Bookstore

Throughout the years, more than 500 books have been published about the apparitions in Medjugorje. Some stand out as cornerstones while others chiefly draw on the main works.

To better facilitate a qualified choice, Medjugorje Today presents a range of top-end books, sorted into categories derived from book contents.

All books are shipped from the United States unless otherwise noted. Most domestically shipped books arrive within a week; expect a few weeks for overseas shippings.

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GOOD BASIC BOOKS  and  GENERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE APPPARITIONS

Fr. Svetozar Kraljevic:  The Apparitions of Our Lady at Medjugorje
Franciscan Press, 1984 with later updates

The most important, fact-oriented work on the early days of the apparitions, many other authors draw on this book. Detailed and well-documented descriptions of each day within the first week of the apparitions – transcriptions of 1983 interviews with visionaries Mirjana and Ivanka, and more.

Fr. René Laurentin and Fr. Ljudevit Rupcic:
Is the Virgin Mary Appearing at Medjugorje?
The Word Among Us Press, 1984

An early pivotal work: the first book to bring the events of Medjugorje to a substantial number of readers outside Yugoslavia includes rare informations from the visionaries who were given written questions. Links the first three years of observing the events at Medjugorje to the history and characteristics of previous apparitions, first of all Lourdes and Fatima.

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Mary Craig:  Spark From Heaven – Mystery of the Madonna
Ave Maria Press, 1988

BBC reporter Mary Craig was impartial about the apparitions when she first arrived in Medjugorje. Once convinced, she wrote a much and often acclaimed, ever fact-oriented book about the early years.

Fr. James Mulligan:  Medjugorje, What’s Happening
Paraclete Press, updated version 2011

Well-organized, well-informed and easy to read, the work of Fr. James Mulligan provides a thorough basic overview of the historical events and the Virgin Mary’s messages, and includes pre-apparition events and prophecies of Medjugorje

Mirjana Stanislava Vasilj-Zuccarini:  Our Lady’s Call from Medjugorje
Mother’s Village, 2001

Among the most important new titles in recent years, Vasilj-Zuccarini’s book is rooted in the author’s close family ties to Medjugorje where many of her relatives lived even in the days before the apparitions. The book has testimonies of the earliest days not found anywhere else, and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

THE MEDJUGORJE MESSAGE and HOW TO LIVE IT

Learn from him who taught the locals: From 1982 until his early death in 2000, Fr. Slavko Barbaric was a driving force in Medjugorje and its spiritual life. He wrote books on all the main parts of the Virgin Mary’s messages, commentaries on the monthly messages, was in charge of the liturgy, served as spiritual counselor to the visionaries, founded the Youth Festival, and influenced a very large number of pilgrims. First of all he lived the Virgin Mary’s message more uncompromisingly than most other people.

Fr. Marinko Sakota:  Live with the Heart –
the Life and Works of Fr. Slavko Barbaric
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 2006

Called “the definitive book on Fr. Slavko’s life, and a must-read for all who loved him”, the biography from local Franciscan priest Fr. Marinko Sakota also has many previous unpublished photos.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Pray with the Heart
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 1992

A little gem of a prayer book: practical instructions on morning and evening prayers, the Rosary of Peace, prayers for before Mass, thanksgiving prayers after Mass, prayers prior to confession, meditations on the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, Medjugorje hymns, and more.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Fast with the Heart
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 2003

Fr. Slavko shows how fasting is a preparation for meeting Jesus in the Eucharist, and how the Medjugorje practice of fasting on Wednesday and Friday has roots going back to the earliest days of the Church.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Fasting
Franciscan University Press, 1988

“I pray that through fasting you will discover all the treasures that God has put inside you and that through fasting your longing for God will grow within you from day to day” Fr. Slavko introduced his first book on fasting.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Give me your wounded Heart -
Confession how and why
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 2007

While Fr. Slavko acknowledged that confession is essential for an authentic Christian life as no true spiritual growth and ultimately no salvation can come about with reconciliation between God and each being, he also saw how many were lacking in knowledge about confession. His manual on the Sacrament of Reconciliation seeks to counter this.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Celebrate Mass with your Heart
Faith Publications, 1997

Presenting the Mass as God’s ultimate gift, Fr. Slavko seeks to make the audience aware of the greatness of the offer, and how to invest the Mass in a pursuit of true spiritual growth.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Be Similar to my Heart
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 1997

The book is based on transcriptions from the Fr. Slavko’s prayer and fasting retreats, and seeks to motivate both.

Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  Follow me with your Heart –
A Spiritual, Liturtical, and Pastoral Guide for Pilgrims visiting Medjugorje
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 1997

This pocket-sized guide is the ideal companion on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, providing many relevant background informations and good advice for a wealth of situations, spiritual and temporal alike.

 
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Fr. Slavko Barbaric:  In the School of Love

Supplying the Virgin Mary’s messages from Medjugorje with his own meditations, Fr. Slavko shows the messages as a blueprint for a world yearning for the love and peace that Mary offers.

