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A WORD TO OUR READERSA WORD TO OUR READERS Jozo GrbeJozo Grbe

VjesnikCroatian Franciscan

HeraldHrvatski

Dragi prijatelji!

Fra Jozo Kustos

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U ovom broju:Inside this issue:

Smrt i put ! /

4-5

Vijesti / 6-10

11-12Cardinal Stepinac memories /

Bleiburg memories

16-17

18-61

VjesnikHrvatski

HeraldCroatian Franciscan

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Smrt i put !

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REFLECTION

Death and the Sojourn

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VIJESTI

- Franjevac kapucin

Papa Franjo u Sarajevu

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NEWS FROM THE FRANCISCANS ORDER

Generalni kapitul franjevaca

From the Letter of the General Minister of the Franciscan Order

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VIJESTI

400 Years of Franciscan presence in Northern America

Franjevac

Franciscan is chosen as the new auxiliary bishop of New Orleans

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VIJESTI/NEWS

Hrvatska novog doba

New era with new President of Croatia

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VIJESTI IZ KUSTODIJE

Germany:

Mrs. Ksenija Abramovic,

Mrs. Ksenija Abramovic,

-makarski

Archbishop Marin Barisic, the bishop of the Split-Makarska archdiocese

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CROATIAN ETHNIC INSTITUTE

4851 S. Drexel Blvd. Chicago, IL 60615-1703

Tel: 773-373-4670Fax: 773-373-4746croetljubo@aol.com

www.croatian-institute.org

Ravnatelj - Director

HRVATSKI

INSTITUT

CROATIAN ETHNIC

INSTITUTE

P osjetitelji, studenti, istra-

Hrvatski Institut. Iz najnovijeg Albuma i Knjige posjetitelja predstavljamo neke

dojmove.

V

bogatstvo i ponos Hrvata u domovini i u

Mons. Marin

Splitsko makarski nadbiskup

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Marin Markota Zagreb

HRVATSKI INSTITUT

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HISTORY /POVIJEST

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HISTORY /POVIJEST

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Fra Jozo

Bleiburg 1945.-2015.

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LIFE IN STORIES

66 ubijenih

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LIFE IN STORIES

70 years of memories of the 66 Franciscan martyrs:

1945-2015

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CHICAGO

BL. ALOJZIJE STEPINAC

6346 N. Ridge AvenueChicago, IL 60660

Phone: 773-262-0535Fax: 773-262-4603

bastepinacchicago@sbcglobal.net

Fr. Paul Maslach, OFM

- Pastor

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Their 50th

kulturnom Centru

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

18 prosinca 2014.

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CHICAGO SV. JERONIM ST. JEROME

Cardinal Stepinac Way2823 S. Princeton Avenue

Chicago, IL 60616Phone: 312-842-1871Fax: 312-842-6427

www.stjeromecroatian.org

Fr. Ivica

-Pastor

Fr. Stipe

Vikar Associate Pastor

PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

Adventsko-

a za tu prigodu pripremio ih je

su, pak, djeca sudjelovala u

izveli u crkvi. Prava poslastica i

djedove i bake.

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programu predstavljene su dvije knjige. Prva knjiga,

Republic of Dubrovnik

video porukom obratila nam se i sama autorica

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ST. JEROME - CHICAGO PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

Nadbiskup Blase Cupich obilazi

Rojas, susreli smo se i zajedno sa ostalima prisustvovali sv. misi i nakon toga

nadbiskupa povodom njegovog imendana

zahvalio na tom posjetu i na obilju

konzulica Republike Hrvatske u Chicagu,

proslavili blagdan sv. Vlaha, a sv. misu

groblju, za koju smo skupljali sredstva.

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Prva subota u mjesecu

je rezervirana za Bakalar

organizaciji kluba Poljica.

, nadbiskup i metropolita splitsko-makarski predvodio je

Alojzija Stepinca, povodom pedeset i pete obljetnice njegove

hladnom vremenu lijepi broj ljudi i ove godine odazvao se proslavi Dana kardinala

kolo grupa koja od osnutka nosi njegovo ime. Dan ranije na

gosti Hrvatska Loza sa sjevera Chicaga i kolo grupa Hrvatsko prelo, koji su nam

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CHICAGO SRCE ISUSOVO

SACRED HEART

2864 East 96th StreetChicago, IL 60617

Phone: 773-768-1423Fax: 773-768-3750

Web Page: www.sacredheartcroatian.org

Fr. Stephen

- Pastor

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SACRED HEART - CHICAGO PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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SACRED HEART - CHICAGO PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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WELCOME TO OUR NEW ARCHBISHOP

