On December 9, the Patrona Hungariae School Center celebrated the renovation of its 120-bed dormitory and music school. Cardinal Péter Erdő, Primate, blessed the building and the entire Patrona community. Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén handed over the symbolic key to the dormitory to the future residents.
In his welcoming speech, Cardinal Péter Erdő pointed out that renovation and renewal is a turning point where people stop, look back, take a breath, but also take a deep breath and search for what their mission and task is. "That's how we are in the institution we're celebrating now," he said. He then referred to the mission statement of the head of the province, according to which the institution's mission is to educate and educate in a Catholic spirit, as a school in Ferencváros, in a mostly non-Catholic environment. He added that it is equally necessary for the entire community of Catholics in Budapest to work with one heart and soul to be able to unite their true mission. According to the chief pastor, it is important to look around and discover the possibility of cooperation in each other's proximity. He expressed his joy that such relations have already been established between Catholic institutions and parishes, and encouraged them to further strengthen them, stressing that there are great resources for mutual assistance. "God grant that this fulfillment will encompass this institution and our entire Catholic community, Budapest, and for the benefit of the entire Hungarian nation," said Péter Erdő.
In his speech, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén emphasized that no matter how important the school's task is to impart knowledge, it is the transmitted spirituality and outlook on life that can determine our thinking for a lifetime. "And this is the surplus that is the strength of church schools." Zsolt Semjén also warned that here, in secondary school, is the time for students to face the big questions of life. "Here you don't get a handout, but the values that can sustain life, and all the help you can to live with it. The school prepares you mentally and spiritually to take your place where Providence will place you."
Praising the school, Zsolt Semjén said that the Patrona has already proven its viability and "impact resistance", as it has survived decades of communism, its traditions are hallowed traditions that have been proven in history. The special charisma of the school, which also appears in its name, is the joint strengthening of Christianity and Hungarianness.
more about the celebration in Magyar Kurír .
