Dénesi Tamás (szerk.): Collectanea Sancti Martini - A Pannonhalmi Főapátság Gyűjteményeinek Értesítője 6. (Pannonhalma, 2018)
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A magyar ciszterciek megújulási törekvései a 20. században 49 Székely Ottokár (1942), A ciszterci apácák Magyarországon. A Ciszterci Rend buda pesti Szent Imre-gimnáziumának 1941–42. évi évkönyve, Budapest. Zakar, Polikárp (1982), Consuetudines und constitutiones Zircenses (1814-1941), Ana lecta Cisterciensia, 38, 181–337. Zakar, Polikárp (1997), Momenti essenziale della storia costituzionale dell’Ordine Cistercense, Analecta Cisterciensia , 53, 208–365. Tibor Halász The Ideal and the Real The Efforts of Renewal of the Cistercians in Hungary in the 20th century In the course of the 19 th century, the Hungarian Cistercians assumed a special mis sion when they undertook the education of secondary school pupils, however, this step estranged them all the more from their mediaeval roots. Nevertheless, in the 1930s, they made an attempt to return to the monastic traditions within the framework of the efforts to renew the Order. As a result of these efforts, the female line of the Order (having been extinct for more than three hundred years) came into being anew in 1945 housed in the Abbey of Regina Mundi. In addition, a small group of the monks from Zirc – being led by Pius Halász – wanted to realise the mediaeval Cistercian ideal in life in the priory founded in Borsodpuszta in 1946. After World War Two, Zirc – the mother monastery – was forced to face new difficulties like the agrarian reform of 1945 or the secularization of the denominational schools in 1948. In spite of all these, the superiors took all the pains to insure the subsequent life of the community. These lines led to regenerate the institution of the lay brothers, to establish the theological preparation school for the sake of providing new vocations for the Order, and to take over the Monastery of Sprig Bank in the USA. In spite of the external and internal difficulties, the new foundations and the monks endeavoured to accomplish the conditions of contemplative life until finally the communist dictatorship terminated the official operation of the Cistercian Order in Hungary in 1950.
