“Dear children! Anew I call you to follow me with joy. I desire to lead all of you to my Son, your Savior. You are not aware that without Him you do not have joy and peace, nor a future or eternal life. Therefore, little children, make good use of this time of joyful prayer and surrender. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
What is The MIR Group?
The MIR Group is a non-profit (501) (c3) organization comprised of people the world over who attempt to disseminate a peaceful message of Our Lady of Medjugorje.
The MIR Group is supported by your prayers and your donations. We thank you for that! Please do contact us for more information on the ministry of The MIR Group and Our Lady’s Message from Medjugorje.
Messages to Mirjana
Given to the visionary Mirjana Soldo on July 2, 2010 "Dear children, my motherly call, which I direct to you today, is a call of truth and life. My Son, who is Life, loves you and knows you in truth. To come to know and to love yourself, you must come to know my Son; to come to know and to love others, you must see my Son in them. Therefore, my children, pray, pray, that you may comprehend and surrender with a spirit that is free, be completely transformed and, in this way, may have the Kingdom of Heaven in your heart on earth. Thank you!"
Note: Our Lady blessed all people and all the religious articles that we had for blessing. As Our Lady was leaving Mirjana saw a large golden Cross behind Our Lady.
The MIR Group Raffles
The MIR Group Raffles - fundraisers to send Teens to Medjugorje The drawings for both raffles took place on June 25th - the winners are listed below:
Miraculous Medal - JoAnn Guarino of Metairie, LA
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje - Debbie Rinaldi of Broussard, LA
Congratulations to both winners!
Shroud of Turin Presentation
Shroud of Turin Presentation by the Pulitzer Prize nominated author, Jack Sacco www.jacksacco.com
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 7PM
St. Clement of Rome Church W. Esplanade and Richland in Metairie
Sponsored by: The MIR Group, the Monday Night Disciples and the Men of Mir. For more information contact
or 504-849-2570. All are invited to attend.
Jack will also be speaking at St.James Church, at 6PM in Gulfport, MS on Saturday, Aug. 14. Visit the Biloxi Diocese website for more details www.biloxidiocese.org
St. Charles Borromeo in Picayune, MS is also on his list for a Shroud presentation - details forthcoming on www.themirgroup.org
Sojourners of the Burning Heart Teens to give Witness
St. Rita Medjugorje Peace Mass 7100 Blk. Jeff Hwy, Harahan, LA
Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:30PM – Confessions 7PM – Rosary 7:30PM Holy Mass Celebrant – Fr. Jerry Daniels
Spiritual Director for the Teens; newly assigned to Houma-Thibodaux Diocese Music Ministry – Teens of the Sojourners of the Burning Heart
If you missed the teens giving witness at CCRNO, you won’t want to miss them this night. Bring your teens. See below what happened when they were present for an apparition at Ivan Dragicevic’s home in Medjugorje. While in Medjugorje during an apparition in the chapel of visionary, Ivan Dragicevic, Our Lady particularly blessed all of the youth and their families. After this Ivan’s face lit up and looked directly at our group (the Sojourners of the Burning Heart Prayer Group) and said I want you to understand that Our Lady spent a particularly long period of time, longer than usual praying over you young adults. She wants you to live the messages and bring them to others.
Thank You Jason Jones
Jason Jones spoke Wednesday, June 23 at St. Clement of Rome Church in Metairie after the Celebration of the Mass for the 29th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady in Medjujugorje. If you were not able to be at the Mass you can still hear the testimony of this amazing Warrior for Life on the Focus TV website - at www.focustvonline.com and should be there for around 4 weeks. The show ill air locally (New Orleans) on Sunday, July 4th on WLAE-TV Channel 32 - on Thursday, July 8th and Thursday July 15th (30 minute segments). The Issues & Faith Show with Jason Jones should begin airing on the web - www.archdiocese-no.org next week some time. These 2 interviews have the most powerful pro-life message that you'll ever hear.
