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12 Gulf Pine Catholic • December 10, 2021 Gulf Pine Catholic • December 10, 2021 13 Scenes from diocesan pilgrimage to Medjugorje During Mass at St. Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Father Mike Austin blesses the throat of Mary Harris & Bishop Kihneman is blessing the throat of Jimmy Hyland. Jimmy put the tour together through his com- pany Catholic Journeys . Group photo at the church of St. Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Iconic statue of Mother Mary in front of St. James, Medjugoria. Daily Mass at John Paul II Center behind St. James, Medjugoria On top of Cross Mountain during a healing service, Bishop Kihneman blesses Deacon Bill Vrazel with the Oil of St. Padre Pio. Bishop Kihneman, Father Mike Austin, Father Mike Snyder & Dragen (the tour guide for the pilgrimage) bless Marija Pavlovic, one of the visionaries in Medju- goria. The group stayed at the Magnificat, the hotel run by Marija. During Mass at the Church of Divine Mercy in Surmanci, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Linda Williams receives an Anointing of the Sick while Father Mike Austin bless- es pilgrims with a relic of St. Faustina and Father Mike Snyder blesses pilgrims with a relic of Pope St. John Paul, II. Final Mass of the pilgrimage celebrated at the Church of the Miraculous Ma- donna of Sinj in Sinj, Croatia. Photos/Juliana Skelton