Natural space and pilgrimages in Medjugorje

Marijana Belaj

Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia

The Queen of Peace

Our Lady of Medjugorje – The Queen of Peace

Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez

Ivan Dragicevic

Jakov Colo Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti

Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo

Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic

Visionaries (25 June1981)

Pilgrims’ concepts of Medjugorje

Mary Medjugorje as the “sacred ground”

• “Dear children! I have chosen this parish

in a special way and I wish to lead it. I am

guarding it in love...” (March 1, 1984)

• “... because I and my Son have a

special plan for this parish...” (April 12,

1984)

• “It is a place where

God has touched the

earth in a special way.”

(Provincial Ivan Sesar)

• “... a place where one

can feel positive energies”

(Medjugorje priest)

• “... something divine

and supernatural is

present in Medjugorje”

(Ćorić)

The Apparition Hill (Crnica Hill or Podbrdo)

The Apparition Hill

Blue Cross

Cross Mountain or Krizevac

Krizevac

Krizevac

Krizevac

Stones or parts of the soil

• “the stones or ground touched by Our Lady”

• “millions of pilgrims stepped on them”

• “the sacred ground is soaked with prayers”

stone rosaries and

parts of the soil

for sail

Medjugorje in 1981

Medjugorje today

http://www.flowers-medjugorje.com/en/medjugorje/

http://www.medjugorjetoday.tv/8690/pope-knew-early-about-medjugorje/

http://pda.medjugorje.ws/en/apparitions/docs-medjugorje-apparitions/ http://www.pogled.ba/clanak/foto-deseci-tisuca-mladih-iz-cijelog-svijeta-u-medjugorju/39524