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Medjugorje is a remote mountain village in Bosnia-Herzegovina (the former Yugoslavia). This small town was transformed forever on June 24, 1981 when six children ranging from ten to sixteen years old claimed to have had an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They say she brought messages of peace for the world through prayer, fasting, scripture, confession and Mass. Of the six visionaries—Vicka, Ivan, Marija, Mirjana, Ivanka, and Jakov—three of them say Our Lady still appears to them daily.

In 1983, shortly after founding Magi Travel, John Brady went to Medjugorje for the first time and met with the visionaries to learn of their stories. Over the years, several thousand pilgrims have traveled with Magi to Medjugorje. Many report a sense of inner peace like they’ve never experienced before.

The apparitions attracted world-wide attention, with some estimating over 50 million pilgrims have visited over the past 43 years. Because of the civil war, overall interest declined for some years, but there is now a renewed interest in Medjugorje. In May of 2019, Pope Francis allowed dioceses and parishes throughout the world to organize pilgrimages to Medjugorje considering the significant number of people who come to Medjugorje and "the abundant fruits of grace that flow from it."

Saint Paul spent some thirty years preaching the gospel and founding Christian communities in modern day Greece, Turkey and beyond. He was one of the foremost leaders of the first generation of Christianity. Yet he was not one of the Twelve Apostles; he did not even know Jesus during his lifetime. In fact, Paul said that he persecuted early Christians “beyond measure”—a remarkable thought considering he would go on to become one of the most important people in the history of Christianity. Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus then set the stage for his missionary journeys as “Apostle to the Gentiles.”

Now what does it entail to walk in his footsteps? As it is estimated that Paul traveled over 10,000 miles, we often focus on important sites from his second and third missionary journeys. Adjacent to the Acropolis in Athens, we visit Mars Hill, where Paul emphasized the need to know God rather than worshipping the unknown. From Athens, we follow him to Corinth and have Mass amidst the ancient ruins where he lived for 18 months and worked as a tentmaker. Walking through the awe-inspiring ruins of Ephesus, we reflect on Paul’s base of operations for three years where he performed numerous miracles and wrote his letters to the Corinthians.

We organize custom pilgrimages to ‘follow the footsteps’ of Paul through these locations where he preached the gospel and spread Christianity.