dubrovnik take 2 1/2 hours and a further coach journey of about 3 hours from either airport brings you to Medjugorje.

What is Medjugorje?
Although there is evidence of habitation in this area since the early Stone Age and there was certainly a Roman occupation, the world had not heard of Medjugorje until the 25th June, 1981, when six young people claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some twenty years on - having endured the vicissitudes of a communist regime, and now at considerable cost to their own private lives - the visionaries have consistently continued to report these appearances; three still have daily apparitions. Although some twenty million pilgrims from all over the world have been drawn to Medjugorje, it still maintains a naivety and a rural charm, and the daily business of tending to the pilgrims' material needs is still carried out by local people with shy and generous courtesy.

What is the Message of Medjugorje?
The powerful message of Medjugorje is one of peace and love, and specifically, a call to conversion back to God. The public messages from the Blessed Virgin have exhorted a continuous call for people to open their hearts and to begin actively changing their lives through prayer, fasting, reading the Scriptures, Reconciliation and Communion. Many millions have heeded these calls, and have come away from Medjugorje inspired and spiritually refreshed. For those now contemplating a visit, an open mind and an open heart is all that is required.

"Having talked to this somewhat sceptical young woman at the beginning of our pilgrimage, I was interested to sound her out now, as we prepared to leave Medjugorje. Dried salt tears caked her face, and as we talked they streamed again - external evidence that another powerful conversion had been effected."