<p>We pay tribute to Father Valerijan Jenko OFM, OAM, who passed way in Ljubljana on June 15th 2018, aged 92. Fr Valerijan established the Saint Rafael's Slovenian Catholic Church and mission in the Sydney suburb of Merrylands with the help and support of the Slovenian Community in NSW.</p><p>Fr Darko Zndaršič OFM, who took over leadership of the Slovenian Mission in Merrylands from Fr Valerijan in 2005 pays tribute to the life of Fr Valerijan, who worked tirelessly as a priest, cultural and social worker within the Slovenian Community in Australia for over half a century.</p><p>SBS Slovenian Executive Producer, Tania Smrdel was fortunate enough to record a number of interviews with the late Fr Valerijan Jenko when she visited him in Slovenia. This feature contains highlights from these interviews.</p> - <p>Umrl je pater Valerijan Jenko OFM OAM, dolgoletni voditelj Slovenskega Katoliškega Misjona, sv. Rafaela v Merrylandsu. Bil je eden of stebrov slovenske skupnosti v Avstraliji, ki je več kot polstoletja neumorno delal v korist in dobrobit naše skupnosti pod južnim križem. Bil je zelo skromen duhovnik, kulturni in socialni delavec ter ponosen in zaveden slovenec.</p><p>Pater Darko Znidaršič OFM, ki je leta 2005 prevzel vodstvo Slovenskega Misjona v Merrylandsu od patra Valerijana se je njega spomnil v tej posebni prilogi.</p><p>Poslušajmo tudi nekaj utrinkov iz pogovorov z patrom Valerijanom, ki jih je posnela Tania Smrdel, glavna in odgovorna urednica slovenskih oddaj na Radiu SBS, ko je njega obiskala v Sloveniji.</p><img src="https://feedpress.me/18121/9889928.gif" height="1" width="1"/>