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St. Emeric Church
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How One Parish Fought the Suppression Process Article about how one parish fought the suppression process and details on protesting closings
Borre Discusses the Closing of Boston Parishes
AHF Protests "Suppression" of Cleveland Hungarian Community  (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 AN OPEN LETTER FROM A PARISHONER ABOUT THE CLOSING ORDER AND ETHNIC CLEANSING FEARS
Quoting from the article: In effect, the diocese is
conducting a campaign of decimating a specific ethnic group’s ability to
maintain its cultural and language identity by creating a situation
where it cannot survive realistically with the one church left
remaining, in an area that parishioners from the other two closed
parishes will not go to. Just as racial discrimination is now
recognized as much broader than just the outward appearances of denying
access or participation to certain individuals, extending now to implied
or negative characterizations or imputed attributes, so too this action
on the part of the Diocese is much worse than just shutting down
churches. Consciously, or unconsciously, on the part of the Diocese, but
none the less in actuality, there is an anti-ethnic effect of the
actions. We are experiencing a type of
ethnic-cleansing, not the murderous type but the
more insidious melting-pot, longer term forced conformance type.
(According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “Ethnic cleansing sometimes
involves the removal of all physical vestiges of the targeted group
through the destruction of monuments, cemeteries, and houses of
worship.”) In other countries, ethnic cleansing has been recognized for
what it is, whether done by the military, the government, or a
fundamentalist or orthodox religious group, or individuals and their
organizations. Sadly, here, it is conveniently couched in other terms,
often financially oriented or free-market justified, but with the same
or worse eventual societal results.
USA Today Coverage of St. Emeric Closing Order
What will Diocese do with Extra Churches?
Video From WJW Fox8 News (click to play - viewable full screen):
APPEAL DOCUMENT
GONDOLOM
MINDENKI TUDJA A SZOMORÚ HIRT miszerint Lennon pk. a
templomunkat „bezárásra” ítélte. Fellebbezési jogot engedélyezett az
„Egyházi Kánonjog” alapján, amit megtettünk a „zárt időn belül”. Kérem a K. Híveket, fellebbezéssel
személyesen is juttassuk kifejezésre nem-tetszésünket. Nem szabad
engednünk, hogy „eutanázia” áldozatai legyünk,
még nem tart ott
közösségünk. A püspök által jelzett argumentumok „elfogadhatatlanok”
számunkra.
The full Appeal Petition submitted to Bishop Lennon. .
Excerpt from the Appeal
Petition:
Kérem a Kedves Híveket, aki
teheti, kapcsolódjon bele
„RÓZSAFŰZÉR”
közös imádkozásába, hiszen
mindannyian rászorulunk Mária segítségére és Anyai pártfogására. Népünk
mindig a „Máriát tisztelő” nép volt és Mária átsegített sok vészen és
bajon. Ha valamikor szükségünk volt a segítségére, akkor most van,
amikor templomunk „bezárás előtt” áll, de Mária oltalma alatt „nem adjuk
fel a reményt.
More photos /több kép - St. Emeric Church 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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