Magyar Egyház, 1973 (52. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1973-04-01 / 4. szám
10 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ our European heritage. We invite our many Hungarian friends who have begun the search for their roots to join us in fulfilling our promise in this great new land. Rev. Charles A. Darocy FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CHURCH WOMEN UNITED Of The HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA EASTERN AREA Date: Sunday, May 6, 1973 — 2:00 P.M. Place: Hungarian Reformed Church of Trenton, 180 Home Avenue. Theme: “The Mystery of Death”, The Rev. and Mrs. Stefan Torok, Speakers. All women of the New York and Eastern Classes are cordially invited to attend. Please reserve this date now and plan to come and share an afternoon in Christian Fellowship with each other. Registration: 2:00 P.M. — Fee: $3.00. Fellowship Supper: 6:00 P.M. OFFICERS President: Mrs. Anna Lénart, Trenton Vice President: Mrs. Elizabeth Lovász, Staten Island English Secretary; Mrs. Helen Bercik, Perth Amboy Hungarian Secretary: Mrs. Maria Varga, New York Treasurer: Mrs. Helen Nagy, Roebling Chaplain: Mrs. Elza Petro, New York WARC STAFF AT THE VATICAN Rome — Three executive staffmembers of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Rev. Edmund Perret, general secretary, the Rev. Richmond Smith, secretary of the department of theology, and the Rev. Fred Kaan, secretary of the department of cooperation and witness, paid a working visit to the •Vatican, February 6-9, 1973. The visit had been arranged by the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. Mr. Perret and his colleagues were also received in private audience by the Pope. The discussions and meetings which were marked by a spirit of openness and cordiality contributed significantly to the relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the WARC, which are engaged in dialogue at regional and world levels. Tripartite conversations, involving also the Lutheran World Federation, are being held on “the theology of marriage and the problem of mixed marriages”. It was the first time that WARC staffmembers paid a working visit to the Vatican. Mr. Perret, after the visit, underlined the value of deepening staff relations between the two bodies, and welcomed the opportunity he and his colleagues had been given to familiarize themselves with the work of the various departments of the Vatican administration. RPS “AN OPEN LETTER TO GOD” ot Dear God, I’m sorry You made Sunday where You did. You see, it’s like this—we could attend Church more regularly if Your day came at some other time. You have chosen a day that comes at the end of a hard week, and we are all tired out. Not only that, but it is the day following Saturday night. Saturday evening, You know, is one time we feel we should enjoy ourselves, so we go to the movies or a party, and often it is after midnight when we reach home. It is almost impossible to get up on Sunday morning. You have chosen the very day we want to sleep late, and it makes it mighty hard to get the children off to Sunday School, especially when they leave so early. THEN THERE ARE dishes to wash, and we always have some things we just have to wash out. I mean no disrespect, dear God, but You must realize that You have picked the day on which we have the biggest dinner. Not only that, but the Church has fixed the hour of worship at the very time we must be preparing dinner. Then, too, You must think of John. He is cooped up in his office all week, and Sunday morning is the only time he has to tinker with the car and to mow the lawn. When he gets into his old clothes and his hands are all greasy You could not expect him to put his work aside and go off to Church. I AM TELLING You these things, dear God, because I want You to get our viewpoint. It is not our fault that we are unable to get to Church on Sunday mornings. We would like to go, and we know we should go, and need to go. But it must be clear to You that the reason we cannot go is because You have chosen the wrong day. If You will select another day we shall be glad to go to Church and Sunday School more faithfully. Sincerely yours, /. M. BUSY