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SACRED HEART - CHICAGO PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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KITCHENER SVETA OBITELJ

HOLY FAMILY

180 Schweitzer Street Kitchener, ON N2K 2R5

C a n a d a

Phone: 519-743-7121 Fax: 519-571-0115

Fr. Miro - Pastor

PEPELNICA

- VE

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KITCHENER PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

THE MEANING OF ASHES As in all the Catholic parishes of the world, our parish of the Holy Family in Kitchener began the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday, a time of preparation for Easter. For those who were unable to attend Ash Wednesday services, ashes were distributed on the first Sunday of Lent.

which calls us all to conversion. Ash Wednesday gets its name by the ceremony of the priest placing ashes on

come from the burnt palms which are blessed on Palm Sunday of the prior year. With this we call to mind Christ traveling through Jerusalem as the people welcomed him and shouted out joyfully. It also calls to mind the begin-

Sunday. These are the same palms used then and burned to be used as the ashes to begin a new Lent. It reminds

and fast during the season of Lent. The example of the consciousness of sin is shown to

us by the Czech writer and poet, Max Jacob (1876-1944), who converted to Catholicism. He is a man who experienced the depths of sin and the great and forgiving love of God. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. In one of his papers written about sin he writes: "Who thinks about sin? The man who is rightfully so tarnished, whose sins have overwhelmed and overpowered him. And tomorrow I will have the courage to approach the most sacred! O God, whose hand waves over the forest and the oceans, I'm just a nest of evil and sin, and I cannot get out of the infernal network of traps and poison. Oh sin, how heavy you press down on my weak shoulders. Oh sin, how badly your weight deforms the arch of my fragile back. Long ago the hand of God once rested on this harbor, but now the weight, the painfully heavy weight of sin opens the source of black blood. Priest, you forgive too quickly. You comfort the bleeding wound of sin too quickly. O God, whose hand sweeps across the heights of the forest and above the oceans, the priest forgives too quickly! He comforts the bleeding wound of sin! Who thinks about sin

May this sincere remorse inspire us as we prepare for Easter.

Fr. Miro

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LONDON SV. LEOPOLD MANDI

ST. LEOPOLD MANDIC

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LONDON PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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MILWAUKEE SRCE ISUSOVO

SACRED HEART

917 North 49th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53208Phone: 414-774-9418Fax: 414-774-7406

Fr. Ivan Strmecki, OFM

- Pastor

Fr. Kim Studwell, a Franciscan priest who is a popular guest at Sacred Heart Parish, gave our Advent reflection talk, using the genealogy of Jesus as a starting point.

Fr. Kim then examined how wounds in a family can be passed on from one generation to the next. He noted that these wounds can be revealed and

He illustrated this by looking at his own family, in which he is an

only child. Actually, he was the second child. His parents had had a miscarriage before he was born. And that wound affected his parents profoundly, and in turn Fr. Kim was affected even though he was not told about the tragedy. Through much intense prayer and soul-searching as an adult, Fr. Kim discovered the effect that the loss of his sister by miscarriage had had on his parents and on him. And with this awareness

was made possible.

ADVENT REFLECTION

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

The beauty of freshly fallen snow is difficult to appreciate fully while trying to clear it. But looking

back at the winter wonderland that was, one can truly

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MONTREAL SV. NIKOLA T

4990 Place de la Savane Montreal, Quebec H4P 1Z6

C a n a d a

Phone: 514-739-7497Fax: 514-737-6803

Fr. Jozo

-Pastor

S. Ivana S. Mirka

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

Nikolinje

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NEW YORK SV. IRIL I METOD

SS. CYRIL & METHODIUS

Cardinal Stepinac Place 502 West 41st Street New York, NY 10036

Phone: 212-563-3395Fax: 212-868-1203

crkva.nyc@verizon.net

Boras, OFM Vikar

Associate Pastor

Fr. Nikola

Pastor

Pastoralne suradnicesestre franjevke Krista Kralja Phone: 212-594-1861

S. Anica S. Izabela

Fr. Ilija

Vikar Assoc.iate

Pastor

S. Benedikta

JESENSKA ZABAVA I BANKET KOLO GRUPE KARDINAL STEPINAC

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STS. CYRIL & METHODIUS PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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STS. CYRIL & METHODIUS PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

As a Parish and Croatian community we cele-brated Stepincevo the feast of blessed Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac on Sunday, February 8, 2015. The Archbishop of Split-Makarska, from Croatia, Marin Barisic honored us with his inspirational homily in which he stressed the importance of witnessing for faith in God and values rooted in the teaching of Christ, regardless of place and time.

