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POLISH AMERICAN Roku! AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES 2012 Happy New JOURNALESTABLISHED 1911 www.polamjournal.com Year! DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE tHE CHaNGiNG FaCE OF PaNNa Maria • ViKiNGS tOUCHED aND NOrtH aMEriCa • UNDErGrOUND HiDEOUt a “StO Lat” rEaLitY • GiViNG YOUr SUPEr BOWL PartY a POLiSH tWiSt • “PHENOMENON OF SOLiDaritY” EXHiBit tHE POLiSH aMEriCaN StriNG BaND • tHE artWOrK OF artHUr SZYK • tHaNK GOD it’S PiĄtEK! NEWSMARK Calls for Poland’s inclusion The End of Roman TALIBAN ATTACK KILLS FIvE pOLES. A roadside in Visa Waiver Program Catholicism in Detroit? bomb killed fi ve Polish soldiers in a NATO convoy in Af- ghanistan, Dec. 21, 2011, Poland’s heaviest single loss of life since the mission began. The soldiers were a few miles from their base in Ghazni province when the bomb exploded. Three died at the scene. Another two were said to have died of their wounds at a military hospital. The soldiers were part of a convoy of around 30 ve- hicles which was heading to the opening of a mausoleum, described by Polish media as one of the projects the recon- struction team had funded. Poland has 2,500 troops in Afghanistan who are respon- sible for handling security in Ghazni. The Taliban said it carried out the attack. In the nine years that Polish forces have taken part in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, 36 have been killed. Polish troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. REPRESENTATIvE MIKE QUIGLEY testifi es before Congress ST. FLORIAN’S in Hamtramck is among four traditionally MAJORITY OF pOLES AGAINST ADOpTING THE in favor of expanding the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to in- Polish parishes that may close or be merged under recom- EURO. Three out of four Polish citizens are against the clude Poland and other U.S. allies. mendations made to the archbishop. adoption of the European currency. Forty percent of those DETROIT — The Arch- churches in the archdiocese polled said they were “defi nitely against,” thirty-four per- WASHINGTON —U.S. ate jobs, stimulate the econ- diocese of Detroit presented could be shuttered in the cent said they were “rather against,” while twenty-two per- Representative Mike Quigley omy and strengthen national unsettled proposals to cluster, coming years. Unlike a previ- cent stated that they supported entering the Eurozone. of , whose 5th Con- security. It’s time to expand close and merge some four ous round of church closings The poll was taken as central banks in the , gressional District is home to outdated travel standards to dozen parishes in the next in Detrit in 1989, this time the Canada, Europe, the UK and Switzerland agreed to work more than 100,000 citizens include our proven allies.” fi ve years. The recommen- anger and sadness will be felt together to ensure that rising interest rates on Italian bonds of Polish ancestry, testifi ed Expansion of the VWP dations were made to Arch- in parishes throughout De- don’t cause the collapse of Eurozone banks. before the House Subcom- would bring increased reve- mittee on Immigration Policy nue to the travel industry at a bishop Allen Vigneron by a troit’s older suburbs. layperson’s panel. The plan is to reduce the WIERZBOWSKA FIRST FEMALE BOARD CHAIR. The and Enforcement in favor of time when America’s econo- “The recommendations number of parishes from 270 Polish & Slavic FCU, the nation’s largest ethnic credit expanding the Visa Waiver my needs it most. In 2008, the are not in themselves the fi - to 222 by closing nine of union, has elected Marzena Wierzbowska (inset) as its fi rst Program (VWP) to include countries in the VWP gener- nal plans for the future of them and merging 60 others female board chair, the credit union announced. It also Poland and other U.S. allies. ated more than 16 million vis- the Archdiocese of Detroit, into 21. elected four new directors: Malgorzata Gradzki, Beata “This is an issue of fairness its to the U.S., accounting for although they are serious Among parishes that are Klar-Jakubowski, and equity for a longstanding 65 percent of all overseas ar- and well-researched propos- threatened, the Polish ones Leon Kokoszka, and friend and partner, Poland,” rivals that year. VWP travel- als,” the archdiocese said in a are: Marzena Wojczula- said Quigley. “Expansion of ers spent more than 51 billion statement. • St. Florian , with nis. the Visa Waiver Program will dollars in the United States, The suggestions mean that steeples that defi ne the sky- Wierzbowska, improve our international which generated an estimated nearly one in fi ve Catholic See “Detroit,” page 4 who is in the middle diplomatic relationships, cre- See “Visa,” page 4 of her second term on the board, com- pleted journalism Better the Up Through the Ranks and political science An Interview with around 1910. studies in Poland Devil You Fr. Machalski spoke about Orchard Lake, and studied psychology at New York University. She has Rev. Canon Machalski Polonia, and Polish American Catholic par- served as the director of the Legal and Social Services pro- Know? , Ss. Cyril & Methodius Seminary ishes in this interview with The Polish Ameri- gram at the Polish Cultural Foundation in Clark, N.J., and can Journal. was director of the Community Action Program and man- Sikorski Asks by John Grondelski ager/coordinator of the municipal ESL teaching program to Step up to the Plate The Rev. Canon Thomas C. Machalski be- Tell us something about yourself: your organized by the city of New York. came the new Rector of Ss. Cyril & Metho- bac kground, education, priestly life, and your BERLIN — The Euro cri- dius Seminary, Orchard Lake, connections to Poland and DESpITE HATRED, BOOK’S ANNIvERSARY CELE- sis has become so serious that Michigan, on July 1, 2011. His Polonia. BRATED. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Art Poland’s foreign minister is offi cial installation took place I am a fourth generation Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, calling for Germany to take August 27, presided over by Polish American—my great- Pantheon Books has released MetaMaus, a book-length in- the lead in forming a much Detroit Archbishop Allen Vi- grandparents left Poland “za terview with Spiegelman conducted by University of Chi- tighter EU federation to save gneron. chlebem” and came to the cago professor Hillary Chute, who collaborated with him the Union from a “crisis of Machalski, a Brooklyn United States. I am the old- on the book. MetaMaus includes interviews with Spiegel- apocalyptic proportions.” diocesan priest, will also est son of the late Thomas C., man’s children and wife, genealogical information about “I will probably be the fi rst became Chancellor of the Sr. and Regina (Rutkowska) his family, transcripts of is original interview with his fa- Polish foreign minister in his- Orchard Lake Schools on Machalski; I have a younger ther Vladek Spiegelman, and more. tory to say so but here it is: I January 1, 2012 (his offi cial brother Michael. I was born Maus recreated the horrors of the Holocaust — as expe- fear German power less than installation is now slated for and raised in Maspeth, New rienced his parents — casting Jews as mice and Germans I am beginning to fear Ger- February 19). He succeeds the York where I attended Holy as cats. But the book depicts Poles as pigs in concert with man inactivity,” said Radek Rev. Timothy Whalen. Cross parish and school. Af- the Nazis, i.e, unlike Jews slated for extermination by Hit- Sikorski. The Orchard Lake Schools ter eighth grade graduation, ler, Germany planned to use Poles as slaves and not part of His demand set off a fi re- has been ministering to Ro- I attended St. Francis Prep in the cat/mouse food chain, according to Spiegelman. storm of protest from Polish man Catholic Polish Ameri- Brooklyn for one year before Ignoring the fact that Poles were to be killed for assist- nationalists. He faces a no- cans since its foundation in transferring to St. Mary’s Prep ing Jews, and that the Polish resistance movement is cred- confi dence vote in parlia- Detroit in 1885. Fr. Joseph in Orchard Lake, Michigan. I ited with saving the lives of nearly a half-million Jews, the ment, and the main opposition Dabrowski founded the institution to supply graduated from St. Mary’s Prep in May 1976 Pulitzer Prize was given to Spiegelman for his twisted in- leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, priests for Polonian parishes in the United and then entered St. Mary’s College from terpretation of life in Nazi-occupied Poland, which is based wants him brought before States. The Schools, which today consist of which I graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy largely on his father’s contempt for the Poles. the state tribunal (a form of a high school and a seminary, moved to the in May 1980. See “Sikorski,” page 4 northwest Detroit suburb of Orchard Lake continued on page 3 POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012 www.polamjournal.com 2

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We send Happy New Year wish- Poland’s economy rose 4.2 per- The New Year fair, es to newsclippers, advertisers, and cent during the third quarter of harvest will be handsome. the fraternal benefit societies who 2011, a figure that beat analysts’ make the Polish American Journal predictions. 1 Szczêœliwego Nowego Roku! their official publication. Your un- Happy New Year! tiring dedication to this publication BATTLE AHEAD. After the ten- 100th Birthday Party Held at Polish Embassy. Walter Zachari- 1467. Birth of Zygmunt I Stary, has given the paper an outstanding year battle ending in Texas State asiewicz is shown above addressing his well-wishers after extinguishing Renaissance king of Poland. reputation, not only within Ameri- Supreme Court in 1996 resulted in a the numerals 1-0-0 on his birthday cake, and being serenaded with a 1919. Birth of Polish American can Polonia, but across globe. not guilty verdict for Dr. Stanislaw actress Carol Landis. robust singing of “Sto lat.” At center is Ambassador Robert Kupiecki, his 3 1795. Third Partition of Poland. Burzynski, the Texas Medical Board wife Malgorzata and daughter Magdalena. MAYBE WASHINGTON CAN is making another attempt to shut 5 1173. Death of Bolesław IV the by Richard P. Poremski dent Lech Walesa in 1995, and most Curly LEARN SOMETHING. Poland’s him down. On April 11, 2012, the WASHINGTON, D.C. —It’s 6 Three Kings economy continues to rise and was board will try to revoke Burzynski’s recently Poland’s Bene Merito. On this day, termed “sensational” by the head medical license, which will force a very old Polish tradition to sing Born in 1911 in Krakow, parti- the initials of the National Bank of Poland. In him to close his clinic, abandon his “Sto Lat” – may you live 100 years tioned-Poland, Zachariasiewicz’s K+M+B and comparison to that of the Eurozone, patients, and exhaust any hope of — to someone at birthday parties, life involved suffering and sacrifice the year are economists agree with the assess- the FDA giving a fair examination on name days, and at other special for the independence of Poland. He i n s c r i b e d ment. Poland maintained its posi- into Burzynski’s research with anti- occasions. But due to the short life graduated from Krakow’s acclaimed by one’s tion as one of the fastest growing neoplastins, a discovery at the core spans in the old days, almost no one Jagiellonian University. During priest above ever achieved the unattainable cen- World War II he was arrested and the home’s economies in the European Union of his cancer research. Burzynski’s in 2011. Poland’s economic growth supporters ask you contact Gov. tury mark. Even today with all the deported to a gulag by the Russians. main entry. vast modern medical and scientific He was later released in 1942 and 7 1882. Death of Ignacy Lukasie- continues and remains one of the Rick Perry’s office at (512) 463- wicz, inventor of the kerosine highest in all of Europe. 2000 or www.governor.state.tx.us, improvements, it’s still something worked in the newly established lamp. (b. 1822). Domestic demand was the main and demand support for the Polish of a rarity for a person to achieve Polish Embassy in Kujbyszew, Rus- 8 1918. President Wilson an- factor driving the economy in the doctor’s research. centenarian status. But Walter Zach- sia, and later served with Gen. An- nounces his “Fourteen Points,” ariasiewicz did just that recently on ders Polish Army that fought with the 13th calling for a free Po- November 7, 2011. the allies against Nazi-Germany. land. Ambassador Robert Kupiecki Upon emigrating to American 9 1797. Jan Henryk Dabrowski Fund Established to Help hosted a gala black tie birthday cel- 1948, Zachariasiewicz worked as a organizes his legion in Italy, ebration for acclaimed Renaissance Group Director for the Democratic and thus honored by having his Family of Slain NYPD Officer man, Nov. 19, 2011, at the Embassy Party, as well as an Assistant Post- name included in the Polish Na- of the Republic of Poland. Approxi- master General. He became very tional Anthem. NEW YORK — The New York trada, gave chase after his colleague mately 130 guests were in atten- active and a major leader in Polish 11 1953. Death of opera singer City Police Foundation has estab- was tragically gunned down. Pride’s dance. The event, conducted in Pol- American organizations, as well as Marcella Sembrich-Kochanows- lished a scholarship fund to pay for alleged accomplice, Kevin Santos, ish, featured a slide show of photos an effective and recognized lobbyist ka (b. 1853). the education of the four daughters 30, escaped when Estrada chose to depicting Zachariasiewicz’s amaz- for the Polonia and Poland agendas 15 1920. The United States ap- of slain a NYPD officer. proved a $150 million loan to focus on the gunman, but was cap- ing life, narrated by maestro Jerzy on the national level. And thank- Five men with lengthy rap sheets Poland, Austria and Armenia to tured at his girlfriend’s house in Sapieyevski playing at Paderewski’s fully, he still maintains a presence aid in their war with the Rus- have been collared and charged with Ozone Park, Queens. piano. This was followed by a 1930s today. sian communists. murder of the decorated officer Pe- Figoski made more than 200 ar- cabaret show by a troupe of lo- It was pleasingly obvious Zacha- 17 1649. Coronation of John II Casi- ter Figoski, 47. rests — nearly half for felonies — cal Polish performers during which riasiewicz is only closing out one mir Vasa All have been charged with mur- and earned 12 medals, including Zachariasiewicz was humorously century in order to start another 1945. The totally devastated city der and a slew of other counts, in- of is cleared of Ger- eight for exceptional police duty. scripted into the program. when Ambassador Kupiecki said cluding robbery, assault and drug Figoski’s brother retired from Among the many gifts Zachari- that since “Mr. Zachariasiewicz man resistance by forces of the possession. 1st Belorussian Front. A Polish the NYPD, and his brother-in-law is asiewicz received was a commem- has already lived sto lat — perhaps The suspects were all hunted unit fighting with the Red Army still active on the force. The veteran orative officer’s sword from the we should wish him another 100 down within 24 hours of the death is involved in the final attacks. cop turned down retirement with Ministry of Foreign Affairs which years,” to which Zachariasiewicz 18 1943. Jews in Warsaw Ghetto of the 22-year NYPD veteran, who a full pension two years ago so he complimented his announced pro- replied “Why not?” began an uprising against the was fatally shot in the face at close motion to the rank of Lieutenant could stay on the force. Nazis. range after responding to a robbery Colonel in the Polish Army. Many Help WANTED. In 2012, we 1945. Krakow liberated almost in Brooklyn, December 12, 2011. 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Chief among them hours of work a week, call Mark mins. be a drug dealer, he said. should be mailed to: New York City is Knight Commander in the Order Kohan at our office at (800) 422- 22 1863. The January Uprising in The accused triggerman, Lamont Police Foundation, Attention Peter of St. Gregory by Pope John Paul 1275. You will not only be help- the former Polish-Lithuanian Pride, 27, was quickly nabbed after Figoski Fund, 555 5th Avenue, 15th II in 1991, and Commander in the ing the PAJ, but helping spread Commonwealth against the Rus- Figoski’s partner, Officer Glenn Es- Floor, New York, NY 10017. order of Polonia Restituta by Presi- the word about Polonia. sian Empire. It began this day in 1863, and lasted until the last in- surgents were captured in 1865. www.polamjournal.com 23 1793. Second Partition of Po- POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL www.pajtoday.blogspot.com land. Dedicated to the Promotion and Continuance of Polish American Culture • Established 1911 Visit us on Facebook 24 1507. 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Canon Machalaski continued from cover fore the Blessed Sacrament after the native born Americans. That is the In the fall of 1980 I entered the evening celebration of the Mass of reality of the Church in the United Seminary of the Immaculate Con- the Lord’s Supper and I asked Our States in our times. Polonia is not ception in Huntington, New York; Lord for direction. At that moment, producing vocations but yet the in the Spring of 1985 I was awarded I heard the Lord say in my heart “I spiritual needs of Polonia must be a Master’s of Divinity degree from know you do not want to go but that met so these men from Poland who the seminary. On May 18, 1985, I is the place I want you to be” and at come to Orchard Lake fill that void. was ordained a priest for the Dio- that moment I realized that I could They are, in a very real sense, mis- cese of Brooklyn. After ordination, not run away from God and so I sur- sionaries when they decide to leave I served as Parochial Vicar of the rendered to His will for me. everything and go off to a foreign parish of Ss. Cyril & Methodius, You’ve been associated with Or- land to serve God, the Church and Brooklyn (1985-1991); then as tem- chard Lake since your teen years. God’s people. While it is true that porary administrator of the Parish of How has it changed, and what do some of those ordained from our Our Lady of Czestochowa / St. Ca- you see as the major challenges fac- seminary are not always assigned simir, Brooklyn (1991-1993). While ing you as Chancellor over the next to Polish parishes that is nothing serving at Our Lady of Czestochowa new. Even years ago many gradu- five years? SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary, pictured above in an 1908 post- / St. Casimir, I also attended Ford- Well there are obvious changes: ates of Orchard Lake were assigned ham University to study Education- to non Polish parishes. When a man card, was founded in 1885 in Detroit, Michigan, to prepare candidates The Preparatory is a day and board- for the Roman Catholic priesthood primarily to serve Polish American al Administration (I received a M.S. ing school unlike in my day when presents himself for Ordination to Ed. in 1996 from Fordham Univer- the Priesthood he does so with the immigrant communities. Approval for founding such a seminary was it was only a boarding school, the granted on January 14, 1879, by Pope Leo XIII upon the petition of Father sity.) In 1993 I was transferred to college is no longer operating, the intention of serving the people of a Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament local church (diocese). We need to Leopold Moczygemba, O.F.M. Conv., founder of the Polish settlement in Felician Sisters are gone, there Panna Maria, Texas, in 1854. where I served as Parochial Vicar are fewer priests on the faculty to remember that a man is ordained to from 1993-1997. name a few. A major challenge is to be a priest of the Diocese of Brook- existed three decades ago — and chial high schools are generally ex- In 1997 I was informed by the keep the Orchard Lake Schools fi- lyn, Buffalo, Detroit, etc. and not diocesan consolidation and cluster- tinct, and Polish parochial schools Bishop that I was being sent to study nancially solvent. Our alumni base just a priest for the Polish, Italian, ing schemes suggest that number are closing at least as fast, if not canon law at the Catholic Universi- needs to be more active in raising Spanish, etc. parishes of his diocese. will still decline. What do you see faster, than Polonian parishes. As ty of America in Washington, D.C. funds for and donating funds to our As to how the Polonian presence as the future of the Polonian par- an educator, how do you suggest we In 1999, I completed my studies schools. We need to keep advertis- can be enhanced I say to Polonia’s ish system? How does one preserve educate future generations in things and was awarded a J.C.L. degree ing this “gem of Polonia” to Polonia families: When was the last time a Polish religious context — for Polish? and appointed as Adjutant Judicial because, believe it or not, there are you spoke about the priesthood or newly arrived immigrants as well as While it is sad that our parochial Vicar of the Diocese of Brooklyn many people out there even in Polo- religious life with your children? established Polonians of the third or schools and high schools are almost and assigned to be in residence at nia who have no idea that Orchard Grandchildren? Do you present this fourth generation, who still prefer extinct we as Polonia can, at least, St. Josaphat’s Parish, Bayside. In Lake exists! We also need to pay off vocation as worthwhile and viable? that to a “mainstream” territorial be thankful that in many Polish par- September 2007 I became Pastor of some major loans that were taken If your child or grandchild mentions parish? ishes here in the United we have the St. Josaphat’s while remaining as out for building projects that were this as something they are thinking The future of the Polonian par- so called “Polish Saturday Schools” Adjutant Judicial Vicar of the Dio- necessary. about do you support them? Dis- ish system in many ways depends where the children of Polonia come cese. From 1999-2011, I also served courage them? Do you pray asking on Polonia. As Polonia assimilated to study Polish language, history As rector of the Ss. Cyril & Meth- as Priest- Secretary/Master of Cer- God to call one of your children/ and the second and third genera- and culture. Where such schools do odius Seminary, what are the major emonies of the Most Rev. Rene A. grandchildren to the priesthood tions moved out of Polish neighbor- not exist they need to be established challenges you see ahead of you in Valero, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of or religious life? I also say to my hoods and took part in the “flight as quickly as possible. However, I that job? How is the “Polish Semi- Brooklyn. I also served as the Bish- brother priests in Polonia: Do we set to the suburbs” the pews of Polish believe that there is an even more nary” doing these days? op’s liaison to SS. Cyril & Methodi- a good example for young people parishes became empty. Many of fundamental course of action that A major challenge for any rector us Seminary, Orchard Lake, and Vo- by the way we live our priesthood? the newer immigrants from Poland Polonia can take: celebrate holi- is to create an atmosphere where the cation Director for Polish speaking Are we happy with our lives and speak English upon their arrival in days Polish style, incorporate our seminarians can develop spiritually, vocations and on various diocesan our priesthood? Have we asked a the United States so for them to go beloved customs and traditions into emotionally, intellectually, pasto- committees and commissions. young man if he has thought about to an “English parish” is not a prob- your celebrations, speak about days rally. At Ss. Cyril & Methodius we I participated in the summer pro- the priesthood? lem unlike for example my great- of historical significance for Poland also must take into account the fact gram of Polish language, history and grandparents when they arrived in with the younger generation, take that the men we have studying here culture at the Catholic University of With the demise of your alma the United States. I spent the vast the younger generation to Polish need to go through a period of en- Lublin in the summer of 1984 and mater, St. Mary’s College, and the majority of my priesthood in Pol- cultural activities and events. Every culturation since they come from also participated in their year long closure of the Polish National Al- ish parishes and I must tell you that October is Polish Heritage Month in a different country and culture and program for foreign students form liance’s Alliance College, there is many of the Polish customs with a the United States. Do you celebrate speak a different language. Some 1987-1988. now no institution of higher edu- “religious context” if you will, i.e., it? If you want to make sure that our of the enculturation issues are dealt I am involved with and a member cation in America that serves — at the ciemnica on Holy Thursday, the heritage is preserved you must be with at our Seminary in Kraków of many Polish American organiza- least as part of its mission — the Po- “grób” on Good Friday are more the one to ensure its preservation. that the men must “pass through” tions. lonian community. How do you see important for Polonia than for the before coming to Orchard Lake. In In 2005, I was named a Honorary the intellectual situation of Polonia newer immigrants. The difference As the leader of Orchard Lake, Kraków they complete missing phi- Canon of the Chapter of Canons of and Orchard Lake’s role in its intel- in outlook has certainly affected you occupy an important place in losophy credits, study English, get the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist lectual leadership? Polish parishes and their existence. American Polonia. With the creep- an introduction into the structure of and St. John the Evangelist, Lublin, The demise of both those institu- Many members of Polonia feel ing decline of our parishes and the seminary life, have their required Poland. tions was a sad day for Polonia. In that as long as they have the financ- loss of our schools, where do you psychological testing completed. On September 22, 2011 Presi- many ways, it was our fault as Po- es to keep a parish open that is all see Polonia itself in ten to twenty Once the men arrive at Orchard dent Bronislaw Komorowski per- lonia, because we did not support that matters. A parish is more than years? Lake the Seminary is more than just sonally bestowed on me the Krzyz those institutions the way that we just being able to pay your bills and Well, that is a tough question. an academic institution it is their Oficerski Orderu Zaslugi RP at the should have supported them- finan- not be on subsidy from the diocese. However, I do believe that the fu- home since they have left every- Polish Consulate in New York for cially, sending our children to study A parish must be alive first and ture of Polonia depends on Polo- thing behind to come to the United my service to Polonia and Poland. at these institutions, much weaker foremost with the celebration of nia itself — if we show our young States and so, I must also be certain support from alumni than other in- You are becoming Chancellor of the Mass and Sacraments but also people that our Polish heritage is that they feel that this is their home. stitutions, etc. Recently, Orchard the Orchard Lake Schools Rector of with people, ministries, community important and we do so with action I must, along with the other priest Lake received a bequest to establish the “Polish Seminary” in Orchard activities, on a regular basis; being and not just with empty lip service faculty that live in the Seminary, the Polish Mission. The Polish Mis- Lake. What was your reaction when present for Pasterka or Rezurekcja then Polonia will flourish and grow. create that home atmosphere. sion is entrusted with preserving you were asked to take on this re- is not enough! A parish must also We need to instill a sense of Polish The Seminary is doing well and Polish culture through lectures, ex- sponsibility? see itself not as a single entity but pride in our youth now so that when the men that we have seem to be hibits, art competitions and shows, My first reaction when Bishop as part of the Diocese and should we — “the older generation” — are happy to be here. concerts, etc. The Polish mission Frank Reiss called me was to say partake in diocesan celebrations no longer here Polonia will still be also is entrusted with ensuring that “no thank you” and in fact I did say Although founded as an institu- and initiatives. On the other hand, alive and well! the Archives of Polonia are properly that I did not think it was for me. tion to provide priests to Polonia, I have seen large parishes that pro- stored and preserved. They are also The Bishop made a few more calls some complain that Ss. Cyril & vide many services for Polonia and What is your favorite memory of responsible for the various museums to me and we discussed the needs of Methodius Seminary has today be- newly arrived immigrants but the Orchard Lake? on campus. Scholars and experts Orchard Lake. I also discussed the come a Polish (rather than Polo- financial contributions of the pa- There are so many memories of from various institutions in Poland whole scenario with Bishop DiMar- nian) institution, importing Polish rishioners are not enough to help my seven years here as a student. I have visited our campus to help us zio, my bishop, who was support- seminarians to the United States, the pastor pay the bills. Like I said guess my favorite memories have to better preserve our archival material ive of whatever decision I would who do not necessarily end up in at the beginning of the response the do with the various Polish celebra- and works of art that we posses. The eventually make. I was torn in two Polish parishes or neighborhoods. future of the Polonian parish system tions we had as students: Wigilia, Polish Mission is Orchard Lake’s directions—going to Orchard Lake How do you respond to this criti- depends in many ways on Polonia Jasełka, Odpust, 3-go maja, etc. contribution to the intellectual situ- which I loved or leaving my Dio- cism, and do you see a way that the itself. They are fond memories but also ation of Polonia today. cese, family, parish which I loved. Polonian clerical presence at Or- were lessons for me in preserving (I also admit that another big reason chard Lake can be enhanced? Thirty years ago there were over With the decline of Polish parish- our heritage and culture which I was having to have to give up being The majority of those being or- 700 Polonian parishes in the United es, there is also a decline of Polish tried to share with the people of the the chaplain of the NY Mets). On dained each year in many dioceses States. Today, there are perhaps 300 parochial schools. Our institutions parishes and my diocese that I have Holy Thursday, I was kneeling be- throughout the United States are not — less than half the number that of tertiary education are gone, paro- served throughout my priesthood. 4 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012

