Magyar Egyház, 1971 (50. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1971-12-01 / 12. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 13 teaching them only worldly things; include in your teachings: faith, love and the commandments of God. Teach them while they are young to remain loyal and faithful to our church, so that they and their children may worship and praise God in our congregations. Even if seemingly you have lost control of your children, never cease to pray for them. Sometimes parents may be sad, if they think about those children who took an oath to be loyal to God and His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and His church, and carelessly have turned away. But be not discouraged! For God will reward you for your steadfast faith and loyalty. Teach your children and help your church to leach the youngsters to be faithful and loyal to God, and our beloved church for ever. D. A. CHURCH BELLS TOLL AT NOON Driving through a big city not long ago, I was just passing by a stately cathedral when all of a sudden the church bells began to ring out. It was noon time, and at once my mind was set to wander back four centuries of the heroic history of the Magyars. For the chime of the bells of the Catholic Churches, the world over, have nothing to do with the particular hour of the day. In this instance, at least, it does not indicate the meridan of the sun, or commonly, the lunch hour. It is rather a constant reminder of one of the greatest victories of the outnumbered Hungarian defenders over the mammouth army of the Ozmán Turks. It took place on July 21, 1456, at Nandorfehervar (today’s Belgrad of Tito’s Jugoslavia) and the victory was so decisive that it actually saved the fate and future of Western Christianity for centuries. By Papal Bull, therefore, every Catholic Church, every single day, rings the bells at 12 noon to remind the faithful on all five continents of a heroic deed of the Magyars. It makes me feel good to belong to this heritage, to be one of the descendants of those who have served mankind well. Rev. Dr. Nicholas S. Sewell SUPER SECRET REPORT NO. 1 Here I am, pounding away on the keys of an ancient typewriter, being an informant. Sssssssssssss! Don’t tell anybody! This is top-secret work, so everything must be kept “under your hat” so to speak. My code name is Fybcon 72, but for all intensive purposes you can refer to me as Fybber. My job for the next year is to find out the whole scoop on the 33rd Annual BYF Conference, and it looks like my job is going to be a relatively simple one. This is my first really long term job and I was worried about it. I thought getting information to send to headquarters was going to be harder than pulling hen’s teeth, but with the way New Brunswick and Carteret are handling things, this is going to really he fun! Sunday night, September 26, they held their first joint meeting at New Brunswick. It was very well attended and they got a lot accomplished. First of all, they started naming camps and campsites that might be good for you. They’re getting letters out to the directors of the camps, and asking for a date that they can go look over the site and everything that goes along with it. They set a deadline for the search at October 24th (so by my next report I should be able to give you the name of at least the two best camps, if not the one for the conference!) Next, they started setting up committees that will be in charge (but not entirely) of each facet of the conference. The first committees to be set up were: the topic committee; the investigation committee; and the organization committee. The Topic Committee is intent on searching for a new, innovative idea for this year. They haven’t got any specific ideas yet, but they’re trying to formulate a main skeleton to work around and build up. The Investigation Committee is the one that is going sightseeing. They’ll be travelling for about three weekends to find the perfect place for you to be at for an entire weekend. The Organization Committee will be working on events and things to do at the conference. Nighttime activities (organized group that is) and possibly some things for those long intervals of time in the afternoon are their main concern right now. So you see, they’ve been quite busy already. And that’s not even half of it! Tuesday night, September 28th, they again met at New Brunswick church, this time to see and discuss things with Reverend files. They had a very interesting discussion for almost two and a half hours. They went through this year’s con
