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Catholic events in Bosnia and Croatia

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The summer of 2026 continued saw a series dense programme of Catholic gatherings across Bosnia Bosnia‑Herzegovina and Croatia. In early May, youth meetings Early May featured the Croatian Catholic Youth Meeting in Daruvar, Dežanovac and Pakrac, followed drawing thousands of young believers and including Masses celebrated by the Archbishop Tomo Vukšić and Bishop Vlado Košić. The Archdiocese of Vrhbosna’s 55th Youth Day at the Komušina Marian shrine in Komušina (29‑30 May) and a youth programme encounter in Rijeka, set Rijeka (28 May) continued the tone for later pilgrimages. focus on youth formation. June saw bishops pilgrimages led by Bishops Milan Stipić and Željko Majić lead traditional treks to visited the shrines of Saint Šarbel in Križevci and Saint John the Baptist in Štivor, with events spreading to while communal walks marked Saint John’s feast in Široki Brijeg, Dajla Brijeg and the a three‑day festival in Dajla. The Podmilačje sanctuary near Jajce, where tens of thousands attended hosted an open‑air liturgy. July added further pilgrimage activities: on 18 July, Bishop Milan Stipić presided over a St. Sharbel pilgrimage in Križevci, baptising five children from the “Sv. Marko Križevčanin” orphanage, and later that day three new clocks were blessed on liturgy for the tower birth of the Holy Heart St John, attracting tens of Jesus church thousands and underscoring inter‑faith reverence. Diaspora‑focused celebrations in Križišće. The Goričani parish also undertook its annual pilgrimage Ravska and Graberje highlighted post‑earthquake reconstruction. Pilgrimages to the national shrine of Our Lady of Bistrica, drawing hundreds of faithful from Croatia Bistrica continued, with way‑points in Križevci and abroad. At the end of a large Goričani procession. The “Marian Vow for the month, on 31 July, thousands of members Homeland” pilgrimage linked faith with remembrance of the Croatian Armed Forces, police, war veterans, firefighters and civil‑protection units gathered for veterans. In Bosnia, the twelfth provincial pilgrimage Bilska Misa was added to the intangible cultural heritage list, while Croatia’s Vrana shrine of drew over 10 000 pilgrims for Saint Nediljica’s feast. August saw the Sljeme parish launch a three‑day preparation for the Our Lady of Sinj. The procession, accompanied by military orchestras and the navy choir “Sveti Juraj”, culminated in a Mass celebrated by military ordinary Monsignor Jure Bogdan Sljeme feast, and highlighted the Jubilee year marking Križevci youth travelled to Assisi for the 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi. These events underscore ongoing Catholic liturgical, cultural and community initiatives in Francis, before undertaking the region, with traditional foot pilgrimage to Marija Bistrica. Throughout, reconstruction of war‑damaged sites and intangible‑heritage recognitions proceeding heritage projects proceeded alongside the pilgrimages. these liturgical and cultural initiatives.

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