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Lou Ott addresses gathering
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2012 Commemoration of the 1848 Hungarian Revolt
On Sunday, March 11th, the North Texas Hungarian community commemorated
the 1848 Hungarian revolt. There was a Hungarian
Mass at 4 PM at the Cistercian Abbey in Irving, followed by a program and potluck dinner in the Cistercian Preparatory School Gymnasium.
Father Julius Leloczky addressed the gathering of 100 plus attendees and then Lou Ott presented a plaque to Botond Laszlo, thanking him for the
time and effort he donated to restore the kopjafa that stands in front
of the Cistercian Abbey.
Lou Ott then presented a program in Hungarian
and English painting a colorful picture of the events of March 15, 1848 in Hungary.
He also led those present in singing a number of relevant songs, including the "Magyar Himnusz", "Székely Himnusz", "Kossuth Lajos azt üzente" , "Elindultam szép hazámból",
and "Madárka, madárka" and reciting "Talpra Magyar!".
Eva Beluska also spoke on behalf of a proposed Magyar Ház" (magyarul)
(or read in English). in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. There has been significant interest
expressed in either purchasing or renting a building for holding various activities, including Hungarian language lessons, folk dancing and cooking
lessons in addition to child care and cultural events.If you have any suggestions or ideas, please contact Eva Beluska @ evabeluska@hotmail.com or
817.466.0702.
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Peter Vali presents
Fr. Julius with commemorative plaque
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Gyula Atya Arany Miséje- Father Julius Leloczky Celebrates Golden Jubilee
On successive Sundays, May 29 and then on June 5, 2011, Father Julius Leloczky and his numerous friends,
former students and members of
the congregation and local Hungarian community joined him in celebrating his 50th year in the Cistercian priesthood.
Following both
masses, there was a reception for him at the Cistercian School.
Fr. Julius Leloczky was born in Hungary in 1932 and he entered the Cistercian Order
in 1953 at the Monastery of Zirc. In Lilienfeld, Austria, after making his solemn
profession on September 18, 1960, he was ordained to the priesthood on July 9, 1961.
Fr. Julius is the monastery's head librarian. At the school he teaches mostly religion;
and to the novices he teaches Cistercian History. Fr. Julius was Form Master for Class
1986, 1994, 2000, and 2009.
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Lou Ott
Hiszek egy Istenben
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Treaty of Versailles - Trianon, June 4, 1920
June 9, 2009
At a well attended meeting of the Fort Worth Sister Cities Budapest Committee
on June 9th, at Grady's Restaurant, Louis Ott presented an interesting program reviewing the causes and
consequences of the Trianon Treaty, ending World Ward I. This is known to us in the US as the Treaty of
Versailles, but is still much discussed in former Eastern Europe, as its provisions greatly affected current
politics.
To view the powerpoint presentation that Lou Ott presented
click here.
The Fort Worth Sister Cities program , which has connections to 7 cities around the world,
including Budapest, is actively involved in promoting cultural exchanges between its members.
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Congressman Sam Johnson with Bela and Sandra Marton
Sam Johnson with Bela Marton
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Bela Marton Receives Long-Overdue Medal
On Armed Forces Day, May 16, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson presented long-overdue medals to two local veterans in Richardson.
Started in 1949, the first Armed Forces Day was celebrated by parades, open houses, receptions and air shows. The purpose of Armed Forces Day is to honor Americans serving in the five services: the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. Armed Forces Day is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of May; Armed Forces Week begins on the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May.
Johnson presented Allen resident Bela Istvan Marton with the Navy Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Dominican Republic)."It was certainly an honor, especially when the medals were handed over by Johnson, who was a hero himself," Marton said.
Marton served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1966. Born and raised in Hungary, Marton moved to America in 1957 and to Texas in 1969. Marton has called Allen home for 31 years. He served on the USS Stormes DD-780. The USS Stormes prevented Fidel Castro from shipping arms to the Dominican Republic. Marton was joined by his wife, Sandra, and daughter Kathrine.
