8th December 2023. Representative Hall No. 38 of the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. Celebration of the 30th anniversary of founding the Church Law Society. At the beginning, Prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera read 20 names of members of the Society and supporters who sent their congratulations. He followed it up with a thrilling reading of excerpts from his book Czech Memoirs, The Adventurous Life of a Lawyer, Law Professor and Priest and His Parents in the Last 120 Years, which charted the history of the Church Law Society and were interspersed with the ukulele playing and singing of Assoc. Prof. Záboj Horák. The celebrations were preceded by a Holy Mass celebrated in the Church of St.Francis at the foot of the Charles Bridge on 7th December 2023, concelebrated by seven priests.
7th June 2023. Representative Hall No. 38 of the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. The content of the evening, which followed on from the exhibition of church and religion law publications, was the screening of a presentation entitled Something more about the literature exhibition for the profile module Church law, Overview of the literature of canon and religion law, which was published in Czech and Slovak in the period 1990–2023. At the beginning of the evening, Prof. Tretera recalled eleven authors who passed away between 2000 and 2022. Then a presentation of 76 publications was delivered. Doc. Horák played the ukulele and sang at the beginning, middle and end of the presentation. The evening ended with friendly conversations over the prepared refreshments.
Opening of the exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law III, Library of the Faculty of Law, Charles University
Already the third exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law was opened in the vestibule of the Library of the Faculty, prepared by the staff of the faculty library and the management of the Church Law Society. On the photos, there are prof. JUDr. Jiří Rajmund Tretera, doc. JUDr. Záboj Horák, Ph.D., library workers and other members and supporters of the Church Law Society. A speech was delivered by prof. JUDr. Jiří Rajmund Tretera.
14th December 2022. Auditorium no. 38, the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. The gala evening was dedicated to the presentation and blessing of J. R. Tretera’s latest book, Czech Memoirs, The Adventurous Life of a Lawyer, Law Professor and Priest and His Parents in the Last 120 Years. After the book had been presented and thanks had been given to all those involved in its creation and the first extract had been read from the book, the priests and deacons present, led by Cardinal Dominik Duka, proceeded to bless the book. This was followed by a series of readings by the author, to which musical accompaniment was provided by Associate Professor Záboj Horák, who sang and played the ukulele. To conclude, Mgr. Jan Hájek, deacon and sailor, gave a ceremonial toast. The informal part of the evening continued with a book signing and plenty of friendly conversation over refreshments. The evening was attended by almost seventy members and supporters of the Church Law Society.
9th November 2022. Hall number 38 at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. After the opening of the festive evening that had the theme Ecology and environmental threats related to the war in Ukraine, the guests present listened to the mass pericope from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 11, 25–30) and a recording of the sermon given by Mons. Tomáš Halík during the solemn service on 4th October 2022, on the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology and environmentalists. This was followed by a talk by Associate Professor Vojtěch Stejskal, Head of the Department of Environmental Law at the Faculty of Law of Charles University, on The impact of the war in Ukraine on the environment and nature from the perspective of law. Then, Matouš Horák, the owner of a farm in Přešín in western Bohemia, spoke on The practical impact of the war in Ukraine on Czech agriculture. The evening ended with friendly conversations over a glass of wine and sandwiches.
27th June 2022. Representative Hall No. 38 of the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague, at the head of which is a relief of JUDr. Milada Horáková. Regular meeting of the General Assembly of the Church Law Society. The second part of the evening consisted of honoring the memory of JUDr. Milada Horáková and three martyrs executed together with her on 27th June 1950. This was followed by the blessing of J. R. Treteraʼs book: End Your Visits, Doors Are Closing, or Eighteen Ballads and Romances from Hospital
Halls and Hallways, published as the third volume of the Book Series of Church and Religion Law. The evening ended with a friendly conversation over a glass of wine.
15th September 2021, representation room of the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Veveří 70, Brno. 27th annual Church and State scientific conference. Topic: Legal and human provision of categorical pastoral care in health care, railways and fire rescue services and Property settlement with religious communities. The conference was organized by the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University and the Church Law Society.