Jason Jones is one of the most sought after speakers in America. He is the executive producer of the feature film “Bella” the winner of the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Awards. He is the President and Founder of Whole Life America, a non-profit organization that promotes the dignity of the human person, and is the founder of HERO (Human-Rights Education and Relief Organization. He is a true warrior for life.
Peace In Our Hearts Always
Peace In Our Hearts Always, a new prayer group for cancer patients and anyone with a serious illness. They will meet every week in Metairie, Kenner and the Westbank.
Metairie Chapter Every Thursday from 7 pm to 8 pm at St. Clement of Rome (Richland & W. Esplanade in Metairie, LA) in the Parish Center
Westbank Chapter Every Friday at 6 pm in the Mary’s Helpers Chapel - 4512 Seventh St., Marrero, LA.
Kenner Chapter Thursdays at 10 am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - 1912 Short Street - The New Rectory
This group is also open to caregivers or family and friends of the sick. Please join us as we pray, share, and open our hearts to God's divine mercy and embrace the love that Our Mother, Mary, wishes to impart on each of us. For more information, please contact Madeleine at
or 504-452-5217 or Carol 504-832-0057; or contact Mimi at
or 504-849-2570 or Gayle at
or 504-348-7729.
Ivan Dragicevic recently appeared on Issues & Faith (Episode 193). Click image below to watch.
Vatican on Medjugorje Inquiry
Rome communicates the composition of the Commission of inquiry on Medjugorje. According to Zenit, April 13, the list of the members on this Commission, presided by Cardinal Ruini, is composed of cardinals, bishops and experts that include:
Mgr Tony Anatrella (France); P. Achim Schütz; Mgr Krzysztof Nykiel; Sister Veronica Nela Gašpar (Croatia); Cardinal Jozef Tomko (Slovakia); Cardinal Vinko Puljić (Bosnia); Cardinal Josip Bozanić (Zagreb); and Cardinal Julián Herranz. They are accompanied by theologians: Mgr Angelo Amato; Mgr Pierangelo Sequeri; A. Maria David Jaeger, OFM; Zdzisław Józef Kijas, OFM; and Salvatore M. Perrella, OSM. Other experts who will collaborate on the work of the Commission include: P. Franjo Topić, S.G. (Sarajevo); P. Mijo Nikić, S.G. (Zagreb); and P. Mihály Szentmártoni, S.G.
This commission will work “behind closed doors”, and its conclusions will be submitted to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. From now on, the case of Medjugorje is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Mostar, Mgr Ratko Peric, but under the Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Sojourners of the Burning Heart
The Sojourners of the Burning Heart is a prayer based youth group made up of teens and young adults. For the past four years, the Sojourners have had the tremendous blessing and opportunity to travel to Medugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where apparitions of the Blessed Mother have been appearing to six visionaries for the past 28 years. On top of this trip, the Sojourners also have prayer meetings several times a month to keep the fire flowing. A great devotion to the Blessed Mother has grown within the group, and the Sojourners have looked to Our Lady in prayer so that the group may come closer to Jesus Christ, through His Blessed Mother.
The Sojourners of the Burning Heart is an open group, and anyone and everyone is invited to join!!!
This group is run by Mrs. Tammy Dupuy. Her contact information is as followed:
E-mail -
Cell - 504-289-3194
Contact her if you have any questions or if you are interested in joining the Sojourners!
Statement of Apostolic Nuncio
Statement of Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina about International Commission for Medjugorje (Information from the Medjugorje Official Website - www.medjugorje.hr) Archbishop Allessandro D’Errico, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina, gave statement about Medjugorje on March 18th at the end of 48th Bishop’s Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the statement broadcasted by Radio Mir Medjugorje, he amongst other things said: “Whenever I would meet Holy Father, he was always very much interested in Medjugorje. He was involved in everything, starting with the time when he was Head of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He is aware that this is the issue of special importance, and he, as supreme authority of the Church, needs to give his precise statement about that matter. Holy Father is very much familiar with Medjugorje phenomenon; he even mentioned that to me personally. He is aware of huge amount of positive and good influence of local priests, religious, Franciscans, lay people, and therefore, it is very difficult for him to perceive that there can be so many opposing information about the same matter.
