On June 24, 1981 a group of young people saw a shining figure that seemed to call to them, but they did not approach. The next day they, and many villagers who had heard the story, gathered at the base of the hill. Six young people, later known as the visionaries, began to quickly climb the hill. The went up so quickly that no one else could keep up with them. When the rest of the villagers arrived they found these six kneeling as they had their first close apparition with the Blessed Virgin Mary.
One of villagers, Suzana Mixan, is one of our parishioners and she was there that day. She was six years old and on Apparition Hill that day. Years later she was a Tour Guide at Medjugorje and that is how she met her husband, Joe Mixan. Earlier this Marian month Suzana and Joe spoke to the Kindergarten through Second Grade students at St. Columbkille Catholic School. It seems appropriate to post on this day when we celebrate the Visitation.