22nd July 2021, the office of the Church Law Society, Sudoměřská 25, Prague 3. The European Society for History of Law, based in Brno, awarded Professor Jiří Rajmund Tretera the award for lifelong contribution to the development of legal history. Its representatives Professor Karel Schelle and Professor Jaromír Tauchen, head of the Department of Legal History of the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, presented a glass sculpture and a diploma to Professor Tretera on the same day. On this occasion Professor Tauchen recorded an interview with the two chairmen of both societies, which is available on the Church Law Society website in the section ABOUT US/VIDEOS.
7th September 2020, representation room of the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Veveří 70, Brno. 26th annual Church and State scientific conference. Topic: Spiritual Service at the Police. Religion and State of Emergency. The conference was organized by the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University and the Church Law Society.
The Holy Mass celebrated under the patronage of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Saint Cajetan in Nerudova Street in Prague’s Lesser Town, on 28th July 2020. Students and graduates of the Faculty of Law, Charles University, participated. The sermon was delivered by Revd Professor Jiří Rajmund Tretera OP.
6th November 2019. Baroque refectory of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. The Church Law Society organized this event in cooperation with the Czech Genealogical and Heraldic Society in Prague. After the introductory speech of the evening moderator Prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera OP, Dr. Martin Slaboch, chairman of the Czech Genealogical and Heraldic Society in Prague, gave a lecture. In his speech, he first introduced the activities of the Society and then focused on the principles of genealogy and heraldry. Roman Bláha, genealogist specializing in the documentation of Czech cemeteries, who owns their extensive photo documentation, followed with his lecture. He shared his knowledge with the participants of the event by displaying a larger number of his photos. In the end, Pavel Hnízdil spoke, presenting individual auxiliary historical sciences used by genealogists to understand genealogical research. At the end of the event, discussion took place, followed by a friendly meeting over a glass of wine.
5th September 2019. Hall of Masaryk University, Brno, Komenského Square 2. 25th annual Church and State scientific conference. Topic: Religion and the Armed Forces. The conference was organized by the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, and the Church Law Society.
The Church Law Society and the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, organized on 13th - 15th June 2019 an international conference on the aforementioned topic. The Conference took place at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, nám. Curieových 7, Praha 1 - Old Town, in hall no. 38.
The Church Law Society and the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, organized on 13th - 15th June 2019 an international conference on the aforementioned topic. The Conference took place at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague, nám. Curieových 7, Praha 1 - Old Town, in hall no. 38.
19th February 2019. Ceremonial hall no. 38, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. In the first part of the evening, in connection with the accreditation procedure, prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera informed of discussion on introducing the Church Law as a compulsory subject at the Faculty of Law. A panel discussion on Ecology, Christianity and Law followed, attended by RNDr Jiří Nečas, mathematician from the University of Economics in Prague, Associate Professor Vojtěch Stejskal, from the Department of Environmental Law of the Faculty of Law of Charles University, and Matouš Horák, owner of a farm in Přešín, West Bohemia. The program was of great interest to more than fifty participants, many of whom spoke during a fruitful and friendly discussion. The evening was accompanied by Associate Professor Záboj Horák playing ukulele, he played and sang three songs from different parts of the world.
80th Evening Event
22nd November 2018. Ceremonial hall no. 38, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. The first part of the evening consisted of presentations of the new website of the Church Law Society (Czech, English and Italian versions) and extended teaching of canon law and religion law at the Faculty of Law of the Charles University. In the second part, new books were presented: Ignác Antonín Hrdina, Miloš Szabo Teorie kanonického práva [Theory of Canon Law], Stanislav Přibyl The Early Church Order. Beginnings of Formation of Canon Law (written in English) and Die Rechtsstellung der Kirchen und Religionsgesellschaften in Tschechien (written in German). The evening accompanied by his play Duo semplice (Lukáš Dobrodinský: harp, Vít Homer: flute).
On 29th October 2018, a full-day presentation of student associations took place at the Faculty of Law of Charles University, as it has been a regular practice in the last few years in the beginning of the academic year.
The students of the Faculty of Law Kateřina Křížová, who supervised the presentation whole day, Anežka Straková, Jakub Nagy, Jan Procházka, Vojtěch Círus and Miroslav Nerad, mainly members of the Society, took their turns at the Church Law Society desk in the entrance hall of the faculty called “swimming pool”.
Holy Mass celebrated on 8th August 2018 on the day of St. Dominic in the Church of the Sacred Heart of the Lord in Prague in Královské Vinohrady with the participation of law students and teachers. P. prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera OP delivers a sermon.