Fr. Petar Ljubicic:  This is the Time of Grace
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 2006

Both works of the priest who shall reveal Mirjana’s secrets offer in-depth treatment of the Medjugorje message.

Fr. Petar Ljubicic:  The Call of the Queen of Peace
Informativni Centar MIR Medjugorje, 1997

Fr. Jozo Zovko:  Behold your Mother
Medunarodno Kumstvo Djetetu Herceg-Bosne, 1995

The works of Medjugorje’s 1981 parish priest Fr. Jozo Zovko aim at bringing his audience closer to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. In seeking to guide his flock to the core meanings of the appairtions in Medjugorje, Fr. Jozo makes use of Scripture and parables, and offers his meditations and thoughts of the Virgin Mary’s messages.
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Fr. Jozo Zovko:  As She Asks
Nacionalna i sveucilisna biblioteka, Zagreb, 1998

Meditations of the Virgin Mary’s messages, adorned with splendid photos.
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Among the foremost international experts on the Virgin Mary’s role in theology and her modern-time apparitions alike, Mark Miravalle is a professor at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA, and the President of the international movement Voice of the People for Mary Mediatrix. He has assisted in preliminary investigations of reported apparitions, and has made several tv appearances, for example on EWTN and Fox News. Miravalle, the father of seven and experienced in living the message within the family, first came to Medjugorje in the mid-1980s and has followed the apparitions since then.

Mark Miravalle:  The Message of Medjugorje – the Marian Message to the Modern World
University Press of America, 1986
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Mark Miravalle: Heart of the Message of Medjugorje
Franciscan University Press, 1988
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Mark Miravalle:  Medjugorje and the Family – helping families to live the message
Queenship Publications, 1997
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Richard Beyer:  Medjugorje Day by Day
Ave Maria Press, 1993

A good book for rooting the Medjugorje messages into everyday life. For use each day of the year, it constains meditations of the Virgin Mary’s messages coupled with Bible passages.

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Wayne Weible:  The Medjugorje Prayer Book
Paraclete Press, 2007

The author prays with the visionaries, offers his meditations of the Rosary, and includes some special Medjugorje morning prayers.

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Wayne Weible:  The Medjugorje Fasting Book
New Hope Press, 2009

In giving practical advice on how to start and maintain a practice of spiritual fasting, Wayne Weible draws on the Bible, teachings of the Church, and the Virgin Mary’s messages from Medjugorje.

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OTHER WORKS BY WAYNE WEIBLE

American journalist Wayne Weible has spread the message of Medjugorje throughout the world. He first arrived as a Protestant in 1985 but became a Catholic six years later.

The books of Wayne Weible have brought the events of Medjugorje to a very large audience, and have shown to work very well with people who first hear about the events.

Wayne Weible:  Medjugorje, the Message
Paraclete Press, 1989

Wayne Weible’s first book has been read by more than one million people many of whom testify that the book brought them closer to God and bears signs of being anointed. We follow Wayne Weible from he first hears about the apparitions in Medjugorje and starts writing about them until he first comes to the village in Yugoslavia of the 1980s – to start realizing that his life is changing profoundly.

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Wayne Weible:  Medjugorje, the Mission  (Paraclete Press, 1995)

Wayne Weible’s second work follows the author on the road with the message, and the early days of what was to become one of the biggest apostolates for Medjugorje worldwide.

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Wayne Weible:  The Final Harvest
Paraclete Press, 1999

Written 10 years after Wayne Weible’s first book, The Final Harvest show a more spiritually mature author who has integrated the Medjugorje message into his daily life, and sees more perspectives of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions.

Wayne Weible:  A Child Shall Lead Them
Paraclete Press, 2005

In his fourth prose-style book on Medjugorje, Wayne Weible focuses on young people’s conversion testimonies, and thoroughly narrates the rarely told story about Milka Pavlovic, the younger sister of visionary Marija, who saw the Virgin Mary only on the first days of the apparitions, never since.

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STORIES OF CONVERSIONS, MIRACLES & HEALINGS

The French nun Sister Emmanuel Maillard stands out as the most prominent author of books on individual people’s experiences in Medjugorje. She has lived in the village since 1989 and her books capture the essence and spirituality of Medjugorje in an unsurpassed way. The main works of Sister Emmanuel all present around 100 very different testimonies in a lively everyday language.

Sr. Emmanuel Maillard:  Medjugorje, Triumph of the Heart
updated version of Medjugorje, the Nineties
Queenship Publications, 1999

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Sr. Emmanuel Maillard:  Medjugorje, the Nineties
Queenship Publications, 1999

Sr. Emmanuel Maillard:  The Hidden Child of Medjugorje
Children of Medjugorje, 2007

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Sr. Emmanuel Maillard:  Medjugorje, the War Day by Day
Florida Center for Peace, 1993

Medjugorje, the War Day by Day was written as daily telefaxes that came to initiate relief aid and prayer for Bosnia and Hercegovina. Sister Emmanuel depicts the atmosphere from before the war is breaking out, tells about the daily consequences of living in a country torn by war, and teaches practical lessons on forgiveness and love of enemies.

