A fight for a better society
“POVIJEST SLOBODE JEST POVIJEST OTPORA” * [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Young people across Western Europe witness and sometimes participate in various meaningful, but all too often meaningless protests and demonstrations. There are so many different causes, dubious goals and motives that such public demonstrations only cause apathy in many observers. On the contrary, in the […]
WYA Austria meets Viktor Frankl
As part of the regular meetings of WYA Austria, a small group of the Chapter went to see the Viktor Frankl Museum in Vienna. Not bigger than a small family apartment, the museum is situated within an historical building – indeed, it was the psychotherapist’s own apartment until his death in 1997! A hidden place […]
Philosophical, cultural and political reflections on how Beauty will save the world
Filozofske, kulturne i političke refleksije o tome kako će Ljepota spasiti svijet [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Exposition from the European Arts Forum 2015 in Brussels Probably many of you are already familiar with the sentence said by Prince Miskhin in Dostoyevsky’s novel The Idiot: “Beauty will save the world“. Not only that he said that, but […]
120 Years of National Institute for Blind Children Upbringing
120 godina Zemaljskog zavoda za odgoj slijepe djece [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Typhlological Museum On December 17, 2015 the exhibition 120 Years of National Institute for Blind Children Upbringing was opened in the Typhlological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia, and it will remain open until January 22, 2016. The purpose of the exhibition is to mark the […]
Unusual solidarity of an atheist and a religious man at the Dr. Freud’s last session
Neobična solidarnost ateista i vjernika u posljednoj seansi Dr. Freuda [tabs] [tab title=”English”] An interesting duo consisting of the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and one of the greatest christian apologetics of the 20th century, the writer C.S. Lewis, has recently been introduced for the first time to the audience in Zagreb, in the […]
In Favor of Eccentrics (Notes from the Casale Street)
U prilog ekscentricima (Zapisi iz ulice Casale) [tabs] [tab title=”English”] “They broke me, put me in a vase and they say they love me,” Rovinj painter Slobodan Vuličević said about himself. That is a quote which today, six years after his death, is in the collection of his thoughts published in the book Notes from […]
FEMM Teacher Training Course in Malta
“FEMM Teacher Training Course na Malti” Last September 26-27,2015, the core team of FEMM, Ms. Anna and Judy Halpine held a FEMM teacher training course in Malta. Silvija Šijak shares her story and her key takeaways of human dignity and her fellow Maltese women. [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Even before becoming a WYA member, I was already […]
Human Dignity and Totalitarianism (An excerpt from the WYA Certified Training Program)
Ljudsko dostojanstvo i totalitarizam (izvadak iz WYA certificiranog programa obuke) Anna Halpine, Founder of WYA, gave a lecture at Schloss Neuwaldegg, Vienna in November 5, 2004. She shares the inspiration for some of the readings and articles in WYA’s Certified Training program. English Croatian English By Anna Halpine, Lecture given at Schloss Neuwaldegg, Vienna, November 5, […]
