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and Great Great Grandparents and relatives hadtheir Holy Sacrament of Baptism.The Parish priest Father Matjaž Kravos also hadbroaden his knowledge and become more familiarwith the English language so that the parents couldfollow the sacrament which would be spoken inSlovenian. Contact was made with the Parish priestFather Robert Greenup and Deacon Ralph Madiganof St Thomas’s in Mareeba to obtain consentand information on order of service so the parentscould follow the procedure. This was a very specialday as Benjamin’s mother was christened andGreat Grandmother Amalija was born on the14 th August.The Parish choir mainly consisted of relationsand was headed by Amalija’s cousin JožkoBrezavšček on the church organ. The displayof harmony was magnifi cent ranging from highangel like notes to the deep baritones withBenjamin adding his notes to the chorus.All of us can be very proud to know that the2 nd and 3 rd generations still feel enough oftheir ancestral homeland to celebrate thisspecial occasion in the villages of the BanjskaPlanota where their forebears left 60 yearsago to come to Australia.After the church service everyone attended a doublecelebration for the christening and Nona’s 60 that the Community Hall in Grgarske Ravne. WhereNona entertained the guests with a comedy stint inher Nona’s clothes and then to everyone surpriseplayed a small selection of tunes on the piano accordion.After the event the relatives comment thatit was the fi rst time everyone had been together underone roof.VABILO URADA RSZA SLOVENCE V ZAMEJSTVU IN PO SVETUDragi Slovenci po svetu, dragi prijatelji,v letu 2011 bo Republika Slovenija praznovala 20 let samostojnosti.Slovenske organizacije, društva, vse Slovence in prijatelje Slovenije vabimo naskupno srečanje Slovencev »DOBRODOŠLI DOMA«, ki bo potekalo 1. julija 2011 v Ljubljani.V centru mesta se bodo predstavila slovenska društva, slovenski mediji in druge organizacijeSlovencev, nastopale bodo glasbene, plesne, in odrske skupine, potekale bodo tudi kulturnedelavnice, izobraževalne predstavitve in športne igre.Vabljeni torej na ogled projektov in vizij, ki jih imajo Slovenci iz vsega sveta. Skupno praznovanje indruženje Slovencev vseh generacij je obenem odličen razlog, da pobližje spoznate Slovenijo.V ta namen je Slovenska turistična organizacija pripravila turistične aranžmaje za vse štiri letne časepo posebno ugodnih cenah. Podrobnejše informacije o paketih najdete na spletni povezavihttp://www.slovenia.info/homecoming.Vse informacije o prireditvi bodo objavljene na spletnih straneh Urada Vlade RS za Slovence vzamejstvu in po svetu http://www.uszs.gov.si,portalu za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu http://www.slovenci.siter na spletnemu mestu ob 20. obletnici samostojnosti Republike Slovenije http://www.dvajset.si,kjer bodo objavljeni tudi vsi drugi dogodki, ki bodo potekali v okviru obeležitve te okrogle obletnicetekom celega leta.V petek, 1. julija 2011, se bomo videli,spoznali, nasmejali, zaplesali in poklepetali na ulicah in trgih v centru Ljubljane!Vaš Urad Vlade RS za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetumisli | januar - februar 201123