Procession in Ógyalla in the 1940s

There was no procession in Vék, but they went to church in Ógyalla, even in the most adverse weather: “It was such a time, God forbid, that the Kádek Pista uncle, an older man, and I went to church together. I put my mother’s beliner shawls on myself… It was such a snowstorm that you couldn’t see two steps, and she went ahead of me, three or so steps, and I was looking for her tracks, because she had driven in the snow. And as she went, I immediately followed her and…” According to the information of Erzsébet Rákász Szilveszterné Zelenák (b. 1933) on Oct. 21, 2006. The photo was carried in the informant’s wallet, she is seen in the middle with her hands folded. The portable statue of Mary can be found in one of the galleries of the St. László Church in Ógyalla.