Servants Responding To The Call

My connection with Medjugorje goes back to 1987 when I first heard that Our Blessed Mother was appearing there.  Being a mother with three young children, I never thought that I would ever be able to visit there, so when I heard that a friend of mine was going, I asked if he would bring our wedding rings there so that our marriage could blessed by Our Lady. From that point on,  I felt "driven" to learn everything I could about the events taking place there and the messages that Our Lady was giving us, but more importantly, I  tried to live the messages, praying the rosary and attending Mass daily.  I have been very fortunate,  my husband and I have now visited Medjugorje four times. Once we were even able to bring our three children there with us.  I was asked to join The Queen of Peace Apostolate, an organization with a purpose to make known the Messages of Medjugorje.  During the past twenty years I have helped to organize several Marian Conferences in our area, assisted in creating a website with Her messages (www.queenofpeaceapostolate.com),  help to produce and distribute an online monthly newsletter (The Via Ad Pacem), and help organize a yearly Mass on the June 25th Anniversary of her first Apparition. My husband and I  have produced a DVD "The Most Holy Rosary in Medjugorje" combining visuals we took on our last pilgrimage and messages given by Our Lady, to meditate on while praying the rosary. We were also privileged to work with Jerry Morin and provide visuals for one of his songs, "Live the Message." Because of the "fruits" I have experienced in my life, I have no doubts that she is appearing and that Medjugorje is the "spiritual heart of the world."  I believe we all need to focus on living the messages that she has been giving us for the past thirty years and continue to make them known throughout the world.

Darlene Duprey- New York, USA