Interview with Cardinal Schonborn in the Vercernji List Newspaper 01/04/2010
From Vecernji List daily newspaper for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Medjugorje is again in the center of attention, church and public as well. Though the visit of Cardinal Shonborn is private, it did not leave anybody indifferent because he is the member of Congregation for Doctrine of Faith. We talked to Cardinal while he was visiting Medjugorje.
“We came here to be close to the Lord’s mother”, you said during the Christmas Eve Mass, Your Eminence. These words had a great echo. We would like you to explain them?”
Cardinal: “We cannot deny that pilgrims have been coming over here for the past 20 years, as we can not deny what they experience in Medjugorje and how close they feel to the Blessed Mother. This is my first visit, but since I’ve been a Bishop since 1991. I have simply noticed the fruits of Medjugorje.
Interviewer: “What kind of fruits are you talking about?”
Cardinal: “I will give you couple of examples: vocation calls for priesthood. Lots of our young priests have received their vocation call here, but not strictly in Medjugorje but because of Medjugorje. The second thing is conversions. I am impressed that that happens in every level of society, from noble families, industrials down to the common little people. Flying from Vienna, via Zagreb to Split I was asked by a security guard where I was going and I told him I was going to Medjugorje. All of sudden his face started shining and he told me that he had his conversion in Medjugorje as well. Couple of weeks ago on one small railway station one worker told me his story. His wife died of cancer and he was desperate and his friends brought him to Medjugorje. He has received the strong and living faith over here. The third evidence is the healings. A young man who was addicted to drugs told me that he was almost forced by his friends over here. He told me while the bus was entering to Medjugorje something happened with him. Especially he was healed immediately and all of us know how long that healing lasts. The fourth evidence is the prayer groups. I’ve known this Medjugorje Prayer Group from Vienna since the period when I wasn’t the Bishop. I’ve known them since 1980’s. To us Dominicans it was very meaningful that these people pray for hours and their church is always full. The Dominican churches in Vienna are rarely so full, on Thursday nights the church was always full. They stayed faithful to the prayer till today. Jesus said that the bad tree doesn’t bear any fruits. Which means: if the fruits are good than the tree is good as well.”
Dear brothers and sisters here in the church and on the squares in front of the church, and in the yellow hall... We are all conscious of the fact that it is a big privilege to not have to celebrate the New Year with champagne. (laughter) Maybe later. (laughter and applause)
But now we are allowed to celebrate the beginning of the New Year with Mary and Joseph and with the child that is lying in the manger and with the shepherds. These days, we have all come to Medjugorje to be especially close to the Mother of the Lord. To be more exact, we have to say that we have come here because we know that the Mother of the Lord wants to be close to us. With her, we want to begin the New Year. And the first thing that moves me when I think about the manger and the shepherds is that there were no angels present. Here there is an angel at the nativity set (points), but in the gospel there are no angels there. They were on the hills with the shepherds. An entire host of angels. But Mary and Joseph only heard about it. The shepherds told them. We also didn't see the Gospa. But there are people here who told about it. And we trust that the Mother of God really is close to us.
Cardinal Schönborn speaks at St. James Church in Medjugorje.On December 30, 2009, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and a member of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave a powerful, lengthy talk at St. James Church in Medjugorje.
Schönborn's talk revolved around the theme of God's mercy, and he did not hesitate to praise Medjugorje.
His first words as he stepped to the podium were "Hvaljen Isus i Marija," a Croatian phrase that means "Praised be Jesus and Mary." This is a common greeting among the visionaries and Medjugorje villagers. The Cardinal repeated it several times and urged the crowd to repeat it with him.
He went on to say "When you look at a place like Medjugorje, you can see a superpower of mercy. Many merciful deeds were born here or they were supported here."
July 25, 2010
Rome communicates the composition of the Commission of inquiry on Medjugorje. According to Zenit, April 13, the list of the members on this Commission, presided by Cardinal Ruini, is composed of cardinals, bishops and experts that include: