HIS-Press-Service, 1981 (6. évfolyam, 19-21. szám)
1981-07-01 / 20. szám
HIS Press Service No.20, July 1981 Page 2 higher than originally stated. The Cardinal also made use of the occasion to disclose some of the details of the home's future living quarters. Each of the apartments, which would consists of an entry room, bathroom with toilet,and kitchenette, 2 would be 16,5 m large. In addition, each of the apartments would have a balcony 2 2 measuring 5,3 m , as well as 2 m of storage space in the home's basement. There would be 39 one-bed apartments, and an equal number of two-bed ones. The home's residents would supply their own furniture. As for common facilities, the home would have a dining hall, lounge and club rooms, a chapel, and a medical services room. 1980 was given as the date of the home's completion, though this was later changed to 1981. Ignác Csapregi, who is Budapest's Vicar General, also served as president of the committee entrusted with matters involving the home during its construction. In an interview published in the Catholic weekly newspaper, "Uj Ember," in March 1981, Csepregi stated that construction costs surpassed by far the amount the Hungarian Bishops Conference was able to provide for the project. The money paid by the home's first residents (400.000 forints per apartment) would cover approximately 2/3 of the construction costs. It was hoped that the remaining costs could be defrayed through the help of Catholic institutions and the generosity of the country's Catholics. It was hoped too that these contributions would also help defray the payments of those residents who are able to pay only a part of the home1 designated entrance fee. The monthly payments of residents with small pensions will be supplemented by a fund stemming from the collections annually taken up in the churches on the feast of St. Elisabeth. These collections, which are for the support of the retirement homes for former members of religious orders, will from now on also benefit the Pope John XXIII Retirement Home. According to the Vicar General, acceptance into the home depends upon the payment of the fees involved, and a state of health sufficient to enable participation in the home's communal activities. There are no special nursing facilities in the home, though it is intended that residents who eventually need such care will be provided for within the home itself. The home offers residents the right to living quarters, weekly cleaning service, a general housecleaning four times a year, and medical and pastoral care. Since the home does not have a kitchen of its own, the noon meal will be provided by a restaurant catering service for those who want it. The home is administered by the Archdiocese of Esztergom. It will be run within the framework of the so-called Church Social Services Program.
