General

The Association for the Beatification of the Empress Zita, in collaboration with the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Hungary, invites you to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the marriage of the Empress Zita to Emperor Charles I of Austria (October 21, 1911), crowned Hungary's Apostolic Queen and King (December 30, 1916).

The 10th anniversary of the Beatification of Charles (October 3, 2004) will also be emphasized. These happy events will be remembered during a Solemn Mass presided by Montreal's Archbishop, Monsignor Christian Lépine, Sunday October 19, 2014 at 11 o'clock at Our Lady of Hungary Parish located at 90 Guizot Street West.

This Mass, celebrated in English, will be followed by a light lunch hosted by the Hungarian community along with the Magyar folk dance troupe and musicians who will delight the guests. All Diocesan's faithful are welcome to this celebration. Please confirm your presence if you intend to join us for lunch at: magyarplebania@videotron.ca.

After lunch, Suzanne Pearson from Washington, a world-renowned historian of Habsburg Royal Family will give a presentation of this Imperial and Royal couple as a Christian model in our time.

Biography of Empress Zita