{"id":2761,"date":"2025-11-11T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:00:05","slug":"new-book-published-about-blessed-magdolna-bodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodimariamagdolna.hu\/en\/new-book-published-about-blessed-magdolna-bodi\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Published about Blessed Magdolna B\u00f3di"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"724\">On October 26, the liturgical feast of Blessed Magdolna B\u00f3di, a new volume entitled <em data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"356\">\u201cIn the Footsteps of Magdolna B\u00f3di\u201d<\/em> was released. The book compiles the presentations delivered at the conference of the same title held in March at the Archiepiscopal College of Veszpr\u00e9m.<br data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"516\" \/>At that event, Archbishop Gy\u00f6rgy Udvardy announced the <em data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"601\">\u201cB\u00f3di M\u00e1ria Magdolna 80\u201d<\/em> jubilee program series, commemorating both the 80th anniversary of the martyr\u2019s death and the year of her beatification.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"954\">The volume was published under the care of the Archdiocesan Library and Archives of Veszpr\u00e9m.<br data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"826\" \/>Following a foreword by the Archbishop, it contains eight writings by seven authors, organized into two thematic sections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1594\">The first part approaches Blessed Magdolna B\u00f3di\u2019s spirituality and faith from theological and devotional perspectives.<br data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1081\" \/>Fathers Bal\u00e1zs Csernai and P\u00e9ter Szak\u00e1cs explore the source of Magdi\u2019s love for God, while Veronika Nagy, Director of the Blessed Gizella Archdiocesan Collection, presents the sites of Magdi\u2019s life illustrated with artistic photographs by G\u00e1bor Gaylhoffer-Kov\u00e1cs.<br data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1367\" \/>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Tibor Varga, staff member of the Archdiocesan Archives, highlights several episodes of her life from a historical point of view, showing vividly the purity and self-giving spirit that characterized her personality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1596\" data-end=\"2287\">The second section offers a broader view of the social and spiritual environment of her time.<br data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1696\" \/>Andr\u00e1s Gianone, teacher at the Cistercian High School of Buda, presents the role of Catholic Action in the renewal of Catholic life between the two World Wars.<br data-start=\"1863\" data-end=\"1866\" \/>Adrienn Tengely, associate professor at Eszterh\u00e1zy K\u00e1roly Catholic University, introduces the Working Girls\u2019 Movement, in which Magdi herself served as a leader.<br data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2042\" \/>Gergely Kriszti\u00e1n Horv\u00e1th, researcher at the Institute of History, examines from a sociological perspective the world of the military factory and workers\u2019 settlement in F\u0171zf\u0151, the setting in which Magdi\u2019s witness of faith unfolded.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2463\">Concluding the volume, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Tibor Varga provides a clear and concise overview of the eighty-year history of the beatification process, spanning from 1945 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2630\">The book\u2019s cover depicts the Kenese cliff and Lake Balaton \u2014 a landscape that Magdi especially loved, and in which she contemplated the creative beauty of God.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2632\" data-end=\"2964\">According to the editors, this newly published volume, together with the studies from last year\u2019s and this year\u2019s conferences and the recently written biographies, aims to bring readers closer to the figure of Blessed Magdolna B\u00f3di, so that her life may continue to radiate the example of faith, purity, and selfless love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On October 26, the liturgical feast of Blessed Magdolna B\u00f3di, a new volume entitled \u201cIn the Footsteps of Magdolna B\u00f3di\u201d was released. 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