On Friday, November 24, 2000, after the prayer of the Stations of the Way of the Cross with the faithful on Cross mountain, Fr. Slavko Barbarić died at the station where Christ’s body was laid in the tomb.

The Parish of St. James in Medjugorje invites you to the Memorial Day of Fr. Slavko Barbarić – November 24, 2025, on the 25th anniversary of his death.

On Friday, November 24, 2000, after the prayer of the Stations of the Way of the Cross with the faithful on Cross mountain, Fr. Slavko Barbarić died at the station where Christ’s body was laid in the tomb.

The program of the Memorial Day of Fr. Slavko Barbarić on Monday, November 24 will begin with the Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain at 2 pm, then continue in the Church of St. James from 5:00 p.m. with the Rosary, and then with a Holy Mass presided over by the Provincial of the Herzegovina Franciscan Province, Fr. Jozo Grbeš, and will end with an Evening of Testimonies and Conversations about Fr. Slavko in the John Paul II Hall, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature: Fr. Jozo Grbeš, Fr. Ivan Dugandžić, Fr. Svetozar Kraljević, Fr. Marinko Šakota and Milona von Habsburg.

The entire day, starting with the Stations of the Way of the Cross prayer to the end of the Evening of Testimonies and Conversations about Fr. Slavko, will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel and Facebook by Radio Station Mir Medjugorje, as well as the channels of the Mir Medjugorje Information Center in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian and Russian.

Fra Slavko Barbarić heard the news of Our Lady’s apparitions while studying at Frohnleiten, where he was working on his doctoral dissertation. Since 1982, when he was observing and examining the visionaries, he has put all his strength and abilities, all his energy and time, all his attention and love at the service of the events of Medjugorje, at the service of pilgrims. He has led an evening prayer program, preached, founded fasting and prayer seminars, international spiritual retreats for young people, for priests and married couples, led prayers on the hills, edited and hosted radio broadcasts, written books, met people, traveled the world spreading the message of Medjugorje, established a fund to help talented students, worked with addicts, founded the Mother’s Village and the Merciful Father association…

Fr. Slavko suddenly passed away into eternity, leaving behind him a true treasure of spirituality, which the Franciscans have continued to develop and cherish with their hearts up to this day.

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