HIS-Press-Service, 1978 (3. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1978-02-01 / 10. szám
HIS Press Service No.10. February 1978 Page 6 German Government, founded a further boarding school in the city of Kastl near Nürnberg in 1958. The combining of both of these high schools in 1959 served to secure the financial, moral, and pedagogical basis of the Hungarian high school. From that time up to the present, over 600 students (boys and girls) who came to Germany from various parts of the world in order to attend a Hungarian school have received in the school at Kastl a state-certified high school diploma which is recognized by al1 col leges. With the aid of his assistants and special advisors, G.Ádám founded the Hungarian Institute in Munich in 1962 whose purpose is to promote and encourage scholarly studies on topics concerning Hungary. G.Ádám also played an important role in founding the St.Stephen's Home for Hungarian Priests and Pilgrims in Rome. r In 1959, Adam helped found the Working Committee of Hungarian Organizations in West Germany. He also promoted the founding of the Central Association of Hungarian Organizations in West Germany. Adam expressed his support for the activities of the Catholic Hungarian College Movement (KMEM), which was closely connected with Adam's pastoral work, and also for the European central office of the Hungarian Scouts Association (for boys and girls), by making a room available to each of them in his office quarters. EVALUATION The Hungarian pastoral program promoted by G.Ádám in Western Europe at the directive of the Holy See is important both from the viewpoint of the many faithful from his own country with whom he directly concerned himself, and to the extent that his work provided new initiatives and stimulus applicable to all mother-tongue efforts of this type in other parts of the world, The great importance of all that György Ádám built up in the last three decades gives rise to the danger that the appointment of a new head pastor to carry on G.Ádám's work could be negatively affected by the churchpolitical policies promoted at present by the Holy See and the Hungarian government, and especially by the desire of the Hungarian Government agencies that their ideas in this matter be given consideration. A delay in appointing a new head pastor and representative to the Holy See would have an extremely debilitating effect, however, upon the already very difficult diaspora pastoral care of the Hungarian faithful. The Hungarian faithful in Western Europe can only hope that Rome will fill the gap created by G.Ádám's death as soon as possible - and that the new head pastor, in accordance with the position of trust and the burden of responsibility placed upon him, will be given a Church rank appropriate to his position.
