32NDANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE CROATIANMARIAN SHRINES OUR LADY OF BISTRICA AND OUR LADY OF PEACEIN THE NATIONAL BASILICA OF THE IMMACULATECONCEPTION IN WASHINGTON D.C.
SEPTEMBER 7TH& 8TH , 2002
P R O G R A M
Melchior Masina, M.A. Croatian Catholic Union of USA andCanada
Tel. 219 942 1191; fax 219 942 8808; E-Mail: Info@ccu-usa-can.org;
E-Mail: mmasina@ccu-usa-can.org
Saturday, Sept.7; PROGRAM FOR THE CROATIAN AMERICAN YOUTH
9:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
1:00P.M. 6:00P.M.
Washington Court Hotel (Official Accommodations Hotel$99.00 per room; tel. 202 628 2100; located only one block from Capitol Hill andUnion Station; 525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.)
Sunday, Sept. 8: SOLEMN PILGRIMAGE PROCESSION AND MASS
1:30 P.M. 4:30 P.M.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the ImmaculateConception
Under the auspices of the Croatian Catholic Union of USAand Canada, this year s Croatian Marian Pilgrimage to our beautiful Chapels Our Lady of Bistrica and Our Lady of Peace inthe Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington D.C. will be a two day event. Special Symposium/Seminar will be held Saturday September 7that the Washington Court Hotel and the Main Pilgrimage with the Procession andMass will be held Sunday September 8th. Our CCU Spiritual Director Rev. Paul Maslach will be the mainConcelebrant and Leader at he Pilgrimage. Weare happy that Rev. Jozo Grbes, the Pastor of the Croatian Parish St. Jerome inChicago, will be the moderator of the Saturday s Youth Program, who will give the meaning, the soul and the heart to thisgathering. Contributing will bealso Rev. Mate Bizaca, pastor ofthe Croatian Parish St. Anthony in Los Angeles, and other priests. Participating at the Seminar/Spiritual Retreat will bea known Croatian writer and journalist, and an Activist in the Croatian Catholiclay movement, Mr. Zoran Vukman, from Trogir, Croatia, the author of several books among which his recentbook on New Age Philosophy andCardinal Stepinac received a very plausible acclaim. The program will also consist of aMusical Academy in honor of Our Lady; Reception; Sightseeing, and Visits to the While House and to the Croatian Embassy.
For your accommodations we have reserved the WashingtonCourt Hotel at $99.00 per room. WashingtonCourt Hotel is located only one block from the Capitol Hill and from UnionStation, at 525 New Jersey Avenue,N.W. Washington D.C. For reservation please call tel. 202 828 2100. Please mention that you are coming for the CCU Pilgrimage to get a grouprate at $99.00. Welcome! Dobro namDosli!
Themain theme of Symposium and Pilgrimagecoincides with the
withthe Holy Father s Message to the catholic youth gathered at the Catholic Youth
Day inToronto, July 23 27, 2002:
a) Challenges of culture ofdeath;
b) Leadership of the Catholic Laity;
c) Christ the Center of our lives;
Synopsis: Today s man in his quest for becoming an integral person can not
escape the most fundamental questions what this life is all about. Is the
predicament of man sfinality and sense of limitation and ultimately
the death, the last response?
The young people, however, havean insatiable thirst for knowledge,
limitless possibility to search for truth and an unselfish capacity to love
in solidarity with all human beings.
The Holy Spirit within theChurch has throughout two millennia of
Christianity given us the message of Christ and the mystery of God
Incarnate as the only way, truth and life . The way of the Cross is the
way of Resurrection ( crucified and taken from the stem unto thegift,
unto an example to live and to die the Croatian poet Tin Ujevic).
The world around us, against the Spirit of the Gospel, offers, on one side
(negative) the culture death, selfish hedonism, nihilism, drugs, etc, and
onthe other side ( positive ) the illusionof the new age
philosophy, utopiannaturalism and global government.
The lecturers at this Croatian Youth Renewal Weekend will examine these
themes, presentthe most crucial questions and challenges and offer the
solutions within the realitythat our Croatian American youth today;
Christ is the focus and center of life, internally, intimatelywithin each
individual, as well asexternally in the active Apostolate in our Parish and
Croatian communities, in our Croatian Diaspora and in the homeland of
Croatia.
2) Speakers:
Rev.Paul Maslach, CCU Spiritual Director;
Fr. Jozo Grbes, Moderator; Pastor St. Jerome Croatian Parish, Chicago;
Don Mate Bizaca. Pastor St. Anthony Croatian Parish, Los Angeles, CA
Special Guest speaker; Zoran Vukman, Catholic lay activist, author
journalist, Split, Croatia;
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, Sept. 7: 9:A.M. 10: 30 A.M. MorningSession (followed by Brunch,
and visit to White House)
1:30P.M. - 4:00 P.M. AfternoonSession
4: 00 P.M. 5:00 P.M.Musical Presentation Academy in honor of Mary;
6:00 P.M. Reception
8:00 P.M. 10:00 P.M. Evening tour (sightseeing) through Washington;
Visit to the Croatian Embassy;
Sunday s Program:
9:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. Pilgrims arrive with buses; NewYork, New Jersey; Allentown,
Steelton, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,Chicago, Milwaukee, LA,etc;
11: 00 A.M. 2:00 P.M. Confessions in English and Croatian at the Lower Church;
1:30 P.M. Beginning of forming of the procession;
2:00 P.M. Procession and Rosary;
2:30 P.M. CONCELEBRATED MASS;
Choirs ( New York SS. Cyril and Methodius Croatian Parish;
(L.A. St. Anthony Croatian Parish)
Homily in English and Croatian;
3:30 P.M. Concluding Prayers and Songs in front of the Croatian Chapel
Welcome! Svi nam dobro dosli!
Melchior Masina, M.A.
National President
Croatian Catholic Union of USA and Canada
Tel. 219 942 1191; fax 219 942 8808; E-Mail: Info@ccu-usa-can.org;
E-Mail: mmasina@ccu-usa-can.org
