Back in 1983, when I was only fifteen years of age, my older sister read an article, a report that there were apparitions in Yugoslavia, as it was then, and we just decided to come — a bunch of teenagers. We came here just to try and find out more.

Medjugorje has impacted my life in so many different ways. That experience when I was a teenager really renewed my faith. And it had a huge impact on my wider family. It led my parents to turn our home into a Catholic retreat center. Then, out of this, this work of Mary’s Meals grew which has become my life’s work. And I met wife doing that work as well, so everything about my life, in some way, is connected to Medjugorje. 

I would encourage anyone to come to Medjugorje that hasn’t come, whether they believe or not. I’m not sure there’s a lot to lose by coming here. There’s certainly a huge amount to gain, and we see that in the lives of so many thousands of people around the world. That’s something that fascinates me. I travel a lot to different countries, and so often I encounter beautiful works, beautiful projects, and so often you can trace them back to Medjugorje, to people whose lives have been changed here. So I really believe Medjugorje is changing the world in many different ways.

I would encourage everyone just to come and experience it for yourself. 

Magnus is the founder of Mary’s Meals, which feeds over 1.5 million children all over the world. See the short film about Mary’s Meals featuring Gerard Butler!