We are Opening the Door to Cooperation with Belarus
Belarus is neither geographically nor culturally remote, still in Slovakia we do not know a lot about this nation. Thus, the representatives from the Catholic University in Ruzomberok – the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters Marek Babic and his vice-dean for research, arts and doctoral studies Eugen Zeleňák – visited Belarus to establish cooperation with the educational institutions in Belarus. Their visit was organized and supported by the honorary consul of the Republic of Belarus in Slovakia Marián Murin.
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The Canon Law Symposium
The Theological Institute in Spisska Kapitula organizes 27-31 August 2018, the 19th Symposium of Canon Law. The Symposium is organized biannually since 1991 by the Slovak Society of Canon Law in association with Catholic University in Ružomberok and Bishops’ Conference of Slovakia. It is open for canonical judges, lawyers, church lawyers, and all interested in Canon Law. Main topics are marriage and family, spiritual accompaniment of spouses after marriage and the traditional themes of marriage and procedural canon law.
Catholic University in Ružomberok becomes a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum
Catholic University in Ružomberok, along with 74 other institutions across the world, has become a signatory of the document laying down fundamental university principles. The vice-rector of Science, Art and Foreign Relations, prof. Mária Kozová, took part in the 30th Assembly of the Observatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum – a ceremony held at the University of Salamanca on 18 September. This document lays down fundamental university principles such as academic freedom, institutional autonomy or the need to promote research.
Čítať ďalej: Catholic University in Ružomberok becomes a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum
In Gubbio about European humanism
Under the title "European humanism in the making", a meeting of the realization team of the European Summer School of Catholic Universities was held in Gubbio, Italy. It was organized by the Federation of Catholic Universities of Europe (FUCE). On 9-11 July 2018, twenty university teachers presented and discussed all the parts of the future program that were divided into five modules. The Catholic University in Ružomberok is also represented in the realization team in the person of doc. PhDr. ThDr. Stanislav Košč, PhD., Department of Social Work at the Faculty of Education. He collaborates on the fourth module, emphasizing the importance of Catholic universities in the creation of European social humanism.