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IARF Congress to be held in Taipei March 2006. For more information go to globalinterfaith.org
Death of Paulo Ereno
We regret to inform you of the death of Paulo Ereno in Brazil. Paulo attended the South American Conference in January and was an enthusiastic Unitarian who wrote very movingly of what it meant to him to discover this faith. He will be missed and lovingly remembered.
ICUU Leadership Seminar in Argentina
San Nicolás de los Arroyos, a small city in Argentina not far from Buenos Aires and a main center of Catholic devotion...
Report On The South American Conference
—Jill McAllister Dear all—you may
have heard a bit of news from various sources, but I write a short note just to let you know that the South America Leadership
Conference was a great success. More... From Knut in
Norway
This just to let you know that the Norwegian Unitarian Association applied for registration by the State
in late May this year. Yesterday we received the answer that our application was rejected because Unitarianism is not a religion
as understood by the Government. We will protest to this and argue that our Unitarianism is plain Christianity.
NEWS FROM INDIA
Many more greetings to you from Erode Unitarian Christian Church - Reverend Dr. M.
Francis Manuraj. Full Story ICUU RESPONSE TO GENOCIDE IN SUDAN
In response to the horrific situation in Darfur, the international community of Unitarians and Universalists demands immediate
and decisive action to stop the killing, rape, and destruction of villages, and assure... Full
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News from India:
Greetings from Erode Unitarian
Christian Church.
Reverend Dr. M. Francis Manuraj writes...
Transylvania Catechism in
Finnish
Anti Pelkola of Finland writes that he has translated the catechism of the churches in Transylvanian,
Romania and Hungary into Finnish. The translation was done from the English.
Ms. Enikö B. Molnár, who teaches
the Finnish language at Kolozsvár university helped much with this work, as did Ms. Edith Gergely , a young Unitarian
student who was our member for a year and Dr. Petri Lauerma, a member of our board here in Finland, and a scholar in Finnish and
Finnish Ugric languages.
"After this thankfullness I take full responsibility of the mistakes. This has been a great
spiritual exercise for me . And I hope that the the Italian, Polish and Norwegian ones will be available soon."
Worship Materials in Spanish
A project of the UU Congregation of Barcelona (Spain), endorsed by a UUA
grant, is the composition and publication of a UU Worship manual in Spanish that will be available early next year. We will keep
people informed about it. Puerto Rico
The UU church of Puerto Rico has changed its meeting place
to the San Juan Metropolitan Area at the Biblioteca BUCAPLAA.(San Juan Community Library) The library is located on Avenida
Apolo, corner of Topacio.
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00970-3758
Mailing Address:
Unitarian Universalists of
Puerto Rico.
Barrio Mariana, 305, Naquabo, PR 00718
Website: uupuertorico.org
Cada persona tiene un
valor inherente y una dignidad
Every person has an inherent worth and dignity
Italy
Jean-Claude Barbier informs us about an emerging Christian Unitarian Group in Italy. It has a
website in Italian and a mailing list. The main promoter is Roberto Rosso with connections to the UK Christian Unitarians.
url: cristianiunitari.org
Spain:
Jaume deMarco writes: "I am happy to announce that the
website of the Spanish Unitarian Universalist Society is now also in English. Available languages also include Spanish (the
original one) and Catalan." From Republique du Congo:
Yengue Alain Patrice, BP4170, Brazzaville,
Republique du Congo, requests information about Unitarianism Cuba:
There is an informal group in
northeast Habana interested in creating space for dialog and reflection based in mutual collaboration that unites diverse forms
of religious and spiritual expression. At present we do not have a location that belongs to Cuban UUs. India:
The 7th ICUC Conference held in Madras Dec. 18-22 was
successful and gave encouragement to all. Rev. Dr, Francis Manuraj was ordained as minister of Erode District in South India.
Aound 125 delegates from the Khasi Hills and 200 from South India attended. The Rev. Devison Marbaniang Memorial Award 2003 was
conferred to Mrs. Merlin Gabriel.
—Reported by Carleywell Lyngdoh Indonesia:
Ellen
Kristi who attended the ICUU Council meeting in Prague writes that her report on that meeting was well received by the elders of
all their congregations and they support continued involvement with ICUU. They would like to have sent youth to the Khasi Hills
program but it was financially not feasible.
Email: ellenkristi@yahoo.com
Estonian Unitarians:
There is interest in making an Estonian web site connected to this ICUU site.
Are there Estonians in USA or in Estonia or around the world who'd like to connect and pursue this possibility?
Contact
David Leppik: david@leppik.net or Anita Susi: asusi@tms-hq.com
11 MARCH -TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID
STATEMENT OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF SPAIN
Regarding the cruel and bloody terrorist attacks that took place in the morning of the 11th of March in Madrid, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain, which represents in Spain the Unitarian and Universalist religious tradition, inspired by its fundamental Principals which call us to: honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person, affirm the democratic process, and build a global community based on peace, liberty and justice, declares its absolute and radical condemnation of terrorist violence and affirms that the defense of all human lives and the values of peace and democracy are the only viable and acceptable way to a peaceful coexistence and freedom for all persons and peoples.
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