Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, we celebrated the feast day of St. Emeric. A special welcome was given to Fr. Peter Boksay, who was our homilist at the Mass. He is a Byzantine Catholic priest of the Archeparchy (archdiocese) of Hajdúdorog and since February he has been serving in the Eparchy of Parma as the administrator […]
Hungary’s President, Katalin Novák, visited Cleveland on Sept. 27, 2022. Among many programs, she visited St. Emeric Church and welcomed the local Hungarians living in the Hungarian diaspora in her speech in the ceremonial hall of the church, where the Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble of Cleveland also performed. Pictures below. Before her visit to the […]
Saint Stephen Day festivities were celebrated at St. Emeric Church on Sunday, August 21, 2022, in honor of Hungary’s first king and patron saint. Following the solemn Mass, a picnic was held in the church’s main hall due to the inclement, rainy weather. Dr. Csaba Krasznai, honorary consul for the Hungarian government in Cleveland and […]
Congratulations to our first communicants! It was a special day, on Sunday, May 8, 2022, as the children received the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ for the first time. We hope that they will remember this day for the rest of their lives. Indeed, how could anyone forget the day when God […]
The United Hungarian Societies of Cleveland on Sunday, March 13, 2022 held a commemoration of the events of 1848 in the St. Emeric Church hall. The united Choir of the Hungarian Churches of Cleveland, conducted by Rev. Dr. Máriusz Marton, all three Hungarian schools in Cleveland and Girl Scout Troop 34 all contributed to the […]
The old Baptistry Room has now become the new Prayer Room opening from the vestibule. The painting of St. Margaret, which hung above the altar of the original St. Margaret of Hungary Church, on E. 116th St. near Buckeye Road, has found a new home at St. Emeric Church. The painting of St. Ladislaus, which […]
On Sunday, February 6, 2022, Bishop Martin Amos inaugurated Father Richard Bona as pastor of St. Emeric parish in the solemn framework of the Mass. The appointment of a pastor is a sign of the diocese’s trust in the parish of St. Emeric and the stability of the parish as a community of permanently established […]
Our patronal feast was celebrated on November 7, 2021, and Cleveland Catholic Diocese’s new bishop, Edward C. Malesic, was our main celebrant. We began the day with a Eucharistic Adoration. This was followed by the Solemn Mass at 11AM. Following the Mass, we had a sit-down meal in the Church Hall attended by many including […]
This year’s St. Stephen’s Day Picnic at St. Emeric Church was scaled back from the previously highly successful festivals due to the lingering issues with the coronavirus. Parishioners and invited guests gathered on Sunday, August 22, 2021 for Mass to celebrate the first king of Hungary, St. Stephen, who brought Christianity to the young nation […]
The agapé after Mass in the church hall, on Aug. 1, 2021, was the first since March 2020 when the coronavirus arrived. At this event we gave thanks to our administrator at St. Emeric Church, Father Richard Bona, who came to us a year ago in July as our shepherd. We’re so very glad Father […]
