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Poznan. Polonia. August 25 - 28. 2011

Fr. James with the Arch Bp. Stanisalw of Poznam

From 25th morning to 28th evening a renewal retreat was preached by Fr.James  for the first time at Poznan, Poland by the invitation of the Arch Bishop. It was organized  in the large and beautiful Church of Annunciation of Poznan by Halina with the help of Fr. Adam, the charismatic leader of the diocese. The theme of the retreat was "Come and Listen that you may have life" ( Is 55:3) The retreat was attended by more than 1400 people. Gaby gave a very good testimony of her healing and conversion. On the 3rd day, many people came to Fr.James with packets of cigarette, bottles of beer & Vodka, bundles of drugs and renounced them to a big basket with the decision not to turn back, and he laid hands on them and prayed for healing and liberation; many of them gave testimonies of their liberation and new life on the last day of the retreat. Some of them were smoking for many years and were alcoholics for a long time! On 27th morning His Grace  Arch Bishop Stanislaw Gadecki had a private audience with the Fr. James and the team, and he encouraged them for their venture of New Evangelisation and blessed them. On the same day in the after noon, the auxiliary Bishop Rt Rev. Dr. Marek Jedraszewski presided over  the concelebrated Holy Mass and gave a very inspiring homily on the Holy Spirit and asked the participants to open their hearts to the action of the Holy Spirit. It was on the same evening that Fr. James prayed for the inner healing and infilling of the Holy Spirit by laying hands on each of them. On the last day of the retreat many were in line to give testimonies but  the time was short only some 50 people were able to give testimonies of their healing,conversion and experience of new life. Here are some photos:

Kocrilov u Svitav - Czech Republic. August 17 - 21. 2011 Fr. James conducted a residential renewal retreat for over 600 people in the Church of Alponsus Ligouri  at Fatima Apostolate Centre in Koclirov U Svitav of Czek Republic from August 17th to 20th. It was organized by Fr. Powel and Hanna. As the Church was small, people had to squeeze themselves to sit down and listen to the Word of God preached. There were people in corridoors, verandhas and small rooms where the whole program was projected on screens. During the retreat, the local bishop Jan Vokal visited the participants of the retreat and gave an encouraging message and gave his apostolic blessing. He was very much edified and happy to see the thirst of the people to listen to God's words in spite of sufficient comfort and convenience in the venue. Gaby gave a beautiful testimony of her conversion and healing. On the 3rd day Fr. James prayed over every one for the infilling of the Holy Spirit and on the last day by sharing testimonies of inner healing and physical healing, the group expressed their gratitude to God.

On 21st sunday,  from 9 AM, over 5000 people gathered in the open air space of the venue to listen to God's words and to receive the blessings of conversion, healing etc. It was called a day of evangelization. It is a hilly meadow with many apple trees and other fruit trees, and the people were happy to be under the shades of the trees, and with umbrellas on the grass to listen to the program. Dr. Richie gave his powerful testimony of conversion and healing. His presence along with his wife Jenine & four children was an inspiration especially for the young married couples. Radek & Suzanna, an young couple whom Fr. James married a month & a half ago at Prague, also gave their testimony of conversion last year here in the same ground. It is the similar program last year here that opened their eyes towards  the need of a life centered on Christ and the Church. Although they were baptized, they had not practiced any form of  Christianity. After their touch of the Lord here last year, they participated the retreats of Fr. James in France, Portugal etc, and after learning Catechism and the Bible, received the Sacraments of confession, communion, confirmation and matrimony within an year. Now they are determined to do what they can to evangelize their Republic. The day of evangelization ended with the Holy Mass and healing prayers conducted by Fr. James. All the talks were translated by Varslaw and Hanna. Here are are some photos.

