In the shrine of Mary in Marija Bistrica Sunday, 1. November 2017. The, held a jubilee 25. Pilgrimage of the Croatian Army, Police and Croatian defenders organized by the Ministry of Croatian Defenders in cooperation with the Military Ordinariate of Croatia.
About ten thousand people came from all over the Croatian and neighboring countries to help with five thousand members of the Croatian Armed Forces, ministries of Defense, Veterans' Affairs and Interior and other state institutions, and veterans' associations from the Homeland War, fire fighting and historical units participated in the Mass and Way of the Cross.
Pilgrimage was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Damir Krstičević, Minister of Croatian Veterans Tomo Medved, Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces General Staff General Mirko Šundov as envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marina Pendes, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz and other delegations from neighboring countries.