Church Law Society

Společnost pro církevní právo, z. s.Societas Iuris Canonici

84th Evening Event

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.