Father Emeric Szlezak, O.F.M., admires his cake as well-wishers congratulate him on his 75th anniversary as a Franciscan at a Mass and reception at St. Stephen of Hungary parish on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Aug. 24.
Maria R. Bastone.
Father Szlezak, 96, served 41 years at St. Stephen’s. He is now retired and lives at St. Anthony Friary in St. Petersburg, Fla. Father Imre Juhasz, of St. Ladislaus parish, New Brunswick, N.J., center, concelebrated the Mass. Father Szlezak is to his immediate right. Also pictured, Father Ivan L. Csete, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Forestburgh, far left, and Msgr. Patrick McCahill, pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary parish on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, far right.
Maria R. Bastone.
After the Mass there was dancing and plenty of good Hungarian food for all.
