Today is World Mission Sunday, a day of intensified prayer for the needs of the missions, as well as a collection of financial contributions to support their work and needs. You can place your donation in the special collection box.
We sincerely thank you all on behalf of the missionaries.

Today, the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist is omitted from the liturgy. Nevertheless, we wish a happy name day to everyone who bears his name!

On Tuesday, October 20, we commemorate the 38th anniversary of the death of Fr. Ante Gabrić, our missionary in India!
The solemn Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m. will be celebrated by the Very Rev. Matija Pavlaković, rector of the Šalata seminary and director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of our archdiocese.
We will prepare for the celebration with a three-day spiritual preparation. For more information, please see the poster!

The parish priest invites parents of preschoolers and children preparing for First Communion to spend some time at the parish office, after bringing their children to catechism, enjoying meaningful conversation, fellowship, and refreshments.

Auditions for our Academic Choir will be held from October 13 to November 10, on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon. We encourage young people to sign up, as they will be the future singers at the Basilica!

We invite high school students to join Oasis, which leads the singing and music during the 12:15 p.m. Holy Mass. Anyone interested in singing can contact the group leader before or after Mass, or speak to Fr. Jozić in person.

Friday marks the monthly anniversary of the death of our Anamarija Carević. We will pray for her, as well as for all the benefactors of the restoration, during the Holy Mass at 7:00 p.m.!

This year's 72 Hours Without Compromise initiative, organized by our SKAC, concludes with the 12:15 p.m. Holy Mass. We thank everyone who helped organize and participated in this effort to support those in need, while also growing personally.

Regular catechism classes are beginning according to the following schedule:

Registration is now open for the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life, which will be led by Fr. Zdravko Knežević. Information and registration details will soon be posted on the notice board.

Next year, we will celebrate 50 years of our parish in Palmotićeva Street. We would like to mark this occasion with a commemorative monograph. An editorial board has been appointed, with Fr. Ivan Šestak serving as editor-in-chief. We invite all parishioners to contribute by sharing documented accounts of important events, photographs, or any other relevant materials and information. You can contact us and bring photographs to the parish office or sacristy.

How far do we need to go to be missionaries? Must we travel to Africa or Asia to call something a mission? What is a mission, anyway? Perhaps the simplest way to describe it is as a particular task. And I believe each of us has one; we just need to discover it. Our particular task may be closer than we think. Perhaps it is not hidden on the other side of the world, and perhaps it does not require a magnificent undertaking that leaves everyone in awe. Are we waiting so long for a special sign and a special calling that we fail to notice what has already been placed before us?
A mission does not begin in the eyes of others, but within ourselves. It is our particular task and our personal calling. And we do not necessarily have to travel far to be sent forth. Sometimes, all it takes is opening our eyes and being present right where we are.

Petra Kuk