Welcome to the ICUU Website

ICUU (the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists) is a network of Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist organizations. Member groups come from 23 countries and many more are being organized around the world.

By exploring our site you will find news, events and links to groups around the world. You can gain a broad understanding of our shared faith via our extensive UU Curriculum.

You can become a Friend of ICUU.

We'd love to hear how you found us. Click here to tell us something about yourself, ask questions, or send us feedback.

Are you on Facebook? There is now an ICUU Group on this fast growing social networking site. Facebook is free to join. Simply go to facebook.com and sign up. Once there, visit 'groups' and search for International Council of Unitarians and Universalists. The group has over 70 members already. You can find out who else is interested, get news of upcoming events and carry on chats and post messages.



Great Links to check out:



Chalice Lighting

Global Chalice Lighting for July 2008

This Global Chalice Lighting, in Danish and English and German, is to be used during July 2008.

Lad denne lille flamme symbolisere den guddommelige livsgnist,
som findes i alle levende væsener.
Må dets flamme lede os til større viden og tolerance.
Må dets varme lede os til dybere kærlighed og omsorg.
Og må dets lys lede os mod større visdom og forståelse.
Ja, hver for sig er vi kun en lillebitte flamme.
Men tilsammen kan vi oplyse verden!

Let this flame symbolize the divine spark of light
embedded in all living beings.
May its flame lead us to greater knowledge and tolerance.
May its warmth lead us to deeper love and compassion.
And may its light lead us toward greater wisdom and understanding.
Yes, each of us is but a tiny flame.
But together we can enlighten the world!

-submitted by Lene Lund Shoemaker
Danish Unitarian Church
www.unitarisme.dk

Lasst diese Flamme den göttlichen Lichtfunken symbolisieren,
der in allem Leben wirkt.
Möge seine Flamme uns zu größerer Erkenntnis und Toleranz führen.
Möge seine Wärme uns den Weg zu tiefer empfundener Liebe und Mitgefühl weisen.
Und möge uns sein Licht  vermehrte Weisheit und Verständnis ermöglichen.
Ja, jeder von uns ist nur eine winzige Flamme,
aber gemeinsam können wir Licht in die Welt tragen. 

 

 

Get Involved: ICUU is a council of organizations, not individual members. Individual friends of ICUU help with the work of the Council and are very important. You can be a friend and there are many projects and events like Study Tours and the Symposiums, which welcome your participation. See our New Friends Brochure in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat.


African Leadership School Participants




Group Photograph: Click the image for larger view.

March, 2008 Global Chalice Newsletter
You are invited to copy and circulate this newsletter.

African Leadership Conference
The ICUU sponsored a Leadership Training Conference in Nairobi, Kenya in February, 2008. ICUU President Brian Kiely posted a daily blog at uuwithoutborders.blogspot.com Faculty member Rev. Rosemary Bray-McNatt's blog can be found at rev.rose.com

In the News:

African Conference Funding Report: The most successful ICUU Fundraising activity ever!

In Memoriam: Brington Mylliemngap, India

Brington Mylliemngap

Bishop Ragnar Emilsen, Sweden

Bishop Ragnar Emilsen

New and updated contact information for The Norwegian Unitarian Church is available: Norwegian and English
—Pr. Knut K.S.M. Heidelberg
Skype ID: knut.heidelberg

Here is a Photo of a group of U Us in CUBA taken at their meeting in Havana July 15th 2007. Included in the ceremony was the first Unitarian baptism.
—Sent by Ricardo Manso.

Uganda Unitarians have a new website:
uuuganda.org Check it out !

More News...


ICUU wants to be responsive to the need for material about the Unitarian and Universalist religion in many languages. To begin, we can direct you to these existing sites:

Brazilian, Portuguese | Czech | Chinese | Danish | Española | Finnish | French | German | Hungarian | Italian: www.unitariani.splinder.com , uua.it | Polish | Russian | Swedish

Please email us with other sites that you know about.

French translation of the ICUU Preamble now available

The French Christian Unitarians (AFCU) are promoting a new website on Unitarianism and Unitarian biographies in French. The URL is:
unitariens.new.fr