Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tuscaloosa News Feed

  In the UU tradition of the flower communion members are asked to bring a flower on Sunday to place with other flowers at the front of the church. In the ritual, they then select a flower that they did not bring to take home with them. The ritual was created by Nobert Capek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. In 1923 at his church in Prague he first invited his congregation to bring flowers to the service. Later, in 1940, this ritual was brought to the United States by his wife, Maja. Many UU churches around the US celebrate this each spring. The UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa will celebrate it this year on Sunday, May 11. Note that the rest of the story for Rev. Capek was a sad one. During WWII he stayed in Prague and was arrested, along with his daughter, by the Gestapo. He was imprisoned in Dachau and tried for treason where his sermons were used against him. He was murdered in the gas chamber.