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| http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-03-05/News_and_Views/City_Beat/a-143359.asp From: News and Views | City Beat | Tuesday, March 05, 2002 Stigmata Priest Has Church Buzzing By JOYCE SHELBY Daily News Staff Writer The young Croat-born cleric known as the stigmata priest is due at a Bensonhurst church next week, and the pastor says he's getting nervous. "We're getting a lot of calls," said Msgr. David Cassato, pastor of St. Athanasius Catholic Church. "Everyone wants to meet him and have him pray over them because of his giftedness. I hear he brings in very big crowds." The Rev. Zlatko Sudac, 31, has attracted large audiences since he arrived on a Mass tour of the metropolitan area more than five months ago. Last month, thousands went to Our Lady of Pompeii Church in Greenwich Village, where Sudac celebrated two Masses instead of the one that had been scheduled. Incredible Claims Made Sudac claims to have supernatural gifts, including stigmata, or marks, on his body that resemble those on the body of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. The priest claims that the marks bleed spontaneously and that he can heal, levitate, be in two places at once and know the future. Sudac does not give interviews, but the Rev. Giordano Belanich, a priest in the Newark Archdiocese, said Sudac received the stigmata on his forehead in 1999, a year after his ordination, and other gifts followed soon after. Cassato said: "I heard about him just recently. A friend who knows of his work called and asked if I would be interested in having him come to our church. I said, 'Of course.' I thought it would be a nice Lenten reflection to have a spiritual uplift for all of us." Last month, a Long Island church canceled an appearance by Sudac, citing limited sanctuary space. Cassato said he had not met Sudac but did not question accounts of the stigmata. "It's a gift," he said. "It's a very unusual, extraordinary gift that has been given at times in our church history - to St. Francis of Assisi, to Padre Pio." The Catholic Church has permitted Sudac to continue his tour until May, when he returns to his homeland, but has remained silent on his sensational claims. Frank DeRosa, spokesman for the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, said: "From what I understand, Father Sudac is a priest in good standing. He's been speaking at various parishes in the metropolitan area, and there's been a rather substantial following. "There's no indication he's been anything but a good priest. As far as the stigmata is concerned, there has been no position taken on that," DeRosa said. Cassato said Sudac would celebrate a Mass and conduct a healing service March 13. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Croatians in France on www.cronet.org Hrvati u Francuskoj na www.cronet.org Taken from: http://www.hic.hr/dom DOM I SVIJET u broju 376 od 4. ozujka 2002. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Subj: Serbo-Croatian at UCLA ! I recently saw on the web that UCLA is still teaching Serbo-Crotian !!!! I find it redicuolus and unbelivable that a universitry as big as UCLA still offers Serbo-Croatian in their program at Slavic studies !! Nenad , Can you please send out the info to all Croats that this will not be allowed in this day and age,,and it is totally unacceptable to the Croatian community, we need to start writing letters to UCLA !!!!! >>web siteUCLA Slavic Languages & Literatures: Faculty write to MICHAEL HEIM 115 Kinsey Hall Phone: (310) 825-7894 heim@humnet.ucla.edu sincerely Danny d Op-ed Dear All, Please write civilized letters. We need 30-50 letters and 20 phone calls. We have been successful so far. There is no reason for bitterness. We have to change what is wrong and not always assume that people are malicious. Nenad Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| PRESS RELEASE United Miners Soccer Club RUDAR in New York celebrated on March 2 (last Saturday) 25th Anniversary of the existence. Celebration took place in Dante Caterers grand hall with few hundreds of club's members, their families and friends of the club attended the program. Club's