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![]() | Medjugorje News & ArticlesAdded March 7, 2011 / Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama / Author: Marek Gayer Falsified letter defending self-styled "Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco and Caritas of Birmingham and abuse of identity of Ed and Patsy LocksOther languages: English, Español
![]() Edward and Patricia Locks are now for over 10 years concerned parents of their daughters Erin and Jenny living in Caritas of Birmingham. Recently someone attempting to defend Caritas of Birmingham and its leader, self-styled "A Friend of Medjugorje" (Terry Colafrancesco), posted a letter attributed to Edward and Patricia Locks. This letter was not posted or written by the Locks. The originator of this letter is guilty of fraud. Added March 7, 2011 / Category: Charitable projects Face to Face: Magnus MacFarlane Brown, founder of Mary's Meals![]() STANDING tall and broad, occasionally kilted and with the rosiness of cheek sported by those who thrive outdoors, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow wouldn’t look out of place on the front of a packet of porridge oats, swinging a caber. Added January 29, 2011 / Category: Other “Miracle Detectives” on the hunt for answers -- Randal Sullivan and Indre Viskontas on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) show![]() (RNS) Dirt at an ancient holy site in Chimayo, N.M. reputedly cures a woman’s rare bone cancer. In North Carolina, a 14-year-old girl stricken with pneumonia is removed from life support but survives after an angelic image appears on a security monitor outside her hospital room. A Texas man lives despite being cut in half after being run over by a train. Were these acts of God, or is there a scientific explanation for events that seem to defy reason? For an hour every Wednesday night (10 p.m. EST), that divisive question is the focus of “Miracle Detectives,” one of prime-time television’s first forays into exploring the miraculous. Added January 22, 2011 / Category: Medjugorje News, Medjugorje and Vatican Father Salvatore Perrella, CDF Expert on Medjugorje: "The pope wants a decisive conclusion made" -- Is seeing believing? How the church faces claims of Marian apparitions![]() By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the bishop of Green Bay, Wis., recently recognized a series of Marian apparitions from 1859, it marked the first time apparitions in the United States received official approval. That's quite an achievement considering that more than 1,500 visions of Mary have been reported around the world, but in the past century only nine cases have received official church approval as being "worthy of belief," said an expert in Marian apparitions. Added January 13, 2011 / Category: Testimonies Healing of completely blind 50 years woman Joelle Beuret – Devanthery in Medjugorje -- Testimony of Christiane Claessens, who followed group from Lausanne, Switzerland on their pilgrimage to Medjugorje![]() “Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed” (Jn 20, 29) Christianne Claessens – the first witness of healing of woman from Switzerland Joelle Beuret – Devanthery in Medjugorje, in October 2010, as she describes the pilgrimage and all of the events. Added January 8, 2011 / Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama A Friend of Medjugorje (Terry Colafrancesco) fits the profile of a cult leader -- and his group “Caritas of Birmingham” can be classified as a cult according to criteria of International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)Other languages: English, Italiano
![]() ![]() At the May 2001 American Family Foundation Conference in Newark, New Jersey, several ex-members of Caritas of Birmingham offered their stories to a distinguished panel of psychologists and cult exit counselors. It was the overwhelming opinion of the panel that the leader of Caritas of Birmingham, Terry Colafrancesco (self-styled “A Friend of Medjugorje”), fits the profile of a cult leader, much the same as David Koresh and Jim Jones were leaders of their groups. There are several factors that determine whether a group can be classified as a true cult. Added December 27, 2010 / Category: Caritas of Birmingham and "A Friend of Medjugorje" Terry Colafrancesco, Sterrett (AL), Alabama Visionary plans return to Alabama -- Birmingham Post-Herald on Marija Pavlovic's visit at Caritas of Birmingham and Terry Colafrancesco ("Friend of Medjugorje")![]() By Jeb Phillips, Birmingham Post-Herald The woman who helped catapult a Shelby County religious community into a multimillion-dollar operation will make a return appearance next month. Marija Pavlovic Lunetti, who said that as a teenager she saw the Virgin Mary in Bosnia-Herzegovina and as an adult saw her in Sterrett, will come again to the small Shelby County town for a prayer celebration from Dec. 8 through Dec. 14. The event, dubbed the "Seven Days of Prayer," will occur at Caritas of Birmingham, a small farming community that has been accused in recent years of being a cult. Lunetti's last visit to Caritas in 1999 drew a crowd of between 20,000 to 30,000. Added December 24, 2010 / Category: Medjugorje News Christmas wishes - May Christmas and birth of Jesus Christ bring you all of the joy!And indeed, from His fullness we have received grace to grace, for He is our peace! With desire that God’s peace reigns in all of the hearts, all of the families, all of the countries and in the whole world, united in prayer with all of the friends of Medjugorje throughout the world: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! May this Christmas be for you day of joy and peace. May Jesus visit you in your families and may he be born in the hidden place of your heart! Parish Office of Medjugorje Information Centre “Mir” Medjugorje Added December 23, 2010 / Category: Testimonies Exotic dancer turns to Mary and leads holy life of mass, rosary![]() The more we listen to our guardian angel or the Lord, the more they speak to us. That was discovered by a woman in Massachusetts who experienced a dramatic conversion from life as an exotic dancer to a promoter of the Rosary -- leaving us lessons along the way. This is all according to the book, Full of Grace: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary's Intercession, an anointed work by Christine Watkins that details a number of incredible life turn-arounds. Druggies. Homeless. A New Ager. And Angela. Added November 18, 2010 / Category: Testimonies Claudia Koll on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje![]() Famous Italian actress and convert, Claudia Koll, came to Medjugorje in the beginning of November on a pilgrimage. She gave interview to radio station “Mir” Medjugorje and she openly spoke about her life and her conversion. It felt as we had listened to the unwritten story of Mary Magdalene of our days. She told us about all of the troubles and difficulties she had while she was growing up, all beacuse her mom had died during her birth. She was raised by her granny and had many identity crises while she was educated and at the end got completely lost in the world of movie production. | | ![]() | |
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