Hadikfalva, Romania, currently Dornești — January 5, 1927
Death data:
Székesfehérvár, Hungary — January 22, 2007
Denomination:
Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:
religious
Diocese / Order:
ciszterciek (Ordo Cisterciensis)
Ordination level:
priest
Entry into religious life:
August 29, 1948
First (temporary) vows:
August 30, 1949
Perpetual vows:
USA — August 30, 1953
Priestly ordination:
Spring Bank, WI, USA — August 30, 1953
Place of burial:
Zirc, Hungary
Biographical data
His parents were István Nagy and Emma Kerekes. He completed his high school studies at the Béla III Cistercian High School in Baja. He entered the order on August 29, 1948. He took his first vows on August 30, 1949. He studied theology in Zirc from 1949 to 1950, and after leaving for the West, he continued his studies at the Pontificio Ateneo e Collegio Sant’Anselmo in Rome. He arrived in the United States in 1953, where he took his perpetual vows on June 23, 1953. Bishop Roman R. Atkielski, c. p., administrator sede vacante, ordained him a priest in the abbey church in Spring Bank, WI, USA, on August 30, 1953. He returned home in 1996, retired in Dallas, TX, in 2003, and eventually moved to the priests’ home in Székesfehérvár at the end of his life.
Domestic service locations
From
To
Place i
Current name, country i
Church / institution
Position
1996
1998
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Ciszterci Gimnázium
religious educator, assistant pastor
1998
2002
Eger, Hungary
Head of House and Director of the Dormitory; Church Director from 1998 to 1999
2002
2003
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Ciszterci Gimnázium
assistant pastor
2006
2007
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Papi Otthon
retired
Foreign service locations
From
To
Place
Current name, country
Church / institution
Position
1953
1953
Spring Bank, WI, USA
Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey
1953
1956
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Marquette University
college student
1956
1960
Québec, QC, Canada
Université Laval
doctoral studies
1960
1973
Dallas, TX, USA
University of Dallas
university professor (French)
1973
1974
Párizs, France
during a sabbatical year
1974
1996
Dallas, TX, USA
University of Dallas
university professor (French)
2003
2006
Dallas, TX, USA
Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas
retired
Literary activity
L’absurde et Claudel. In. The South Central Bulletin 29 (1969),
A Choice of Deaths in Claudel’s Immortal Heroes. In. The American Benedicitne Review 23 (1972), 214–225.
Étude sur le thème de l’exil d’Israël dans le théâtre et l’œuvre exégétique de Claudel. In. Claudel Studies 4 (1977),
Agnes E. Meyer and Paul Claudel. In. Claudel Studies 6 (1979),
The role of woman in the redemption by love according to Claudel. In. Claudel Studies 8 (1980), 5–18.
Madness and double in the theatre of Pirandello and Claudel. The theme of resurrection in Pirandello and Claudel. In. Claudel Studies 7 (1980), 101–111.
The concept of evil in Claudel’s exegetical work. In. Claudel Studies 10 (1983), 14–26.
The Trilogy of Claudel and the birth of postmodern society. In. Claudel Studies 15 (1988).
A Journey Into History: Essays on Hungarian Literature. New York, 1990. (szerk.)
The unspeakable angels of Jean Giraudoux. In. Claudel Studies 17 (1990), 64–74.
When the heart speaks of its reasons: Cinq grandes odes. In. Claudel Studies 21 (1994), 45–57.
Christopher Columbus in World Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. New York, 1994.
Two experiences of spiritual pilgrimage: Israël and the Apocalypse. In. Claudel Studies 21 (1994),
Naissance de Claudel Studies. In. Bulletin de la Société Paul Claudel 142 (1996), 28–31.
L’Annonce faite à Marie en Hongrie. In. Bulletin de la Société Paul Claudel 143 (1997), 10–11.
Számos cikke jelent meg a Halkuló Harangok, Magyar Kéve, The American folyóíratokban.
Nagy Menyhért Mojzes O.Cist, Dr.: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=797 (accessed: 2026-07-07).
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