BLAŽENI ALOJZIJE STEPINAC I GRAD SENJ
BEATIFIED ALOJZIJE STEPINAC AND CITY OF SENJ

Summary/Abstract: In the Sacral Patrimonium Senj was opened the exposition of the national and foreign literature on Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac named the "Lighthouse in our City" and under the authorship of Milena Rogić28.07.2000. - 31.12.2000.). The exposition was realized thanks to a donation of the reverend Ante Kosina Senjanin. On request of the Anthology of Senj, this essay deals only with those exhibited materials which refer visit of the Zagreb archbishop Alojzije Stepinac to Senj. The first visit took place on the 27th Nov 1934 onoccasion of death of dr. Ivan Starčević, the bishop of Senj. The text from the then catholic diary the CROATIAN GUARD, published on the 27th Nov 1934, entitled "The Bishop dr. Ivan Starčević" clearly displays figure of the deceased bishop, his life and work and also a deep sorrow of his fellow-citizens for the loss of beloved bishop. At the end of the text there is a note saying that the funeral rites will be led by the Zagreb archbishop coadjutor dr. Alojzije Stepinac. The second arrival took place on the 28th July 1935 when dr. Viktorwas inaugurated the bishop of Senj. In the text, entitled the "Inauguration of Bishop Burić", published in CROATIAN GUARD on the 30th July 1935, the ceremony of the inauguration of bishop Burić was described details. The special attention was paid to the two subtitles, the Archbishop Stepinac at Senj and the Important Words of the Archbishop Stepinac. Beside these two themes, there are also the short biographies of bishops Starčević and Burić and Cardinal Stepinac at the end.

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