Desert Storm veteran and Murphy resident Gregory Kostrzewa will receive the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal for his service between 1979 to 1982.
"I can't think of a better way to celebrate Armed Forces Day than to recognize those who wore the uniform for their honor, service and sacrifice," Johnson, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, said.
Reprinted from the Star Community Newspapers - May 21, 2009
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Vasile Beluska
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Vasile Beluska Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Vasile Beluska�s first impressions of America were straight out of a John Wayne movie: Levis, cowboy boots, cowboy hats. And that was before he even got off the plane. Then it was big cars with fins on the back and cattle with long horns�a typical day in Amarillo, Texas, his first home in the United States.
For the violinist and political refugee from Romania, life in the U.S. was a whole new world.
Now Beluska, music performance studies, is being honored for helping other musicians from Eastern Europe come to the U.S. and develop their own careers. Both in the U.S. and Europe, countless students and others have benefited from his generosity, service and talents.
With his family at his side, (including Eva and Jack Beluska of Hurst, TX), Mr Valile Beluska received an Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 10, on that small outcropping in New York Harbor that symbolizes the journey and the arrival of so many seeking freedom and a chance to make something of their lives.
The awards are sponsored by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO), a nonprofit organization created in 1984 on the conviction of its founder, William Denis Fugazy, that the diversity of the American people is what makes the U.S. great. NECO's stated mission is �to help create the world of the future today.� It does this through a number of philanthropic ventures.
Each year since 1986, NECO has sponsored the Ellis Island medals, which are presented to American citizens of diverse origins for their dedication to: community service, preserving the history of their ancestry group, supporting and defending American values, building bridges between diverse groups here and abroad, and sharing their personal and professional gifts for the benefit of humanity. Past recipients include six U.S. presidents, Nobel Prize winners, athletes, leaders of industry, artists and others whose work has made a lasting impact on humanity.
For more information visit the NECO website.
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Book Review
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| Enemies of the People - Kati Marton
"You are opening a Pandora's box," Marton was warned when she filed for her family's secret police fi les in Budapest. But her family history -- during both the Nazi and the Communist periods -- was too full of shadows. The files revealed terrifying truths: secret love aff airs, betrayals inside the family circle, torture and brutalities alongside acts of stunning courage -- and, above all, deep family love.
In this true-life thriller, Kati Marton, an accomplished journalist and former wife of Peter Jennings. exposes the cruel mechanics of the Communist Terror State, using the secret police files on her journalist parents as well as dozens of interviews that reveal how her family was spied on and betrayed by friends and colleagues, and even their children's babysitter. In this moving and brave memoir, Marton searches for and finds her parents, and love.
Marton relates her eyewitness account of her mother's and father's arrests in Cold War Budapest and the terrible separation that followed. She describes the pain her parents endured in prison -- isolated from each other and their children. She reveals the secret war between Washington and Moscow, in which Marton and her family were pawns in a much larger game. See
Amazon.com or your local library to read this fascinating book.
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Films
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| Race for the Oscars!
This powerful, bold,thought-provoking film directed by Klaudia Kovacs about the 1956 Hungarian Revolt
features, in archive footage or in person, Dr. Henry
Kissinger, Otto von Habsburg, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Vassiliou, �p� G�, Gyula Horn, J�s Berecz and Imre Pozsgay.
In the Los Angeles debut in November of 2007, Torn from the Flag was screened in the "Milestones" section of the American
Film Institute Festival along with Ingmar Bergman�s and Michelangelo Antonioni�s films.
With the aim of entering this important film in the upcoming Academy Awards competition, an effort is underway to
raise funds to accomplish this purpose.You can actively help Torn from the Flag's Oscar race by making a charitable, taxdeductible
donation to:International Documentary Association, Torn from the Flag, 1626 North Wilcox Avenue #393,
Hollywood, California 90028
Take a look at this trailer on YouTube !
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