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apids “What is relevant is that the eth- ognition of the puppet communist Women’s Hall of Fame. nic Catholicism primarily has to government set up there by the So- 1989. Joachim Brudziński, an MP

A tireless advocate for Polish P ublic with Catholic faith. The leading role viets. In 1939, the British and the from Kaczyński’s party, said Sikor- Americans, Lipczynski served as of preserving ethnic lan- French went to war to ski was advocating a “Fourth Reich L tutor, translator, social worker, and ibrary guage, culture, and secu- defend Poland, but by and German hegemony.” nurse for numerous immigrants lar tradition belongs to 1945, it was a country no Other Polish politicians, includ- and helped found many organiza- . fraternal organizations, longer worth fighting for. ing the leftist opposition as well as tions, including the Wiarus Society, social clubs, and dance This was after the British Sikorski’s party colleagues and co- the first Polish institution in West groups. The church’s and the Americans knew alition allies, have been supportive. Michigan, and three Grand Rapids task is to preserve the that the Russians had Some commentators, such as Piotr Catholic churches (St. Mary’s, St. faith that came to these executed 15,000 Polish Gursztyn in Rzeczpospolita, noted Adalbert’s, and St. Isidore’s). Her shores by means of a her- POWs in the Katyn For- Sikorski has yet to make his official Society of Polish Ladies became in itage and culture that had est in 1940 and deported foreign-policy speech to the Polish 1899 the first women’s organization unique characteristics. their families to Siberia. parliament; was he speaking in a admitted to the Polish National Al- The in “My new The Polish soldiers – in- personal capacity in Berlin, or with VALERIA Lipczynski liance, and in 1901 Lipczynski be- the United States contin- motto is, when cluding my father, who the full backing of the government? (1846-1930) came the first woman elected to the ues to do that.” you’re through fought in Monte Cassi- He was even more explicit in an Alliance’s board of directors. got here. She had three kids. And — Fr. Charles changing, you’re no, Arnhem, Tobruk, interview given to the Polish press, Many contemporary groups, she was full of energy, doing all this Bober, from his answer through.” the Falaise Gap, Battle calling on a federal EU to follow both local and national, can trace stuff.” and question column in — Martha of Britain and more – the model of the United States, with their roots to Lipczynski’s organiza- “She became a pillar of the Pol- the Pittsburgh Catholic. Stewart, 70, au- learned this lesson well, member nations “having at least as tional and leadership skills. ish community in Grand Rapids,” A reader asked if “the thor of a new but continued to do their much autonomy as the states of the Each year the annual MWHF said Emily Fijol, assistant director Catholic Church is no book, Martha’s duty as allies. USA” in areas like education, pub- celebration recognizes the signifi- of the Michigan Women’s Historical longer comfortable being Entertaining. “Sen. Barbara Mikul- lic morals and income taxes. cant achievements of several Michi- Center and Hall of Fame in Lansing. ethnic.” ski has a told the story of gan women. “She was really important.” v v v her mother, who during World War Detroit “Oh, man, she was a dynamo,” “Alan W. Dowd’s article [“Fish- II had a picture of Roosevelt hang- continued from cover said Jo Ellyn Clarey, president of ing Trip Led to Roosevelt and ing on the wall. After Yalta, the pic- line of the once primarily Polish en- the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s Happy Churchill’s Declaration of Peace,” ture came down. The ideals of the clave of Hamtramck, could close if History Council. “She sold immi- August 2011] left out one important Atlantic Charter were one thing; New Year’s the current religious order of priests grants on the city, she took care of thing: President Franklin D. Roos- fighting for them was something that pastors the church, the Society Wishes people when they go there, she de- evelt and Winston Churchill ignored else.” of Christ, leaves. livered babies, she taught English the ideas of the Atlantic Charter at — Mike Swidwinski of Casno- • One of three churches that – she was a one-woman settlement HELEN Yalta in 1945, when they gave their via, Michigan, in October 2011 edi- dominate the near-downtown De- factory. approval for Stalin’s annexation of tion of The American Legion. troit skyline along I-75 — Sweet- “She wrote articles for Polish NOWAKOWSKI Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost half of Poland and their rec- est Heart of Mary, St. Josaphat and newspapers, she got women into St. Joseph near Eastern Market — respectable positions,” Clarey said. should plan to close. “She was 25, at the most, when she Visa: First Hearing in Almost 10 Years Church officials attribute the continued from cover in other, high risk areas. need for the changes to declining Happy New Year! Success, Health, 512,000 jobs, 13 billion dollars in The December 7, 2011 hearing attendance and a priest shortage. In and Prosperity to All in 2012! payroll and 7.8 billion dollars in marked the first House Judiciary the last 10 years alone, about 40 par- taxes for the U.S. economy. Committee hearing solely dedicated ishes have closed or merged because MARIE CURIE Poland is a member of both the to the issue in nearly 10 years. of the priest shortage and changing EU and NATO but remains one of Quigley introduced legislation demographics, reducing the number PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S the few major democratic allies ex- to expand the Visa Waiver Program of parishes from 310 to 270. cluded from the VWP. The VWP en- to include Poland that has been en- “The changes are needed,” the ASSOCIATION ables citizens of 36 countries to visit dorsed by President Obama, and has archdiocese says, “because of the the U.S. for up to 90 days without worked tirelessly to promote Polish- dwindling number of priests, chang- 155 Noble Street • Brooklyn, NY 11222 obtaining a non-immigrant visitor American relations during his two ing demographics and strapped fi- Visit our Website at www.curiewomen.org visa. The program was established terms in Congress. In 2010, he trav- nances.” to eliminate unnecessary barriers to eled to Poland and attended a con- The archbishop is expected to travel, stimulate the tourism indus- ference in Krakow commemorating make his decision on the council’s try and permitting the Department the 10th anniversary of the Commu- recommendations — as well as Wesołego Nowego Roku! of State to focus consular resources nity of Democracies. those made by individual parishes POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS — in February. Vigneron said he Western New York Division most likely will adopt the recom- 14KT. GOLD JEWELRY mendations, but added they are “not Rev. Thaddeus Bocianowski, Chaplain set in stone. But this is the direction Richard B. 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POLISH CHEF / Robert Strybel Maciejewski’s Photographic Still-lifes Exhibited in Las Vegas Giving Your Super Bowl Party a Polish Twist Who knows which Polish Ameri- another 2 hrs at 325°. After switch- of rapidly boiling water and cook can atheletes will be in this year’s ing off heat, leave bigos covered in about 2 min. Remove with slotted Super Bowl (Sunday, Feb. 5, Lucas oven until it cools to room temp. spoon and serve in broth. Oil Stadium, the home of the India- Refrigerate over night. Reheat at napolis Colts, the first Super Bowl 325° for 90 min before serving. KISZKA-BURGERS. (kaszanka w held in Indianapolis), but no matter bułce): Fry rounds of kiszka with who is on the field, you will score TURKEY BROTH. (rosół z in- skin removed in a little lard, but- a touch down with this Polish-style dyka): In soup pot combine tur- ter or oil until heated through and menu for your party! key neck, rump, gizzard, heart and crusty-browned on both sides and wings with 2 qts cold water, bring to serve in a crusty bun, hamburger- HUNTER’S BIGOS. (bigos boil, reduce heat and skim off scum style. The kiszka can also be fried myśliwski): Almost everyone from top until no more forms. Cook broken up (like hash). Go-togethers serves chili con carne on Superbowl at a very gentle boil about 40 min, include brown mustard, horserad- Sunday, but you can start off with then add: 2 carrots, 2 stalks celery, ish, fried onions, dill pickles and standard Polish fare of this hearty 1 parsley root, 1 whole tomato, and sliced tomato slices. stew. Soak 1 oz dried bolete mush- 1 halved onion (impaled on fork and rooms in 1-1/2 c water several hrs, charred over flame or in dry frying BREADED PORK CUTLET. (kot- then cook in same water until ten- pan until blackish rings appear). let schabowy): Pound 3/4” thick der, chop, return to liquid and set To pot add 2 t salt, 6 peppercorns, slices of fresh boneless pork loin aside. Drain 3 qts sauerkraut, re- 2-3 grains allspice and 1 bay leaf (or use pork chops with the bone serving liquid, rinse in cold water, and cook another hour or until meat removed) to 1/3 to 1/4 of their origi- Still Life with 94210 (Canada) / from the series Garden of Eden by drain again, squeeze dry and chop falls off the bone. Strain. Meat can nal thickness. Dredge in flour, dip A. Maciejewski. coarsely. Place in pot with 1 bay be removed from bones, diced and in egg wash and roll in plain bread LAS VEGAS — The Contem- ronto Parks” (1997) and best-seller leaf, cover with cold water and cook returned to soup. One of the car- crumbs. Season with salt, pepper, porary Arts Center in Las Vegas “After Notman” (2003). Apart from uncovered about 60 min, stirring rots may also be added. Serve over marjoram and garlic powder and fry is presenting a solo exhibition by devoting himself to his creative occasionally. Transfer drained sau- home-made or store-bought egg to a deep golden brown. Serve with Polish artist Andrzej Maciejewski, projects he also teaches photogra- erkraut to baking pan and add some noodles or poured-batter noodles potatoes and salad. French or Kaiser titled “Garden of Eden.” The show phy, giving workshops and lectures or all of the following: 2 qts various (lane kluski). Garnish with chopped roll with a splotch of Polish-style features twenty-four color photo- for various institutions. Currently cooked, deboned, cubed meat (beef, parsley is desired. brown mustard and/or dill pickle. graphs of fruits and vegetables, in- artist lives in Eastern Ontario. venison or other game, pork, veal, spired by the Old Masters paintings, The Contemporary Arts Cen- turkey, duck), 3 c smoked Polish POURED-BATTER NOODLES. PORK CUTLET IN A BUN. (kotlet but showing modern products from ter in Las Vegas is located at 107 sausage the mushrooms and their (lane kluski): Fork-blend 2 small schabowy w bułce): For a more ca- supermarket, with PLU (Price Look E Charleston Blvd, Suite 120, Las liquid, 1 c pitted prunes, chopped, eggs, 6 T flour and 2 pinches of salt sual treat, serve breaded pork cutlets Up) stickers. The pictures were tak- Vegas, NV; (702) 382-3886, web: 1/2 c dry red wine, 2 buds crushed until mixtures is smooth. Stir in 1 T fast-food-style in a whole-wheat, en with analog 4x5 camera on color http://lasvegascac.org/. 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RELIGION / Benjamin Fiore, S.J. Bishop Bartchak Returns to School Newly-installed Altoona-John- Paul II continues to be studied and high-level Vatican posts — first as tion parish which they opened as the Council 2963. Upon receiving the stown diocese Bishop Mark L. lectured on, such as a recent lec- president of the Prefecture for the Johnstown Tea House. Various com- award with his wife and three chil- Bartchak (inset) attended a two- ture by papal biographer George Economic Affairs of the Holy See, munity groups are continuing their dren Mr. Smurdiak said, “When you week orienta- Weigel at the Order of the Knights then as president of the Governorate exploration of possible reuse of the get an award like this it inspirers tion session for of Malta “Defense of Faith” series of Vatican City State ... The spirit, remaining buildings of the recently you to live up to what it represents. new bishops in Lancaster, Penn., several signifi- prayers and faith of the parishioners closed parishes in the area. It is humbling because you know at the Vati- cant testimonies of miracles have and friends of St. Adalbert Basil- there are so many other people do- can along with been received by Msgr. Sławomir ica was evident on Sun., Sept. 18 Sto lat to … Fr. Scott R. Pila- ing more than you who will never 15 other U.S. Oder, postulator for the cause of Bl. during the celebration of the par- rz, S.J. on his inauguration as 23rd get the recognition.” bishops and John Paul II’s sainthood. He is wait- ish’s 125th anniversary. The faith- president of Marquette University Grzegorz Ignatik on receiving some 100 from ing to receive further documenta- ful focused on the “beauty” of the in Milwaukee, Wisc. He had previ- a fellowship, from an endowment the rest of the tion which will enable him to select service and the recollection of the ously held the presidency of Scran- established by the Knights of Co- world. After at- which would be the most appropri- long history of the East Side parish. ton University in Scranton, Penn. lumbus, for study at the John Paul tending sessions ate for submission to the Vatican. Afterwards over 300 people at- Pope Benedict XVI on being II Institute for Studies on Marriage with cardinals and bishops on the tended a reception at Millennium selected to receive the “Laurel” and Family at Catholic University. work bishops do and what the Vati- Altar Girls Out. Fr. John Airport, Cheektowaga. academic prize recognizing his con- can offices can do to assist them, the Lankeit, rector of the cathedral Philadelphia-area Felician Sister tribution in the fields of theology Cardinal Honored on bishops had a chance to meet per- of Ss. Simon & Jude in Phoenix, Jubilarians: 85 yrs. - Sr. Norbert and culture. The Polish honor was Polish Stamp. To mark the sonally with the pope. Bishop Bart- Ariz., no longer allows girls to be Prawdzik; 80 yrs - Sr. Romuald awarded on the bicentenary of the centenary of the birth of Adam chak returned to the Vatican in De- altar servers but rather offers them Burak, Sr. Louise Huczek, Sr. University of Wrocław and the rec- Cardinal Kozłowiecki (1911- cember for the regularly scheduled service as sacristans. He made the Louise Jurewicz; 75 yrs. – Sr. Eliz- tors of the universities of Wrocław, 2007) the Polish postal service (ad limina) meeting of Pennsylva- change in hopes of promoting vo- abeth Kobierowski; 70 yrs. – Sr. , Częstochowa and Zielona issued a stamp in his honor. After nia bishops with the pope. While cations to the priesthood for males Irene Geisheimer, Sr. Margaret Góra presented the award at a papal his ordination to the priesthood back in his diocese Bishop Bartchak and other religious vocations, such Machowska, Sr. Anita Pasternak; audience in Rome. Pope John Paul in 1937, he was arrested by the is busy working through his plan of as becoming a nun, for females. He 65 yrs. – Sr. Beata Jurewicz, Sr. II was the first recipient of the prize Gestapo and interned in Aus- visiting all the Catholic schools of noted that 80-95% of priests served Clarissa Mroz; 60 yrs. – Sr. John in 2003. chwitz in 1939. Later transferred the diocese. He impresses the stu- as altar boys, although he does not Domalik, Sr. Janice Kobierowski, Fr. Thomas Zalewski, O. Carm. to Dachau, he was one of the few dents with his approachability and know the percentage of altar boys Sr. Charlotte Niemczyk, Sr. Lo- director of the National Shrine of to have left that German concen- openness. who go on to become priests. retta Wesołowski; 50 yrs. – Sr. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Middle- tration camp alive. He then went “The connection between serv- Virginia Rozich, Sr. Evangeline town, NY, the first Polish-American to Northern Rhodesia (now Zam- Blessed John Paul II Given ing at the altar and the priesthood Sullivan. to hold this office. For information bia) as a missionary where he be- a Feast Day. By a vote of 154 to is historic,” Lankeit said. “It is part Holy Family RC parish in about Days of Prayer or bus trips to came bishop and then archbishop 2 the U.S. bishops approved placing of the differentiation between boys Hooversville, Pa., on its 100th the Shrine call (845) 343-1879 or e- of Lusaka, the capital city in a memorial for Bl. John Paul II on and girls, as Christ established the anniversary. The anniversary mail [email protected] 1959. He resigned in 1969 in fa- the liturgical calendar on October priesthood by choosing men. Serv- Mass was celebrated by Fr. Karl vor of an African bishop and re- 22, the anniversary of his election ing at the altar is a specifically Kołodziejski, OFM Conv. and Sto Lat tO ... 10 new deacons turned to parish work in Mpunde, as Pope in 1978. This is the same priestly act,” he explained. Bishop Mark Bartchak. The first ordained for the archdiocese of De- an outpost north of Lusaka until day the feast will be celebrated in Only the diocese of Lincoln, Mass was celebrated in the home troit, among them was Rev. Mr. Mi- his death. He was honored with Poland, Rome and other diocese, Neb., has restricted altar serving to of Stanley Gołembiewski by Fr. chael Stach, 47, of Rochester Hills. the title Cardinal by Pope John which select to include it. The boys, and that diocese appears to be Victor J. Szyperski and the parish A parish director of religious educa- Paul II in 1998. Vatican Congregation for Divine a leader in attracting men to the sem- started its first decade as a mission tion and real estate broker/owner, he Worship also approved an opening inary. Fr. Kieran Kleczewski, pas- of St. Anne in Holsopple and St. Mi- and his wife, Katarzyna, have three Motherhood Appreciated. prayer to be used at the memorial tor of St. Thomas Aquinas church chael in Listie. Within the year of its children and are members of Sacred Dorothy Pilarski’s new book, Mass on that day. in Avondale, Ariz., and director of becoming an independent parish in Heart of the Hills Parish, Auburn “Motherhood Matters,” reflects a A relic of the late pontiff, a vial the diocesan Office of Worship ex- 1922, the church and rectory were Hills. Also ordained was Rev. Mr. growing need for the vocation of of his blood, has been enthroned in plained that the cathedral’s policy destroyed by fire and the pastor Fr. Thomas Edmond Strasz Sr., 61, of motherhood to be respected and the Cathedral of Tacna, Peru under is not mandatory for the rest of the Ladislaus Vadkerti died of a heart Grosse Pointe Woods. Employed as appreciated in modern society. The a painting of his and the Vatican’s diocese. “The pastor has the author- attack after saving the Blessed Sac- book, published by Catholic Reg- coat of arms. The relic was a gift ity over the parish’s liturgical prac- rament and parish records. A second administrative assistant to Auxiliary of Pope Benedict XVI to the south- tices,’ he noted, adding that he has fire in 2008 destroyed the church’s Bishop Michael Byrnes, Deacon ister Books in August 2011, is a ern Peruvian Church. Another relic no plans to discontinue allowing girl interior and the renovated church Strasz and his wife, Josephine, have collection of inspirational stories, was welcomed by thousands of altar servers in his parish. was blessed by Bishop Joseph Ada- five children and are members of St. prayers and quotes to encourage worshipers in the Archdiocese of mec in 2009. Joan of Arc Parish, St. Clair Shores. Catholic mothers. Motivation for Tijuana, Mexico, scarred in recent Happy Anniversary to ... Raymond F. Figlewski, ’66, of writing the book came from the years by drug violence. The relic Buffalo New York’s Bishop Ed- Cambria City Church Prop- Branford, Conn., a successful busi- author’s reflections from hosting a traveled to Ciudad Juarez, and the ward Kmiec celebrating 50 years erties Reused. The 121-year- nessman who helped build and run Catholic mothers group in her home dioceses of Ensenada, Nuevo Casas of priesthood. Bishop Kmiec old rectory of the former St. Co- two family-owned businesses on for the past 15 years. “The very Grandes as it is brought on a five- turned 75 on June 4. As prescribed lumba church in Cambria City, being one of the recipients of the thought that a mother is expected to month passage through the country by Canon Law, he submitted his let- Johnstown, Pa., has been restored Knight of Honor Award at Notre have a baby and almost immediately of Mexico encouraging prayers for ter of resignation to Pope Benedict and put to use as the Heritage House Dame HS in West Haven, Conn. go back to work is a clear indication peace in that troubled country. A XVI. When the pope accepts Bishop Inn, a bed and breakfast. Dennis The award is given to alumni who that we are not valuing the mother,” relic of the blessed pope’s hair has Kmiec’s resignation, he will simul- and Ginny Fitzpatrick, the own- have brought distinction to Notre she said. “As a culture we are say- been received in the Cathedral of taneously announce the name of ers and proprietors, have also pur- Dame HS. ing that it really doesn’t matter who the Immaculate Conception in Hong the 14th bishop of Buffalo. There is chased and remodelled the rectory Ron and Elizabeth Smurdiak watches our children, so long as it’s Kong, where it will be permanently no timetable for the announcement of the former Immaculate Concep- of Phillips, Wis., on receiving the being cared for – that’s all that mat- kept. This symbolically completes to be made ... Edmund Cardinal Knight’s of Columbus Interna- ters. 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The lighted rigs look recording secretary; Deborah Majka, president; Camille Kopielski, 1st the United States because it is the like huge Christmas trees. Little vice president; and Mary Ellen Tyszka, 2nd vice president — greet board home of George’s ancestors from did our ancestors know that the members. Poland. Their home is next to the farms they settled would become BOSTON — The American a piano recital. historic house of his great grandfa- a booming oil community,” Kowa- Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) “The Polonian members who at- ther, Thomas Kowalik. lik said. held its 2011 Fall Board Meet- tended the weekend’s Board Meet- Long considered a ghost town, “Our ancestors and families the Kowaliks report things are worked so hard and many times ing, hosted by the Polish Cultural ing were transfixed by recalling the EASTER BUTTER LAMB MOLD Foundation, whose president is Dr. Polish tradition displayed by Dr. changing in Panna Maria. had so little. They would be so sur- Small 3-1/2” width by 3” tall Andrzej Pronczuk. Pronczuk, who Andrzej & Lila Pronczuk and Mr. “Up until last year, we seldom prised to know that their descen- # 1-600 $4.95 plus s&h earned his Doctor of Science degree & Mrs. Welz that ‘gość w dom, Bóg saw any large trucks. The traf- dants will be the ones to reap the Large 5” width by 4” tall from prestigious MIT in Cambridge, w dom’ (‘Guest in the home, God’s fic consisted of farm trucks, cars benefits of their sacrifices,” said # 1-601 $7.95 plus s&h Mass, is a specialist in human nutri- in the home’), which was indeed ap- and tractors. What a difference Kowalik. tion who lectures and conducts re- plicable to our visit in Boston,” said one year makes!” he wrote in the “Their faith in God and their search at Brandeis University. ACPC Publicity Chair Jo Louise Panna Maria Historical Society hard work is an example and a Pronczuk, his wife Lila, and the Winters. “The experience continued newsletter. blessing to us all. This sleepy little Foundation’s vice-presidents, Do- into Sunday morning, as the gra- “We now live in a bustling town, sleeps no more!” nata Czulak, Elzbieta Welz, and cious Lila met everyone in the hotel Szymon Tolak, planned a very ex- lobby, inquiring if anyone wanted citing and informative weekend for transportation to church to attend Niles Names Street For Polish Artist the members of ACPC. Business Mass. The faithful Mass attendees NILES, Ill. — Wojciech Sew- ors of Niles and Tarnow, Poland, sessions kicked off the Friday eve- were further blessed by Rev.An- eryn died in Katyn crash after work- recently made plans for Tarnow LET’S LEARN POLISH EASTER ning meeting, which were followed drzej Urbaniak, who greeted them ing on a memorial to Katyn victims. Mayor Ryszard Scigala to present a WORDS PLASTIC MOLD 12-coin by a reception prepared by Mrs. warmly and wished them a safe Both Poles and Americans are plaque honoring Seweryn, a Tarnow mold. Each coin is 1-inch across x Pronczuk and other active members journey home.” honoring a Polish-born Chicago native. 1/4” deep. $8.95 plus s&h of the Foundation. Readers interested in joining sculptor who created Niles’ Katyn Seweryn died in the 2010 plane The weekend plans included a this organization (membership only memorial. Niles trustees voted to crash that also killed Poland’s presi- sight-seeing trolley tour through $10.00/ year), may contact: Ms. rename a portion of Milwaukee Av- dent he flew to Smolensk to honor Boston and Cambridge, a luncheon, Florence Langridge, (860) 521- enue as Wojciech M. Seweryn Me- Polish victims of the Katyn massa- ACPC business session, dinner, and 4034; [email protected]. morial Road. In addition, the may- cre.

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LET’S LEARN POLISH EVERYDAY Vikings Touched Poland and North America WORDS MOLD. 12-coin mold. Each The Age of the Vikings lasted from about southern . These marauding Wends were possibly in and Sweden. The Swed- coin is 1-inch across x 1/4” deep. 800 to 1100 A.D. During this time their influ- also sometimes called Slavic Vikings. ish town of Wendel may have been founded by $8.95 plus s&h ence extended from their origins in Scandinavia Legend holds that Wolin Island in the Odra Poles. Some researchers suggest that Slavic or throughout most of Europe, Byzantium in Asia delta just north of was settled in the mixed Slavic-Scandinavian Vikings were among Minor, and westward to North America. late tenth century by Jomsborg Vikings who fled the settlers in Iceland and Greenland. There There is proof of a Viking settlement on the Denmark. Supposedly, they came with the per- is even a claim that two Polish knights named island of Labrador off the Canadian coast, and mission of Polish King Bolesław Chrobry and Wyzdarwoda and Tyrker accompanied Leif Er- the existence of Vinland, a Norse settlement far- in return defended Poland. The Wolin popula- icsson to North America. Norse sagas identify ther south, is believed to have been in present day tion became increasingly Slavic and this mixed Tyrker as the one who first discovered grapevines Nova Scotia, Rhode Island or Cape Cod. The dis- band of warriors raided Danish and Swedish there, after which the Vikings called that country covery of a runestone in Minnesota with Nordic towns, and for a time held the Baltic island of Vinland. characters engraved on it, along with other pur- Ruegen. Historians say Wolin was not so much Poland is also tied to the Scandinavians and ported Viking relics, seems to point to a Viking a true Viking outpost but a pirate base, and that Vikings through royal marriages. Świętosława, foray into interior North America. the Jomsborg Vikings never existed. The Wolin daughter of Prince Mieszko, founder of the Pol- The Viking impact on Europe was much more stronghold was destroyed by King Magnus of ish nation, married Danish King Sven Forkbeard. profound. Though popularly depicted as looting Denmark and Norway in 1043. MINI POLISH FOODS MOLD In Denmark she was known as Gunhilda and her $8.95 and pillaging brutes, these Norsemen were also son was Canute, also a King of Denmark. Ca- traders and settlers. They established trade routes Six all-time favorites. Mold is 6“x6“. 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Nevertheless, the region did see a Viking Łódź, a tenth century cemetery was unearthed long to a DNA subgroup that shares a distant P.O. Box 328, Boston, NY 14025. presence. Prior to the founding of the Polish na- that yielded objects connected to Sweden. Some common ancestry with many people in England 2. Call 1 (800) 422-1275 or tion in 966, they would have encountered indi- observers see similarities to Norse runic signs on and Scotland. These persons’ common ancestor (716) 312-8088 vidual Slavic tribes, and afterward only a loose some Polish coats of arms. may have been a Pomeranian Slav sent to invade M-F, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. EST England with Canute. 3. Order on-line at: confederation that was Poland. 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Re-enactors also stage a Viking festival in Rynia, table some Vikings pillaged Western Europe, the Wends in Polish-Wendish settlements supposedly ex- twenty miles outside of Warsaw, where a replica turn attacked Viking strongholds in Denmark and isted near present day , Germany and of a Viking settlement has been built. Polish flair! 8 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012

Happenings: Chicago Style / Geraldine Balut Coleman The “Phenomenon of Solidarity” Exhibit P CHICAGO — hoto leaders will pro-

A pictorial history courtesy vide invaluable of Poland, circa insight in further 1980-81, from the strengthening the

