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St. Emeric Church
Bishop Lennon Decides In spite of the unanimous recommendation of the Hungarian Cluster Parishes, the only ethnic cluster established in the Diocese, Bishop Lennon informed our parish in a letter delivered on March 14, 2009 that St. Emeric will be closed. St. Margaret is also to close, with St. Elizabeth of Hungary left open. Full list of all parishes closing. For a thought-provoking perspective, as published in the Hungary blog of the Plain Dealer International Community Council, read the article Day of Infamy. St. Emeric filed the Appeal Petition dated March 24, 2009, requesting that Bishop Lennon not close the parish. Father Sándor Celebrates Mass for Hungarian Scouts A Fillmore, NY cserkésztáboron Sándor atya látható a következő képen körülvéve a Magyar cserkészekkel. Június 20-tol 27-ig tartott a clevelandi cserkészcsapatok ez évi tábora. Father Sandor can be seen in the following picture surrounded by Hungarian Scouts after outdoor Mass on June 21, 2009. The Cleveland Hungarian Scouts had their scout camp June 20-27, 2009. (Click on photo for large version)
Protests against the unjust closing of parishes in the diocese Protest march is scheduled every Wednesday 4 - 6 PM in front of The Cathedral at East 9th & Superior. Please come to protest! (download flyer) - Gyertek bármelyik szerdán! Ez egy közös mozgalom a harcoló egyházközségektől, akik úgy gondolják, hogy bezárásuk igazságtalan. Nem késő, mert minden szerdán lesz tüntetés. Minél többen vegyenek részt, minden szerdán legyenek többen és többen!
Templom Örzö - Alternative for Tax Deductable Donations The non-profit corporation, Templom Örzö, has been organized to give parishioners and supporters of St. Emeric an option for alternative IRS regulation compliant contributions, to provide a financial basis for future parish activities. Read the details about Templom Örzö in the flyer you can download here.
Closing date announced for St. Emeric - Parishioners continue actions to keep church open
TALÁN ÉRTESÜLTETEK A SZOMORÚ HIRRŐL,
ti. Hogy Bp. Lennon nem áll el szándékától és mégis bezárja a Szent Imre
templomot. A megküldött „előre-jelzés” alapján templomunk bezárására 2010
június 30-án
du. 4-kor kerül sor. „Remélem, hogy aki időt nyer, csatát nyer”
számunkra is hozhat még változást egy egész esztendő, amikor
„hatványozottabban”
kell ostromolnunk az Eget, hogy nyerjünk onnan „FENNTRŐL” segítséget,
hogyha már a „földi támasz” kilátástalannak tűnik.
Letter form and instructions for parishioners to send request to Rome Download this form letter, add your address information and reasons and mail or email to Rome, Italy
Letter sent to Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, D.C. and to Vatican A fellebbezési szöveg és a Vatikán Letter: Request to send appeal to His Eminence Claudio Cardinal Hummes
Rejection of First Appeal to Bishop - Letter Received
Conclusion of letter:
...As we go forward one can only hope that there will be awareness that
all parishes are part of the larger entity of the Church in Cleveland.
Thus, in light of the prudent use of ecclesiastical goods and the
legitimate religious, liturgical and sacramental needs of the Hungarian
community it is my prudent judgment that one parish more than adequately
takes care of that. Thus, I will not revoke my decree regarding the
suppression of St. Emeric Parish, nor will I order the suppression of
the parish to be suspended pending hierarchical recourse. I fully expect
that other directives in my 12 March 2009 letter will be adhered to. (Parishioners are continuing their efforts to keep St. Emeric open. The letter from the bishop contains misleading statements and misrepresentations of the process, according to parishioners close to the process.)
St. Emeric Procurator's Detailed Response and Rebuttal of Bishop's Letter of Rejection From the letter sent to the Bishop - April 28, 2009: ...In the name of the parishioners of St. Emeric, I would like to thank you for your response to our carefully assembled Petition dated 24 March 2009 for which I was named procurator. Needless to say, your response was most disappointing for us and are still confused as to why St. Emeric must be closed. We were truly hoping that Your Excellency could offer some compromise solution so that St. Emeric could remain a contributing Parish to the Diocese at least until the Opportunity Corridor you had mentioned is built. Also, I found it very confusing that a handful of individual petitioners had gotten form letter responses from you before you answered my petition on behalf of some 250 parishioners. Second, judging from the comments in your letter there is a serious difference in your and our perception of the facts. Although no response to your letter is required by either protocol or common courtesy, I am nevertheless compelled to respectfully call the following to your attention as it is obvious that you are either not fully aware of the facts due to lack of proper information or you are making somewhat misconstrued statements pertaining to the related facts. I will go paragraph to paragraph. (Read the complete letter by Procurator) (Download PDF of Procurator letter) (As additional information on actions taken becomes available, it will be published here.)
Article about how one parish fought the suppression process and details on protesting closings: Parishioners Seek Solution
 (The AHF fights for minority human-rights and "defend the interest of Americans of Hungarian origin in the United States.") http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/news_StEmericChurch.htm
Videos below from WJW Fox8 news (click to play - viewable full screen):
1860 West 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 44113 Pastor: Fr. Sándor Siklódi CURRENT WEEKLY BULLETIN and INFORMATION Calendar of Events - 2009 - Esemény Naptár Sunday Mass: 9:45 am (in Hungarian / Magyarul)
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