''Zvonik'' is a

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s from the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica The Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica ( la, Dioecesis Suboticana, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Subotička biskupija, Суботичка бискупија, hu, Szabadkai Egyházmegye) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Serbia. It is subject to the ...

. It is published in Croatian.

History and mission

It was founded on September 19, 1994, in Bač, "in the shadow of the

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of a 13th century

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". The first issue of this magazine came out in November 1994, on the

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of All Saints. The magazine is named after that campanile, the oldest one in the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Subotica. Initial financing for the publishing of this magazine came from the Croat priests themselves. Formally, the publisher of ''Zvonik'' is Vicariate of St. Roque in Subotica, but in reality, it's being published by the Publishing Section of Roman Catholic Institute for Culture, History and Spirituality Ivan Antunović from

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. On October 20, 1994, the magazine was registered with the Ministry of information of the Republic of Serbia. The purpose and goals of the magazine were described in the first issue of ''Zvonik: "''following of events in the life of

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at Croats in Bishopric of Subotica, as well as events in the life of other Roman Catholic believers –

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and other peoples that live in this Bishopric – the life of Church in general and reporting about all important events." Also, it was announced that this magazine "will promote prayer, gratitude and glorifying of God or acts of contrition because of personal sins and sins of the world.". Regular sections are: "''Upoznajmo Bibliju''", "''Katekizam katoličke crkve''", "''II. vatikanski koncil''", "''Obitelj''", "''Mladi''", "''Djeca''", "''Meditacija''", "''Zajedno na liturgiji''", "''Svetac mjeseca''", "''Vjernici pitaju''", "''Kreposti naših predaka''" (Let's learn more about Bible, Catechism of Catholic Church, Vatican Council II, Family, Youth, Children, Meditation, Together on Liturgy, Saint of the Month, Believers Ask, Virility of Our Ancestors).

Editors

Andrija Anišić was the editor for many years. Ervin and Katarina Čeliković were part of Editorial Council.

Known associates

* Marija Maja Dulić, Croatian writer from Bačka * Andrija Kopilović, Croatian writer, priest and theologist from Bačka *

Ivanka Brađašević Ivanka Brađašević is a contemporary Croatian poet, writer and librarian. Brađašević was born in 1955 in Nova Kapela near Slavonski Brod. She graduated Croatian language, Croatian literature and librarianship at the Faculty of Philosophy i ...

, Croatian writerObitelj
Zvonik, no. 185 (Easter 2010). Access date 15-04-2021.

Awards

In 2000, the multiannual editor of ''Zvonik'', Andrija Anišić, won Antušova nagrada for his work as editor, a prestigious award of Croats of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

References

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