The Midwest Croatian Calendar of Events
To advertise your meeting, performance, sporting activities, banquets,
dances, etc., on the Croatian events calendar, please send all relevant
information to Events at events@midwest-croatians.org. Include contact
information.
Chicago
Sunday October 6
St. Jerome Parish is celebrating its 90th anniversary. A solemn high Mass
will start at 2:00 p.m. and be presided over by Bishop John Gorman, Fr.
Slavko Soldo, Provincial of Croatian Franciscan Fathers in Mostar, and Fr.
Marko Puljic, Custodian of the Croatian Franciscans for USA and Canada. A
dinner reception will follow at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers on 301
East North Water Street in Chicago. Cocktails start at 5:00 p.m. and Dinner
at 6:00 p.m. For more information contact Fr. Jozo Grbes at grbes@aol.com.
For more information about St. Jerome Parish, visit their website at
http://www.stjeromecroatian.org. Link opens in a new window.
Detroit
No new events listed.
Indiana
Sunday September 22
St. Joseph the Worker Croatian Parish will be celebrating its 90th
anniversary with a Mass celebrated by Most Rev. Bishop Dale J. Melczek. Mass
starts at 11:00 a.m. and following Mass, a banquet/dinner will be at the
Croatian Center in Merrillville, 8550 Taft Street. Doors will open at 1:00
PM. Cash bar will be available. Dinner will be served at 2:00 PM. Tamburitza
music will be provided during the Dinner. Tickets for the Banquet cost
$25.00 and can be purchased at the rectory or from a seller in the church
vestibule. We would like you to hurry up to buy tickets for you and the
family, because the deadline to purchase them is September 15. For more
information, contact Fr. Steve Loncar at sloncar@nvnetz.com.
Kansas City
No new events listed.
Milwaukee
No new events listed.
Ohio
April - August
The Croatian Heritage Museum is pleased to announce the exhibit, "Croatians
in Sports". The exhibit pays tribute to Croatians around the world for their
sports achievements. There are such sports giants as the Kostelics, Sukor,
Ivanisevic, Kukoc, Cosic, Petrovic, as well as American-Croatian sports
heroes; Roger Maris, Mickey Lolich, George Mikan, Fritzie Zivic and many
more. The idea for the exhibit came from the research and record keeping of
Mr. Steve Nekich, of Cleveland. Steve has gathered sports statistics of
Croatians around the world and verified their Croatian roots. This is the
first time that we are aware of that any organization has created a Croatian
sports exhibit. The response has been fantastic with several people offering
info that they had in their procession about Croatian sports figures. We
welcome such donations and encourage others to do the same.
The Museum is located in the American-Croatian Lodge, Cardinal Stepinac,
34900 Lakeshore Blvd, near the intersection of Rte. 91 and Lakeshore Blvd,
Eastlake, Ohio. The Museum is open Friday evenings from 7 PM to 10 PM and
most Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Also special arrangements can be made
for group tours.
And while you are at the Lodge you can plan to enjoy a Croatian meal at
Dubrovnik Garden Restaurant located in the Lodge. For more information
please contact Robert Jerin at rjerin@adelphia.net.
Friday September 6
The Croatian Youth Club of Cleveland would like to invite everyone to its
LUAU party at the Croatian Center in Chardon, Ohio. The luau starts at 8:00
p.m. and entertainment will be provided by George C from New York City and
Vlatko & Lidija from Cleveland. For more information please contact the
Croatian Youth Club of Cleveland at croyouthclubclev@aol.com or Marko Jelic
at mtjelic@yahoo.com
St. Louis
No new events listed.
Washington, D.C.
Saturday-Sunday September 7-8
The Croatian Catholic Union will be holding its 32nd annual pilgrimage to
the Croatian Marian shrines of Our Lady of Bistrica and Our Lady of Peace at
the National Basillica of the Immaculate Conception. This year's pilgrimage
will be a two-day event. Special symposiums/ seminars will be held Saturday
September 7th at the Washington Court Hotel, and the Main Pilgrimage with
the Procession and Mass will be held Sunday September 8th. CCU Spiritual
Director Rev. Paul Maslach will be the main concelebrant and Leader at he
Pilgrimage. Rev. Jozo Grbes, pastor of St. Jerome Croatian Parish in
Chicago, will be the moderator Saturday?s Youth Program. Rev. Mate Bizaca,
pastor of St. Anthony's Croatian Parish in Los Angeles, and other priests
will be contributing as well. Participating at the Seminar/Spiritual Retreat
will be a known Croatian writer and journalist, and an activist in the
Croatian Catholic lay movement, Mr. Zoran Vukman, from Trogir, Croatia, the
author of several books among which his recent book on New Age Philosophy
and Cardinal Stepinac received a very plausible acclaim. The program will
also consist of a Musical Academy in honor of Our Lady; Reception;
Sightseeing, and Visits to the While House and to the Croatian Embassy. For
more information, contact Melchior Masina at mmasina@ccu-usa-can.org, or
visit the Croatian Catholic Union website at http://www.ccu-usa-can.org.
CroNetwork: The Croatian-American Organization for Young Professionals.
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