folklore group performed Istrian folk dances. After dinner music band Magnolia from Istra entertained the happy people of New York Metropolitan area. Polkas, valcers, rock & roll, disco, narodno kolo etc., were the dances of the night. March 2, 1921 was the day when Labin Republic was proclaimed by the Istrian miners. That was the first known revolt against coming Fascist dictatorship in Europe. The same day was chosen by the Croatian sons and daughters of Labin's miners in New York to establish the United Miners Soccer club in Astoria as a remembrance to that historic date. Rudar (Miner) Club was establish on March 2, 1977. Twenty five years of dedicated work in soccer, folklore, cards, hunting and Istrian hospitality came to the day of celebration of silver anniversary. Croatian community in New York Metropolitan area is very proud of the Rudar's club success. All of you who want to congratulate to the club, you can do that to e-mail your congratulations to the President of the club Mr. Walter Cekada. His e-mail is: waltercekada@msn.com Rudar Club telephone is (718) 786-5833 Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Hi Nenad, I am finally going to be able to see and hear Tamburitza! Thought you might want to post, in the event there are others who would like to make their way down to these beautiful VA mountains! Diana There is going to be a performance by the Tamburitzans (aka Tammies), the well-known folk-dance performing group from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. They'll be performing in Whitman Auditorium at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke, VA, on Tuesday, May 7th, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $12.00 (for reserved seats) and go on sale at the VWCC Bookstore on April 15.---e mail-- infocenter@vw.vccs.edu phone-540-857-VWCC Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| My dear fellow Croats! The 3rd Croatian Children’s Festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday, March 9th and 10th. It will be a very impressive cultural event; there are 120 children performing to the music of 28 songs created by well-know Croatian composers. This year’s festival will be dedicated to the victims of the World Trade Center tragedy. Since 2002 marks the 10thyear Anniversary of the international recognition of Croatia, we will also dedicate this festival to the innocent victims of the aggression on Croatia, and the victims of the war in Croatia. Find time to come and listen to the children so that we can be together as a community and as a people. For when people are together, then the Lord is with them as well. Warmest regards, Father Robert Zubovic Dragi hrvatski puce! U subotu i nedjelju ce se odrzati vrlo vazan kulturno-zabavni program kojeg priprema vise od 120 djece izvodeci 28 pjesama u pjesmi i plesu eminentnih skladatelja iz Hrvatske i Amerike. Ovaj Festival posvecujemo svi stradalima u teroristickom napadu na SAD-e kao i svim zrtvama hrvatskog domovinskog rata a prigodom 10-te obljetnice medjunarodnog priznanja Hrvatske. Nadjite vremena da dodjete poslusati svoju djecu i da kao narod budemo zajedno. Jer kad su braca zajedno, tada je i Gospodin s njime. Pozdravlja Vas Vas Don Robert Zubovic, svecenik u Astoriji Saturday March 9th at 7pm. Sunday March 10th at 4pm. At Queensborough Community College 222-05 56th Ave. -Bayside,NY- Ticket Price- $35 Tickets are held: After Sunday Mass at Hrvatski Centar sold by Mr. Stipe Dumancic After Sunday Mass at Cafeteria Most Precious Blood School in Astoria Cafe Bar Scorpio & Loyd For reservation you can call: Rose Maracic: 516-365-9628 Ivica Gasparic: 718-626-3354 Vivijana Knapic: 718-626-9488 For other information call: Eleonora: 516-933-9613: eleonor@aol.com Fr. Zubovic: 718-726-7937: rzubovic@aol.com *Dobro Dosli Na Treci Hrvatski Djecji Festival New York 2002* Op-ed Support this great event nb Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Kelley School to help establish MBA program in Croatia U.S. State Department awards $320,000 grant BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's Kelley School of Business will help Croatia's four universities to establish an international-standard