June Klins:  The Best of The Spirit of Medjugorje, vol. 1
Author House, 2005

The monthly newsletter The Spirit of Medjugorje has subscribers in 31 countries, and has maintained a solid ongoing coverage of the events of Medjugorje since the late 1989s. The “Best of” series demonstrates the newsletter’s flair for pilgrims’ testimonies, but also mirrors the broader picture as of 1995. The older stories are in volume 1 while volumes 2 and 3 follow Medjugorje into the new century.
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June Klins:  The Best of The Spirit of Medjugorje, vol. 2
Author House, 2007
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June Klins:  The Best of The Spirit of Medjugorje, vol. 3
Author House, 2011
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Elizabeth Ficocelli:  The Fruits of Medjugorje –
Stories of True and Lasting Conversions
Paulist Press, 2006

John Dinolfo:  A Place of Healing
Ave Maria Centre of Peace, 2001

Takes a thorough look at 11 of the more than 500 medically documented healing cases.

 
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Christine Watkins:  Full of Grace -
Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion Through Mary’s Intercession
Ave Maria Press, 2010

 
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Heather Parsons:  A Light Between the Hills
Kildanore, 1989,  Robert Andrew Press, 1994

Irish journalist Heather Parsons reveals the experiences of seven people whose lives were changed in Medjugorje, both spiritually and physically.

INTERVIEWS WITH THE VISIONARIES

While hard to find and oftentimes available only in worn out, well-read copies, the local Franciscan priest Fr. Janko Bubalo’s interview book with visionary Vicka Ivankovic,  A Thousand Encounters with the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje,  is the classic in the field. Irish journalist Heather Parsons came close to both Vicka and her fellow visionary Marija Pavlovic, and both of Parsons’s books are well worth reading, too.

A bit of controversy has surrounded American lawyer Janice Connell whose second work, Queen of the Cosmos,  was denounced by the visionaries whereas her first book,  The Visions of the Children,  enjoyed a better destiny and therefore is included here. The book has interviews with all six Medjugorje visionaries.

Fr. Janko Bubalo:  A Thousand Encounters with the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje
Friends of Medjugorje, 1987
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Heather Parsons:  Marija and the Mother of God
Robert Andrew Press, 1993
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Heather Parsons:  Vicka – Touched by a Mother’s Love
Faith Publications, 2002
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Janice Connell:  The Visions of the Children
St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007
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THE YEARBOOKS OF FR. RENÉ LAURENTIN

When historians are to write the complete history of the apparitions in Medjugorje, they will likely start out going over the yearbooks by the French priest and leading apparition expert Fr. René Laurentin. Published every year from 1985 until 1998 when Fr. Laurentin obeyed the Bishop of Mostar who wanted the publication to cease, the Medjugorje yearbooks chronicle the apparitions and the visionaries down exact days, year after year. Uncompromisingly fact-oriented in their entire approach to Medjugorje, the yearbooks’ value for history can hardly be over-estimated.

Fr. René Laurentin:  Latest News of Medjugorje
OEIL, 1985
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Fr. René Laurentin:  The Apparitions at Medjugorje Prolonged  -
Latest News of Medjugorje # 6
Riehle Foundation, 1987
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Seven Years of Apparitions -
Time for the Harvest?
Riehle Foundation, 1988
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Eight Years - Latest News of Medjugorje # 8 –
Reconciliation, Analysis, the Future
Riehle Foundation, 1989
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Nine Years of Apparitions  -
Toward the Revelation of the Ten Secrets?
Riehle Foundation, 1990
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Ten Years of Apparitions
Riehle Foundation, 1991;  Faith Publishing Co 1997
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Fr. René Laurentin:  12 Years of Apparitions -
Love of Enemies amidst Horrors of War
OEIL, 1993
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Medjugorje – 13 Years Later
OEIL, 1994,  Faith Publishing Company, 1997
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Fr. René Laurentin:  Medjugorje Testament -
Hostility Abounds, Grace Super-Abounds – Latest News # 17
Ave Maria Press, 1998
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INVESTIGATION and DOCUMENTATION

A broad category spanning from accounts of the first medical and scientific investigations, over Fr. Michael O’Carroll’s presentation of official Church documents and a documentation tour-de-force of several areas compiled by Denis Nolan, to local priest Fr. Ljudevit Rupcic’s fact-oriented work in defense of Medjugorje. While not indispensable for accepting the apparitions and living the general message, these titles are recommended for those who would like to understand Medjugorje in the light of history, theology and science.

Dr. Henri Joyeux and Fr. René Laurentin:
Scientific and Medical Studies on the Apparitions at Medjugorje
Veritas Publications, 1987
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Fr. Michael O’Carroll:  Medjugorje – Facts,  Documents, Theology
Veritas Publications, 1986
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Fr. Michael O’Carroll:  Is Medjugorje Approved? -
Supplement to Medjugorje – Facts, Documents, Theology
Veritas Publications, 1991
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Denis Nolan:  Medjugorje and the Church
Queenship Publications, 2007
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Denis Nolan: Medjugorje – A Time for Truth and A Time for Action
Queenship Publications, 1993
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