Magyar News, 2003. szeptember-2004. augusztus (14. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2003-10-01 / 2. szám

Top left: The youth of the area prepare to line up for the procession. Top right: Mrs Havadtőy with Dean István Gergely at the top of the mountain.. Bottom: Endless line marching to the top of the mountain in the Saint August Roman Catholic Cathedral, present were the Archbishop George Jakubinyi, the head of the Roman Catholic Church of Transylvania, the Reformed Bishop László Tőkés, of the dio­cese of Western Transylvania and Viktor Orbán, former Prime Minister, and about 3000 parishioners.-Do you have any other awards -I asked? At the time when I preached on Radio Free Europe, unbeknownst to me, Cardinal Mindszenti also belonged to my listeners, while he was staying at the United States Embassy in Budapest, where he took refuge following the 1956 Revolution. I was not aware of this. Following his liber­ation, he came to America and visited Fairfield, where a great reception was organized in his honor. A great number of dignitaries and Roman Catholic clergymen were invited and also myself. I stood in the back of the room. The local priest came to me, saying: "Come with me, I want to introduce you to the Cardinal." When the Cardinal heard my name, he grabbed my arm and said to me: "Come, sit with me!" - This was my first award. The second one is in connection with Gyergyószentmiklós (Gheorgheni). When my parents were forced into retirement, they were not allowed to remain in my home city, but exiled to Gyergyószent­miklós. This is a Roman Catholic city but with a good size Reformed population, and my father officiated there at certain occa­sions. They had to stand in line for bread, and meat, and milk, and for practically everything in those days. But when the good Roman Catholics, who also listened to my sermons on the radio, saw my moth­er in the long line, they took her to the front, because she was my mother. This was my second award. The third one was my admittance into the Knights of Saint Ladislas. In the course of events, I became acquainted with a very fine priest, Dean István Gergely of Csabotfalva, who established an orphan­age and works very closely with the Chángos of Moldova. The Committee of Transylvania gives thirty scholarships to Chángo-Hungarian students, who are studying in Hungarian High Schools in Transylvania. He does a beautiful work, and we are doing everything for the suc­cess of his efforts. I participated also at the famous Pilgrimage of Csíksomlyó, originally a Roman Catholic endeavor, but which has became an interdenominational national demonstration. 400,000 Hunga-rians, many of them in national costume and with their church flags and Hungarian tricolor marched to avast meadow, high in the mountains, to a combined service. We were marching with the Archbishop Jakubinyi and Bishop Tőkés in the lead. The solemnity, the order liness and the beauty of the pilgrimage filled with faith and devotion, inspired everyone to faith in God. Page 2

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