Among the new cardinals is the former bishop of the Spokane diocese in the State of Washington in the USA. Blase J. Cupich also serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
In the latest issue of Matica magazine read our interviews with Branka Pavić Blažetin and Milan Puh and all about the Meeting G conference in Zagreb, the premiere of the film on Canadian resident Anton Kikaš, the opening of the Aquatika freshwater aquarium in Karlovac and much, much more.
82-year old Ivan Talaja, a returnee from France, roundly ignored by the municipal and county authorities, rolled up his sleeves and employed his own hands and money to build an access road to his native village of Talaji near Slivno in the Imotski krajina region.
My Australian Story: A Novel About One Emigrant Adventure, is conceived as a series of thirty-nine multilayered prose miniatures that open spaces to various generations of readers.
The costumed performance, featuring period instruments, brought to life before the Viennese audience interesting aspects of mid-eighteenth century life in Dubrovnik and its Republic.
In the latest issue read all about the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the consecration of the St Tripun cathedral in Kotor, the Days of Croatian Film in Orašje, the Summer School of Croatian Folklore, a retrospective exhibition of the work of Anton Cetin, the Rešetari poetry gathering and much, much more.
Zvonko Milas, the head of the State Office for Croats Abroad, met with Hugo Emanuel Estigarribia Villasanti, the president of the Association of Croatians in Paraguay.
Joining historians Marijan Buljan, Mislav Rubić PhD and Mihaela Kovačić was the head of the Split branch office of the Croatian Heritage Foundation Branka Bezić Filipović, presenting a biographic film about Ivan Lupis Vukić.
A commemorative plaque dedicated to the achievements of Strossmayer has been unveiled on Prague’s Strossmayer square. The idea of installing the plaque was put forward in 2015 by the Croatian-Czech Society and the Croatian embassy to mark Strossmayer’s 200th birth anniversary, with funding provided by the City of Zagreb.
Begich told reporters that he was delighted to have met with the mayor of Vukovar and, as a person of Croatian extraction, to be in Croatia.
