Folia Theologica 7. (1996)
József Török: History of the St. Paul order (A critical Study)
192 J. TÖRÖK happened after the regulation of Joseph II. in 1786, even if it implied prison punished. These young „underground” (Clandestin) Paulines studied the history of the order; they organized common religious excercises under the name „white days” and took vows before the old Paulines, and lived the Pauline life in secret. The Paulines living a secret Pauline life were acknowledged by the Congregation on 20th May of 1989 as Pauline monks. P. Imre Ferenc Kováts belonged to these Paulines. He was beaten so heavily by the communists that he died of the injuries later on. Beside P. István Ferenc Ács and P. György Ferenc Vezér, P. Imre Ferenc Kováts is also remembered among the martyred Paulines. It was the first sign of a new beginning that the Pauline Order could be present again in the church of Pécs on the 9th May 1989 represented by P. Ákos Bolyós, who was the leader of the restarted noviciate education in autumn 1989. The Pauline seminarists can study theology at the Diocesan Seminary of Pécs that opened its doors again on 23th September 1991. On 9th September 1995 7 aspirants put on the white robe and started the noviciate. It was mentioned during the discussions held on 8th March 1989, that according to dr. László Paskai, there was a possibility of getting back the rock church from the state. After an involuntary pause of nearly fourty years the lease agreement was signed on 9th August. The inside of the rock church was renewed during 1990, the monastery built on the rocks of the Gellért hill were given back on 24th July. The parish of Márianosztra belongs from 1st August 1989 to the Paulines. The renovation of the inside of the church lasted from 3rd February 1990 until 30th December 1992.
