The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1985-09-01 / 9. szám
WEEKEND IN HUNGARY-by— Dr. Victor W. Molnár PART 7 — Sunday Activities We start off the day by attending Mass at the magnificent St. Stephen’s Basilica. A larger than life marble statue of St. Stephen of Hungary is on the altar. It is artistically illuminated, so that the statue is the first thing that catches your eye as you enter the basilica. We had left the Royal Hotel at 8:30 a.m., going by bus to the basilica, arriving just ten minutes later. The 8:00 a.m. Mass was concluding and we heard a magnificant but short interlude of organ music. Our group went up to the most forward pews, both on the left and right side of the aisle. Zsuzsi, our guide in Hungary, came over to those of us who had chosen to sit on the right side, to inform us that the 9 o’clock worship service would be a children’s Mass, and we were sitting in their pews. Please move over to the left side of the church; this way our group would be together. “Like a bunch of bananas,” we commented, because that weis the favorite phrase of Pauline Kurovsky, our American hostess from Wilkes-Barre, who had organized this two week tour to Czechoslovetkia that concluded with a weekend in Hungary. Shortly before the worship service began, an altar boy set up a movie screen in front of the chidren’s section, and a slide projector so that all the words to the hymns that will be sung, could be seen and read by the children and those of us who were in front. Yours truly, not being Roman Catholic, found the Mass unique and very educational. It started with the priest and several altar boys emerging from the right side sacristy and walking over to the center of the sancuary where a second altar had been set up. The priest faced the congregation and explained that the Mass has been adapted for children, but all are welcome to worship the Lord and to sing hymns — both old and new. The words will be flashed on the screen. Then, he and the altar boys left the sanctuary, came down the steps into the nave of the basilica and sat with the children in the front row. After we sang two hymns, the priest stood up and joined a group of young men who had brought guitars. A very peppy, almost jazz-like hymn was sung. The guitar accompaniement sounded very professional. Since only the children and teen-agers seemed to be singing, the sound of the guitars resounded throughout the basilica. Olga, our Czech guide, was very observant, and noticed the four different ways the Hungarians pronounce the letter “o”, for she noticed the “Slash” above it, as well as the double slashes and the double dots. Afterwards the priest gave his guitar to one of the young men and proceeded up the steps to the front altar and continued the Mass there with the Eucharistic Service. Suprisingly, very few people participated in the communion, compared to the large number of people who were in attendance. The Mass took a little more them an hour, due to the extra-long, over twentyminute, lecture by the priest. After the Mass was over, Olga and Pauline urged us to move rapidly to our bus, so that we could continue on with our Sunday activities. Our bus skootched across the Danube to the Buda side of the capital, and proceeded north just like the night before when we were going to the Pokol ATTENTION With a gift subscription we will mail you or the person you designate any one book from the list below. Please enclose $1.50 for postage and handling. 1. —TEXT BOOKS SERIES NO. I. and II. designed for children from age six to eight in English and Hungarian 2. -OUR HUNGARIAN HERITAGE—Albert Wass, 3. -MAGYAR ÖRÖKSÉGÜNK—Albert Wass 4. -LOUIS KOSSUTH “THE NATION’S GUEST ”Bibliography of Kossuth’s visit to U.S.A.: Joseph Széplaki -5. -“ACACIAS’’-HUNGARIANS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY- Leslie Könnyű, 6. -CONDENSED GEOGRAPHY OF HUNGARY:Leslie Könnyű, Soft cover. 7. - FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH-HIVEN MINDHALÁLIG: Life history of Col. Michael Kovats. This book is single bound two language edition:—László L. Eszenyi, 8. -TRANSYLVANIA: THE HUNGARIAN MINORITY IN RUMANIA—Julia Nanay, Give a Gift Subscription to your Children and Grandchildren — to vour Friends! HERITAGE TOURS to HUNGARY 1985 New York Departures • AIRFARE • 1st CLASS HOTELS • 34 MEALS • ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE • SIGHTSEEING IN 15 CITIES A tour which received high praise by all past participants! DEPARTURE III August 15th “Late Summertime" DATES IV Sept. 12th "Wine Harvest Season" Call or write today for FULL COLOR brochure F U G A Z Y INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 770 U.S. Highway *1 North Brusnwick N.J. 08902 Call o'- Write 1-800-828-4488 (Out of State) 201-828-4488 (New Jersey) Page to Eighth Hungarian Tribe
