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Maxo Vanka film to be made | American Sistine Chapel
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Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka has the following mission: to conserve and protect for permanent public exhibition the nationally recognized Maxo Vanka Murals within St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, enabling the immigrant artist's "gift to America" to serve as an enduring catalyst for community engagement and education, inspire social and cultural dialogue, celebrate diversity, and
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Steve Rukavina behind the story about Joe Biden President-Elect of the USA
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On the photo from 2010, Steve Rukavina with Joe Biden, who was back then vicepresident of the USA, now President -Elect of the USA. Steve Rukavina has Croatian roots, and he visited the land of his parents 19 times. He is very active in the NFCACF (National Federation of Croatian Americans, Cultural Foundation), as well as in fostering closer ties between Croatia and the USA. NFCA has organized more than 250 meetings with the USA Ministry o
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Mahatma Gandhi and Kristian Krekovic connecting India and Croatia
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Paul Bucha recipient of the Medal of Honor has Croatian roots
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Paul "Buddy" Bucha was born on August 1, 1943, in Washington, D.C. He is of Croatian descent; his paternal grandfather immigrated to the United States from the Croatian town of Našice. He graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1961. An all-American swimmer in high school, Bucha was offered athletic scholarships to several universities but turned them down and attended the United States Military A
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Damjan Rodin 1910-1968 Croatian priest in Brasil founder of Vila Croacia in Rio de Janeiro
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Damjan Rodin was one of the first Croatian priests to move to Brazil after the Second World War, where he organised the religious and community life of the ethnic Croatian community in Sao Paulo. In Rio de Janeiro he continued his important work for Croatians and Brazilians. He was born in the Šibenik hinterland (in the town of Prvić Luka on the island of Prvić) and moved to Brazil in 1947, working as parish priest in Sao P
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Miro Vidovic 1967-2020 world class producer with a heart of gold
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Miro Vidović, born in the city of Vukovar, was one of the best Croatian music producers. Numerous distinuished musicians attended his "Morris Studio", founded in 1997 in the city of Zagreb: 2CELLOS (Stjepan Hauser and Luka Šulić), Oliver Dragojević, Maksim Mrvica, Gibonni, Arsen Dedić, Nenad Bach, etc. He was a manager of 2CELLOS, that he directed since the very beginning. 2CELLOS said that Mir
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Frano Maroevic 1908-1939 expert in maritime law and publicist from the island of Hvar in Croatia
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Frano V. Maroević (1908-1939), died very young at the age of 31 in the native city of Stari Grad on the island of Hvar near the city of Split. Born in a family of mariners and shipbuilders, he was an established expert in maritime law, which he had studied at the University of Zagreb, where he also earned his PhD. He was also very interested in literature, mountaineering, sea travelling, about which he published nume
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2CELLOS Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser about their families and concerts
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Messages for Luka: Great interview. He's the sweetest hubby, papa and family man! To top that with his talent and passion in music? What more could one ask for? Lucky wife. Lucky life. Lucky babies. God bless them. (Marlene Rudolfa) | Dank je wel Luka, geniet van je break, en Dankje wel voor dit interview waarin wij ook iets van jou mogen zien! Dank voor de prachtige momenten die ik van jullie heb gehad en hopelijk nog krijg
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Ljubo Krasic 1938-2020 Croatian Franciscan founder of Croatian Schools of America and Canada
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Krasić's contribution to the formative period of Croatian language instruction abroad was massive and aimed at promoting our language and culture in North America. He left his homeland with a broad educational background and worked in the frame of Catholic missions in the Croatian communities on the dissemination of our language and culture in the anglophone world, all whilst discharging his complex parish duties whi
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