Golden jubilee celebrations for the Slovenian church in Melbourne.

Melbourne's Slovenian community celebrated the golden jubilee anniversary of the blessing of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Slovenian Catholic church in Kew, Victoria. This event, which attracted a large number of visitors was held on Sunday, October 21st 2018. A special Mass was celebrated with the Archbishop Metropolitan of Ljubljana, The Most Reverend Stanislav Zore, Fr Marijan Čuden, Franciscan Provincial from Slovenia, Fr David Šrumpf from the Holy Family Slovenian Mission in Adelaide, Fr Ciril Božič from the Slovenian Mission in Melbourne, Fr Paul Smith, former Franciscan Provincial in Australia and other franciscan friars from their monastery in Box Hill. After Mass, a special lunch was prepared in the church hall. At the conclusion of the celebrations, we were joined by the Archbishop Metropolitan of Ljubljana, Stanislav Zore, Slovenian Franciscan Provincial, Fr Marijan Čuden and Fr Ciril Božič, who shared their thoughts about celebrating this special milestone: 50 years since the blessing of the oldest Slovenian church in Australia.

Source: Lenti Lenko, SBS Slovenian