Planting the Right Seeds — A Conversation with Mária Stumpf

Planting the Right Seeds — A Conversation with Mária Stumpf

This is an abridged version of the original interview, published online on Magyar Kurír on 17 November 2022. When I traveled to New Brunswick, New Jersey, home to the largest Hungarian community on the East Coast of the U.S., I expected mostly positive news. I learned that while the Széchenyi Hungarian School is thriving, attendance at the St. Ladislaus Hungarian Church, which is no longer independent, has dwindled. The Hungarian American Athlet…