MBA program that will help build a climate for economic growth and foster stability among the nations of the former Yugoslavia. The U.S. State Department has awarded a $320,000 grant to the Kelley School, which will assist the Republic of Croatia's four universities in establishing an English-language MBA program. The Consortium of Faculties of Economics in Croatia (CFEC), which includes the University of Zagreb, the University of Split, the University of Rijeka and the University of Osijek, will work with faculty from the Kelley School to design and implement a viable, sustainable two-year MBA program that will serve the needs of Croatia and the wider region. "With this new program in Croatia, the Kelley School is building on its considerable experience in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and our experience in developing and implementing new degree programs to meet market needs and student expectations," said Kelley School Dean Dan Dalton. "We look forward to working with faculty from Croatia's universities to create an English-language MBA program. This effort extends and complements our previous program development efforts in Hungary and Slovenia." Bruce Jaffee, Kelley School associate dean for academics, will serve as the project's director, and many other faculty will participate. Establishing a successful MBA program also involves creating sound administrative policies and procedures. This project will provide opportunities for Kelley School staff to be integrally involved as well. One of the main problems facing Croatian enterprises is the serious lack of qualified managers, including practitioners and policymakers who are able to diagnose and solve current problems, and also to plan strategically for the future. In order to grow, Croatia's businesses must participate more actively and effectively in international markets, and expertise for doing so must be developed more broadly and at a higher level. In the last decade, more than 140,000 young college-educated Croatians have left the country, a trend that has severely impacted the nation's economic growth. In mid-October, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic called together representatives of the government and the business community to discuss the need to establish a stronger link between the country's educational institutions and the pressing needs of the labor market. This new centralized, English-language MBA program should contribute significantly to meeting these needs. Regionally-based, it also will play a central role in educating generations of business professionals who will form a strong network of personal and business relations. This network will be very important in building stronger economic ties among the countries of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere. In doing so, it also will make a significant contribution to stability in the region. The program will lay the groundwork for an expanded network of faculty and graduate students in Central and Eastern Europe, a primary interest of the Kelley School for many decades. With strong partnerships in Hungary and Slovenia, Croatia's neighbors, the Kelley School will be able to include the CFEC program and its faculty and students in this active regional partnership. The program will be based in Zadar, a mid-sized city on the Adriatic coast (population 100,000). The mayor of Zadar, Bozidar Kalmeta, has provided a building for the program on the campus of the University of Split's Faculty of Humanities. These facilities will be upgraded to house case discussion classrooms, computers and interactive video technology, meeting rooms for MBA team work, and offices for the faculty and staff of the new program. The managers trained by the consortium's MBA program will have the combination of skills indispensable to foreign enterprises, such as knowledge of the local economy, culture and norms, and internationally recognized management skills. Croatian faculty already have traveled to the Kelley School to work with its faculty on curriculum development, experienced the delivery of this curriculum in classes, and met with key MBA administrators to learn about the