Holy Years and Kalocsa in the 20th Century – Lecture in Szeged

On October 14–15, 2025, the Gál Ferenc University hosted a conference entitled Holy Years and Jubilees, organized by the university’s Bálint Sándor Research Group for the Study of Religious Culture and the History and Ethnography Section of the Saint Stephen Academy of Sciences.

In the afternoon session of the first day, György Sági, Scientific Secretary of the Fraknói Research Group, participated as a speaker. His presentation, titled Half a Century of Holy Years from the Perspective of Kalocsa (1900, 1925, 1950), offered a brief overview of the measures and decrees issued by the successive archbishops governing the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bács during the three ordinary Holy Years in question—György Császka, Count Gyula Zichy, and József Grősz. In conclusion, the lecturer outlined how the jubilee years unfolded within the archdiocese under their leadership.

(Photographs by Adél Lakatos.)

The conference abstract booklet and program are available for download.