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On April 4th 1867 the bishop father Anđeo Kraljević blessed the foundation stone of the reconstructed Franciscan monastery on Humac. The monastery is not only the heir to the medieval monastery St. Katherine in Ljubuški but also an oasis of religious, educational, cultural, social and historical remembrance. Historical documents testify that Franciscans in today’s Herzegovina are present almost eight centuries. The famous archeologist, explorer and historian father Petar Bakula writes: Herzegovinian mission (Franciscan province), takes the place amongst the first missions in the Franciscan order. It came into existence in the first 20 years after the foundation of the well-known „Order by missionary ventures“. According to this, Franciscans had arrived to this area in 1231. During centuries the number of Franciscans has been increasing and monasteries, churches and other sacral objects were being built.
After the Ottoman incursion, the demolition of the St. Katherine monastery and other sacral objects had followed and surviving Franciscans sheltered themselves in Zaostrog. From then up to 1702, and thereon from Kreševo worked on the spiritual upbringing of the Humac area. In 1867 they had begun with the reconstruction of the Franciscan monastery on Humac that to this day joins its history and presence, building and upbringing a future in which it will surely in immense steps continue a powerful, educational, pilgrimage, economical and tourist development, preserving the wealth of tradition and a healthy nature. (Friar Andrija Nikić)