organization of a top MBA program. Kelley School faculty will go to Croatia to conduct workshops and to work with CFEC partners on other aspects of curriculum design and delivery. Media Contacts: George Vlahakis OCM 812-855-0846 gvlahaki@indiana.edu Andra Klemkosky Kelley School of Business 812-855-3202 anjenkin@indiana.edu This is good news! Let's hope Croatia takes full advantage of it. If you noticed, they wrote of Croatia with Slovenia and Hungary, and if our people can get out of the communist mind-set and learn the Western way of doing business, (and I don't mean the Enron kind) it can only be to the good. A little optimism will also do you good! Hilda I am not so sure: It is better than nothing but ... Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is NOT Harvard or Stanford MBA nor is it Paris, MBA-Lausanne (2nd rating in Europe) or London ... So, Croatia will get some needed help, yet the ONLY way in the globalized society is to get THE VERY BEST, and with neighbors that Croatia has, only the best managers and experts in any field can guarantee regional survival, especially if EU continues with their direct or even inderect 'Balkania' schemes ... So, this is good but EXTREME caution required and the red light for most of us to bring the top quality to Croatia in all fields ... If I am wrong and it turns out that Keeley is top MBA and perhaps even specialized in transitional economies, then this is indeed excellent news; yet my above argument remains ... Davor To All: FYI, Indiana University has an excellent reputation and the business school should be very solid. Although it's not Harvard or Stanford, it will certainly give Croatia much needed help. Richard Thanks Richard, I appreciate your comment and to be fair I knew that Kelley MBA is very good, and I agree that temporarily it will help Croatia ... ... however, just wait until the some megalo-serbs, financed -say- by Panic, bring Harvard business school & MBA to Belgrade ... or perhaps until the Bled MBA dominates the whole region ... I have no secret for anyone, my vision of the secure future of Croatia is very simple: we have to dominate every vital aspect of the national future and excellence in every area is crucial ... Finally, let me say openly what even all Wall Street or the Davos Economic Forum experts in New York know: The 'economy' is not ''science'' and the world economy can no longer be followed by old schemes and rules as it is effectively chaotic system that follows some of the laws of advanced physics or chaos at best (and usual economists do not understand that ...) .. ... yet the CONTACTS (='old boys network'') in the MBA 'game' is MORE IMPORTANT than any ''knowledge'' you get from any of these courses ... ... we all know how the USA influential 'elites' are formed ... and where ? Davor Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. 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| Vjesnik, Petak, 15. veljace 2002. Bratulic: Rad Matice hrvatske nikad nije bio nacionalisticki Matica hrvatska je najstarija kulturna ustanova u Hrvatskoj. Vec 160 godina ona sa svojim narodom dijeli istu sudbinu / Maticina obljetnica proslavljat ce se cijelu godinu u Zagrebu i svim njenim udrugama / Ove ce godine biti dovrseno istocno krilo Maticine palace, nastavit ce se Dani hrvatskoga jezika s predavanjima diljem Hrvatske, a pokrenut ce se i Dani Matice hrvatske u vecim hrvatskim gradovima / Svaka vlast koja bude zapostavljala Maticu bit ce zapamcena kao vlast koja ne mari za kulturne potrebe svoga naroda Matica hrvatska, ta nasa najstarija kulturna ustanova, od svoga osnutka, 10. veljace 1842., pa sve do danas u luku od 160 prijedjenih ljeta prozivjela je >sve uspone i padove, sve nade i sumnje, sva razocaranja i uzlete koje je prozivio i hrvatski narod. Tako je ona ugradjena u intelektualnu i moralnu povijest hrvatskoga naroda, bivajuci njegovom svijescu i savjescu<. Povodom njezine znacajne obljetnice o prijedjenu nelaku putu i planovima za buducnost razgovaramo sa sadasnjim Maticinim predsjednikom akademikom Josipom Bratulicem. . O 160. obljetnici Matice hrvatske koje biste etape u njenoj povijesti izdvojili? Koje predsjednike i zasto? - Matica hrvatska je