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Recognizing the magical, mysterious power of music, Ivo formed an interfaith choir as a project of the Interreligious Service. He founded the choir in 1996 during the aftermath of the horrific war in BosniaHerzegovina.
With Pontanima, which means “spiritual bridge” in Latin, Fra Markovic wanted to send a message to the world, a proclamation that the people of the former Yugoslavia could turn away from violence and move on to mutual understanding and tolerance. He believed that music has the power to help heal the wounds of war, that it can be the tool to build a bridge to common ground.
“I am particularly delighted by your custom of forming choirs of Muslim, Orthodox and Catholic victims of the war whose harmony in music you work to replicate in their daily lives,” wrote Richard Holbrooke, the Clinton administration’s special envoy to the former Yugoslavia, congratulating the Franciscan priest on the receipt of the international peace award from the Tanenbaum Center in New York.
“You remind me of Vivaldi, another priest, who made
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