The Way of St. James
On Friday, July 28, 2017, the priest from the University Pastoral Centre at Catholic University in Ružomberok have begun their three-week pilgrimage to the famous the Way of Saint James - the Camino de Santiago.
In memory of the cardinal Meisner
On July 5, 2017, at the age of 83, Joachim Cardinal Meisner, Archbishop emeritus of Cologne, passed away. Joachim Meisner was born on December 25, 1933. In 1962 he received priest's ordination. In 1980 he was ordained bishop and was entrusted with pastoral care of the Diocese of Berlinin the East Germany. In 1983 he was promoted to the rank of cardinal. In 1988 he was appointed head of the Cologne Archdiocese, which he led until 2014 when Pope Francis accepted his renunciation. Cardinal Meisner was buried in the crypt of the Cologne Cathedral on July, 15, 2017.
CU was awarded a grant for UNIKAN implementation
Based on the evaluation of the call for development grant to support the implementation of the Full University Costing System (UNIKAN), Catholic University of Ruzomberok (CU) was successful in submitting the project and ranked by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic in support of the implementation of the 1st round of the call. CU was allocated for this purpose a subsidy of 55 710 EUR for the years 2017 and 2018.
New dean appointed for Faculty of Health
Prof. ThDr. Jozef Jarab, PhD., rector of Catholic University in Ružomberok, has appointed prof. MUDr. Anton Lacko, CSc., as the new dean of Faculty of Health.
Prof. Lacko returns after four years to the office of dean, which he held between 2005 and 2013. From August, 1st, 2017 he will replace prof. MUDr. Anna Lesňáková, PhD, whose term of office will end on July, 31st, 2017.