najstarija kulturna ustanova u Hrvatskoj. Vec 160 godina ona je medju Hrvatima postojano i sa svojim narodom dijeli istu sudbinu. Nema njoj slicne ustanove; iz nje je nastalo Drustvo hrvatskih knjizevnika pocetkom 20. stoljeca, a danas brojni njezini ogranci premrezuju svojim radom i kulturnim djelovanjem cijelu Hrvatsku. Ni jedna druga hrvatska ustanova nije toliko razgranata i toliko ziva kao Matica hrvatska. A pocelo je skromno, vrlo skromno u zagrebackoj Citaonici, u kojoj je nastalo i Gospodarsko drustvo, iz koje je niknuo i politicki zivot u Hrvatskoj, iz koje je potekao otpor protiv madjarizacije na drustvenome, politickom i kulturnom polju. Iz te iste zagrebacke Citaonice poniknula je i Matica ilirska, kasnije nazvana Maticom hrvatskom. Na osmoj sjednici Drustva citaonice zagrebacke, 10. i 11. veljace 1842., citiram, >predlozio je presvijetli gospodin grof Janko Draskovic. kao predsjednik istoga Drustva citaonice da se jedan fond iliti glavnica ustanovi pomocju koje mogli bi se stari klasici dubrovacki i ostale znanstvene i opce korisne knjige u nasem narodnom jeziku organickim (glasoshodnim) pravopisom na svijet izdavati<. Tako stoji u prvoj Maticinoj publikaciji koja nosi naslov Racun od Matice za narodno knjizevstvo sabrano nastojanjem Citaonice zagrebacke za godinu 1842. Taj je racun izasao 1843., kad je ilirsko ime vec bilo zabranjeno, ali do kraja 1842. skupljeno je ukupno 4.687 forinti u srebru. Sljedece godine 2.141 forinti u srebru. To je ta glasovita glavnica iz koje se porodila nakladnicka djelatnost Matice hrvatske. Pocelo je s odlukom o utemeljenju glavnice iz koje ce se izdavati knjige iz kulturne proslosti. Nije tada osnovano drustvo, uzalud se cekalo na dozvolu iz Beca i iz Peste jos od 1836. za osnutak Ucenoga drustva. Za osnutak glavnice bila je nadlezna vlast u Zagebu te je tako i postupano. Ta glavnica se prozvala Matica ilirska. Sigurno se dadu lako odcitati vazna razdoblja Matice: osnutak 1842.; prva knjiga, sjajni uspjeh hrvatske filologije i tekstologije, Gundulicev Osman, a zatim i Demetrova drama Teuta; promjena imena Matica ilirska u Matica hrvatska, 1874.; podizanje Palace Matice hrvatske, 1886. Proslava pedesetgodisnjice Matice hrvatske, 1892.; a zatim skoro svaka godina s nekom temeljnom knjigom iz hrvatske kulture. Glasoviti predsjednici koji su ostavili snaznoga traga u Matici hrvatskoj: Janko Draskovic, Ivan Kukuljevic Sakcinski, Tadija Smiciklas, Filip Lukas, Ljudevit Jonke, Vlado Gotovac. Svaki predsjednik u svome vremenu bio je jedan cijeli program. . Kako pojmovi ilirsko i hrvatsko, zatim nacionalno, nacionalisticko i internacionalno stoje u svjetlu duge povijesti Matice hrvatske? - Danas se mnogi najeze na samo spominjanje rijeci ilirski, a ipak je to ime bilo katalizator da se hrvatska stoljetna podvojenost prevlada. Vjecita je zasluga Ljudevita Gaja da je nasao sretnu formulu da se pravopisom doslo do zajednickoga jezika za Hrvate u Hrvatskoj, Slavoniji i Dalmaciji, u Dubrovniku i Istri, u Bosni i Hercegovini. A preko ilirskog imena doslo je i do pune nacionalne integracije svih Hrvata. Njegov pak slovopis prihvatili su i Slovenci. Morali su ga prihvatiti i Srbi, ako su zeljeli pisati latinicom, iako je Vuk Karadzic dugo zanovijetao i obecavao neka savrsenija graficka rjesenja. Nije ih predlozio. Nije ih bilo! Vec po tome se jasno razabire da je Matica ilirska bila sira od svoje nacionalne matice. Kad su oni odustali, vratila se svomu nacionalnom imenu i znacenju. Suradjivala je s Maticom slovenskom, izdajuci za svoje clanove zajednicke knjige. Suradjivala je s Maticom srpskom, te je glasovita Antologija novije srpske lirike Bogdana Popovica prvi put objavljena u Matici hrvatskoj, 1911., na latinici, a zatim mnogo puta na cirilici i latinici, naravno u Beogradu. Za Maticu hrvatsku atribut hrvatski naravan je kao i njezin rad, duboko utemeljen u hrvatskome narodu. Nikad nista nacionalisticko nije bilo u radu Matice hrvatske od njezina pocetka do danas. Ni jedna ustanova do danas u Hrvatskoj nije izdala toliko vrijednih knjiga iz svjetske knjizevne bastine - od Homera preko Dantea i Shakespearea, do Sartrea ili Virginije Woolf, kao Matica hrvatska. . Kako izgleda konkretan program obiljezavanja 