Solidarity per- of Polish communi- spective opened PAA ty,” Topinka said. on November 14 “I am grateful for a two-week that they are will- exhibition at ing to serve, and Northeastern Il- I look forward to linois University many meaningful (NEIU). Dr. Sha- discussions in the ron Hahs, presi- months ahead.” dent of NEIU Scheduled to (l. to r.): Lukes, Kata, Kruk, Judy Baar Topinka, Zborek, welcomed guests, John J. Pikarski, Jr. and Conrad meet quarterly, the and Tylka Nowak, PAA’s Board Chair. volunteer Council and opening re- citing art work. Additional interests Dr. Fredericks, Consul Matynia, and Dr. Hahs. is one of several advisory panels marks were made for the guests were the raffling of American community. created by Topinka to ensure direct by hosts, Dr. Ja- thirty-four Christmas-orientated gift held a soirée at the Consulate to This year’s Master of Ceremo- communication with communi- net Fredericks, Dean of the Gradu- baskets and four grand golden raffle celebrate Poland’s November 11 nies was Charlie Wojciechowski, a ties throughout the state. Topinka ate School of NEIU and Director prizes. The PWCC hosted this event Independence Day. Consul Matynia 20-year veteran reporter for NBC- will work with each group to pro- of International Programs, Consul to continue its mission of promot- presented Kenneth K. Koskodan 5TV. The musical entertainment pose and/or to promote possible General Zygmunt Matynia, and ing philanthropy and volunteerism with the Knight’s Cross of the Order was provided by the incomparable and existing legislation to advance Lukasz Kaminski, the exhibit’s through the raising of money for of Merit of the Republic of Poland violinist, Anthony Kawalkowski, the well-being of respective com- designer and President of Poland’s scholarships to qualified students for his crucial contribution to Polish and his orchestra. munities. Other Advisory Councils Institute of National Remem- of Polish descent within the Chi- history by preserving stories of sur- This is the PAA’s largest fund- include: African American, Asian brance (INR). This was followed cago area. Its chair, Geraldine Balut viving Polish veterans of World War raising event. All proceeds from this American, Hispanic, Rural Affairs, by Tomasz Kozłowski, a specialist Coleman considered this event a II. His book, “No Greater Ally: The gala benefit twenty-eight PAA pro- and Women. These Advisory Coun- at the INR, who gave an excellent huge success. presentation of the beginning de- Untold Story of Poland’s Forces in grams and more than 3,000 clients, cil members come from a variety of World War II” not only tells the sto- who seek help each month. With a cade of Solidarność. Attending this backgrounds, geographic regions, KOŚCIUSZKO FOUNDATION ry of Poland and the Polish peoples’ mission to provide “Resources for and areas of expertise. opening were Bozena Matynia, uni- HOSTS “CHOPIN 2010.” To cel- versity faculty and students, along contributions to the War effort from Changing Lives,” the PAA contin- with representative from Chicago’s 1939 until the end of the war, but it ues to assist those in need within Polonia community. fills a historical gap with document- the Polish community: feeding the This outstanding photo journal- ed stories of many Polish veterans, hungry who visit its food pantry, ism exhibit tells a special story. who were unable to return to Poland counseling the abused, providing al- Prepared by the Public Education after the War, their military contri- cohol counseling, as well as offering Office of the INR in Warsaw for butions, the challenges they faced job training, placement, educational the 30th anniversary of the birth after the War, and their new lives opportunities, and immigration and of Solidarność, it depicts the key in the United States. According to language classes. events of an era, from the August Koskodan, Americans know very This event would not have been 1980 strikes to the introduction of little about these contributions and possible without the generosity martial law in December 1981, and sufferings. His book honors and re- of its guests, as well as Quantum beyond. It shows the path that led members these Polish veterans and Foods, Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, to the emergence of the Solidarity their history. Koskodan, a Polish Jewel Osco Food Chain, Legion of Union, its relations with communist American, is a native Michiganian Young Polish Women, Polish & authorities and the Church, and so- and a graduate of Michigan State Slavic Federal Credit Union, PNC University. cietal reactions against a backdrop Bank, and Oak Mill Bakery, just to PWCC Christmas Luncheon Committee of the most important political, so- After Koskodan’s award presen- name a few. tation, the Polish Consulate hosted a cial, and economic developments ebrate Polish American Heritage in Poland, and eventually through- concert performed by violinist, Ja- PWCC HOLDS net Packer, and pianist, Geoffrey otasiak Month, the Department of World P C H R I S T M A S out all of Europe. It features pho- Language and Cultures of North- tos from recognized photographers Burleson. The music of Krzysz- L U N C H E O N . tof Meyer and Henry Wieniawski eresa eastern Illinois University (NEIU) : T : The Polish Wom- who captured Solidarity’s impor- and the Chicago Chapter of the tant historical moments, including were played. The world premier of en’s Civic Club hoto

P Kościuszko Foundation presented Krzysztof Meyer’s composition, (PWCC) launched Erazm Ciołek, Janusz Uklejewski, the documentary film, “Chopin Imaginary Variations, Opus 114, the Polish holiday Jarosław Goliszewski, Stanisław 2010.” Jakubowski, and many others. was played at the Consulate. Com- season on Decem- It tells how Chopin and his mu- Having this exhibit at NEIU was poser Meyer composed this piece ber 4 by hosting sic were celebrated throughout Po- special, for not only the university, especially for Ms. Packer. She has its Christmas Lun- but for Polonia It was approxi- performed throughout the United cheon. The ball- land and the world. The script for mately three years ago that Lech States, Poland, and China and is room of the Rose- this production was written by Pawl Wałęsa visited NEIU to attend the Chair of the Conservatory String wood Restaurant Bem and Jacek Selwyn, directed by dedication of its tallest building, the Department of Longy School of in Des Plaines Rafal Wroblewski, and produced Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lech Wałęsa Building, in his honor. Front row (l. to r.): Hanusiak and Surma; back row: was filled with by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute Burleson is not only the Director of The exhibit remained on display at Ciesla, Jendzejec, Baar-Topinka, Mazurek, and guests celebrat- and the Chopin 2010 Project of the Piano Studies at Hunter College, but NEIU through November 28. Zolkowski Sobor. ing the Christmas Polish Ministry of Culture and Heri- has performed through- P season. Not only tage. hoto out Europe and North were the guests After the film, the audience was

courtesy America. TOPINKA ANNOUNED POL- treated to gourmet luncheon de- treated to the music of Fryderyk ISH ADVISORY COUNCIL. On lights, but were entertained by the Chopin and Franz Liszt performed JOHN J. PIKARSKI, November 21, Illinois Comptroller duet of Tom Burzycki on keyboard

of by Daniel Szefer, a 12-year-old JR. HONORED. The Judy Baar Topinka announced the A and his daughter, Kathleen, playing

leksandra child protégé pianist, and Paula Polish American Associ- formation of a 10-member Polish the violin. The PWCC was pleased Grzebien, a Loyola University Chi- ation (PAA) held a com- Advisory Council to consult with her that its scholarship recipients, pletely sold out annual on matters of importance to the Pol- Frank Lukes, Kasia Kata, Justy- cago senior, majoring in both music K gala and silent auction and business management. rystek ish American community and work na Kruk, Anna Zborek, and Bar- on November 12 at Café with the Comptroller’s office to ad- bara Tylka, acted as hosts for this The event was hosted by NEIU la Cave in Des Plaines. dress those concerns. The Polish festive afternoon event. Angelika faculty members, Dr. Lidia Filus As the PAA began its Advisory Council members include: Piwowarczyk, a scholarship recipi- and Czesława Kolak, who greeted 90th anniversary, it hon- Anna Zolkowski Sobor, President ent, exhibited her creative and ex- guests in the university concert hall. ored John J. Pikarski, of the Old Irving Park Association; Jr., past president and Dr. Jozef Mazurek, President of the honorary director of Polish American Medical Society; the PAA Board, with its Krysztof Hanusiak, Niles IL trust- Presidential Award. Pi- ee; Maria Ciesla, President of The karski, a land use and Polish Museum of America; Stan- real estate tax attorney ley Jendzejec, past Vice President of the law firm Gordon of the Polish National Alliance; To- Christine, Leigha and Ken Koskodan, and Consul and Pikarski, was recog- masz Surma, President of the Pol- Matynia. nized for his long stand- ish American Police Association; ing commitment and Mary Sendra Anslemo, President CONSULATE CELEBRATES INDE- generous contributions to PAA. Ad- of the Polish American Congress- PENDENCE DAY. On November 9, ditionally, Pikarski and his family Illinois Division; Charles Komosa, the Consul General of the Repub- have supported and continue to sup- National Secretary of the Polish lic of Poland in Chicago, Zygmunt port many other charitable causes National Alliance; attorney Joan Matynia, and Mrs. Bozena Matynia throughout Chicago and the Polish Smuda; and Stan Nowak. “These POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012 www.polamjournal.com 9

