Donal Foley a well known opponent of Medjugorje wrote a letter, also published in the letter column of the Universe Catholic Newspaper, stating some rather thin arguments to endorse his belief that Father Vlasic was substantially involved in Medjugorje from the very beginning.

I wrote back and the Universe published the following letter, which I think is a reasonable answer to anybody who would wish to publically attack Medjugorje.  Quite simply, Medjugorje is not a condition of faith, it does not contravene the faith, morals and teachings of the Catholic Church and we are free to either accept it or not until the time when there is a definitive directive from the Vatican.  In the meantime as we are told in the Gospel it should be judged only by the fruits and these as we both know are self-evident.

I am sure some of you already heard of this peculiar tandem, Mathaiu is the fellow with the straw hat and his companion is Alice. They are on a world wide pilgrimage for the peace in the world. They have undertaken a trip all the way from Belgium to Medjugorje on foot. I bumped in to them in Medjugroje andhad a little chat with Mathaiu (not with Alice, she was not that communicative). This is a link to their website, click here is you want see some of their photos.

Dear children;
Again I call you to faith. My motherly heart desires for your heart to be open, so that it could say to your heart: believe. My children, only faith will give you strength in life's trials. It will renew your soul and open the ways of hope. I am with you. I gather you around me because I desire to help you, so that you can help your neighbors to discover faith, which is the only joy and happiness of life. Thank you.

Our Lady blessed all those present and all religious articles. Once again she called us to pray for priests, especially at this time.
 

Just a quick note to tell you all that the artists from Italy arrived  and they are fixing the statue today. I will run up the hill to check the status what what they were able to do with it. Praise GOD. M.

Just came back from the Apparition hill, took some photos of the work in progress and I must say it looks great, you can hardly see there was any damage what so ever. It is not done yet but it looks pretty good to me. Here is a photo of the how it looks at the moment. Have a great day.

Dear friends,

Many of you sent an e-mail to me asking about Fr. Tomislav VLASIC and the articles written about him in different papers, web sites and forums around the world. The one thing I can do is write about the facts as I am trying not to interfere in to the church's internal issues and problems. The facts that are true are:

1. Fr. Tomislav Vlasic was one of the franciscan friars that operated in the parish in the beginning of the apparitions he operated as a Vicar since Sep. 1981. He was removed 1985 to Vitina, but not punished, he had all the faculties - to preach, to hear confessions - also all the priestly duties.

2. Fr. Tomislav Vlasic is not involved with Medjugroje since 1985. That means that he is not involved with the activities and the pastoral care of the parish of Medjugorje. He does have a house in Medjugorje behind the hill of Crnica and between the village of Surmanc and Bijakovici.

3. He is not a member of the Franciscan Province of Herzegovina. He moved to Italy in 1988 and joined the Italian Franciscan Province of Abbruzzo in 1992. He decided in 1987 to go his way in forming a new Community, inspired by Medjugorje...

4. The six visionaries of Medjugroje have no contact with Fr. Tomislav Vlasis what so ever since the 80's.

I hope this answers some of your questions. 

Dear children,

Today, with my motherly heart, I call you gathered around me to love your neighbor. My children, stop. Look in the eyes of your brother and see Jesus, my Son. If you see joy, rejoice with him. If there is pain in the eyes of your brother, with your tenderness and goodness, cast it away, because without love you are lost. Only love is effective; it works miracles. Love will give you unity in my Son and the victory of my heart. Therefore, my children, love.

Our Lady blessed all those who were present and all of the religious articles. Once again she called us to pray for our shepherds
 

Dear friends,

Last night an unbelievable occurrence took place, someone desecrated the statue of Our Lady at the site of the apparitions on top of the Apparition Hill. It is yet to be determined who did this and what were the reasons behind it. But if you ask me there is nothing that can justify something like this. The local police took this incident in to their hands, we can only hope their investigation will bear fruit. And we can only pray for the sick soul that did this.

Here is a photo for you to see what was damaged, as you can see the hand and the nose were damaged/broken. 

And there is no sign that his power is waning. His kingdom is more widely spread than ever before, and has the fairest prospect of final triumph in all the earth. Napoleon at St. Helena is reported to have been struck with the reflection that millions are now ready to die for   the crucified Nazarene who founded a spiritual empire by love, while no   one would die for Alexander, or Caesar, or himself, who founded temporal empires by force. He saw in this contrast a convincing argument for the divinity of Christ, saying: "I know men, and I tell you, Christ was not a man. Everything about Christ astonishes me. His spirit overwhelms and confounds me. There is no comparison between him and any other being. He stands single and alone. And Goethe, another commanding genius, of very different character, but equally above suspicion of partiality for religion, looking in the last years of his life over the vast field of history, was constrained to confess that "if ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the Person of Christ," and that "the human mind, no matter how far it may advance in every other department, will never transcend the height and moral culture of Christianity as it shines and glows in the Gospels." 

Dear friends, I don't think I need to tell you anything about who Andrea Bocelli is. I can only say that I like him and his music more than any other singer out there so his visit to Medjugroje was quite a treat for me. Thanks to Fr. Tomislav Pervan and some other friends I got to meed Andrea and had a short chat with him. I must say he impressed me with his simplicity that made me like him even more as a person and as a singer. The concert was spectacular, it is hard to guess the number of people that were there but the area in front of the white gazebo was as full as just a few time before.

Hello again, it is 22:45 here in Medjugroje, the fifth day of the youth fest is almost behind us. The farewell singing and dancing is on as we speak, I am having hard time concentrating as the music and the singing is so loud but it is a joy. It is so hard to transfer emotions and all of what was going on today. Mirjana shared this morning and a number of other speakers. The after noon was reserved for Fr. Miller from Germany. A young Franciscan (I can't remember his name) priest shared after and he was by far the most fun today as he had an animation program where he animated the youth to listen to the holy spirit as they listened to him and followed his signs to applaud at a certain time and speed. It was more than fun. Tomorrow morning at 5 is when the cloasing mass is celebrated on top of Mt. Krizevac (Cross Mountain). Youth is passing by my house as we speak to climb the hill and overnight there. Good night.