160. obljetnice utemeljenja Matice hrvatske? - Ponajprije: sto je to danas u Hrvatskoj javnost? Da li su to mozda glasila: radio, televizija, novine, novinari, ili pak ljudi koji bi morali nesto saznati o svome vremenu i o onome sto se zbiva u Hrvatskoj i u svijetu? Clanovi Matice hrvatske, a oni su prvi koji o svojoj ustanovi moraju nesto znati, to sigurno znaju ako citaju svoje glasilo >Vijenac<. A i drugi znaju, ako slusaju radio, ili citaju one novine koje su zainteresirane da nesto o Matici napisu. Ali, po svemu sudeci, ako u javnom zivotu danas nesto nije ekscesno ili skandalozno, o tome se uglavnom ne pise. Tesko je tu nebrigu o vaznim stvarima i prisilnu sutnju probijati, ali u opcenitom zutilu u nasem novinarstvu za Maticu hrvatsku zapravo, bar za sada, nema mjesta. Srecom! Vec smo nekoliko puta napisali, rekli, objavili, da ce se 160. godisnjica Matice hrvatske proslavljati cijelu godinu, i u Zagrebu i gdje god ima ogranaka - udruga Matice hrvatske. Predlozili smo da sve skole u Hrvatskoj dobiju po povoljnim cijenama, uz pomoc Ministarstva kulture i Ministarstva prosvjete, neke temeljne knjige iz Maticina nakladnickog programa. Odrzavat ce se i u Zagrebu, i u cijeloj Hrvatskoj, predavanja i skupovi o Matici. Glavna i izborna skupstina u lipnju ove godine bit ce posebna prigoda da se o Matici govori i pise. Matica ce izdati prigodnu knjigu o proteklih svojih 160 godina postojanja i rada. Ove ce godine biti dovrseno istocno krilo Maticine palace, s dvoranom za priredbe i sastanke. Za dio programa brinut ce se sadasnja Uprava, za dio ona koja ce biti izabrana u lipnju. Nastavit cemo Dane hrvatskoga jezika s predavanjima diljem Hrvatske, ali cemo pokrenuti i Dane Matice hrvatske u vecim hrvatskim gradovima. . Drustvena potpora Matici hrvatskoj sve je tanja. Ne cini li Vam se da tu, osim izdavanja knjiga, ostaje vrlo malo tuzemnoga i inozemnoga manevarskog prostora? Moze li u hrvatskoj drzavi Matica hrvatska biti nesto drugo nego sto je do sada bila kad joj niti jedna vlast nije bila sklona? - Matica hrvatska je sirim krugovima nasega gradjanstva poznata ponajprije kao ustanova koja tiska golem broj knjiga, no ona se bavi i organizacijom javnih predavanja, odrzavanjem znanstvenih skupova i sl., te izdavanjem casopisa ( >Kolo< i >Hrvatska revija<) i novina za kulturu (>Vijenac<). Sredstva su svake godine skromnija, a djelatnost veca. Svaka vlast koja bude zapostavljala Maticu, odnosno uskracivala joj pomoc, bit ce zapamcena kao ona vlast koja ne mari za kulturne potrebe svoga naroda. Svaka kuna ulozena u kulturu, vraca se oplodjena visestruko. Placali nas, ili ne placali, nas je posao isti, i mi od svoje zadace ne cemo odustati. . Zakon o udrugama, koji dopusta samostalnu djelatnost ogranaka Matice hrvatske u odnosu na Sredisnjicu, oslobodio je u nekim sredinama separatisticke snage, kao npr. u Splitu. Kako ce Split biti predstavljen na lipanjskoj Izbornoj skupstini ? - Unatoc tomu sto smo izgubili utrku sa Zakonom, odnosi Sredisnjice i ogranaka udruga su uglavnom dobri, osim u onim gradovima gdje biti predsjednikom Matice hrvatske znaci snaznu drustvenu i politicku promociju. Tamo nasa stara Matica ne stanuje. Buduci da oni ne placaju ni clanarinu nasoj Matici, oni nisu clanovi Matice, i u lipnju ih ne ocekujemo. A u Splitu osnovat cemo svoj ogranak i pomocu njega okupljati onaj znatni broj clanova Matice koji Sredisnjicu u Zagrebu prihvacaju kao svoju maticnu ustanovu. . Nevolja je bilo i u Tovarniku. Sada se tamo obnavlja rodna kuca A. G. Matosa. Znaci li to da je taj izvor nervoze u Maticinoj obitelji napokon stisan? Zasto se u javnosti rjedje spominju Maticini centri u Rijeci i u Zadru? - U Tovarniku smo, nadam se, posve rijesili sporove, i kad se bude obnavljala i k svojoj svrsi dovela rodna kuca A. G. Matosa, prestat ce svi sporovi, a Matica ce i na tome vrlo vaznom prostoru imati svoj dom. Rijeka, Rijeka! Koliko vremena potrosenog bez velike koristi, bez znatnoga pomaka. A Matica bi tamo trebala okupljati sve one koji u njoj, na polju hrvatske kulture, trebaju raditi, i biti voljni zajednicki podnositi terete zajednickoga posla. Ali ocito - tamo nisu nasli spasonosnu polugu da rijese jednostavni problem - da otvore vrata