Fraternity-Testvériség, 2010 (88. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2010-04-01 / 2. szám
Summer 2010 Kathy Megyeri, Zoltán, Gail Scott, HRFA President Les Megyeri at Zoltan’s farewell party at the Embassy Last summer, you returned to Hungary as your four-year term at the Embassy had ended. What memories did you take home with you? Will you keep in touch with HRFA and the Hungarian-American community? Washington has become my second home and so has the Hungarian American community. I have devoted much of my studies and my diplomatic career to strengthening the relations between the United States and Hungary. I am currently working at the U.S. Desk in the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. I have kept in touch with HRFA and the community and hope to come back to visit my friends often, and I hope they will come to see me in Budapest! Professionally, I have worked for the friendship between America and Hungary, and I have also found many personal friends during this fantastic voyage. I’m not sure what the future holds for me, but I know I can promise, with a favorite song in my mind and in my heart, that “friends will be friends.” Fraternity and friendship are for life. Hungary Mailing List Success Story A posting on the Hungary Mailing List was my first thought. It would be the best and only way that I could think of to help. Monsignor was born on September 4,1926 in Matyó, Ung Megye. He attended gimnázium in Ungvár and began his theology studies. The 1950's brought about many hardships. Priests and fellow students who were studying for the priesthood were ordered to forced labor camps. In 1958, when restrictions were eased, he was able to return and finish his education. Monsignor Kocsis was finally ordained on June 21,1970 in Pozsony and began his service in Kassa. In 1974, he was assigned to Csécs and served there until his retirement in 2002. The Mass was held in Doboruszka because people from all the surrounding towns benefited from his service and they wanted to thank him. At the conclusion of the Mass, the Pastor Weiser Atilla put a book by the flowers and explained the significance of the book. It was written by Gárdonyi Géza and entitled Egri Csillagok. A friend from my St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey asked for my assistance in trying to locate her first cousin, retired Roman Catholic Monsignor István Kocsis from Slovakia. The family had not heard from him since 2007 when he was hit by a train and was recuperating on crutches. The family would very much like to put some form of closure to his life. Eger had a castle, which today is mostly in ruins. This was the place that Dobó István held off the Turkish Army saving Hungary and Hungarian Christianity. To the members of the Hungary Mailing List, I wrote the last known address of Monsignor István Kocsis: 07901, Matovce. Very soon after, I received a telephone call from someone in New Jersey. A friend in Michigan had seen my posting on the Hungary Mailing List and called his friend in New Jersey. His words were "Monsignor Kocsis is alive and well." In fact, there were friends from Doboruszka staying with him who knew of the Monsignor. On a very poignant note, my friend who was looking for her cousin was hit by a car in front of our Church. She had been hospitalized and has been recuperating at home for a long time. Mrs. Margaret Pauli, Branch Manager, 501,502 and 250 24
