| 24-25 January | The divinity teachers' national conference is organized
in its ancient form again in the Central Seminary in Budapest. |
| 9 February |
Pope John-Paul II receives Hungarian President
Árpád Göncz in private audience. The
Holy Father's invitation into Hungary for 1996 is confirmed at the
meeting. The planned date of the visit is June 1996. |
| 23-25 February |
A conference on the pastorization of university youth
is held at Domaszék-Zöldfás. Topic: the
present situation of the pastorization of universities in Hungary. |
| 10 March |
The 50th anniversary of Mons. Vilmos Apor's death is
commemorated by a series of events in Győr. |
| 16-19 March |
The Hungarian Organization of the OCIPE (European
Catholic Information Bureau) holds a conference entitled
Marginalisation, Integration and Desintegration. |
| 17 March |
The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes a
statement in which it criticizes the latest economic measures of the
government because of their antisocial consequences. |
| 1 April |
Conference on the relations of the state and the church
at Dobogókő |
| 11 April |
Arch-abbot Asztrik Várszegi travels to
Moscow in order to settle the details of the Patriarch's and the Pope's
planned joint visit to Pannonhalma in 1996 |
| 17-23 April |
5th ecumenical meeting of the Pax Romana held this time
in Gyula. Topic: the Gospel � our common duty today. |
| 7 May |
Beginning of the festival entitled Varadinum 95 in the
honour of King St Ladislas in Nagyvárad (Rumania) |
| 12 May |
The Eastern Slaves joined the Roman Catholic church by
the Union of Brest-Litovsk 400 years ago, and so did the
Transcarpathian Ukrainians (Ruthenes) by the Union of Ushgorod 350
years ago. |
| 22 May |
Cardinal Pio Laghi Prefect of the Pontifical
Educational Congregation arrives in Hungary on the invitation of
Minister for Cultural Affairs Gábor Fodor. |
| 28 May |
Archbishop Giovanni Cheli President of the Papal
Council for the Vagabonds and Diocesan Bishop Szilárd
Keresztes consecrate the new church of the Greek Catholic Gypsy Parish
at Hodász. |
| 31 May |
Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn
receives the leaders of the historical churches. |
| 12 June |
The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench issues an
encyclical letter for the 900th anniversary of King St Ladislas' death. |
| 30 June |
Pope John-Paul II begins his visit in Slovakia, the
most important event of which is the canonization of three martyr
priests: the Croatian Mark Körösi, the Transylvanian
Hungarian István Pongrácz, and the Pole Melchior
Grodecz. |
| 11 July |
A meeting of the religious leaders of the former
Yugoslavia is held at Pécs with the aim of addressing a
common appeal to the world in the spirit of reconciliation. |
| 16-19 August |
A Catholic University Students' National Meeting is
held at Ady-liget (Budapest). |
| 20-30 August |
The Centre for the Sociology of Religion of the
National Pastoral Institute together with the Vienna-Budapest Institute
for Church Sociology and the Section for the Sociology of Religion of
the Hungarian Sociological Society organize a conference at
Dobogókő in the "Manreza". |
| 17 September |
National pilgrimage to Mariazell (Austria) under the
direction of Cardinal Paskai |
| 27 September |
Cardinal Primate László Paskai
Esztergom-Budapest Archbishop celebrates a thanksgiving mass on the
50th anniversary of the one and only Hungarian Catholic weekly
"Új Ember" (New Man). |
| 28 September |
The Republic of Hungary presents at the UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris an application for the admission of the
Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma and its immediate surroundings to the World
Heritage List. |
| 11 October |
The Faculty of Philosophy and Canonical Law of the
Catholic University of Paris confers an honorary degree on Protonotary
Péter Erdő, Professor of the Pázmány
Péter Catholic University on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of the Faculty's existence. |
| 12 October |
The Permanent Conference of the Leaders of the
Hungarian Christian Churches in Rumania holds its exceptional meeting
in Budapest. A declaration concerning confessional education and
instruction in the vernacular as well as the forcefully confiscated
church properties is published on this occasion. |
| 10-12 November |
A "Network-meeting" is held in the Catholic Youth
Centre of Domaszék-Zöldfás. |
| 20 November |
Archbishop István Seregély,
President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench addresses a letter
to Bishop Rudolf Baláz concerning the Slovakian law on
language use. |
| 20 November |
4th National Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic
Charismatic Renewal in the Budapest Sports Hall |
| 20-31 November |
The Ecumenical Council of the Hungarian Churches
organizes the National Protestant Days for the third time. |
| 23 November |
Hungarian President Árpád
Göncz awards Cistercian General Abbot Emeritus
Polikárp Zakar the Middle Cross of the Hungarian Republic
for his activity exerted in favour of the preservation of the Roman and
Italian Hungarian community's spiritual unity, for his trustworthy
representation and extensive popularization of Hungarian spiritual
values as well as for his internationally recognized scientific oeuvre. |
| 24 November |
The Ministry of Culture and Public Education organizes
a scientific commemorative conference on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of the XLIII Article of 1895 concerning the free exercise
of religion. |
| 29 November |
Pope John-Paul II receives separately as well
Vice-President of the Hungarian Parliament László
Salamon in the Hall "Paul VI" of the Vatican. |
| 4 December |
A declaration is adopted by the general meeting of the
Ecumenical Council of the Hungarian Churches concerning the Slovakian
law on language use and the peace treaty between Yugoslavia and Bosnia. |
| 18 December |
The government of the Hungarian Republic decDecember
the "Day of Minorities" on the occasion of the anniversary of the UNO's
declaration on the rights of ethnic minorities and establishes a prize
for the recognition of outstanding public, economic, scientific or
educational activity exerted in favour of minorities. Hungarian Prime
Minister Gyula Horn hands over the "Minorities Prize" to President of
the Hungarian Maltese Charity Imre Kozma for his extensive activity
exerted in favour of the Hungarian minorities in the neighbouring
countries, for his exemplary, altruistic and self-sacrifying conduct.
As far as the representatives of the Hungarians living beyond the state
borders are concerned, Béla Kató Reformed Pastor
of Ilyefalva (Rumania) gains the Prize for the launching of
epoch-making programs for the Hungarians of Rumania beneficial to the
youth, to social conditions and to those wanting to make a living.
István Szépfalusi Lutheran Pastor living in
Vienna, a man of letters, President of the Bornemissza Péter
Society of Vienna is also awarded by the Prize in recognition of his
researches carried out in the domain of the Western European Hungarian
emigration's sociography as well as for his work exerted for the good
of this minority's religious life and its self-organization. lares 8 |
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