| 14 January | Inauguration of Mons. Jenő Antal Majnek, first bishop
of Ruthenia (Ukraine) at Mukatchevo. Cardinal
László Paskai, Archbishop István
Seregély, Bishop Nándor Bosák,
Coadjutor Csaba Ternyák and Gyula Márfi
participate at the holy mass, as well as the ordinaries of the
Ukrainian Roman Catholic dioceses and the representatives of the
brother churches. |
| 18 January |
Archbishop Giovanni Cheli, President of the Pontifical
Council for the Wanderers and Vagabonds opens the Gipsies' first social
welfare home and cultural centre in the world. |
| 26 January |
Mons. Vladimir Filo Coadjutor of the Bratislava-Trnava
Archdiocese sends a reply letter concerning the Slovakian law on
language use to Mons. István Seregély
Archbishopof Eger, President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench. |
| 12 February |
Transylvania's great son, Mons. Áron
Márton is commemorated by a celebration in Cluj-Napoca
(Rumania), the place of his consecration. Chief celebrant of the holy
mass is Mons. István Seregély, Archbishop of Eger
and President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench. |
| 15 February |
The Holy Father receives Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula
Horn in private audience. |
| 3 March |
The Focolare Spiritual Movement holds a festive meeting
in Gödöllő. |
| 4 March |
The Pontifical Council of Mass Information holds a
plenary meeting in the Vatican. Hungary is represented by Piarist
Father László Lukács, consultant of
the council. |
| 7-8 March |
A conference entitled "Minorities
and their churches" is held in Visegrád. |
| 15-17 March |
Christian Student Journalists' 2nd Meeting in
Domaszék-Zöldfás |
| 20 March |
Arch-abbot of Pannonhalma Asztrik Várszegi
holds a press-conference concerning the festive series of events to be
organized in honour of the 1000-year-old Arch-abbey of Pannonhalma
Prime Minister Gyula Horn meets the representatives of
the four historical churches. |
| 23 March |
Several hundreds of people attend the torchlight
demonstration in front of the St Stephen Basilica (Budapest) and
protest against the recent attacks on church institutions. |
| 25 March |
Meeting of the Hungarian Catholic Women's Forum |
| 9-13 April |
The representatives of the Benedictan and Cistercian
schools of seven countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great-Britain,
Hungary, Russia and Switzerland) meet in Pannonhalma on the occasion of
the 1000th anniversary of the Arch-abbey and its school. |
| 16 April |
A diocesan meeting of leaders and representatives of
spiritual movements is held in the Primate's Palace in Budapest |
| 16-19 April |
Conference of the International Council of Catholic
Worker YouthMovements and of the Pontifical Council for Laymen at
Dobogókő |
| 18 April |
Archbishop István Seregély,
President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench and Bishop Csaba
Ternyák, Head of the Episcopal Secretariat receive Romany
autonomous administrative leaders. |
| 24 April |
President of the Hungarian Democratic Alliance in
Rumania Béla Markó and his wife participate at
the general papal audience. The Transylvanian writer and public
personality thanked the Holy father for dealing with ational minorities
and asked him to continue to pay attention to the situation of the
Hungarians, among them of he 1 000 000 Catholic believers living in
Transylvania Rumania) . |
| 4 May |
The festivities of the 1000-year-old Bishopric of
Veszprém rganized on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary
of the Magyar conquest of Hungary, at the same time 1000th anniversary
of St Stephen's and Blessed Gisela's marriage begin with the reception
of the Holy Right Hand and of Blessed Gisela's relics. |
| 13 May |
The series of festive events to be organized in Hungary
and in Italy in connection with the 1100th anniversary of the Magyar
conquest of Hungary and the 40th anniversary of the revolution of 1956
is presented at the Hungarian Academy of Rome. |
| 17-18 May |
Conference entitled "Thousand Years of Past Thousand
Years of Future?" in Piliscsaba, at the Faculty of Arts of the Catholic
University |
| 6-7 June |
Festive events entitled "The History of a Thousand
Years" greeting the millennial foundation of Pannonhalma held in Rome |
| 15 June |
First National Meeting of the Drug Addict Helping
Service (subsection of the Hungarian Charity) in Budapest |
| 16 June |
The leaders of the Hungarian historical churches hold
an ecumenical meditation under the projected image of the Holy Crown
and the Holy Right Hand upon the request of the Hungarian World
Alliance on the occasion of the 4th World Congress of Hungarians. |
| 29 June |
The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench mounts an
exhibition entitled "The Thousand-Year-Old Relations of the Holy See
and Hungary" in Esztergom. |
| 1 July |
Correspondence between Prime Minister Gyula Horn and
Under-Secretary of State Angelo Sodano concerning the topic and the
organizational procedure of the future talks between the Holy See and
the Hungarian government. The topic of the talks: the safeguarding of
the operational conditions of the church. Such conditions involve the
settlement of the situation of church properties as well as the
definition of state duties concerning the material operational
conditions of educational, instructional and social church institutes. |
| 7-14 July |
Meeting of the Catholic Girl Scouts' International
Association in Budapest. Cardinal Archbishop Primate
László Paskai and Mrs Árpád
Göncz, patroness of the conference participate at the opening
ceremony. |
| 20 August |
The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes a study
of 70 pages entitled "For a More Equitable and More Brotherly World"
concerning the situation, the problems and the tasks of the Hungarian
society. The encyclical letter was born as an expression of Christian
responsibility for the country on the 1100th anniversary of the Magyar
conquest of Hungary and the 1000th anniversary of Hungary's Christian
history. |