POLONIA OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES / Michael Pietruszka Downstate NY PAC Donates Demonstration Memento Pulaski Police Install Officers NEW YORK CONGRESS AMERICAN POLISH PHOTO: BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Decem- the National Philharmonic Orches- ible Buffalo” magazine. The article — Frank Milews- ber 3, the Pulaski Police Associa- tra of Washington, D.C., conducted included recipes for kolaczki and ki, president of tion of Buffalo and Western New the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra placek. the Downstate York held its Annual Christmas in its “Baroque Masters” concert at Forgotten Buffalo offered their New York Divi- Party and Installation Dinner at the Kleinhans Music Hall on the 3rd “Polish Tavern Christmas” tour on sion of the Pol- Polish Falcons Hall in Depew. and 4th. December 9 and 16 ... On the 11th, ish American The night’s festivities included District IX of the Polish Sing- Holy Mother of the Rosary Ca- Congress (right), the installation of Association offi - ers Alliance of America presented thedral in Lancaster presented an donates the red cers: Al Ziemecki (president), Mar- its “Christmas in Polish Song” pro- Advent/Christmas Evensong Ser- and white Polish ty Bochinski (1st vice president), gram at St. Stanislaus Church on vice featuring the Cathedral Harmo- colors of the bun- Dave Gorski (2nd vice president), Buffalo’s East Side on December 4. nia Choir, Cathedral Contemporary ting the Congress Michael Stack (3rd vice president), The performers included the Chopin Folk Ensemble, violinist Alan Reed used to decorate Darryl Borawski (recording sec- Singing Society, Symfonia Sing- and organist Nelson Koeppel ... the speaker’s retary), Ron Skotnicki (treasurer), ing Society, Kalina Women’s Cho- The General Pulaski Association platform in a pro- Paul Manno (fi nancial secretary) rus and Ludowa Nuta. Dr. Thomas elected the following leadership for test demonstra- and Jerry Imiola (sergeant-at-arms). Witakowski of Buffalo State Col- 2012: Brian Rusk (president - 24th tion against The oath of offi ce was administered lege directed the combined choirs in term), Alexandra “Sandi” Schmid Poland’s com- by the Erie County Judge Michael the culmination of the event ... The (fi rst vice president), Kenneth munist strong- Pietruszka. Skalny Center for Polish and Cen- Graber (second vice president), Ed- man, General Scholarships were awarded to tral European Studies at the Univer- ward Reska (treasurer), Jerry Inda Wojciech Jaru- Dakota Augustyniak, Gabrielle sity of Rochester presented pianist (secretary) Stanley Pulaski, Sr. (ser- zelski when he Also helpful was an advertise- Pawlowski, Mark Pietruszka and Janusz Skowron at Strong Audito- geant-at-arms) and Rev. Michael visited New York in September, ment the PAC placed in the New Jessica Krzemien. Other awards rium on December 4 and Dr. Anna Burzynski (chaplain) ... The Polish 1985. York Times explaining the reason given at the event were: “Man of the Niedzwiedz of the Jagiellonian Uni- Arts Club of Buffalo held its an- This souvenir of that historical for it. Even a delegation of Poles Year” to John Mediak, and “Busi- versity on the topic “At the Turn of nual meeting at the Harlem Road event will be preserved in the ar- living in Canada came down to ness Man of the Year” to Anthony J. Time: Polish Christmas Traditions, Community Center in Amherst on chives of New York City’s Pilsudski New York to be part of the occasion Batog of A.C. Associates Inc. Paul Symbols and Carols” in Landers December 14. Canadian author Ed- Institute which has become an im- and publicly express their protest Machlowski and Michael Lorkows- Auditorium on the 11th ... Former ward Zawadzki spoke about “Note- portant repository for valued collec- against Jaruzelski. ki received President’s Awards for North Tonawanda mayor and Am- worthy Poles of North America” tions of Polish documents, books, Highlighting the list of speak- their outstanding and dedicated ser- Pol Eagle columnist Edward Wia- after the business meeting ... “Kole- artwork and other Polish memora- ers at the rally were American labor vice to the group. Music was pro- ter passed away on December 5 at dy” Nights featuring the New Di- bilia. leaders headed by Lane Kirkland, vided by the “City Side” Band. the age of 85. rection Band and St. John Kanty Accepting the Polish American president of the AFL-CIO. Also Hon. Marek Ciesielczuk, Con- Choir at Potts Banquet Hall and the Congress (PAC) gift are (from left): there was Al Mazewski, national pOLONIA TIDBITS. Erie County sul General of the Republic of “Buffalo Touch” at Arty’s Tavern in Dr. Magda Kapuscinska, president president of the PAC, who came Comptroller Mark Poloncarz was Poland in Toronto, sponsored a Buffalo on December 17, and the of the Pilsudski Institute (shown from Chicago to give a powerful elected to the position of Erie Coun- production of “Adam Makowicz: Concertina All Stars at the Madonna unrolling the bunting); Dr Marek and resounding message of support ty Executive in November’s gen- The 45th Anniversary of his World- Knights of Columbus Hall in North Zielinski, its vice president and Dr to Lech Walesa and the determined eral election ... The Polish-Jewish Wide Success” at the Glenn Gould Tonawanda on the 23rd, were well Iwona Drag-Korga, executive direc- people of Poland. Heritage Foundation of Canada’s Studios in Downtown Toronto in attended ... The TIFF Bell Light- tor. They are standing in front of the Poland started numerous efforts Holocaust Education Week in To- honor of the fi rst Polish presidency box hosted a tribute to Polish fi lm- statue of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, to free itself of Russian and commu- ronto during November included of the European Union Council on maker Roman Polanski in Toronto after whom the Institute is named. nist domination as far back as the programs on “Schindler and the oth- December 8 ... Also on the 8th, the from December 17 through Christ- When General Jaruselski de- 1950s. So did countries like Hun- ers: Saving the Jews of Krakow” and WNY Division of the Polish Amer- mas Day. The retrospective includ- clared martial law on December gary and Czechoslovakia, according “Bystanders and the Holcaust: New ican Congress unanimously ratifi ed ed screenings of Polanski’s “Knife 13, 1981, Polish Americans in New to Milewski. They had the support Issues, New Problems”, screenings a resolution to establish “The Joint in the Water,” “Cul-de-sac,” “Chi- York began holding a series of pro- of the Polish American Congress of the fi lms “Inheritance”, “Korc- International Committee on Camp natown,” “Repulsion,” “The Ten- test demonstrations which were even then. zak”, “Image Before My Eyes”, “In Kosciuszko” (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ant,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The continually repeated until 1988. “Disconcerting and misleading” the Names of Their Mothers: The Ontario historic military site and Ghost Writer” ... Blessed Mother These patriotic events were or- are what he calls the current at- Story of Irena Sendler” and “No. 4 Haller’s Blue Army cemetery) in Angela Parish in Dunkirk hosted ganized and directed primarily by tempts to credit the Germans with Street of Our Lady”, productions of conjunction with the Canadian Pol- an Advent/Christmas Concert fea- the Polish American Congress to the downfall of communism when the plays “The Children’s Republic” ish Congress for the Niagara Region turing soprano Brittany Mruczek on show America’s support for the hu- the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. and “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising”, and of Canada. Appearances by Polish December 18. Ms. Mruczek recent- man rights struggle of Poland’s fi rst “That wall came down because an exhibition entitled “Korczak and American Congress National Presi- ly released a new CD, “A Christmas free and independent trade union, people like the Poles and the Hun- the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto” dent Frank Spula and Polish Falcons Song For You,”, for the holiday sea- Solidarnosc (Solidarity). The target garians and the Czechoslovaks be- ... The Professional & Business- of America National President Tim- son. was the repressive communist sys- gan shaking the ground of Europe men’s Association re-elected Greg- othy Kuzma at the June 2012 Polish v v v tem imposed on the Polish people decades before,” he said. ory Mazurowski, Walter Stepien Veterans’ Pilgrimage in Niagara-on- Szczesliwego Nowego Roku! by the dictators of the former Soviet and Stanley Gajewski to its board of the-Lake have been confi rmed by a Happy New Year to all my friends Union. directors on December 1. local PAC offi cial ... Gwen Mysiak and readers! The largest of these protests was Siekierka Inducted “Project Grechuta: Ocalic od was honored with the Kevin I. Sul- v v v held in September 1985 when Gen- FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The Zapomnienia” featuring Piotr Cu- livan Award by WNED-TV, WNY’s If you have an item for this col- eral Jaruzelski visited New York to New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame gowski, Marek Jackowski, Adam PBS affi liate, for being a unifying umn, please send the information participate in ceremonies observing inducted Montclair State research Nowak, Malogrzata Ostrowska and force in the production of the sta- to me by the 6th day of the month the 40th anniversary of the United scientist John Siekierka. His career Zespol “Plateau”, and “Koncert tion’s “War of 1812” programming preceding the month in which you Nations. in the fi elds of biochemical, immu- Przedswiateczny” featuring Alicja ... 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PONDERING POLE / Edward Poniewaz POLAND FIGHTS / Douglas W. Jacobson What is Your Story? Poland’s 1st Armored Division The thought occurred to me, also together as one.” The Christian Part Three hidden in the woods continuously though I am sure many of you have community becomes one body, the Belgium, Holland. Septem- pinned them down. By early Oc- realized this, that the Catholic Mass “Body of Christ.” ber and October, 1944. After tober, the Division’s progress had embodies the story of every Chris- Basic theology perhaps but here a one-week rest and re-fit follow- stalled and general Maczek ordered tian. We replay the Christian expe- is the hook. Like the Mass, certain ing the battle of Falaise Gap, the in artillery bombardments and aerial rience every Sunday. I have always national ceremonies, family cel- Polish 1st Armored Division was strikes with Typhoons and Spitfires. enjoyed the logical structure of the ebrations, work programs, and of once again on the move. Marching By the 6th of October the Divi- Catholic worship, and attended an course our Polish traditions embody through mud and rain they arrived sion was able to operate once again explanation of the various parts, but stories of people and time. We have at the ancient French city of Rouen but the going was rugged facing this latest reflection is something just finished celebrating Wigilia then crossed the River Seine at El- several German battalions equipped new. In the Mass, the Christian pro- and Christmas, for Poles our story beuf over a temporary bridge nick- with artillery and anti-tank guns. fesses that he or she is a sinner, finds of faith and culture. Beginning this named, “Warsaw Bridge.” Picking But the Poles conducted a series of and glorifies God, understands and New Year, consider each of the up speed, the Division pursued the flanking maneuvers through diffi- believes, becomes one with God, events and the people that make retreating Germans over four hun- cult terrain, surprising the Germans and then, along with other believers, them special. Think of how your dred kilometers in nine days, lib- and forcing them to retreat into goes forth, blessed, in a spirit-filled own Polish story runs parallel or im- erating Abbeville and St. Omer in the woods. Capturing the towns of peace to love and serve the Lord. plicit to your American one and how France, and into Belgium at Ypers. Merxplas, Alphen and the crucial Underlying the ritual, the reciting, that makes you special and defines In an attempt to slow the Polish Baarle-Nassau junction the Divi- the singing, and the mysticism, is you also as a Pole. You can make it advance, German artillery units sion pressed on in the drive toward the story. like a religious experience. Wyspianski’s Portrait of Elizy pounded them from the woodlands Breda. So, let’s review each part. In Pareńskiej and hills and destroyed most of the On the 27th of October the Polish the beginning of the Mass, we ask Every picture tells a sto- ily: this is Stanislaw’s inspiration bridges in their path. The Poles were 1st Armored Division launched the for God’s mercy and forgiveness. ry. The October 17, 2011 issue of behind the art. It is the story that is again relentless, returning artillery attack on Breda. Defending the well That is the first step in becoming a America, The National Catholic implicit in the important output of fire and forcing the Germans into fortified garrison, German artillery Christian, to understand human fail- Weekly magazine featured an article this cultural giant. As Smith tells it, a narrowing pocket along the sea, units pounded the Division’s posi- ing and to acknowledge that we are on Stanislaw Wyspianski, titled “A family is the primary creative driver until they were finally stalled by the tions outside the city for two days. sinners. We say “Lord have mercy, Family Man,” written by Karen Sue rather than drug addiction, drunken- destruction of bridges over the Gh- But, under the cover of heavy fog, Christ have mercy.” The under- Smith. Wyspianski is described by ness, or debauchery. What a very ent canal. After a prolonged stand- General Maczek once again devised standing, for a Christian that you Smith as a “19th-century cultural refreshing thought. off, the Division finally crossed the a series of flanking operations, clos- are a sinner, is tantamount to an Al- giant.” Perhaps so, considering canal on September 12th and forced ing off the enemy escape routes and coholic realizing that he is a drunk. his name is linked at various times Polish or Not? Ward Bond, its way into Ghent. securing the airfield. On the 29th That first step is the hardest, but throughout the article with famous Bert the accordion playin’ cop in Determined to keep up the pres- Polish rifle battalions finally forced once completed, the Christian’s eyes writers and artists such as James It’s a Wonderful Life. I just want sure, General Maczek ordered the their way into the city. The fighting are opened and he “sees” and sings, Joyce, Henrik Ibsen, Gustav Klimt, to believe he has a Polish or Slavic Division on the road again with its was brutal as the Poles fought off “Glory to God,” with his voice and and Paul Gauguin. connection with that face and seeing objective the Belgian port of Ter- machine-gun fire and mortar - bar in his heart. He is confirmed, or Artist and dramatist, Wyspianski him fingering the accordion at the neuzen. Fighting along the way was rages in street-to-street and house- “born again” as some would say. lived a short but very productive end of the movie. fierce at the Axel-Hulst canal with to-house battles. Dodging constant After the emotional exuberance life. Born in Krakow in 1869, he the Poles taking heavy casualties, as sniper fire, Polish infantry units kept subsides, the Christian yearns to was a graduate of the Jagiellonian THIS MONTH’S QUESTION. Da- their Cromwell and light Sherman advancing deeper into the city, sys- learn more about the feeling of faith University and the School of Fine nusha V. Goska, author of Biegan- tanks were out-gunned by the heavi- tematically calling in tanks to clear and the history and the story of the Arts and eventually became part of ski: The Brute Polak Stereotype in er and more powerful Panzer Mark out the neighborhoods. Losses