15th May 2018. Ceremonial hall no. 38, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Regular session of the General Meeting of the Church Law Society. Dialogue on concept of activities of the Church Law Society in following two years was held in the second part of the evening. The event was accompanied by solo guitar player Štěpán Korenec.
20th February 2018. Ceremonial hall no. 38, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Presentation of a book Autonomy of Churches by JUDr. Jakub Kříž, Ph.D. Author reading took place. At the end of the evening, dialogue with a glass of wine followed.
Faculty of Law, Charles University. A full-day presentation of student associations took place at the Faculty of Law of Charles University as every academic year on 23rd October 2017. Jan Beránek, Adam Csukás, Jakub Kaňa, Štěpán Korenec, Jakub Nagy and Marek Novák, members of the Society, took their turns at the Church Law Society desk. The presentation was enriched by Štěpán Korenec’s guitar performance.
7th June 2017. Baroque refectory of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. Presentation of new books: Jiří Rajmund Tretera, Záboj Horák Church Law, Stanislav Přibyl Beginnings of Hierarchical Arrangement in Early Church and Antonín Hrdina, Hedvika Kuchařová Mysteries Concerning Marriage of Anne Katherine Špork. Stanislav Přibyl played piano during the event.
Opening of the exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law II, Library of the Faculty of Law, Charles University
Already the second exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law was opened in the vestibule of the Library of the Faculty. On the photos, tere are prof. JUDr. Jiří Rajmund Tretera, doc. JUDr. Záboj Horák, Ph.D., students of the Scientific Seminar on Church and Religion Law and library workers, who prepared the exhibition in cooperation with the teachers of the Department of Legal History and the management of the Church Law Society. A speech was delivered by prof. JUDr. Jiří Rajmund Tretera.
28th March 2017. Ceremonial hall no. 38, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. The event was organized in cooperation with the Všehrd Association of Czech Lawyers. Mayor and Mayor Emeritus of the association handed over the honorary membership diploma to Prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera in the first part of the event. A lecture and discussion on the new instruction of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Ad resurgendum cum Christo (regarding burial and cremation) of 15th August 2016 followed. Prof. Jiří Rajmund Tretera and ThLic. Tomáš Kotrlý, Th.D. gave their speeches. The event was accompanied by solo guitar player Alexandre Glize from Paris.
12th December 2016. Baroque refectory of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. A lecture on the topic 800th Anniversary of Approval of Order of Preachers – Dominicans was given by P. Augustin Prokop OP, long-standing novice master and prior, now superior of the Dominican priory in Jablonné (Northern Bohemia). At the end of the evening, a silver medal of the Church Law Society “for pioneering activity in church law and religion law science and for self-sacrificing work in the management of the Society and Church Law Review journal” was handed over to Associate Professor Stanislav Přibyl, in the occasion of his 50th birthday.
3rd May 2016. Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, room no. 243. General Meeting of the Church Law Society took place in the first part of the event. A lecture of PhDr. Drahomír Suchánek, Ph.D., Th.D., from the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague on the topic Legacy of Charles IV: Theory and Practice of Government of a Medieval Monarch followed. The event was accompanied by solo guitar player Štěpán Korenec.
5th April 2016. Baroque refectory of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. A lecture on the topic Importance of Religion Law was given by Associate Professor Stanislav Přibyl. A new monograph Religion Law by Jiří Rajmud Tretera and Záboj Horák was presented at the end of the event.
Opening of the exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law I, Library of the Faculty of Law, Charles University
An exhibition of publications in the fields of church and religion law was opened in the vestibule of the Library of the Faculty. A speech was delivered by doc. Záboj Horák, who, on behalf of the Church Law Society, expressed his thanks to the management of the library for opening an exhibition and cooperation with installation. Students of the Scientific Seminar on Church and Religion Law and library workers attended the vernissage.
6th December 1995. Study hall of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. JUDr. Cyril Svoboda, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave a lecture on Current Problems of Preparation of Recodification of Czech Matrimonial Law.
8th November 1995. Study hall of the Dominican priory of St. Giles in the Old Town of Prague. Prof. Dr. Herbert Kalb, director of the Institute of Canon Law, Faculty of Law, Johannes Kepler University in Linz, and chairman of the Church Law Society of Austria, gave a lecture on Religion Law in Austria in Present Political Discussion, Real Nature and Critical Opinions.
