We succeeded in Jean Monnet Programme
Department of Political Science at Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Ružomberok, has submitted an application to the Erasmus+ Programme, 2017 call for the Jean Monnet teaching and research activities i.e. Modules, Chairs and Centres of Excellence. Proposal title is: The Ukrainian Crisis: Challenge for European integration
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) received 833 applications, 141 have been selected for funding for this action.
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.
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.