on church. God is revealed in the read- the faculty. While a young adult, Polish-Jewish Relations and Ameri- IIIs and Mark IVs. Fighting at night both sides were heavy until finally, ings from the old and new testa- he traveled throughout Europe can Popular Culture (Jews of Po- to minimize their disadvantage, on the 31st of October the last Ger- ments and this is the Liturgy of the developing his “own modernist/ land) is a book detailing a very im- and calling in artillery barrages, the man units were driven out. While Word. Because the Christian hears neo-romantic style” (using pastel, portant subject regarding anti-Polish Poles eventually prevailed, taking the city suffered significant property and understands the word, he is now polychrome, and stained glass) that bigotry. The problem is the cost var- Axel and Hulst on September 19th damage, General Maczek’s well able to profess his faith. There are would influence other contemporary ies from $40-70. So this very impor- and Terneuzen on the 20th. planned flanking operations at the various expressions of this but Cath- graphic artists. tant book is almost cost-prohibitive Having liberated Belgium, the outset had shortened the battle and olics do it every Sunday by reciting So why the title “The Family for most of us to purchase. Ponder- Allied invasion of Holland began in there were no civilian casualties. the Nicene Creed. Man?” Wyspianski was a husband ing Pole question for January, how earnest at the end of September. The Following the clearing of Breda, As time passes and the Christian and father of four children and it is do we get the price down so more of Polish 1st Armored Division was the Division pushed on to Moerdijk understands more and more about this side of him that Smith shows the common folk can buy it? How ordered to seize the heavily fortified where it spent the winter protecting God and faith, the next natural step how it resonates in his painting and does that work? German garrison at the Dutch city of the wide expanses of the Maas Riv- is to become fully one in Christ by writing. For example, as Smith ob- Breda. The Division crossed the An- er and preparing for the final assault receiving his Body and Blood, the serves: DziĘkuje bardzo to Sister Car- twerp-Turnhout canal and pushed on Germany. Liturgy of the Eucharist. The drawings and paintings of olyn Mruz for giving me the Amer- into Holland, slogging through soft v v v This is communion for the in- his wife and children reveal a ten- ica magazine and the Wyspianski terrain criss-crossed with rivers and Douglas W. Jacobson is the Pol- dividual and congregation. I heard der side of the artist’s personality article. Dziękuje bardzo to Danusha canals. Progress along the narrow ish-American author of the award- a quote attributed to Maximilian and rank among his best-known and Goska for the courage and effort to roads was slow and hazardous as winning historical novel, and a fre- Kolbe (and I am paraphrasing here): best-loved works. write Bieganski. Happy New Year German artillery and mortar units quent contributor to this paper. “the common belief is that the high- …in Wyspianski’s portraits to all PAJ readers, good luck, and est point of the Mass is during the one finds impish faces beneath God bless. Hope it is a great and rite of transubstantiation, when the hats, tots lost in thought, young- Passion of Curie Inspires Alda productive 2012 for you. bread and wine become the body sters embracing one another in v v v WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ma- tiers,” which took him around the and blood of Christ. No, the high- childhood friendships. rie Curie and Alan Alda are an odd If you have a thought about this world having conversations with est point of the Mass is during com- As both an artist and a father, couple. The brilliant scientist who month’s topic, a question of your scientists. munion when the community of be- Wyspianski had the humility to won Nobel Prizes twice and the ac- own, or interesting facts to share, “I have a very passionate interest lievers freely and lovingly receives study children and learn from them. tor who most famously portrayed contact me at: Edward Poniewaz, in introducing people to the wonder the Eucharist, as individuals but Wife, children, friends, and fam- Hawkeye Pierce in the television 6432 Marmaduke Avenue, St. Louis of science,” Alda told Chemical & series “M*A*S*H” do not seem to Engineering News. “I only know www.polishamericanstudies.org , MO 63139 ; eMail alinabrig@ya- hoo.com. N.B. If you send eMail, have much in common. science as a consumer. I don’t have PAHA reference the Polish American Jour- But looks can be deceiving. Alda, the math to really see deeply into it nal or the Pondering Pole in the sub- who has no training in science, is myself. However, I’m just amazed The Polish American Histocial Association ject line. I will not open an eMail if nevertheless a big fan of it. For 11 by it.” was established in December 1942 as a special years, he hosted television program Alda’s recent project which commission of the The Polish Institute of Arts I do not recognize the subject or the sender. called “Scientific American Fron- brings a scientific subject to a broad and Sciences in America to collect, compile and audience is the play “Radiance: The publish information about Polish Americans. In October 1944, it was reor­ganized as a na- Passion of Marie Curie,” which he tional American society to promote study and POLISH AMERICAN has been researching and writing for research in the history and social background four years. of Americans of Polish descent. The Associa- CULTURAL CENTER Alda dramatizes the story of tion, which was incorporated under the laws Marie Curie, who emerges in the of Illinois in 1972, strives to assist and coop- 308 WALNUT STREET play and embodies the almost ob- erate with all individuals and organizations sessively determined scientist. This interested in Polish American life and history. Contributions in support of the work of the PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 Association are tax-exempt. Regular one-year membership to the Association is $30.00. Marie Curie is passionate about her (215) 922-1700 science, but she is also a passionate ___ I am interested in becoming a member of PAHA. Enclosed is a check or money When You’re in Philadelphia’s Historic woman—deeply in love with her order for $30.00 made payable to the Polish American Historical Association. District, Visit The Polish American soul mate, Pierre, and, later, almost Cultural Center Museum Exhibit Hall recklessly heedless with her lover, Featuring Polish History and Culture Langevin. NAME OPEN 10:00 a.m. TO 4:00 p.m. • FREE ADMISSION Alda sees “Radiance” as a way January through April • Monday to Friday to engage the public in a scientific ADDRESS May through December • Monday to Saturday topic. Nevertheless, he says, “ It’s Gift Shop is Open During Regular Exhibit Hall Hours not a science lesson. There are some CITY, STATE, ZIP Closed on Holidays funny things in it. There’s a human MAIL TO: PAHA, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050 Visit Us on the Internet: www.polishamericancenter.org story that I’m tracking.” — Rudy M. Baum, C&EN POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012 www.polamjournal.com 11

Jeff Banas Passes Trenton Recognizes Sturr POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL HARTFORD, Conn. — Musi- cian Jeffery John Banas, 56, passed TRENTON, N.J. — The away Nov. 9, 2011, after suffering New Jersey General Assembly a heart attack while driving. He presented band leader Jimmy was a radio announcer for WRTC Sturr with an Assembly Reso- and WRYM for many years. He lution, honoring him for his ac- co-hosted, with the late John Jeski, complishments. The 18-time the WRYM “Polka Party” live radio Grammy winner and New York show every Sunday from the Polish native was praised as a man of National Home in Hartford for 25 strong character and exceptional DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN MUSIC years. determination. The End of an Era: The Legendary Versatones to Retire — Conclusion “It is an honor to be a member of the pranks, the jokes. We shared maybe “At the Square?” “High- the Versatones and to perform with the stage with so many other bands ways” or “Dance Halls In Chicago some of the finest musicians ever to along the years. They created so Town” we will all be thinking of play polka music. Thanks to Eddie many fond memories at their jobs. “The Good Ol’ Days” when you Sr. for the opportunity in 1968 and I never considered this my job—it could attend a “Polka Festival,” to Eddie Jr. for the opportunity in was too much fun to be a job! We “Give a Hand to the Band” and say 2002. Once a Versatone, always a received so many awards, recogni- “Hello Everybody.” “Always, For- Versatone!” tion, keys to cities … we thank you ever and a Day” “We are Polish and — Bob Zima for the honor.” Proud of It.” — Eddie Blazonczyk, Sr. We may “Wanna Wanna” “Stop “There are so many memories the World” and have “Everybody I took with me after my time with “After Senior stepped down, Polka” but as “Life Rolls On” the Eddie Sr., I could write a book. But things did not stop. People were Polka Parade is now a little more the ones that stand out the most are still enjoying the music that he had quiet. It’s like the “Wheel of For- traveling across the country and produced. When Jr. took the helm tune” doesn’t give an “Oj Dig A playing over 35 weekends a year it was not much different. Expecta- Dig” and is saying “You’re Talkin’ and meeting new polka music fans, tions were there, and if you were go- to the Wrong Man.” We’ll feel like musicians, promoters and celebri- ing to be part of the Versatones you a “Poor Boy” and wonder if “An- ties! My fondest memories include needed to be good at your game. geline Will be Mine” ever again at the years at Polka Fireworks festi- VERSATONES 1989. (l. to r.): Kevin Adams, Ed Wolinski, Eddie Blazonczyk, What I liked during this time was Jr. those “Polka Lounges in Chicago”? val, trips to Cancun and Hawaii, and Sr., Ed Blazonczyk, Jr., Jerry Tokarz, and Al Piatkowski. was taking the band in another di- One thing is definite: Our “Polka caroling with the Chicago Carolers I had heard all of the stories about rection, but always with respect to Hero,” the Versalicious Versatones, during the holidays!” “Music, Music, Music!” The- the pranks and the ‘Chicago sense his father. I spoke with Senior about the bandleader of the “The Nations — Matt Lewandowski resa Brewer put it on the charts at of humor’ before I joined. I think I this and he loved what was going #1 Polka Band” have given more number one and kept it there for 17 enjoyed that aspect of the band just on. He said that it made the band to us that we could ever imagine. “Of late, the Versatones have ex- weeks. Now 46 years later, Eddie as much as the musical part, even sound even more fresh and that the A “Thanks” never seem enough but hibited a new spirit and a distinct Blazonczyk’s Versatones have re- though I had been mostly on the selections of tunes being recorded somehow The Versatones would ex- instrument identity on their record- vived the tune, “Blazonczyk-ized” receiving end of the pranks. I even made him proud that the Versatones pect nothing more. ings Their most recent effort, Every- it, and made it the title cut of their laughed about spraying my hair are carrying on with all the excite- – Steve Litwin body Polka, perfectly illustrates the latest recording, Music, Music, Mu- with deodorant after asking to bor- ment that was there with him. This attention to details and commitment EPILOGUE. sic. When you play this one, crank row Eddie Jr.’s hair spray. It was all is some of what I think about as be- I’d like to acknowl- to quality of these musicians. up the volume and enjoy The Na- done in fun, and this type of humor ing a Versatone.” edge my buddies, Bob and Rich “With the objective of not indi- tion’s Number One Polka Band!” originated with Eddie, Sr. and Chet – Jim (Spangles) Sierzega Sendra and Jerry Chocholek as be- vidually dissecting each tune, we — Polish American Journal, Kowalkowski way back in the be- Trumpet, Vocals, concertina ing the originators of the Versatones can safely tell you, putting the stylus August 1996 ginning days of the band. I was kind band in the late 1950’s. I incorrectly down just about anywhere on the al- of honored to be a part of this Versa- “Over the years, Eddie Blazonc- stated in the last issue that Chet bum will produce a bounty. The vo- “Being able to share the stage tone tradition.” zyk’s Versatones have set the pace Kowalkowski started the band, but cals, the horns, the tempo, the boxes with polka greats like Marion Lush, — Al Piatkowski for modern polka music. They have he didn’t actually join the Versa- have all been assembled to yield a Chet Kowalkowski, Lenny Gomul- always blended the right amount of tones until about 1961. Versatones’ gem.” ka, Stas Golunka, Little Richard, “Once a Versatone, always a ethnic heritage with contemporary Thanks to all the talented Ver- — Polka Insider, Polish Ameri- Scrubby, etc., was also very mem- Versatone. Eddie, thank you for the flavor to produce album after album satones throughout the years, and can Journal, November 1990 orable. Eddie Sr., was not only a great opportunity you gave me to of hits. thanks to all the loyal fans! great band leader, but a good friend. be a part of this brotherhood. If the “When I Hear the Music” we’ll Sincerely, “I love this music, I am so happy I enjoyed the many hours on the bus Versatones are an Institution; then I be expecting a “Polka Celebration,” Eddie Blazonczyk, Sr. to have shared a bandstand with all with band-mates Ed Wolinski, Ed am happy to have been committed.” the talented musicians I had, and I Blazonczyk Jr. and Sr., Kevin Ad- – Kevin Adams am so grateful for all the fans that Polka World Loses Gene Paliga ams, Rich Tokarz, Al Piatkowski, became friends. The people were John Zelasko, Jr., joking around, “It is somewhat disheartening to Eugene “Gene” Paliga, age 76, Gomulka Meets the Paliga Polka the best part of being in this busi- playing cards, telling stories (Ed- realize those glory days are behind of Three Rivers, Mich., passed Dots on Bel-Aire Records, which is ness and the part that I miss the die Sr.’s stories were the best!) and us and will never be replicated, but away November 21, 2011. He was considered a collector’s item. most.” being ‘brothers.’ It was with much I will have a lifetime of memories the accordion player with the Paliga “We always thought that LP was — Eddie Blazonczyk, Sr. pride that I tell my son, Brett, my to comfort me in my twilight years.” Brothers Band and a retired letter unique in that it consisted of all family and new friends that I meet, — Ed Wolinski carrier for the U.S. Post Office in related family members with the “I lasted about four-and-a-half that I was a member of the Versa- Lansing, Ill. Paliga Bros, Richie Gomulka on vo- happy years with the band. That’s tones.” “We did so many things. When I The Paliga Polka Dots consisted cals, and myself on concertina, clar- when Eddie really started to travel. — Matt Lewandowski think back: The Christmas Shows, of: Gene Paliga (accordion), Casey inet and trumpet,” said Polka Hall of I am glad and proud that I was part Thanksgiving weekends, we played Paliga (clarinet/sax), Tony Paliga Famer Lenny Gomulka. of Eddie Blazonczyk’s Versatones, “Being an out-of-towner before at the Library of Congress, we (trumpet), Steve Paliga (trumpet), Eugene Paliga is survived by with all the fun and memories I will I joined the Versatones, there was played at Navy Pier, the pool par- Ray Paliga (drums). The band re- children, grandchildren, a sister and remember for the rest of my life.” a certain mystique about that band. ties, the parades and floats, the fun, corded on Jay Jay Records, and also five brothers. He was laid to rest in — Wally Maduzia recorded an LP album called Richie Calumet City.