svima onima koji u Matici zele raditi, te da Uprava shvati da je Matica ona kulturna ustanova koja okuplja sve Hrvate, bez obzira na stranacku pripadnost, ideologiju, vjeru, pamet i poneku glupost. Suradnja s Maticom srpskom na cekanju . Culo se da je Matica hrvatska bila sluzbeno pozvana na proslavu takodjer visoke obljetnice Matice srpske u Novi Sad, ali da se tamo nije islo. O cemu je rijec? - Osobno sam, kao predsjednik Matice hrvatske dobio poziv da sudjelujem na manifestaciji >Vukovi dani< u Beogradu i na proslavi 175. obljetnice Matice srpske u Novom Sadu. Odbio sam otici na >Vukove dane<, ali odlucio sam otici u Novi Sad na proslavu 175. godisnjice postojanja i djelovanja Matice srpske, a zatim posjetiti i Maticu hrvatsku u Subotici. Izvadio sam vizu, ali nekoliko dana prije odlaska u Novi Sad uhvatio me giht, koji me povremeno posjeti, a to je vrlo neugodna bolest koja me prikovala za dom. Da kazem jos nesto ovom zgodom: prije par godina posjetili smo, na poziv Matice slovacke, Maticu slovacku, njezine urede u Bratislavi i Sredisnjicu u Turcanskom Martinu. Isto tako suradjujemo s Maticom slovenskom. S Maticom srpskom, zbog razumljivih razloga, do sada nismo suradjivali. Kad je nasa Matica ukinuta (odnosno kad joj je zabranjen rad, i uhiceni njezini celnici) slavenske se Matice nisu javile, niti su protestirale. Tek mnogo kasnije, nakon demokratskih promjena, pocele su sve zajedno vise medjusobno suradjivati. Nasu je Maticu prosle godine posjetila delegacija Matice crnogorske. Vjerojatno cemo i mi uzvratiti posjet. A zatim ce doci na red i Matica srpska. . Jeste li zainteresirani za obnovu legendarne biblioteke >Pet stoljeca hrvatske knjizevnosti< nakon sto je i sluzbeno potvrdjena >rastava braka< te ugasle edicije s edicijom >Stoljeca hrvatske knjizevnosti<? - Kad je pokrenut niz >Stoljeca hrvatske knjizevnosti<, urednistvo je odlucilo dovrsiti i niz >Pet stoljeca hrvatske knjizevnosti<. Rad na jednoj biblioteci zaustavio je rad na drugoj, starijoj. Prije nekoliko dana Predsjednistvo Matice hrvatske odlucilo je odrzati obecanje i dovrsiti zbirku >Pet stoljeca hrvatske knjizevnosti< po nacelima kako je ta vazna i vrijedna biblioteka bila pripremana, uredjivana i izdavana. -- Jeste li pomisljali da se na Palaci Matice hrvatske na Zrinjevcu konacno postavi kakvo spomen-obiljezje? Mozda kakav suvremeni arhitektonsko-kiparski zahvat na njenu starom procelju? Palaca Matice hrvatske izgradjena je novcem clanova Matice hrvatske i doprinosima hrvatskih rodoljuba 1886. i danas je ona pod konzervatorskom zastitom. Ona sjevernom stranom gleda na Ulicu Matice hrvatske, a zapadnim licem na Strossmayerov trg, koji je zapravo park. U parku je bista Augusta Senoe, koju je Matica postavila; uz Akademiju zgradu je Mestroviceva skulptura, na visokom postolju, Akademijina utemeljitelja biskupa Josipa Jurja Strossmayera. Kad bude podignuto novo sjeverno krilo nase zgrade, bit ce prilika urediti prilaz u Maticu hrvatsku iz Maticine ulice. To ce tada biti glavni ulaz. Vjerujem da ce on biti veoma reprezentativan. . Buduci da ce u lipnju na Vase mjesto doci nova osoba, usudjujete li se prognozirati >novu< Maticu hrvatsku tijekom mandata nove Uprave? - Duznost i cast predsjednika Matice hrvatske veoma je odgovorna, i za nju se ne otimaju bas mnogi. Osim toga - to je casnicka duznost, i taj se posao u Matici ne placa, a zahtijeva puni angazman, cijelu osobu, citavu godinu. Predsjednik mora cesto putovati medju clanove u ogranke; mora cesto pisati u >Vijencu<; govoriti u svakoj prigodi; biti ljubazan sa svakim; strpljiv sa zabavnim i dosadnim ljudima. Cesto, precesto, mora slusati i veoma mudre ljude, ali i one druge, i uvijek biti obazriv i imati vremena i kad ga doista nema. Osjecati se kao vatrogasac koji trci od pozarista do pozarista. Precesto mora slusati savjete mnogih pojedinaca sto bi sve predsjednik morao raditi. Opcenito su Hrvati nezadovoljni onim sto drugi rade, i opcenito smatraju da smo svi nekako na krivim mjestima. Na nekim drugim polozajima radili bismo mnogo bolje! Koliki li bi samo na celu neke vazne ustanove predobro radili, te bili od neizmjerne koristi za drustvo i kulturu, ali eto nisu u toj mogucnosti! Nisu ih birali, niti