The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1985 (12. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)

1985-04-01 / 4. szám

HUNGARIAN CATHOLICS OF COLUMBUS, OHIO MARK ANNIVERSARY

Members of the congregation at the Anniversary Service: 1st row: Pedro and Pedrito Koe- Krompecher, Krisztina and Ilona Jankovich, Zoltán Homonnay; 2nd row: Mrs. Margaret Janvary, Mrs. Margaret Chichka, Rose Pinter and Joseph Pinter; 3rd row: Mrs. Emőke Gajary, Mrs. Julius Felszeghy, Mrs. Anna Zsoldos, Irene Dalmy, Reverend Eugene Megyer, Mrs. László Palkuti, Mrs. Elisabeth Kardoss; 4th row: Mrs. Gabriella Palkuti, Mrs. Joseph de Jolsvay, Mrs. Ildikó Nemeth, Mr. George Csiky, Mr. Bela Zsoldos, Mr. Levente Homonnay, Mrs. Ildikó Temesvary (her face partly hidden), Mrs. István Martonhegyi, Mr. László Barlay, Mrs. Jolán Kocsis, Dr. P.O. Koe-Krompecher, Mrs. Isabel G. Koe-Krompecher (Gundel), Mrs. Magdolna Homonnay, Mr. István Jankovich, Mrs. Agnes Jankovich, Mr. Alex Kardoss. Present on the 10th Anniversary Mass were, but not on the picture: Mrs. Paul Bodish, with daughter Sheila (Bodish) Ewing, Mr. Edie Ewing, Mr. István Gajary, Miss Ada and Miss Nicol Kardoss, Alexander S. II and Elisabeth Kocsis, Mrs. Isabel Vargo, Dr. Alexander Kocsis, who took the photo.

Hungarian Catholics of Columbus, Ohio celebrated the tenth anniversary of the reinstatement of the “Magyar Misek” at St. Ladislaus (Szent László) Roman Catholic Church, once a flourishing Hungarian national parish. The congregation was formed in 1907, the first church was dedicated on November 22,1908. The parishioners bought 6 lots, and beside the church they built a School House, Residence for the Nuns, and the Parish House. The Church was torn down and rebuilt in 1957, was dedicated on April 20, 1958. Unfortunately, by this time, no Hungarian services were scheduled, and if someone wanted to hear Hungarian religious service, they attended the Hungarian Reformed Church in Columbus.

After 18 years, in January 1975, Hungarian Services returned to St. Ladislaus Church. Since then services are held on first Sunday of each month at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, except the summer months. Attendance is between 35 to 50. The three stained windows of the church are representing the crowns of St. Stephen’s, first Christian King of Hungary, St. Emeric’s, son of St. Stephen, and St. Elizabeth, daughter of King Endre of Hungary.

The restart of the “Magyar Misek” came about through the efforts of Mrs. Isabel G. Koe-Krompecher. In 1974, when Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty visited the United States and stopped in Cleveland to visit the Hungarian Catholics in that city, Mrs. Koe-Krompecher and the Cardinal met, and he urged her to revive the Hungarian services in Columbus. On return to Columbus, she went to Bishop Edward Herrmann for permission for the Mass, and to the late Msgr. George Mason, then pastor of St. Ladislaus, she received their approvals. Then the task of informing and getting the people

together began. On the first Sunday in January, 1975, Father Nicholas Dengl, of Youngstown, said the first Mass in Hungarian. Mrs. Koe-Krompecher copied the text of Hungarian hyms from a book obtained from one of the original parishioners. Another early celebrant was the late Father Zoltán Kotay of Cleveland. The worship services now being conducted by Fathers Eugene Megyer and Otto Ipoly of the Pontificial

College Josephinum. Organist for the past decade has been Magda Homonnay. At the Anniversary Service, on January 6, 1985, a special prayer was said in the memory of the 11 members who passed away during the last ten years: Katalina Barlay, George Demeter, István Gajary, Paul Bodish, Rose Gonye, Anna Hudak, Joseph de Jolsvay, Krisztina Kertész, Kalman Kiss, Sándor Kocsis and István Martonhegyi.

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