The goal of the « Maranatha Conversion » association is to establish an international ecumenical and interreligious movement to create bonds of faith, friendship fraternity and sodality between men and women of good will. The method is to contribute with prayer and fasting primarily – everyone in his faith and tradition – but also with times of shared cultural exchange – to help make peace – the gift of God – come into the world.
The association « Maranatha Conversion » is a non-profit organization.

To realize objectives, the association has implemented :
1. « Maranathons» : Meetings open to all, religious (or spiritual), philanthropic and artistic, from the 4th to the 6th of each month, in centers (existing or to be designated) and Marian shrines.
2. Establishment of the « Sakramento Peace Center » in Medjugorje (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
3. The creation of « Maranatha TV », television channel to connect the centers and Marian shrines.
4. A website to support the primary goal of Maranatha Conversion, which is the healing of humanity and the building of peace in the world through Prayer & Fasting.
5. The « Queen of Peace Prize » issued on 21 September of each year – [A day chosen by the United Nations to be « Peace Day ».] to three women whose ministry makes life on Earth worth living.

Bishop André Léonard, born on May 6, 1940. Before his episcopacy, he was professor of philosophy for more than 20 years at the Catholic University of Louvain and, for 13 years, superior of the Saint-Paul University seminar in Louvain-la-Neuve. As a priest, he therefore lived most of his ministry in the world of youth.

André Léonard was Bishop of Namur (Belgium) for 19 years, then Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels for 6 years before retiring to France, in the Hautes-Alpes, where he is vicar in parish and chaplain at the Notre-Dame du Laus sanctuary, devoting his free time to writing and preaching spiritual retreats.

He was member of the International Theological Commission (advisory body to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith).. His episcopal motto is “Maranatha!” which means “Come Lord!” Indeed, the Church expects nothing less than the return of Jesus in ‘Glory’. His Coming (and only His Coming) will annihilate the Anti-Christ (2 Thess 2,8). He will return for “restoration” and “regeneration” (Mt 19:28, Acts 3:21), fulfilling the reign of God “on earth as in heaven” (Mt 6:10), before handing over the “Kingdom to the Father” (1 Cor 15, 22-28). Thus our movement and the structures within it take up this word ‘Maranatha’ which is also a prayer.

Bishop André Léonard is the initiator, with Mrs Sabrina Covic, of the worldwide spiritual movement “Maranatha Conversion” which invites people of good will from all spiritual traditions to intercede, to pray for the conversion of the human heart and the healing of humanity.

Sabrina Čović Radojičić was born in Osijek (Croatia) in 1966. Although she grew up in Paris she frequently travelled to the United States. Married to Vladan Radojicicic, they have two children, Katarina and Matthieu. A close friend of the Medjugorje seers, she is an author and translator of a range of books, and has directed documentaries about Medjugorje which are available on both video and CD all of which have as their theme “Medjugorje”. She also recounted her testimony “I wanted to help Heaven to save the world so I organized touring trips”, in a book published by Les Editions Sakramento which Sabrina herself founded.

In 2007, Sabrina co-founded with Mgr André Léonard, now Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels (Belgium), the prayer movement “Maranatha Conversion”, an international, ecumenical and inter-religious movement of intercession for the healing of the world. Together they have organized many meetings and prayer meetings and international pilgrimages through several countries.

The activities of “Maranatha Conversion” are taking on new dimensions:

1/ An exceptional place of welcome, the “Bethany” house in Medjugorje (Bosnia and Herzegovina). “Béthanie” is a warm “family house” with a beautiful permaculture garden and a few rooms to welcome and offer a relaxing and calm stay. In particular, it is a privileged place for people who would like to better understand the activities of the movement or the structures with which “Maranatha Conversion” has been collaborating for years, in order to be able to actively engage in one of these structures, by considering, for example, founding and running a Maranathon in their country of origin.

2/ Le Centre de Paix Sakramento qui comprend trois belles salles de réunions très bien équipées ainsi qu’une librairie. Dans ce cadre, il est possible d’organiser des réunions informatives, des enseignements donnés par des intervenants de qualité. Ce lieu a ainsi accueilli, en septembre 2018, l’étape à Medjugorje, du parcours événementiel de la « Nuit des Témoins » qui se déroula à travers la Bosnie-Herzégovine, le Monténégro et la Croatie et qui fut organisé avec la fondation pontificale « Aide à l’Eglise en Détresse ».

The Sakramento Peace Centre, which includes three beautiful and well-equipped meeting rooms and a bookshop. In this context, it is possible to organize informative meetings and lectures given by quality speakers. In September 2018, this place hosted the stopover in Medjugorje of the “Night of the Witnesses”, an event that took place throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia and was organized with the Pontifical Foundation “Aid to the Church in Need”.

3/ « Maranathons »

In Marian shrines and spiritual high places throughout the world, “Maranathons” are two days of prayer each month, like “marathons” of prayer, on the 5th and 6th of the month.

We believe that prayer will save the world. Maranathons are times of intense prayer in privileged places. As in “little Noah’s arches”, everyone can take refuge there during difficult personal times. Maranathons are an opportunity to discover or rediscover our extraordinary spiritual heritage.

On the 4th of the month in the afternoon or evening, an artistic meeting, followed by a debate and a snack, proposes to bring together people of good will, of diverse spiritual sensibilities, believers or even non-believers, wishing to meet “others” in an informal and fraternal exchange.

All over the world, men, women and children, from all cultures and backgrounds, have gathered for centuries in the spiritual high places of our land, from the most famous to the almost forgotten.

Together, on the 4th, 5th and 6th of each month, they pray for the healing of man’s heart and the healing of the world.