izabrali! A oni najcesce nisu ni clanovi te ustanove, stranke, instituta, vlade, drzave! Matica je do danas na svoje celo izabirala ozbiljne ljude, voljne voditi casnu ustanovu, odricati se svoga slobodnog i neslobodnog vremena za opce dobro. Novom predsjedniku koji ce biti izabran u lipnju ove godine, kao i novoj Upravi, zelim mnogo uspjeha koji se postize strpljenjem, mnogo mudrosti kojom se izbjegava prazan hod, mnogo hrabrosti da prihvate put po kojem ce Matica napredovati, i biti medju clanstvo i medju svim intelektualcima prepoznata kao sredisnja, najstarija, najbrojnija ustanova hrvatskoga naroda. . Koliko ce novo zdanje Matice hrvatske promijeniti sadrzaj i nacin rada u buducnosti? - Nova zgrada dat ce krila onoj djelatnosti zbog koje je Matica osnovana. Ona ce biti sredisnja kulturna ustanova u Zagrebu jer je u sredistu grada, ali jos vise zbog toga sto se njezini celnici trude i uspijevaju poticati i pratiti kulturni zivot u Zagrebu i diljem Hrvatske. A to nije malo u danasnjem vremenu. Branka Dzebic ----- kad predsjednik MH-e brka pojmove (nacionalizam), sto ocekivati od zutoga tiska!? (ra) ----- Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| NENAD BACH and GLOBALVISION invite you WE ARE FAMILY DOCUMENTARY with dates and show times below! The Screening Room, NYC I saw this film at its premiere in NYC and want everyone to see it. The documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation. The Story: The documentary is an uplifting story about the 9-11 tragedy interlaced with footage from a re-recording of Nile Rodgers legendary song We Are Family in NYC and LA with over 200 actors and musicians... The story combines heartfelt interviews with the actors and musicians speaking about the impact of 9-11 on themselves and the world, and is a compelling, inspiring and powerful story about how people come together and unite at a time of need to speak out for harmony and tolerance. Importance: It's really a wonderful film, which I hope will play a role in healing the world and building a stronger global community.... Who's Who: Emmy Award winner Danny Schechter directed the film, Tom Silverman produced the film and Spike Lee directed the music video’Ķ. Among the 200 participants - Diana Ross, Luther Vandross, Tyson Beckford, Macauley Caulkin, Steven Van Zandt, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Patti Labelle, Dionne Warwick, Aida Turturro, Roberta Flack, David Hasselhoff, Carmen Electra, Taye Diggs, Maury Povitch, Montel Williams, John McEnroe, Mark Jackson, Ananda Lewis, Matthew Modine, Rosie Perez, Nenad Bach and many many more. In addition, the film features common folk in New York and Los Angeles -- as well as pop stars, actors, industry bigwigs -- singing their hearts out and sharing their feelings. Rodgers says, "He welcomed people whose lives were directly affected and people who were directly affecting our lives." Purpose: The film was created as one of the products of the We Are Family Foundation (started by Nile Rodgers and Tom Silverman). Legendary songwriter/producer Nile Rodgers wrote the song We Are Family, and Sister Sledge made it famous, and it remains a song with great meaning for many people globally. The film will be used to raise money for the foundation, which is both giving money to those impacted by 9-11 and also launching educational programs for schools, teachers and parents to raise consciousness and broaden understanding about what it takes to work together on global tolerance and understanding. Hope you can come. Please bring friends and family and tell everyone you know. The Screening Room - located at 54 Varrick Street - just blocks from ground zero (212 334 2100). The film runs from March 8th, for, as many weeks as there are people still interested. Please invite friends and family. We want everyone to see the film. Showtimes are: Mon -Fri: 2:45; 4:25; 6:10; 8:00 and 9:50 Sat-Sun: the above plus 1:00 matinee Danny Schechter Executive Editor Mediachannel.org http://www.mediachannel.org Executive Producer, Globalvision.Inc 1600 Broadway, #700 NY NY 10019 USA 212-246-0202 Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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