Bishop Esterka’s 13th Anniversary
Today (9/11) is Bishop Esterka's 13th anniversary of ordination as bishop. It happened in Brno on September 11, 1999, and coincided with what would have been his father, Paul's, 90th birthday.
Interview with P. Antonin Zgarbik S.J.
An improbable interview on Vatican Radio Fr. Josef Kolacek S.J. meets P. Antonin Zgarbik S.J. A distant bell tolling JK „I am the grave-digger here at Velehrad in South Moravia. I have been here for forty years, but I have never before had to put earth on an empty grave [...]
Rozhovor s P.Antonínem Zgarbíkem S.J.
Rozhovor z Vatikánského Rádia sP.Antonínem Zgarbíkem S.J. vedeným Fr. Josefem Koláčkem S.J. † P. Zgarbík: Po noviciátu na Velehradě jsem byl poslán na studium filozofie do Lublinu v Polsku, pak zpátky na Velehrad, abych dělal studentům prefekta. Na teologii jsem byl poslán do Maastrichtu v Holandsku ale po roce, když už byla [...]
Fences to Freedom
Passing through the barb-wired fences, In the middle of the dark night, With people chasing you. Thinking to yourself, Faster, Faster, Faster. Will I ever see my family again? Wondering what freedom is like. Not ever knowing if you’ll find it. Also thinking, why are people chasing me? I just [...]
Vestnik 2012 Archive
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Fr. Jan Bula
Fr. Jan Bula was born June 24, 1920, in Lukov by Moravian Budejovic. He completed theological studies in Brno and was ordained a priest on July 29, 1945. From 1945-1951 he was pastor in Rokytnice. In 1951, during a show trial he was unjustly accused of treason and condemned to [...]
Vaclav Havel Went Quietly, as a Candle Goes Out…
The Catholic Weekly 01/2012 Five nuns cared for Vaclav Havel until his last moments. In the week before Christmas we met up with one of them, Sr. VERITAS Holíková, who gives testimony to the ex-president's death. How is it that your order - Sisters of Charles Boromeo– were chosen to care [...]
Václav Havel odešel tiše, jako když zhasne svíce…
Katolický týdeník 01/2012 Pětice řeholnic pečovala do poslední chvíle o Václava Havla. V týdnu před Vánoci jsme se sešli s jednou z nich, se sestrou VERITAS HOLÍKOVOU, která pro KT podává svědectví o skonu exprezidenta. Jak se stalo, že se zrovna váš řád – boromejky staral o Václava Havla? V červenci [...]
Vestnik 2011 Archive
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Don’t Be Afraid
Instead of my own comments I‘d like to share with you these thoughts of the former secretary of the Czech Bishops Conference. Psychologists tell us that modern humans suffer from various kinds of anxiety and fear: fear of illness, aging, unemployment, inflation and rising prices, and therefore display irritability and [...]