William Penn Life, 1973 (8. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1973-10-01 / 4. szám
31 tt üpmnnam Cardinal Mindszentys arrival in front of the New Brunswick Magyar Reformed Church.- Rev. Imre Bertalan and members of the congregation ” He (Mindszenty) truly is a man of God,” said the Rev. John G. O’Rourke of Omaha. ’’He’s a saint, a man who suffered for the faith like no other man.“ Among those accompanying Father Szabó from South Bend was Joseph Szalay, who identified himself as a Freedom Fighter who helped briefly free the cardinal from jail in 1956. Szalay, who said his father was killed by Communists, had brought his mother, wife and three children from South Bend, hoping for a brief reunion with the primate. Numerous other Freedom Fighters, many from the St. Ladislaus parish, were in the processional along with the Knights of Columbus, clergy and school children. Hungarian Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts ” in exile* formed a protective line as the cardinal was led to the speakers’ platform. Along the way, he was presented with flowers by four Ukrainian Orthodox children, who wished him ’’health, happiness and many years of long life.“ Not understanding, the children just smiled as he paused to speak to them in Hungarian. ’I’m very proud that the cardinal’s visit is so much recognized here in America,“ said Marika Reszeki, 16, a member of the parish Girl Scout group. ”It means so much to us from Hungary that it’s important enough to receive such widespread coverage.“ Marika said she was bom in France soon after her family fled Hungary during the 1956 revolution. Mrs. Rose Wass, who came to the United states from Hungary in 1913, said she had traveled from Manville to see the cardinal ’because he has done so much for the Hungarian Church and has suffered so much.“ Cardinal Mindszenty, who has been called ” a modem martyr,“ and once described himself as ” a shipwreck of Hungarian liberty,“ first was imprisoned as a young priest in 1919 for his outspoken opposition to the short-lived Communist takeover of Hungary by Bela Kun. Kun later was executed. During World War II Mindszenty was jailed again by the Nazis for offering Hungary as a sanctuary for Jews. He was released at the end of the war, but imprisoned again in 1948 as an anti- Communist. Hungarian Freedom Fighters liberated him for four days in 1956. He sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, where he lived for 15 years after the uprising was crushed. At the urging of Pope Paul VI. he accepted voluntary exile from Hungary two years ago in return for amnesty and recognition of his rank as cardinal primate - senior bishop - of his homeland. He has since lived in a seminary in Vienna. The visit of József Mindszenty to New Brunswick was a joyous and deeply moving event for the Hungarian community here, and it was a singular honor for the entire city. Through the efforts of theHungarian community here in arranging for the Cardinal’s visit, New Brunswick was for four days the center of attention in the metropolitan media and in news accounts across the country and throughout the world. And what a pleasure it was to see our city presented in such a positive and warm light! Countless hours were expended by church and civic leaders and by hundreds of proud Hungarian-Americans and parishioners of St. Ladislaus Church to insure the complete success of this extraordinary visit by the famous Hungarian prelate. Their unstinting and selfless work resulted in an occasion never to be forgotten, and because of it all of New Brunswick is today especially proud of the city and of the Hungarian community. ANDREW R. BALOGH All of us were sddened in the early morning hour of September 24, 1973 to receive a telephone call from Louis L. Varga, National Vice-President informing us that ANDREW R. BALOHGHT’ield Manager East had unexpectedly passed away is St. Vincents Hospital, Bridgeport, Conn, where he had been a patient. Mr. Balogh was bom is New Castle, Pa. January 11, 1922 and was 51 years of age when he was called to his eternal reward. He had completed 16 years of fulltime service with the Association having started as a District Manager for branch 1, March, 1957 Bridgeport, Conn. In 1960 he was appointed Regional Manager and in February 1972 became Field Manager East covering the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Earlier this year he was elected to the Board of Directors of the William Penn Scholarship Foundation. Andy, as we all so affectionately called him, was a fratemalist in the truest sense of the word. His ability to organize and to get things done was one of the reasons there was so much successful activity both fraternally and socially in the Bridgeport area. While he spent most of his waking hours on William Penn business and matters he devoted in conjunction therewith time to many various civic projects in the area ana he led a tme and Christian life. A multitude of members, particularly the older ones will lament his passing because he never would say no to any request of the members whether it be serving their membership needs or performing some personal favor for them such as being driven to a Doctor, or assisting in so many ways as only he could do. His land of true fratemalists are few and far between, his passing has left a great void in the William Penn family. Andy not only espoused but lived the tenet of Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man. He is survived by his widow Irene, who was always at his side and assisted Continued on page 4. 3