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NOTES / Barb Pinkowski TOLEDO POLONIA / Margaret Zotkiewicz-Dramczyk Chopin’s Wigilia a Wonderful Event Knewz Packs Knights’ Hall BUFFALO, N.Y. — Greetings The holidays started off with December 4, The IMA featured dear readers! I hope you had a sim- a bang, as The Knewz played to a Squeezebox with Mollie Busta for ply marvelous Christmas. Happy jam-packed room November 25 in its Christmas party. Squeezebox is New Year to you! You’re wished a Detroit. The band played at the an- certainly one of the up and coming year fi lled with good health, good nual after-Thanksgiving dance held bands on the polka scene today, with luck, many good friendships and at the Knights of Columbus hall a tight three piece sound. Congratu- fantastic polka music! on Larkins Drive. The Knewz gets lations to Ted Lange and Mollie on Ron Moscoe informed me that around to this area just a few times their recent nuptials. the Polish Night at the Father Jus- each year, so it was no surprise that The PRCUA club on North De- tin Knights of Columbus on Union polka lovers from all over Michigan troit Avenue held a night of English Road on Nov. 5 was a huge success. and Ohio showed up to enjoy the and Polish Christmas carols mixed The New Direction Band provided guys. Looking forward to that new with a little polka music December the great entertainment and the spe- Knewz recording in 2012. cial guest appearance by John Gora 9. Randy Krajewski, Eric Hite, and just made it extra special! November 27 the annual Pol- Eddie Biegaj provided the musi- On Dec. 3, Chopin Singing So- ish-American Concert Band Fall- cal entertainment for this affair. On ciety had its annual Wigilia at the Winter took place at the Franciscan Sunday December 11, Toledo Area Millennium Hotel. This affair was Center in Sylvania. This was the sil- Polka Society threw its Christmas attended by more than 350 people. ver anniversary of this event, which affair, which again featured Eric Judge Ann Mikoll was a gracious CONGRATULATIONS to Veronica (Roni) Krupski and Bob Schillinger on features an interesting array of con- Randy and Eddie, along with Andy M.C. Fr. Krysa from St. Casimir’s their wedding on November 12th. A beautiful ceremony took place at St. cert band music, Polish and Eng- Pawlak, Eddie “Kaz” Kaczmarczyk, Parish said the blessing and gave Gabriel’s Church in Elma, N.Y. A musical group provided inspiring music lish carols, and the crowd favorites and Jim Rutkowski. This group, an informative talk to the audience. in Church with Ted Szymanski doing an outstanding job on the piano. A such as the Armed Forces Salute. otherwise known as the Czelusta Oplatek was then shared. After a de- reception at Potts Banquet Hall included entertainment by Al Krew, good The features artists this year were Park All Stars always pleases the licious traditional meal was served, food, plenty of refreshments and lots of fun. A lifetime of happiness is Randy Krajewski with pre-concert TAPS crowd. entertainment and also The Pride of the Chopin Singers sang many of wished to the newlyweds. Other events around town for Toledo Chorus. This year, the band our beloved Polish koledy. They did Christmas included the Echoes of honored Jim Mackiewicz, Sr. whose a fabulous job and this program was Party at the Leonard Post on Dec. 3 dent; Barb Zwawa, secretary; and Poland annual Pierogi dozens sale enjoyed by all. Afterward, St. Nich- idea 25 years ago to have a big con- turned out very well. Rare Vintage Ed Reska, treasurer. December 3 and the Polish Ameri- olas entered the hall accompanied cert on the cusp of Christmas grew provided some nice holiday sounds Congratulations to all the offi cers can Community of Toledo Wigilia by some little angels who passed into the band’s biggest draw each mixed in with a variety of other mu- of both Clubs. We wish them all the dinner December 11. out gifts to the people. It was heart- sic. best and much success. year. During intermission, current warming to see such a large turnout The new offi cers of the Polka director Nathan Pienta presented As 2012 begins, the organiza- interested in keeping our Polish tra- Jim with a plaque hand-signed by tions that help Toledo Polonia keep Variety Club for 2012 are: Bill Jan- UpCOMING EvENTS ditions ongoing. ish, president; Bob Wojciechowski, band members in appreciation of the spirit alive look forward to the vice-president; Pauline Janish, trea- Jan. 14. National Polka Month Jim’s many years as director. support of fans throughout the year. CONGRATULATIONS TO ... surer, and Marcia Szykowny, secre- Dance at Potts Hall, 694 South Og- Chris and Jim Kruczkowski on tary. den St., Buffalo, N.Y., featuring The their 50th wedding anniversary. The Polka Boosters Club had its Knewz and the Concertina All Stars. They were married on November fabulous Christmas party at the Pol- Call 826-6575 for more info. Drivetime Polkas 11, 1961. They celebrated with ish Falcons Hall on Dec. 10. Every- Jan. 15. The Touch play at the gatherings of family and friends one enjoyed themselves with plenty Sportsmen’s Tavern, 326 Amherst with “RONNIE D” here, and in Florida. of good eats, refreshments and super St., Buffalo, starting at 4:00 p.m. WESTERN NEW YORK’S ONLY SEVEN-DAY-A-WEEK POLKA SHOW entertainment by the Cityside Band. Call (716) 874-7734 for more infor- CLUB NEWS. 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Win one of three Polish cookbooks in our ... POLKA INSIDER / Steve Litwin Polish Heritage Quiz The Boys are Back To win one of three Polish cookbooks in English, Haller’s Blue Army. Boys will be boys and, for the Rich Raclawski, Jim “Chainsaw” simply write your name and mailing address at the top of a clean sheet of paper, number it from 1 to 5 and Mail your completed quiz without delay to: polka industry, thank goodness Kucharski and Randy Koslosky are Polish Heritage Quiz they are. As we know, boys change. filled with Chicago musical heri- indicate the correct answer (a, b or c) to each of the fol- lowing five questions: ul. Kaniowska 24 Some leave the neighborhood, some tage, and their talent to share this 01-529 Warsaw stay, some return, but with the re- with their audience is what makes POLAND lease of their latest CD, A New Day, Polkas From the Windy City a mu- 1. Polish people living outside Poland are collectively the Boys are back. sical diamond. referred to as: a) Polandia, b) Polonia, c) Polynesia. or e-mail them to: This 16-track collection features Recorded and engineered by 2. The composer and pianist who played a major role [email protected] a wide spectrum of music and styles Peppermint’s Gary Rhamy, this one in restoring Poland’s independence after the World All correct entries will take part in a random draw- and the listener will find every- belongs in your polka music library War I was: a) Krzysztof Penderecki, b) Ignacy Pa- ing to select the winners. The first prize is the nearly thing from a cover of “Fools Fall today. Email: jkilian45@yahoo. derewski, c) Karol Szymanowski. 900-page “Polish Heritage Cookery”, the biggest Pol- in Love,” an Elvis song by Jerry com. 3. Bronisław Komorowski is Poland’s: a) third, b) ish cookbook ever published in the English language. Leiber and Mike Stoller, to Frank fourth, c) fifth president elected by popular vote. Second prize is “Polish Holiday Cookery” (248 pages) Wojnarowski’s “Tam w Pozna- THE SPIRIT CARRIES ON. On The 4. Poland’s great 19th-century romantic poets include focusing on the traditional foods of Christmas, Easter, niu” polka. Every tune fits well in Spirit Carries On, the spirit in ques- Mickiewicz, Słowacki, Norwid and: a) Sienkiewicz, weddings, banquets and other special occasions. Third this collection. “In My Old Polish tion comes from Matt Lewandows- b) Krasiński, c) Wyspiański. prize is “Culinary Traditions of Mazovia, Silesia and Town” polka, written by Matousek ki, musician, arranger, owner/opera- 5. The Polish Falcons of English facilitated and pro- Kashubia” (60 pages), printed on opposing pages in and Puwalski, earned three repeats tor of Max Studios, Buffalo boy, and moted the creation of: a) Poland’s Home Army both Polish and English. on my first listen through the com- someone who is never afraid to ride (Armia Krajowa), b) The Polish Legions, c) General Powodzenia — Good Luck! plete CD. the rail, take a different road, and The vocals of Al Puwalski (ac- make “mix” have several meanings. Ask Our Man in Warsaw / Robert Strybel cordion/clarinet), Frank Liszka This new recording by Matt and (trumpet), Mike Matousek (bass) the Alliance on MAXimum Re- and Mike Evan (trumpet) are spread cords brings together a wide variety Ways to Build Vocabulary equally across the entire grouping of of musicians to produce a unique, songs. Dave Morris in on concertina original, and classic collection of Q: I would like to start teaching many meanings but all of them area can come up with any reason and Jeff Yash on drums. 15 tunes. Starting backwards in the our two-year-old daughter some have a superlative ring to them. The for the caption. Would you know In the liner notes, Mike Ma- track listing, any hockey fan will basic Polish words. My own Polish D.O.M. on gravestones was some- what it means? tousek writes, “Hopefully this CD love “Good Old Hockey Game.” remembered from when by grand- times interpreted as “Domus omnim REV. CANON PHILIP S. MAJKA parents were still alive isn’t that hot. mortalium” (the house of all mor- St James Church might help in the overall mission to “Chitty Chitty Break Down,” the Falls Church, Virg. broaden the appeal of today’s polka Casinos’ “I Can’t Forget,” Wally’s Would you know of a good way to tals), in other words, here is where A: “Tabor” is the Polish word for music, preserve yesterday’s legacy, “Grey Pigeon,” and the nice musi- get started? all mortals end up. a roving band such as a Gypsy camp and solidfy the future of the mu- cal phrasing and vocals of Stephanie CYNTHIA IN SEATTLE or a horse-drawn military wagon sic we love.” They have more than Futa Carter on “I Told You So,” are A: One way is to build Polish Q: My Grandfather Sachnowski train of yesteryear. Initially I could achieved their goals. just a few highlights of the 15 hits word power by teaching them vo- used his clan-name Nałęcz as part not figure out what that meant and A New Day by The Boys was on this one. cabulary in specific fields –animals, of his name – Kazimierz Nałęcz people at Zakopane town hall didn’t recorded by Hank Guzevich at Wiz- The studio band includes Matt foods, colors, toys, family members, Sachnowski. We’re all wondering know either. I got the information zears Studios and mixed by Gary Rosinski, Kevin Adams, Roger Ma- etc. when the child has mastered, when this custom was in use - was it at Zakopane’s Our Lady of Fatima Rhamy of Peppermint Studios. For linowski, Ray “Melvin” Rzeszutko, let’s say, five words in a given field always used as part of a szlachcic’s Church. The huge highlander con- more information visit www.the- Stephanie Futa Carter and Matt you can add more, maybe a word a surname or was it only used on gregation that came out to see their boysband.com on the internet or Lewandowski. The unique cover day. For other ideas, type “Teaching more formal occasion, particularly beloved Pope John Paul II in 1997 email: [email protected]. graphics are yet another extra added my child Polish” into Google and a when signing documents? What experienced a profound change for visual attraction, rounding out a dy- slew of suggestions will issue forth. kind of documents would be avail- the better and their hearts and souls POLKAS FROM THE WINDY namic new release. On the basis of years of teaching able that would authenticate an an- were transfigured by the Holy Fa- CITY. When you get “polka chills” The Spirit Carries On was re- experience and observation, there is cestor’s right to bear a particular ther’s powerful, inspiring presence. just hearing the first track of thePol - corded by Matt Lewandowski at no more effective teaching aid than crest? In doing such research, I ran The late Father Mirosław Drozdek kas From the Windy City CD, you MAX Studios and mixed by Gary peer pressure. If you can find a tot across a Polish website that is based (died in 2007) coined the term “Ta- know you are at home in polkaland. Rhamy of Peppermint Productions. your daughter’s age in your area that in Warsaw. Would you know if this bor Zakopiański” not in reference to Jimmy Kilian & Honky Chicago For more information email: allian- speaks only Polish, such meet-ups Confederation is legitimate? Here is the Polish word “tabor” but to evoke know how to make polka music as [email protected]. may produce amazing results. Good their web-site: http://www.szlachta. an image of Mount Tabor in the opposed to just playing polka mu- luck! org/.pl/en/ Holyland where Jesus experienced sic. There is true feeling in each MARIE GAFFNEY [email protected] His transfiguration. note, each phrasing, each beat, and Q. I found an old Polish-lan- each vocal. As Wally would say, guage newspaper from Buffalo, BY, A: According to heraldic expert Q: Today, I was chastised over “it comes from the bottom of my wherein the obituaries contain the Waldemar Frontczak, the use of a the use of “Polonian community”. serce.” inititals “D.O.M.” directly under clan-name in one’s signature was I was told that Polonian refers to “Chicago Times” polka, “Our the deceased names. Would you not universal and was strictly up to “Jewish people.” I was embar- Break Up,” polka, “North Side know what this stands for? the nobleman himself. The practice JOE MACIELĄG rassed and shocked. I have done Hop,” “My Wife” oberek, and became more widespread during the Buffalo, N.Y. much research over the years and, “7-11” polka are just a sampling 19th century, when the population [email protected] frankly, never heard of Polonian be- of what makes your blood flow a had grown and many nobles wanted A: The abbreviation D.O.M. ing used to define those of the Jew- bit faster. It’s “honky” music as it to accentuate that they were from a (Deo Optimo Maximo) was a dedi- ish faith. Naturally, I was speechless should be. noble line and not commoners. At cation meaning something like “To and did not know what to say, except The Polish hearts of Jimmy most, only 10-12% of Old Polish God the greatest (best, highest)” that I know Polonia means those of Killian, Marty Dzik, Eddie Madura, society could rightfully claim noble — the Latin adjective optimus has status. That percentage was higher Polish descent living outside Po- with names ending in “-ski” and land. 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In Darkness (W ciemności), a 2011 Polish film directed by Agnieszka Holland (above, right) is based on the book “In the Sewers of Lvov” by Robert Marshall about a true incident in Nazi-occupied Poland. The drama has been selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at this year’s Academy Awards. In Darkness (W ciemności), a fi n. Real Housewives. Jersey Shore is 2011 Polish fi lm directed by Ag- Holland had turned down the criticized as glorifying stereotypes nieszka Holland is based on the fi lm twice before the writer and pro- and casting Italian-Americans in a book “In the Sewers of Lvov” by ducers, who had initially insisted bad light, but the show’s creator, TV Robert Marshall about a true inci- that the fi lm be in English, agreed producer Yuri Rutman said he didn’t dent in Nazi-occupied Poland. The to let her shoot it in the original lan- expect a similar backlash from the drama has been selected as the Pol- guages (Polish, German, Yiddish, Chicago Polish community, ish entry for the Best Foreign Lan- and Ukrainian). The social com- “The show that we’re doing on guage Film category at this year’s plexities of wartime Lwów are rep- the Polish community here in Chi- Academy Awards. In Darkness had resented by this linguistic polypho- cago is going to have its wild an- a limited release in New York and ny of the dialogue - the languages tics and amp things up – but we’re Los Angeles in December, and is being markers not only of ethnicity looking to cast the traditional Pol- scheduled to open in wide release in but also of class and ideology. ish family,” Rutman said. “The kids ACCEPTING THE EMBRACE OF GOD. Ascension Cathedral, Lezajsk, January. In a director’s statement Holland might be a little wild. We’re trying Poland. May 22, 1976. Inspired by the exploits of a Pol- said that another impetus for her to show a balance between old and ish sewer worker and petty thief making the fi lm at this moment was new.” named Leopold Socha, who helped her irritation with many of the Ho- Rutman said they’ve gotten plen- TECHNOLOGY Jews during the Nazi occupation locaust movies that have emerged, ty of application videos but have of Lwów in eastern Poland (at which she found “very fake in some not picked a family yet. He said it one time known as Lemberg, now way, both artistically and humanly.” might have some wild moments like HOt Culture’s Free Polish app known as Lviv, in Ukraine), this tale She contended that when English is you would see on Jersey Shore, but of a righteous gentile selfl essly as- used, for instance, “in some ways they don’t want to perpetuate ste- WARSAW, Poland — HOT Cul- ple as well as easy-to-use, with large sisting in the survival of several per- you make it conventional: It’s not reotypes. ture was created in association with buttons providing no-hassle naviga- secuted Jews is no exception. Over real, we are playing.” the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in tion throughout the app. A quick-up- a period of 14 months Socha hid a Translating the English-language Poland to provide an up-to-date date system ensures that you always small group of Jews, including men, script back into the languages of the resource for Polish cultural events have the latest information and is an women, and children, in the sewers real-life characters meant forgoing and news around the essential part of get- beneath the city. Initially he did it English-speaking box-offi ce names world. ting the most from for the money until he discovered in the lead roles. “It is a danger if A free app and uni- the HOT Culture his better self. you have a star” for a story like this, versal iOS download, service. Angry Harvest in 1985 and Holland said. “I don’t have anything HOT Culture provides The app can be Europa, Europa in 1990, both of against the stars. Some of them are a host of informa- read in both English which were nominated for Academy very good actors. But of course if tion on Polish culture, and Polish, and all Awards, were two fi lms about the you are watching Brad Pitt, you are iancluding Music, the of the content within Holocaust that Holland had already not watching a sewer worker, and Visual Arts and Lit- the app is also avail- made, and she had no desire to re- that is something so big that it is erature. able from the web- visit that wrenching subject. She very diffi cult to overlook.” There is a multime- site – HotCulture.pl. went on to direct other fi lms such Holland strived to portray the The casting call is listed in Eng- dia gallery where you Reviewers say as The Secret Garden, Washington complexities of the characters. “ lish and Polish. Applications to be can access new im- HOT Culture is an Square, and the HBO production of Even in the bottom of hell, people on the show ask for a variety of ages and videos from elegant and easy- Shot in the Heart. behave in the crazy human way. The types: “We are looking specifi cally Polish cultural events to-use app that pro- The director, whose mother bourgeois jealous wife, the sexy for a multi generational Chicago such as concerts, fi lms vides a great way to was raised as Roman Catholic and girlfriend … it’s some kind of trav- Polish family to show their life 24/7 and art exhibitions as well as an in- keep in touch with Polish culture, whose Jewish father’s family died at esty to show all Jewish people as and how the old school of thinking teractive calendar where you can wherever you are in the world. the hand of the Nazis, had an aunt angelic victims only. If you portray doesn’t always cross over with new fi nd out what is happening today, HOT Culture is compatible with who survived by being smuggled them in a not real way, in some way school (i.e. Dad is old fashioned im- tomorrow or next week. iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Re- out of the ghetto in her sister’s cof- you are killing them. They are not migrant cop or in position of power The interface is artistically sim- quires iOS 4.0 or later. alive anymore.” such as CEO of company or a suc- Early reviews have been positive, cessful small business owner; Mom Znając Drugi Język Polepszasz Swój Poziom Umysłowy noting the rich period detail in the is traditional — an old fashioned WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study shows that guages, they are essentially turned on all the time, but fi lm, and the brilliant, unsentimental housewife; daughters are dating bilingual patients did not contract Alzheimer’s, the the brain learns to inhibit the one you don’t need, keep- performance of Polish actor Robert someone they shouldn’t, son(s) on Wieckiewicz. Variety described the radar of court appearances, rehab; worst phase of dementia, until fi ve years later than their ing your brain at a level of constant activity. fi lm as “harrowing,” andThe Holly- or sugar mommas, Cougars; grand- monolingual compadres. Mastering a second language Even if a person is not bilingual, there are other wires your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Al- wood Reporter said the fi lmmakers ma and grandpa slinging Catholic ways to exercise the brain. One can play word games, “successfully create an oppressive, prayers in Polish, etc,” the web- zheimer’s disease later on, the study found. for example, to stimulate cognitive thinking. Cross- Ellen Bialystok, a psychology professor at York suffocating, terrifying subterranean site said. “We are also looking for words, word search and word jumbles not only exercise world where everything could end the hottest girls, guys, socialites, University in Toronto discussed this phenomenon at the the brain but also are fun, challenging and relaxing for AAAS conference in Washington D.C. in a second or go on indefi nitely.” business owners (nightclubs, bars, those who spend time doing them. Online word games Until recently, much of the study of bilingualism has “In Darkness”- with English restaurant, banquet halls, sausage come in many forms and are fun and free. There are centered on babies, as scientists wondered why simply subtitles, is rated R (Graphic vio- shops, delis), politicians, or some- speaking to infants in two languages allows them to also many cool puzzle games, children’s puzzles for the lence and pervasive terror). thing cultural (musicians, actors, learn both in the time it takes most babies to learn one. youngsters as well as various educational puzzles for models, DJ’s, wannabe Playboy WATCHOUT: REALITY SHOW - Their brains seem to become more fl exible, better able all ages. models).” WARSAW CHICAGO. to multitask. As they grow up, their brains show better Daily brain training is a good habit to acquire, even Chicago’s In my humble opinion: true executive control, a system key to higher functioning if for just fi ve or ten minutes a day. If one picks brain Polish community may be landing Poles — proud of their heritage and as Bialystok puts it, “the most important part of your exercises that are fun and challenging the time will fl y the starring role in a new reality culture — should not apply. Given show called Warsaw Chicago be- TV’s reality model, I can only pre- mind.” by while, in the process, you enhance your memory and ing touted as Jersey Shore meets dict a disastrous portrayal. Bialystok found that when a person knows two lan- increase mind power. POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012 www.polamjournal.com 17

