On Saturday, October 15, a János Esterházy Pilgrimage Day was organized at the farewell place in Csallóközi, Bacsfa-Szentantal. The main pilgrimages are held here every year on the Sundays of Our Lady's Day (September 8th) and June 19th, around the anniversary of the tears, at the tireless and unbroken initiative of the parish priest László Schranko, with the participation of many believers and sacramental processions.
The spiritual day began in the morning with a festive mass by the high priest, whose invited guest, main celebrant and festive speaker was Dr. Balázs Bábel was the archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. Archbishop Balázs said that he was happy to come to the Highlands to present the most holy sacrifice.
In her homily, she quoted the poem of Sarolta Lőrincz, Sarolta Aranka Búzamag, about János Esterházy. He set János Esterházy as an example for today's Hungarian Christian.
The local church choir participated in the Holy Mass, whose members made the Holy Mass presented with organ accompaniment even more uplifting. The concelebrants were Reverend János Zsidó from Nyékvárkony, Reverend Jenő Matus from Boldogfa, Reverend József Mahulányi from Nagymegyeri, Father Tibor Bali from the motherland, from Kaposmérö, and finally György Pál Pápay and the local Schranko pastors.
Also present were Polish and Italian missionary Franciscan monks, worshipers of János Esterházy, researchers, and they also publish about him: Ambrus, an Italian from the vicinity of Milánó (says Mass in Hungarian in Csicson and its surroundings) and two more Poles, Lőrinc (in Ekelen and its surroundings he helps in the service of the incomplete Hungarian parishes) and Mátyás. The first of them is a spiritual father from Wroclaw, i.e. from Wrocław. They are also followers of the martyr Saint Maximilian Kolbe, who belongs to their order.
Father Schranko said, on Saturday,
On October 15, they created and launched a "prayer association". Archbishop Babel himself said the first prayer for the beatification of the servant of God János Esterházy.
In addition to the lectures, a traveling exhibition was opened in the conference hall with the titles "Be faithful unto death" and "János Esterházy, the apostle of the Visegrád nations".
According to the plans, the second act of the pilgrimage days will begin with a mass on November 17, Thursday, a public holiday, at ten in the morning. As part of this, church historian Viktor Attila Soós, a member of the National Remembrance Committee and the Mindszenty Society, will give a presentation in the church, and a third exhibition on János Esterházy will also open.
Source and full article: Kristóf Zilizi/Felvidék.ma
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