THE BUILDING AND CHAPEL OF THE SOCIAL MISSION ASSOCIATION | HUNGARIAN MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Budapest, 1st district, 61./a. Krisztina bld.
Headquarters of the Social Mission Association, Budapest, 125-127-129. Krisztina Bld. 125-127-129.
Source:
The Social Mission Association was founded 20 years ago, 1908-1928. Short description (1928). Budapest, 1928., 18.o. http://mek.oszk.hu/12800/12890/12890.pdf
This is what it looks like today
Source:
The Social Mission Association was founded 20 years ago, 1908-1928. Short description (1928). Budapest, 1928., 18.o. http://mek.oszk.hu/12800/12890/12890.pdf
Headquarters of the Social Mission Association, Budapest, 125-127-129. Krisztina Bld. 125-127-129.
Source:
The Social Mission Association was founded 20 years ago, 1908-1928. Short description (1928). Budapest, 1928., 18.o. http://mek.oszk.hu/12800/12890/12890.pdf
Headquarters of the Social Mission Association, Budapest, 125-127-129. Krisztina Bld. 125-127-129.
Source:
The Social Mission Association was founded 20 years ago, 1908-1928. Short description (1928). Budapest, 1928., 18.o. http://mek.oszk.hu/12800/12890/12890.pdf
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE
Pál Ranschburg and his family got baptized on 31 August 1919. This event took place in the chapel of the Social Mission Association’s headquarterson Krisztina körút. The ceremony was held in the chapel of the Social Mission Association because of the work relationship which developed during the training of social service officers (the Social Mission Association had asked Ranschburg to participate in the training of social service officers).
They were baptized by Father dr. Antal Schütz, a Piarist professor, who himself held a doctorate in psychology. Ranschburg asked Károly Schafferto be his godparent. His connection with Christianity was facilitated by school and friends, but the decision was made due to the anti-Semitic atmosphere. In 1944, the baptism did not save him from persecution, however, as only Jews baptized before August 1st, 1919, were exempt from it. .
THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE
The Social Mission Association was the first Hungarian female monastic congregation and it was founded to help the poor in 1908,under the leadership of Edith Farkas. The Mission grew out of Catholic women’s movements of the early 20th century: the Women’s Protecting Organization and the Patronage Organization. Edith Farkas created a community of professional, well-trained nuns focusing on women’s issues. They held social and leadership training courses, and operated mission houses, schools, day care centers, soup kitchens and orphanages. They performed nationwide organizing work among Catholic women, who formed women’s associations and youth groups. They had their own press and published books. The central building was built in 1911.
Sources
The Social Mission Association was founded 20 years ago (1908-1928). Short description (1928). Budapest, 1928., http://mek.oszk.hu/12800/12890/12890.pdf
Beöthy Zsuzsanna Cecília SM, Röviden a 100 éves Szociális Missziótársulatról, Kézirat 2008
Szociális Missziótársulat honlap, http://szocmissz.hu/tortenetunk.html
Ranschburg, Ágnes Hildegard (2013). Elismerések és előítéletek kereszttüzében: Ranschburg Pál életútja a családi dokumentumok tükrében. In: Lányi G. (ed.) Ranschburg Pál és a magyar pszichológia kezdetei. Budapest: ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 113-144.
Ranschburg Ágnes Hildegard (2020). Ranschburg Pál életútja. In: Szokolszky Ágnes és Takács István (szerk.). „Non omnis moriar” Ranschburg Pál emlékkötet, Budapest, Flaccus Kiadó, 25-33.