SPORTS / Tom Tarapacki What’s in a Name? Two of the big names in sports clear (crowd noise? bad phones?) media guide is good, and reinforce all six of the Giants’ playoff games). regular season finale at Emory on over the last part of 2011 were a Motte wasn’t warmed up and ready it in dealings with the press. Playing for the Giants from 1953 Feb 28, he scored 29 points, which couple of big names: Mike Krzyze- to enter the game. As a result, Rz- Can you imagine how awful it to 1962, Wietecha played on teams was the second-highest individual wski and Marc Rzepczynski. The epczynski stayed on the mound and would have been to have Krzyze- that won five Eastern Conference scoring output by the Yellowjackets. two men are proof that, with just a ended up giving up a double to Na- wski pronounced Kri-ZOO-skee all titles and one league championship Dende attended Scranton Pre- bit of effort, a non-Pole can learn poli. The Cards lost the game, and these years? I shudder to think about in 1956. He was named to the Pro paratory School in Pennsylvania, how to pronounce a Polish name. the 67-year-old LaRussa, who was it. Bowl in 1955, ‘58, ‘60 and ‘62 and where he was a member of the Na- In the past, many great Polish known for his extensive and effec- So what’s in a name? For Krzyze- to the all-N.F.L. team in 1958. tional Honor Society, receiving First American athletes — like many Pol- tive use of relief pitchers, took a lot wski and Rzepczynski, it’s a lot of Wietecha was also an outstand- Honors. He earned three letters on ish Americans in general — felt the of heat for the mix-up. However, consonants — and plenty of Polish ing long snapper. He was consid- the Cavaliers basketball team and need to shorten and/or Americanize the controversy subsided when the pride, too. ered an innovator in getting the lac- served as Co-Captain. His many their names. Baseball Hall of Famer Cards won games 6 and 7. es to face away from the kicker. Pat honors included MVP, All-Confer- Al (Szymanski) Simmons and box- As a result of these develop- BIG DECISION. High School cen- Summerall once said: “In four years ence, and All-County, and he helped ing great Tony (Zaleski) Zale come ments, both Krzyzewski and Rz- ter enter Kaleb Tarczewski (Clare- of place-kicking with the Giants, I the Cavaliers win the Scranton Prep to mind. However, in recent months epczynski were on the tongues of mont, N.H./St. Mark’s), the nation’s never saw the laces of the football. District Title in 2007-2008 season. Krzyzewski and Rzepczynski were many sports fans. After nearly four No. 6 overall player in the Class of Wietecha always snapped the ball Chris averaged 17.8 points per the talk of the American sports decades on the national scene, most 2012, has ver- with the strings facing front.” Wi- game, 5.6 assists, and 6 rebounds a scene, and people didn’t seem to sports journalists seem to have got- bally committed etecha once recalled how amazed game. have much of a problem saying their ten used to Krzyzewski’s name. to the Univer- kicker Lou Groza and other players names. However, Marc’s surname has giv- sity of Arizona at a Pro Bowl practice were at his THEY SAID IT Krzyzewski, 64, made headlines en many of them the opportunity for the 2012-13 knack for getting the laces right. “Something about him, the way when his Duke Blue Devils topped to write lines like “Hitting Rzepc- season. A native of East Chicago, Ind., he communicated with me, learned Michigan State,74-69, in Madison zynski is as hard as spelling it” and “Everything Wietecha played on the Northwest- about what was important to me, Square Garden. That gave him ca- “Marc Rzepczynski’s stuff has been just felt right ern team that defeated California in and how he believed that we could reer victory No. 903, the most wins tough enough for the Texas Rangers at Arizona,” the 1949 Rose Bowl, and he joined accomplish something special to- in Division I history. Of course, it to hit….Manager Ron Washington Tarczewski told the Giants after playing football in gether made me trust that he was the wasn’t the first time that Krzyzews- wasn’t even going to try pronounc- ESPN’s Adam the Marine Corps and minor league right guy for me to play for. I didn’t ki made headlines. Now in his 37th ing his last name.” Finkelstein this afternoon. “From baseball in the Washington Senators have any empirical evidence that he season as a head coach, he has taken Krzyzewski’s father had changed the coaches, to the current players, organization. would be a great coach. I just be- Duke teams to 11 Final Fours and his name to “Kross” in order to find to the incoming recruits.” After retiring as a player, Wiete- lieved in him. To this day, aside from won four national championships, work, but Mike changed it back. “Zeus,” as his teammates call cha coached offensive lines with the family decisions, it remains the best, and led the US team to gold at the Krzyzewski is often referred to him, is an East Coast kid but had Los Angeles Rams, the Packers — most important and most influential 2008 Olympics. He was recently as “Coach K.” Marc acquired the whittled his choice down to Arizo- under Vince Lombardi when Green decision of my life. I didn’t know at named Sportsman of the Year for nickname “ Zip” in high school, na or . His decision helped Bay won Super Bowls I and II in the time that he would be the best 2011 by Sports Illustrated. and since coming to the big leagues make the Wildcats recruiting class 1967 and 1968 — the Buffalo Bills, coach in the game, but I truly be- Rzepczynski, 26, drew his head- he’s been called “Scrabble” and, of one of the best in the nation. the Giants (1972 to 1976) and the lieved that he was exactly the best lines as a lefthanded reliever for the course, “Alphabet.” Both men seem The 7-foot Claremont, N.H. na- Baltimore Colts. He scouted college coach for me.” World Champion St. Louis Cardi- to understand how people can be in- tive was considered the best avail- players for the Packers from 1985 to — Duke basketball star turned nals. He started the season with To- timidated by their names, and take it able center in the Class of 2012. 1995. He died in 2002 at age 74. broadcaster Jay Bilas on when ronto, suffering a broken finger in all in stride. (Interestingly, both men Tarczewski is a true center with Mike Krzyzewski began recruiting spring training. In July he was part were born in Chicago, though Marc great size and tremendous upside. SHARP SHOOTER. University him to play at Duke in 1981. Bilas of a multi-player deal engineered grew up in California.) He has great hands and moves ex- of Rochester senior Chris Dende was a high school junior, and had by Cardinals general manager John As these men have shown, it tremely well for a 7 footer. He has ( S c r a n t o n never heard of the 2nd year Blue Mozeliak that helped spark St. Lou- doesn’t take much effort to get helped lead his team to three straight Prep) was re- Devil coach. is on its amazing run. people to pronounce a Polish name NEPSAC championship games, in- cently named v v v The World Series was eventful properly — at least an American cluding the Class C title in 2009. to the all-tour- for Marc, as he played a key role in version of a Polish name. Sports Last March, the Lions lost to Tilton nament team “Surely we thought (Duke coach) the Cardinals’ Game 1 win. He came figures like Krzyzewski and Rzep- (N.H.) in the Class AA title game. of the Holiday Mike Krzyzewski would be all over in with runners on first and second czynski are helped by a wonder- Inn Airport this Polish center.” with one out in the 7th, and struck ful tool known as the media guide. IT WAS A SNAP FOR WIETECHA Invitational. — ESPN’s Dave Telep, on Kaleb out a pair of pinch hitters. In Game In it, TV and radio journalists can Today in the NFL snapping the foot- Dende scored Tarczewski committing to play bas- 5, he was at the center of a strange look up the phonetic pronuncia- ball on field-goal attempts and punts 20 points in ketball at the University of Arizona. “communication breakdown.” Rz- tion of a name. For Krzyzewski it’s is a valued skill that most teams use the champi- v v v epczynski was in the game in the 8th Sha-SHEF-skee; for Rzepczynski specialists to perform. However, onship game, “Unfortunately, I have one of inning with bases loaded and one it’s Zep-CHIN-ski. (Yes, Krzyze- Ray Wietecha was a Pro Bowl cen- which Roch- those last names that give people out. Mike Napoli, a right-handed wski should be pronounced more ter took great pride is also being an ester won, 99-75, over Allegheny. headaches. I’ve only had two people batter and the hottest hitter in the se- like “kshih-SHEF-ski,” but that’s a outstanding long-snapper. As we go to press, the 6-3 senior get it right in my life and they were ries, stepped up to the plate. Every- little tough for most native English Wietecha anchored the Giants’ guard ranks second on the Yellow- both (teaching assistants) in college one assumed Cards manager Tony speakers). Once the professional offensive line during their glory jackets in scoring (13.2) and first from Poland. Right now, I’m the last LaRussa would replace Rzepczyn- announcers start pronouncing the years of the 1950s and early ‘60s. At in 3-pointers (17) after five games. male in the bloodline. Hopefully, ski, a lefty reliever who doesn’t face name properly a few times, the gen- 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds, he wasn’t The long range sharp shooter shot I’ll have a son to continue it.” many right-handed batters, with his eral public picks it up quickly. Of especially big, but he never missed a 45.2% from three point range (56 of — Marc Rzepczynski. righty closer, Jason Motte. Howev- course, the sports figure has to make game in his 10 pro seasons (124 con- 124). His 56 three pointers were the er, for reasons that are still not quite sure that the pronunciation in the secutive regular-season games and second most on the team, and in the

EXPLORING POLONIA’S PAST / James Pula The Polish American String Band New Year’s Day has been a tra- colorful attire, intricate maneuvers, and various bass, percussion, and ditional day of festivity throughout and the uniquely appealing reso- saxophone instrumentation. It has recorded history. In ancient times, nance of their instrumentation. played at social, political and sport- it was often linked with local reli- One of the most prominent units ing events throughout the United gious beliefs, such as in the Roman in the parade today is the Polish States and abroad. Named official Empire where the New Year’s Sat- American String Band. Formed good will ambassadors by the city urnalia was a time for revelers to under the leadership of Joseph of Philadelphia, band members won dress in masks, exchange gifts, and Jankowski among the Polish com- first prize in the Republic of Cuba often attend or participate in satiri- munity in Port Richmond on July Parade in 1959, their first venture cal presentations. These traditions 3, 1933, the band retains a close overseas, when they represented the are preserved today in the celebrat- connection to its roots. Each year it State of Pennsylvania. In 1990 the ed Mummers Parade in Philadel- participates in a special New Year’s band toured Poland, performing to phia which traces its origin to the Day invocation by the pastor of St. the delight of street-side crowds in colonial era. Gradually, over time, Adalbert’s Church before it departs Warsaw, Gdańsk, Toruń, Gdynia, the celebration moved from spon- to participate in the parade, followed Kraków, and Częstochowa. In 1998 taneous demonstrations to a more by a post-parade performance in the it toured Italy where it played for the formalized celebration until 1901 Port Richmond community. Com- U.S. Ambassador in Rome and be- when the Mummers Parade began prising nearly one hundred march- fore His Holiness Pope John Paul II as an organized civic event. Today, ers from all walks of life throughout on the twentieth anniversary of his elaborately outfitted units dressed the Delaware Valley, the band con- papacy. The Polish American String Band continues to be one of the in extravagant costumes strut their tinues to combine honor its Polish The record of the Polish Ameri- most prominent units in the annual Mummer’s Parade in Philadelphia. way through Philadelphia compet- heritage within the traditions of the can String Band in the annual New ing for prizes and the honor of being Philadelphia Mummers. Year’s Day Philadelphia Mummers nitions, and finished in the top ten parade. The Polish American String selected as the best appearing group Dressed in the elaborate, colorful Parade is unprecedented. It has been 73 out of the 76 times it has par- Band is a truly unique manifestation in their category. Foremost among costumes of the Mummers, the band honored with eleven first place fin- ticipated. Its first place finishes are of Polish heritage merged with a them are the string bands with their consists of banjos, accordions, bells, ishes, fourteen second place recog- the most by any string band in the popular Philadelphia tradition. 18 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012

REFLECTIONS / OUR CHURCHES BRUSH UP HISTORY IN ART / Staś Kmieć Holy Spirit Polish National Catholic Church Business The Artwork of Arthur Szyk 618 E. Gansevoort St., Little Falls, NY 13365 Prepared by the from the series “Glorious Days of the Polish-American Fraternity” Rev. Rafal Dadello, Pastor Polonia Media Network “about the year 1476.” In the 1920s there were Phonetic hh is like ch in loch • In the scientific works of the about 100 Polish-American Phonetic ai is like eye 16th and 17th centuries, and also families in the Little Falls m, n, f, pl denotes male, female, on contemporary maps and globes, area. In 1926 there was one neuter, plural his name appears in over 20 dif- Roman Catholic parish in ferent versions. The Polish histo- the city. Fr. J. Blonkowski klient...... (KLEE-yehnt) m rian Joachim Lelewel extracted the was the pastor. He report- client [male] surname “Skolny” then “Szkolny” and finally “Jan z Kolna” became edly had been against klientka...... (klee-YEHN-tkah) f embedded in Polish history, and building the Polish client [female] even partly in that of other na- Home in Little Falls kontrakt...... (KOHN-trahkt) m and he didn’t want to tions. He also found mentions of contract a “Joannis de Colno” who studied give First Holy Com- obroty...... (oh-BROH-tih) m, pl munion to children who at the Kraków Academy in 1455, sales and a Colno or Cholno family of attended the Polish oferta...... (oh-FEHR-tah) f School. These events merchants and sailors living in proposal [offer] Gdańsk. caused many of the Jan of Kolno (known as Jo- zysk...... (zihsk) m Scandinavian authors prefer to Polish people to leave hannes Scolnus), the half mythical profit see him as Danish. They put forth the Roman Catholic Polish navigator, in the service of strata...... (STRAH-tah) f an unconvincing argument that the the King of Denmark reached the loss word “Polonus” is an error due to American coast on the Didrik Pin- telefon...... (the-LEH-fohn) m the misreading of the word “pi- ing vessel in the summer of 1476, loto” (pilot). telephone [also cell phone] 16 years before Columbus. Al- komórkowy...... (koh-muhr-KOH- though this view is not supported Arthur Szyk, a painter born vih) m by contemporary evidence, and as June 3, 1894 in Łódź, Poland stud- cell phone he is not mentioned contempora- ied painting in Paris and Kraków. wystawa...... (vihs-TAH-vah) f neously, his identity and even ex- In 1921 he settled in Paris before exhibition istence have been disputed. World War II, then moved to the zysk...... (zihsk) m A 1536 globe of cartographer United States, where he died in profit Gemma Frisius depicts an area New Canaan, Pa. in 1951. Numer- Jestem tu służbowo ...... within the Arctic Circle, north of ous paintings by Szyk illustrate ...... (YEHS-tehm tuh a strait acknowledging the expe- various aspects of the brotherhood swuzh-BOH-voh.) dition and penetrating a date of of Poles and Americans. I am here on business.

