“Carry each other’s burdens” Children’s aid missions in the Netherlands
In the 20th century the Dutch government and the Dutch people undertook the mission of helping socially deprived children on several occassions. The Hungarian and the Dutch Reformed churches have been tied by a close, brotherly bond for several centuries. The major organizer of the children’s holiday scheme was László Pap, Reformed minister, professor of theology in Budapest. 500 children on board of the first train traveled to the Netherlands on July 12th, 1948 and on January 19th, 1949 they arrived home. All the children are perfectly happy in their host families. The children are more than... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
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Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó
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Schlagwörter: | children’s aid mission / children’s holiday scheme / family / love / a puritan lifestyle of prayer and piety / perpetual example / László Pap / professor / Budapest / H. Th. Obbink / Utrecht / Baron Van Tuyll van Serooskerken from the Hague / Bishop László Ravasz / Dutch Protestant families / Hilversum and Haarlem |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27061943 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/actaneer/article/view/10689 |