REGNUM MARIANUM CHURCH

Abstract

The community of Regnum Marianum was formed at the beginning of the twentieth century as a result of the clergy´s attempts at modernisation. The new vocation of priests consisted in the education and tuition of youth. The construction of the original parish-church began in 1925 on the border of Városliget (City Park)in Budapest and it was finished in 1931, but the building was destroyed after World War II, in 1951. The Regnum Marianum community was brought to a new life in 1989 with the approval of the Archbishopric of Esztergom-Budapest. The establishment of its new spiritual and religious centre was begun at Zoborhegy Square in Outer Zugló with the construction of the community wing of the building. Later a church was built joined to the community building with a connective wing. The basement of the church houses an auditorium holding 260 people, and a stage. The construction of the church was carried out with the application of traditional building structures, the load-bearing structure of the cover was constructed of steel frames and transverse ribs. Construction began in the summer of 1995 and the church was consecrated on the 6th of October, 1996.