The singing was conducted by the church

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choir. The banquet and cele-bration in the banquet hall, the Velika Dvorana, was or-ganized by the parish and Cardinal Stepinac Kolo Group.

We were honored by many guests among them were Mrs. Spomenka Cek, the Consul General of the Repub-lic of Croatia. Archbishop

Barisic addressed all gathered at the banquet with inspiring words that were enthusiasti-cally received. In the cultural part of pro-gram, we had the Cardi-nal Stepinac Kolo Group that took turns with 5th,6th and 7th graders from the Croatian School

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65 godina:

50 godina: Mirko i Marija Vrban Stjepan i Mary Barnjak

Ante i Lidija Ranj

45 godina: Niko i Jagoda Penava

40 godina:

30 godina:

25 godina:

20 godina:

15 godina:

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

NORVAL HFS KRALJICA MIRA

CFC QUEEN OF PEACE

9118 Winston Churchill Blvd. Norval, ON L0P 1K0

C a n a d a

Phone: 905-456-3203Fax: 905-450-8771

cfcnorval@gmail.com

Fr. Marko

- Pastor

Fr. Tomislav Pek, OFM

Vikar Assoc. Pastor

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Statistike

The Coldest February in History

PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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NORVAL PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

Pastoral statistics for the past year

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ST. LOUISSV. JOSIP

ST. JOSEPH

2112 South 12th StreetSt Louis MO 63104

Tel 314-771-0958Fax 314-772-2675

SaintJoeChurch@gmail.com

StJosephCroatianCatholicChurch.com

Pastor

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ST. LOUIS RENOVATIONS

September 2014 - February 2015

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

St. Joseph Croatian Parish in St. Louis

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Sault Ste. Marie MAJKA B

PUTNIKA

OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAYS

Pastor

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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WEST ALLIS SV. AUGUSTIN

ST. AUGUSTINE

6762 West Rogers StreetWest Allis, WI 53219

Tel: 414-541-5207Fax: 414-541-0273staugwa@att.net

Fr. Lawrence Frankovich, OFM

Pastor

Beginning of Lent

PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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KORIZMA Put obnove

"Obratite se i vjerujte

izgraditi cijeli niz korizmenih

se petkom, tradicionalno i

prikladno jer to je dan na koji

- Via Dolorosa u starom gradu

je sudjelovao lijepi broj

Korizme. korizmenim u Sv. Augustinu svakog petka

u korizmi i na Veliki petak.

Fragomeni, profesor s

fakulteta u Chicagu, vodio je

Euharistiji kao "sudjelovanju

vjere.

Na prvu nedjelju korizme, poznat po

pustinji, su podijeljene svima koji

nedjelje. Prvi dani korizme u St. Augustina

korizmenog vremena.

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PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

WINDSOR SV. FRANJO A

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

1701 Turner RoadWindsor, ON N8J 3J9

C a n a d a

Tel: 519-252-6871Fax: 519-252-6942

francisofassisi@cogeco.net

Fr. Ljubo Branimir Lebo, OFM Pastor

S. Matija S. Anica

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Stepinac Memorial 2015

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WINDSOR PARISHES - CENTERS OF RENEWAL

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USA

bastepinacchicago@sbcglobal.net

stjeromecroatian@gmail.com

Web site: www.sacredheartcroatian.org

stpaulcroatianchurch@adelphia.net

www.stpaulcroatianchurch.org

(e-mail: zvonkob235@gmail.com

croatianreliefservices@gmail.comWeb site: www.croatianrelief.org

Rev. Ivan Gerovac, SJ

Fr. Daniel Whalen, Parish Admin.

sh.croatian@yahoo.com

e-mail: SaintJoeChurch @gmail.com

Misije

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CANADA DIRECTORY OF PARISHES

e-mail: fra.j.grubisic@gmail.com

www.norvalqueenofpeace.com

mail: office@holytrinitycroatian.org

Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 4K1 st_anthony_welland@yahoo.ca

Fra Alojzije Mikic, OFM Conv,

Sestre Franjevke -Dubrovnik

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ARE YOU CALLED TO BE A FRANCISCAN ?

The Lord needs you, the needy world is waiting for your love and service!

The Lord of the Universe is talking to you! Listening is a wise choice!

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