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Welcome to the ICUU Website
ICUU (the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists) is a network of Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist
organizations. 22 national full member groups comprise the voting members of the Council. Provisional and emerging groups represenent Unitarians from more than a dozen more countries.
This site has been designed to serve those new to Unitarianism, Universalism and Unitarian Universalism, those who are new to the international aspects of our faith and finally, member groups and their delegates. There is a mix of educational and institutional information as well as news of programs and upcoming events.
We'd love to make this site more useful. Click here to ask questions, suggest potential new links or send us feedback and updates to current content.
ICUU Council Meeting coming to historic Kolozsvár, Transylvania, September 1-5, 2009
To ICUU Member Groups via Council Members and staff,
The ICUU Executive unanimously agreed to accept the invitation from the Transylvanian Unitarian Church to hold the next Council Meeting and associated International Gathering in Kolozsvár, the city of their Headquarters and College. On many western maps, the city is identified as Cluj, Romania
The Council Meeting will run from Tuesday 1 September, 2009 (arrivals) to Saturday 5 September (departures). A full day pilgrimage to Deva, site of the prison where Dávid Ferenc (Francis David) died, is being planned -- this might be just before, just after, or during the Council Meeting (the dates of the CM might be adjusted slightly if the Deva trip is during the meetings).
All Member Groups are entitled to send one voting delegate to the Council; Groups with more than 3000 individual adult members are entitled to a second voting delegate. There will be a sponsorship fund to assist travel and accommodation for delegates from developing economies. Additionally, individual Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists may attend the International Gathering at their own expense; these individuals may observe the Council Meeting but not speak or vote at business sessions although they may participate in the other aspects of the programme.
Further details will be added to the Events page as soon as they are available.
We hope that all Member Groups will arrange to be represented at this Council, being held in an exceptionally historic part of our liberal heritage.
John Clifford, Executive Secretary, ICUU
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The Transylvanian church in Romania recently held elections. The new Bishop is Rev. Ferenc Balint-Benczedi, minister of First Unitarian Church of Kolozsvar. The Vice Bishopis Rev. Laszlo Nagy, Dean of Marosvasarhely. The Provost is former ICUU Executive Committee member Rev. Istvan Kovacs, minister of Sepsiszentgyorgy.
Roberto Rosso of Italy was ordained to the Unitarian ministry on November 16, 2008 in the Danish Unitarian Church in Copenhagen. Roberto is the first Italian Unitarian minister. Full Story For photos and video clips, visit Ordination
Philippines 2009 Spring Pilgrimage
March 20-April 1, 2009
The UU Partner Church Council is sponsoring a marvellous opportunity to get to know our faith as practiced in the Philippines. Click here for Pilgrimage information, and here for a supporting Story.
Reverend William G. Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), made a19-day pilgrimage to visit six African countries: South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. The four general goals of this journey are:
- To meet with old and new colleagues among the Unitarians and Unitarian Universalists of Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa,
- To learn from the experience and wisdom of leaders in Truth and Reconciliation work in South Africa, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
- To learn from leaders of social justice and human rights organizations involved in diverse struggles, including: LGBT Rights, Fair Wages, HIV/AIDS, Women's Rights, and Socially Responsible Investing,
- To visit the UNESCO World Heritage site and witness to the Atlantic Slave Trade: Île de Gorée.
For detailed reports visit:
http://www.uua.org/news/sinkfordafrica/index.shtml
February 26 through March 1, 2009 the ICUUW will be holding a major Convocation in Houston, Texas. For detailed information on the event and registration info, visit their site at http://www.icuuw.com (Please note that ICUUW and ICUU are separate organizations.)
UUMA CONVO, 2009
The Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association will be holding a Convocation of ministers in Ottawa, Canada, November 11-16, 2009. The theme is : Tell a Tale...Touch a life... Transform the world. Unitarian and UU ministers from around the globe are welcome. For details visit http://www.uuma.org/convocation
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Global Chalice Lighting for January, 2009
Happy New Year!
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 65th in its monthly series of global chalice lighting readings. Congregations worldwide are invited to use this reading in worship during December.
This Global Chalice Lighting is presented in English and German.
Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
-from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (www.uu-uno.org)
Die Anerkennung der ihnen innewohnenden Würde
und die gleichen und unveräußerlichen Rechte aller Menschen
ist das Fundament von Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in der Welt.
Aus der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte,1948
Eingesandt vom ‚Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office’ (www.uu-uno.org)
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Languages
ICUU wants to be responsive to the need for material about the Unitarian and Universalist religion in many languages. To begin, we can direct you to these existing sites:
Brazilian, Portuguese | Czech | Chinese | Danish | Spanish | Finnish | French | German | Hungarian | Italian: www.unitariani.splinder.com , uua.it | Polish | Russian | Swedish
Please email us with other sites that you know about.
French translation of the ICUU Preamble now available
The French Christian Unitarians (AFCU) are promoting a new website on Unitarianism and Unitarian biographies in French. The URL is:
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ICUU Blog
Care to read more ICUU news and views? Click here for personal accounts of ICUU events, news from around the world and occasional opinion articles and worshipful reflections.
Are you on Facebook?
There is now an ICUU Group on this fast growing social networking site. Facebook is free to join. Simply go to facebook.com and sign up. Once there, visit 'groups' and search for International Council of Unitarians and Universalists. The group has over 70 members already. You can find out who else is interested, get news of upcoming events and carry on chats and post messages.
Friends of ICUU - Get involved!
ICUU is a council of organizations, not individual members. Individual friends of ICUU help with the work of the Council and are very important. You can be a friend and there are many projects and events like Study Tours and the Symposiums, which welcome your participation. See our New Friends Brochure in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat.
November, 2008 Global Chalice Newsletter
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