Zvonik
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Zvonik is a Roman Catholic magazine
Magazine
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 founded by Croat
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 priest
Priest
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s from Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica
Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is centred in the city of Subotica. It was erected as Apostolic Administration for Yugoslav Bačka in 1923 and elevated to a diocese in 1968.The diocese's cathedral...

. It's being published in Croatian language
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

.

History and mission

It was founded on September 19, 1994 in Bač
BAC
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, "in the shadow of the campanile
Campanile
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 of 13th century Franciscan church". The magazine is named after that campanile, the oldest one in 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 Publishing Section of Roman Catholic Institute for Culture, History and Spirituality Ivan Antunović from Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

.

On October 20, 1994, this magazine was registered at Ministry of information of Republic of Serbia.

First issue of this magazine was at the beginning of November 1994, on feast
Feast
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 of All Saints
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.

The purpose and goals of this magazine were described in the first issue of Zvonik.

This was announced: following of events in the life of Church
Christian Church
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 at Croats in Bishopric of Subotica, as well as events in the life of other Roman Catholic believers: Hungarians, Slovaks
Slovaks
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, Germans
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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 'll prompt on 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, Cathekism of Catholic Church, II Vatican Council, 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.

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.
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