Reverend Albin
Vladimir Veszelovszky, O. Praem., age 88, a member of Gödöllö Abbey,
Budapest, Hungary, residing at St. Norbert Abbey since September of 1951, passed
into God’s eternal kingdom on November 4, 2009, at St. Norbert Abbey.
Father was born Vladimir Veszelovszky in Budapest, Hungary, on the 11th
of June, 1921 to Gabriel and Mary (Bozso) Veszelovszky.
In June of 1939, he graduated from the Benedictine Gymnasium in
Esztergom
,
Hungary
. He entered the centuries old
Norbertine Abbey of Jasow in Northern Hungary, on August 28, 1939.
As the abbot invested him into the white habit of the Norbertines, he was
given the name Albin. On September
8, 1943, he made his Solemn Profession. He
was ordained to the Priesthood on November 1, 1944 in
Budapest
,
Hungary
.
In June of 1948, Father Albin received a Licentiate degree in Theology from the
Gregorian
University
,
Rome
,
Italy
. Later that same year, he entered the
United States
and attended the Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where he received his
S.T.D. in Theology in June of 1951. His
doctoral dissertation was on Concelebration in the Roman Rite.
Great was the joy of Fr. Albin when the Second Vatican Council approved
such Concelebration, which is now widely practiced.
Father Albin served as a faculty member at Archmere Academy, Claymont,
DE, and St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI.
In September of 1970, he was assigned as Parochial Vicar, Associate
Pastor, of St. Willebrord Parish,
Green Bay
,
WI
, were he served until his retirement in 2005. He is remembered for his
Hungarian accent, his sense of humor, his playful pranks, his vast knowledge of
the lives of saints, his skill with languages, his adaptability, and the heart
of his vocation, the pious reverence that emanated from his celebration at
Eucharist.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