On the following day they visited the seminary, the Castles and  Catholic Cathedral  and the Orthodox Cathedral at Grodno. The retreat began in the afternoon which was in the open air, attended by more than 3000 people. Although the majority were Belarusians, there were people  also from Moldavia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Austria and Russia (from Kaliningrad and Moska). It was for the first time after freedom from the Red Army that such a big spiritual event  was conducted in the country. Often dark clouds were on the sky to rain but the fervent prayers of the people to Jesus coupled with the command of Fr. James to chase the clouds by winds for a suitable climate, kept the venue freed from rains, although all around the town it was raining on all those days. For many unbelievers it was the great miracle! Belarus is a country with a population of 10 million with 45% of atheists. The Catholics and the Orthodox constitute Christianity in the country. The Catholic population is estimated as 2 million. Almost 30% of the participants of the retreat were the Orthodox.  Fr. James gave powerful orations on Christ and His Church explaining very clearly the need of conversion and new life through the experience of the Holy Spirit. For many people it was for the first time that they were hearing about the power of Sacraments and the Church. Gaby shared her testimony of conversion & that of her son Richie and  her own healing from MS. On Saturday after noon Fr. James prayed over all by laying hands. On Sunday, the local Bishop of the Diocese of Grodno Dr. Rt. Rev Alexandro Kaszkiewicz (the President of the Bishops conference of the country) came along with Bishop Antoni Dziemianko, the auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Minsh to concelebrate the Holy mass. On all days there were many priests to hear confessions and to concelebrate the Holy Mass, and most of them had made a retreat with Fr. James in Poland a few months ago. The Chancellor of the Diocese Fr. Vladimir gave the homily and the Bishop gave his words of appreciation at the end of the Mass. Both the Bishops were on the stage after the Mass to participate in the thanks giving program, to hear the various testimonies of the people and to attend the blessings of the articles by Fr. James. There were beautiful testimonies of healing and conversion. The retreat ended with the official blessing with the Crucifix by Bp. Alexandro for the Plenary Indulgence while people prayed for the intention of the Holy Father the Pope.

In the evening on Sunday Fr. James was taken to the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier at Grodno for healing Mass. It was for the fist time that the bishop allowed for such a program in his cathedral. A large crowd which was estimated more than 5000 had gathered in the Cathedral to attend the Holy Mass celebrated in Polish by Fr. James, to hear his powerful preaching of the Word of God and to pray for healing of the soul body. The Parish priest of the Cathedral said that he had not seen such a big crowd in the Cathedral even for Christmas and the Easter! He exclaimed and said that it was a "spiritual Tsunami" for the believers  of the Diocese from 27th to 31st of July. On 1st Morning Gaby & Fr. James left Belarus and after visiting the miraculous Icon of the "Mother of Mercy" and the 3 martyrs in the Orthodox church in Lithuania  and returned to Munich via Lithuania& Frankfurt.

Retiro para matrimonios - Polonia Julio 11 - 14. 2011 Over a thousand  married couples gathered  at the School hall of   Zespol Szkol Rolniczych Centrum Ksztalcenia Praktycznego" to attend the retreat preached by Fr. James and to renew their marital commitment from 14th to 17th. Priests and people here are well known to Fr. James as he conducted a retreat for all last year, and a retreat for priests this year in the month of May. Fr.James helped the married couples to reconcile and love each other more. All his preaching from the Bible was about married life and family.Many times he emphasized and said, "What God has joined, man should not separate and that God hates divorce".  Dr. Richie too came to give testimony of  his conversion and about his good married life with his wife Jenine& four children, and gave a very good class on the last day to the married couples about making home a paradise. Quoting Bl. John Paul II Fr. James said all that destroys the body,the temple of God are sins. He prayed over specially on those  who decided to stop cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and other bad habits like addictions to T.V, internet, Gambling,computer games etc  etc . Also he prayed over all those who were physically sick.The  recent book of Fr. James on married life,"Paradise Restored", translated into Polish by Dharia was released on the first day of the retreat and all the books brought by Gaby were sold out! On the 3rd day there was inner healing prayers and out pouring of the holy Spirit. It was great to see how the life- partners were holding in their hands his or her spouse who were resting in the Spirit while Fr.James prayed over their heads. On the same evening a wedding mass was celebrated where holding hands the couples renewed their vows and exchanged the rings. Some had lost their rings even , so they had to buy a new one! The priests went down to sprinkle  holy water on the hands held together by the couples. After the exchange of rings the husbands gave a rose flower to the respective wives. Even the old couples said that they felt great experience of love in this retreat. When they left the hall they felt themselves newly wedded couples.On the last day Sunday from 7 a m Fr.James met them as families , many with their children,and prayed over them and Gaby gave them all a prayer card  of the "consecration of the family to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus".The Children gathered around Fr. James for a group photo. The retreat was organized by Ewa Gierejko, a very great+holy woman who is consecrated to the Lord Jesus,& Justyna and Jacek Zalek, married couples, with the spiritual guidance of Fr. Jurek Seczek, a very young priest. Jacek is a parliamentarian .When Jacek&Justyna attended the retreat of Fr. James at Torun last year, he challenged them to organize a married couples retreat, and they took up the challenge and did it.Praise the Lord.!

From 11 to 2 PM Fr.James Celebrated a healing Mass as usual in previous times in the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy and prayed over the people who had gathered in many thousands. The big sanctuary and the precinct were packed with people. Many priests who had been with Fr.James for the retreat of the priests had come to concelebrate.

