Welcome to the ICUU Website

ICUU (the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists) is a network of Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist organizations. Member groups come from 23 countries and many more are being organized around the world.

By exploring our site you will find news, events and links to groups around the world. You can gain a broad understanding of our shared faith via our extensive UU Curriculum.

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Chalice Lighting

April 2008 (in English, French and German)

This Global Chalice Lighting is to be used during April 2008.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative and creation,
there is one elementary truth,
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise never have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance,
which no one could have dreamt would have come their way.

-W.N. Murray, submitted by Mary Overton
Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
www.uu-uno.org
Sans engagement profond, il n’y a qu’hésitation,
recul, actions sans effets.
Pour tout acte créatif, tout projet,
il n’y a qu’une seule vérité élémentaire,
dont l’ignorance a tué des idées
et des plans glorieux innombrables :
À partir du moment où l’on s’engage définitivement,
alors la Providence se met aussi de la partie.
L’imprévu surgit.
Les événements s’ensuivent,
et soudain se présentent les incidents inattendus,
les rencontres favorables, les offres d’appui matériel
dont on n’aurait jamais pu rêver auparavant.
Bis man sich nicht voll und ganz für eine Sache eingesetzt hat, gibt es die Möglichkeit
des Zauderns, des Zurückweichens.
Hinsichtlich aller Formen von Kreativität und Initiative gibt es eine elementare Wahrheit,
deren Nichtbeachtung ungezählte Ideen und ausgezeichnete Pläne zunichte macht.
In dem Moment, in dem man sich eindeutig für etwas engagiert, verändert man auch die Vorsehung.
Alle möglichen Dinge geschehen um uns zu unterstützen, die andernfalls nie passiert wären.
Eine ganze Flut von Ereignissen quillt aus dieser Entscheidung hervor, die zu unseren Gunsten alle Arten von unvorhergesehenen Begebenheiten, Begegnungen und grundlegender Unterstützung hervorbringt, die niemand selbst im Traum hätte vorhersehen können.

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French Transations
View 2006 Chalice Lightings in French

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.


African Leadership School Participants




Group Photograph: Click the image for larger view.

March, 2008 Global Chalice Newsletter
You are invited to copy and circulate this newsletter.

African Leadership Conference
The ICUU sponsored a Leadership Training Conference in Nairobi, Kenya in February, 2008. ICUU President Brian Kiely posted a daily blog at uuwithoutborders.blogspot.com Faculty member Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt's blog can be found at rev.rose.com

In the News:

In Memoriam: Brington Mylliemngap, India

Brington Mylliemngap

Bishop Ragnar Emilsen, Sweden

Bishop Ragnar Emilsen

New and updated contact information for The Norwegian Unitarian Church is available: Norwegian and English
—Pr. Knut K.S.M. Heidelberg
Skype ID: knut.heidelberg

Here is a Photo of a group of U Us in CUBA taken at their meeting in Havana July 15th 2007. Included in the ceremony was the first Unitarian baptism.
—Sent by Ricardo Manso.

Uganda Unitarians have a new website:
uuuganda.org Check it out !

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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 | Española | 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:
unitariens.new.fr