CRO BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATION SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW ZAGREB AR

ZAGREB AR $ CHBISHOP ZAGREB, 25 July (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Brotherhood Association + of Canada and the United States, Bernard Luketic, on Friday forwarded on behalf of+ the Association's members a letter of congratulations to the newly appointed + Archbishop of Zagreb Monsignor Josip Bozanic, the first Bishop of Varazdin, Msgr Marko Culej,+ and the first Bishop of Pozega, Antun Skvorcevic, the Croatian Emigrants' Society + said in a statement. In his letter, Luketic expressed a wish for the friendly cooperation started + with the former Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Kuharic, to continue with Bozanic, + and promised full cooperation of emigrant Croats to the newly appointed bishops, + wishing them success in their service. According to the statement by the Croatian Emigrants' Society, the emigrant Croats' interest for new events in the Church is understandable, considering + that before the creation of independent Croatia, the Church in various ways provided+ care for Croatian emigrants. Even today U.S. Croats care for Croatian spiritual culture and the Croatian people's Catholic tradition, as evidenced by more than 30 Croatian parishes in + the U.S., and 17 Croatian mission centres or parishes in Canada, which bring + together thousands of Croats in North America, the statement concluded. (hina) ha 251156 MET jul 97