Boda d Zusana y Radek - Svaty Hostyn. República Checa. Junio 28. 2011

Basilica of the Assumption of the  Bl. Virgin Mary at Svaty Hostyn

On 28th June Tuesday at 11 am, Fr.James blessed the marriage of his spiritual children, Radek and Suzanna in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Bl. Virgin Mary at Svaty Hostyn, in Czech Republic. After reaching Munich on midnight on 27th from the convention in Slovenija, early morning on Monday Gaby and Fr. James along with Richie and family drove to the hotel Augustiansky Dum at A. Vaclavike in Moravia of Czech Republic where they stayed the night for the wedding in the morning. It was about one hour drive from there to  the Basilica. Fr. James celebrated Mass in their language, blessed the marriage and gave the homily. According to the desire of the Bride and Bridegroom, Fr. James had already brought a chain with a "THALI" from Kerala (typical marriage symbol of a cross in the Syro Malabar Marriages in Kerala, India), and after the exchange of rings, the Bridegoom tied the Thali on the neck of the Bride. Then Fr. James invited all the married couples present to come around them and to pray over them by stretching their hands on them to invoke the power of the Holy Spirit by singing "Sprirt of the of the Living God fall afresh on them..." Fr. Powel from Kochlirov helped Fr. James for the rituals, and Hanna translated the homily and conducted the choir. At the reception in the hotel there were some typical cultural performances both of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Radek is from Czech Republic and Suzanna is from Slovakia. Immediately after the reception at 6 pm, fr. James & team left to Germany in order to drive early morning to Poland for retreats. Here are some photos of the wedding:

Retreat for the youth. Kocrilov u Svitav - Czech Republic. June 3 - 5. 2011 At Koclirov U Switav about 300 youth gathered for a renewal retreat from 3rd to the 5th of June. The powerful preaching of Fr. James touched the hearts of every one. The narration of the stories of Joseph and of Susanna were very touching for the youth to come to conversion and new life. Gaby gave a beautiful short testimony of her own conversion & healing along with that of the conversion story of her son Richie. The laying on of hands and prayers gave them all an experience of Pentecost. On 4th Saturday, in the open air ground there was an evangelization program which was attended by over a 1000 people. At the end of the youth retreat, several youth gave testimonies of conversion, liberation from bad habits and physical healing.
Both the retreats for priests and the youth were organized by the able hands of Fr. Powel and Hanna with their team

Retreat for Priests - Koclirov U Switav. Czech Republic. May 30rd - June 2th. 2011 Fr. James preached a retreat to the priests of Czek Republic at  the centre of Fatima Apostolate in Koclirov U Svitav from 3oth May to 2nd of June. Some 46 priests from different parts of the country attended the retreat and  refreshed their priestly lives. At the end of the retreat there were good testimonies given by the priests. As the time was short Fr. James could not speak every subject he wanted to speak.But all the priests were happy and contend with the retreat. Some of them had come to hear confessions for the retreat for the youth that started on the following day in the same place. There were priests from Slovakia also. Here are some photos

The priest's retreat officially ended with the concelebrated mass of all these priests on 20th at 3PM in the big Shrine of the Divine Mercy where the relics of St.Faustina and of her spiritual director Bl.ks.Michala are venerably preserved. More than 2000 people attended the Mass.The Sanctuary was packed with people. Fr. James preached and prayed for healing after the Mass. After the prayers of healing, all the priests went down to the people to lay hands on the people and to bless them individually. It was a great experience  of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit for the people gathered. Here are some photos:

Anna was conceived in Bethlehem while her parents made the "honey moon" in the Holy land. She was blessed in her mothers womb by Bl .John Paul II, when he received the newly married couples in Vatican. While born she was a blue child with all symptoms  of epilepsy but the Lord healed her fully by prayers especially at Baptism. While she was a few months old, in her visit to Kerala with her parents, a priest gave her the Blood of Christ as it is the custom in the Syro Malabar church. The priest thought that she was baptized on that day! In Eastern rite the children are given Holy Communion and confirmation at their Baptism. From her two, she was asking for Holy Communion.  She, along with her sister and two brothers go daily to the Holy Mass with her parents. Hence all the children have a great attraction to the Holy Eucharist.She learned almost all prayers in English, Latin and German. During the concelebrated Mass, during the Offertory and after the Communion, Anna sang hymns --"All to Jesus I surrender..."& "To be like Jesus..." After the Mass she gave vote of thanks.