HERITAGE / Ellye Slusarczyk TRIVIA TIME / Ellye Slusarczyk

Church and establish a Polish Na- The adjoining parsonage served 1. General Edward Rowny was a soldier and: a. tional Catholic Church Parish. Rzeszów diplomat b. sports writer c. research scientist as the home of the Rev. Father Nan- Surrounded by picturesque countryside is Rzeszów. Lo- The first organizational meeting 2. The Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame was dowski who was the first resident cated in southeastern Poland, Rzeszów lies on both sides of was held in 1926 at the tailor shop founded in: a. 1950 b. 1969 c. 1973 pastor. the Wisła River. The Sandomierska Valley harbors this city of Henry Wiernicki. The church was The people worked hard to pay 3. On February 22, 1923, an honorary Doctor of of 80,000 people. Laws degree was conferred upon Paderewski officially incorporated on May 20, for the church and the cemetery. Its history goes back to 1354 when the settlement re- 1926. As many as 500 people attended by the: a. University of Southern California b. ceived its town charter from the king. Today Rzeszów is the New York University c. Fordham University The first Holy Mass was cel- the dinners and Dozynki in the fall. capital of Subcarpathian Voivadeship. 4. General Wojciech Jaruzelski, former military ebrated in a rented church by Fa- Birthdays and anniversaries were Pope John II visited here in 1991, amidst a crowd of an ther Leopold Dąbrowski, who was leader in Poland, was president of Poland for regularly celebrated. Each person estimated one million Poles. Then in 1992 he established the the pastor of the Holy Cross PNCC most of the: a. 1970s b. 1980s c. 1990s or family gave $.50 and a gift was new Diocese of Rzeszów. parish in Utica, NY. The church was 5. A nun from France was miraculously healed purchased and the rest of the money Its international airport, Rzeszów-Jasionka, has opened and attributed her cure to John Paul II, and she on the north side of Main Street, up the city to hundreds of travelers from all over the globe. west of Furnace Street. It had been was donated to the church. Mrs. was cured of: a. bone cancer b. Parkinson’s dis- Krutz recalled that her parents had Rzeszów is also an important rail hub, being on the main ease c. diabetes used by the black people of the city, West-East rail route. You can easily travel on its West-East many of whom who had left the area entertained people playing cards at 6. On March 15, 2007, the Polish American Jour- their home and $30.00 was donated European Highway, F40, . But, compared to an American’s nal took over the subscriptions of: a. “Polish in search of work elsewhere. version of a highway , F40 is just a one-lane road. Be a care- to the church. That tradition contin- Heritage” b. “Polonia Today” c. “Our Polish In November 1926 the red brick ful driver because it is not unusual for ducks, geese, and oth- ues today, with parishioners sup- Roots” church at 618 Gansevoort Street was er domesticated animals, to suddenly appear on the roadway. purchased. It previously had been a porting the church by sponsoring 7. Polish mountain climbers reached the South Education is highly regarded. There are several schools Kanchen peak in the Himalayas in: a. 1975 b. Lutheran church. The dedicated pa- dinners, coffee hours, food sales, of higher learning, including Rzeszów University of Tech- rishioners repainted and remodeled picnics, and polka festivals. 1978 c. 1981 nology. Museums are very popular and are great tourist des- 8. Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewski was the first wom- the building. Mr. Sikora designed Five acres of land were pur- tinations. A study of various ethnic groups and their culture and constructed the main altar. A chased for a cemetery in July 1926. an doctor in: a. Chicago b. Baltimore c. New awaits one at the Ethnographic Museum. For a religious England few years later Mr. Koszalkowski The men of the church worked to- experience you can visit the Diocesan Museum. Children 9. Captain Constantine Blandonski was the first built the two side altars and the pul- gether to clear the land by hand. The have a special museum to visit. It is the only one like it in foreign-born officer to die in: a. the Civil War pit. In the 1930’s the parish had the women prepared food at home, took Poland. Here children can see animated cartoons, see collec- following organizations: Women’s b. World War I c. The Spanish-American War the trolley to East Herkimer to the tions of toys, games and all sorts of books. They can relive 10. Helena Modjeska’s California home was: a. Society of the Maria Konopnicka, back of the property and climbed their childhood pleasures of bedtime stories in the unique Society of Juliusz Słowacki, Chil- The Flowers b. Arden c. Sunnyside the hill to the cemetery to feed the Bedtime Show Museum. Two must-places to visit for those dren Group of Jozef Pilsudski, and workers. interested in art are .the Szajna Gallery and the Podworza ANSWERS. 1a. diplomat; 2c. 1972; 3a. the Uni- two Choirs; the Frederick Chopin Gallery.. choir and the choir of Saint Cecilia. There was an old factory in versity of Southern California; 4b. 1980s; 5b. Par- Middleville, N.Y. that was free for Yes, a visit to Rzeszów is a most pleasurable way to enjoy kinson’s disease; 6b. “Polonia Today”; 7c. 1978; Pastor at that time was Father your vacation. Include it on your itinerary. Pawel Kozlowski (1929-1932). He the taking. The men of the church 8e. New England; 9a. the Civil War; 10b.Arden led the Polish School and was also cut this building into sections and the Choir Director. At that time the transported it to the cemetery. They Surname Corner / Robert Strybel parish counted around 60 families. rebuilt it into the pavilion that still Polish language classes were stands today. taught three times a week and reli- More information may be found Thank God it’s Piątek! gious classes on Saturday. at www. HolySpiritPNCC.org. Every Polish last name means Murzyński: Literally Moorish thereof. Also included free of charge Would you like to see your parish featured in “Reflections”? Please send a photo something and came into being for — applicable to someone with actu- is a genealogical contact chart (root- and a few paragraphs about the parish. While we appreciate full histories, we do a specific reason. It may have topo- al Moor roots or just simply darker- tracing websites, data bases, organi- not have space to print them. Please provide us with a photo or two of the interior graphic roots. Or it may be based complected. zations and firms) which has helped on an occupation, nickname, how For a custom-researched analy- and/or exterior. We can accept digital photos via e-mail if they are of high resolution many Polish Americans get started (300 dpi or greater). Please include: Name of church, year opened (year closed if no someone looks, or their disposition. sis of the meaning and derivation longer open), street and city, any identifiable people in the photo, and any special Examples include: of your Polish surname, how many in their ancestral exploration. The memory you may have of the church. Additional information may include: pastor, Andrzejewski: Nearly all Polish people use it, where they live and list includes professional genealo- school status, or, if closed, name us last pastor, name of new merged parish, etc. All last names ending in –ewski are of whether it is accompanied by a gists qualified to track down fam- denominations welcome. toponymic origin, so this one too noble coat-of-arms, please airmail ily records, photograph or video- arose to describe an inhabitant of a $19 check (adding $10 for each tape ancestral homesteads ancestral SUBSCRIBE and RENEW ON-LINE Andrzejewo (Andrewsville). additional surname you wish re- homesteads and graves and possibly Piątek: Friday in Polish; the searched) to: Robert Strybel, ulica We accept MasterCard, Visa, even turn up living long-lost rela- American Express, Discover, and PayPal! names of days and months served as Kaniowska 24, 01-529 Warsaw, Po- nicknames to identify someone who land. tives in Poland. www.polamjournal.com had been born or had converted to If a coat of arms is found, you For more details, please contact: Catholicism on a given occasion. will receive a color illustration [email protected]. 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OBITUARIES Jerzy Bielecki, Saved Jewish Girlfriend Barbara WARSAW, Poland — It took 39 gathered from the Lomza ghetto in them go through. then to New York. Misiewicz-Poltorak, years for Cyla Cybulska and Jerzy northern Poland and taken to Aus- “I felt pain in my backbone, Sheer chance allowed them to Bielecki to see each other again, af- chwitz-Birkenau. Her parents and where I was expecting to be shot,” meet again. While talking with her Researcher ter running away together from Aus- sister were immediately killed in Bielecki told the AP in an interview Polish cleaning lady Cybulska told Barbara Misiewicz-Poltorak, chwitz in 1944. the gas chambers, but she and her in 2010. her about her Auschwitz escape. M.D., Ph.D., physician, rheumatolo- Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speak- brothers were sent to work. Soon, For more than a week they hid The woman, stunned, said she had gist, researcher at National Institute 22-year-old Cybulska was the only ing Polish prisoner at the Nazi death in the fields during the day and heard Bielecki telling the same story of Health, and Assistant Professor camp, was awarded the Righteous one left alive. marched during the night, until they on Polish TV. She then helped Cyla at George Washington University Among the Nations title by the Yad When Bielecki and Cybulska reached the house of Bielecki’s un- to find Jerzy in Poland. Medical School passed away Nov, Vashem Institute in Jerusalem for met, their love blossomed, making cle. There, they were separated, as 28, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland. saving his girlfriend, Cyla Cybul- Jerzy determined to find a way to the family wanted Jerzy back home In the summer of 1983, they met She was the wife of Dr. Maciej ska. escape. in Krakow, and Cybulska was sent at the Krakow airport. He brought Poltorak, and mother of Marta Pol- Bielecki was 19 when the Ger- Bielecki secretly got a complete to hide with a farm family. 39 red roses, one for each year they torak (Matthew Mihalich). Misie- mans captured him on the false sus- SS uniform and a pass from a fellow Bielecki stayed in Poland and had spent apart. wicz-Poltorak was born in Lodz, picion of being a resistance fighter, Polish captive working at a uniform settled in Nowy Targ, where he Poland of Drs. Anna and Leszek and brought him to Auschwitz in the warehouse. Then dressed as SS of- raised a family and worked as the “He did not think he was a hero, Misiewicz. She completed her first transport of prisoners from Po- ficer, he pretended he was taking a director of a school for bus and but he was. He will be missed,” said medical education in Poland and land. Jewish prisoner out of the camp for car mechanics. Cybulska married Stanlee Stahl, a vice president at the received her Doctor of Philosophy Cybulska, her parents, two interrogation. He led Cybulska to a a Jewish man, David Zacharowitz, Jewish Foundation for the Righ- ddegree from the Rheumatological brothers and a younger sister were side gate, where a sleepy SS-man let with whom she went to Sweden and teous. Institute in Warsaw, Poland. Since 1989, she resided in Bethesda. She Sister Christine M. Virginia Kurek, LSIC, 93 was working in autoimmune and neuroendocrinological research at WOOD - tion in a parish. She held positions operation of Nursing Homes. grant parents, and the center of her the National Institutes of Health and BRIDGE, N.J. in the educational and health care A member of various religious religious community. George Washington University until — Sister Chris- ministries, with faith and compas- and civic associations, Sister Vir- Memorial contributions may be an accident. Afterwards, she primar- tine M. Virginia sion, until her final prayer ministry, ginia was presented the Bishop’s made to the Little Servant Sisters ily wrote poetry, enjoyed life and Kurek, LSIC, during 78 years of religious life, in- Medal for her outstanding service I.C., Provincialate, 1000 Cropwell the company of her family, friends 93, of the Little cluding a term from 1964 to 1969 as for the Church by Bishop George Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. and her dogs. Servant Sisters major superior of her congregation Guilfoyle and was the recipient of of the Immacu- in the United States. Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award from late Conception, Sister Virginia with three Sisters Pope John Paul II. Jurek-Park Slope Polish-English died September 24, 2011, at St. Jo- started the first phase of St. Mary’s She was well-organized with Funeral Home, Inc. seph’s Nursing Home. Catholic Home in 1941 in present- compassion toward the needy, the Translator Former Administrator at St. day Cherry Hill. 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Charles T. Kowal, Astronomer, Engineer “A tradition of local & long distance service continues!“ Charles T. Kowal, 71, of Cine- supernovae, comets and asteroids. ing photos transmitted by it. He then bar, Wash., died Nov. 28, 2011 of He also discovered the thirteenth went on to Johns Hopkins Univer- cancer. He was an accomplished and fourteenth moons of Jupiter. sity where he became an aerospace astronomer and engineer who made His most significant discovery was Stobierski Lucas significant discoveries during his that of Chiron in 1977, the first of engineer working on computer pro- career. a new class of solar system object grams for satellites. Gardenview Born in Buffalo in 1940, he dubbed Centaurs, not quite asteroid, Kowal retired in 2006 to Wash- moved to California after high nor comet, nor planet. Funeral Home, Ltd. ington state. He published dozens of Rita A. Lucas 161 Driggs Avenue school where he received a BS de- In 1985 Kowal transferred to scientific articles during his life and (Greenpoint) Brooklyn, NY 11222 gree in astronomy at USC. He went Space Technology Institute in Jude P. Lucas wrote the book Asteroids: Their Na- (718) 383-7910 • (718) 383-2737 to work for the California Institute Maryland where he monitored the George J. Mueller of Technology where, in a twenty- instruments aboard the Hubble ture and Utilization. He is survived four year career, he worked as an as- Space Telescope and was the first by his former wife, a daughter, and tronomer and discovered dozens of person to see many of the fascinat- two grandsons. Singer Violetta Villas, Las Vegas star in 1960s Singer Vio- man Polanski’s 2003 Oscar-winning In 1970, she returned to Poland letta Villas, movie “The Pianist.” to tend to her ailing mother, but 73, died at her From 1966 to 1969, Villas sang later the communist authorities re- home in Lewin at the Casino de Paris at the famed fused to approve her passport. She Klodzki, a vil- Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, perform- was not able to return to the United lage in southern ing with luminaries like Frank Sina- States until 1987, when she had a Poland. tra, , and tour, starting at New York’s Carn- Villas was . She also recorded songs egie Hall. born Czeslawa for Capitol Records. Villas was married twice: in 1954 Cieslak in 1938 Villas also appeared in movies, in Poland to Piotr Gospodarek, and to a Polish coal miner’s family in including the 1969 “Paint your Wag- in 1988 in Chicago to Ted Kowal- Belgium. on” with Lee Marvin and “Heaven czyk, a businessman of Polish de- A unique talent with a trademark with a Gun” with Glenn Ford. scent. cascade of curly blond hair, Vil- las had a voice that spanned four octaves. Rather then pursue an op-  (718) 383-8600 eratic career, she preferred popu- A.K. No. 383-0320 lar music, a genre that brought her  Peter Rago wide popularity in Poland — where  Lic. Mgr. the family returned in 1948 after the Leslie P. Rago World War II — and abroad. She once said her career was F.D. launched in 1960 by the head of state Polish Radio, composer Wla- dyslaw Szpilman — whose own FUNERAL HOME, INC. story of survival during the Holo-  caust was the theme of director Ro- 131 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JANUARY 2012 www.polamjournal.com 20

AMERICAN POLONIA AT A GLANCE Szopka Krakowska Winner MARYLAND For details, call (612) 378-9291. HARTFORD, Conn. — A manger by Fuxi Worces- BRENTWOOD — Artist Ta- pENNSYLvANIA ter and David Mathieu, Jr., Grade 8 students St. James deusz (Tad) Lapinski’s work titled School, took fi rst place at the Polish Cultural Club of PHILADELPHIA — The 2011 Past and Present will be featured Greater Hartford, Inc.’s 31st Annual Szopka Festival, “Firefi ghter of the Year” award, through January 14, 2012 at Brent- held Nov. 27, 2011 in the ballroom of the Polish Na- sponsored by the Philadelphia Fire wood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode tional Home. Department’s Historical Corpora- Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD Other winners included: 2nd Place, Jenna Kelly and tion Board of Directors, was pre- 20772. Anamaria Sousa, Grade 7 at St. James School; and 3rd sented to Firefi ghter Edward W. This solo exhibition of artworks Place (tie), Caroline Gwara and Olivia Zagula, Polish Verbitski, Squad 47. by renowned Polish/American li- Saturday School, Hartford and Erin Nasuta, Grade 6 at The Selection Committee from thographer and educator Lapinski is St. James School. Fireman’s Hall chose Verbitski for held in collaboration with the Uni- For many years, Club members Anna Oleasz and his valiant efforts and dedicated ser- versity of Maryland College Park her daughter, Karol Oleasz, have been advisers to stu- vice in the rescue of a woman and Art Department. This exhibition dents participating in the competition. The competi- an eight-month-old infant from the honors Lapinski who recently an- tion begins weeks before the event, when Connecticut second fl oor of a burning building. nounced his retirement after serving iconographer Marek Czarnecki visits schools to make Verbitski is a member of the Sec- nearly four decades as Professor of presentations to students about how to construct a ond Street Polish Society as well as Art at the University. szopka, the history behind them and why certain ele- the Polish American Congress and Lapinski’s work has been exhib- ments are allowed or not allowed in their construction. Polish American Cultural Center ited in such prestigious institutions In addition to the Szopka Krakowska Competition, Museum. as the National Gallery of Art, the the Festival included fi ne Polish jewelry; imported READING — The members of White House, Museum of Mod- folk-art pottery; books; hand-crafted gifts and other the Polish American Heritage As- ern Art, San Francisco Museum of memorabilia. There was a bake sale and cafe with Pol- sociation of Berks County have Art, the Museum of Modern Art ish specialties. Saint Nicholas (Święty Mikołaj) greet- elected the following offi cers for Tokyo, and Tianjin Museum in ed children and listened to their Christmas wishes. 2012: President – Marilyn Wlasze- FIRST PLACE Szopka Krakowska winner, created by China, among many other museums For further information on the Club, visit www.pol- wski; Vice President – Linda Wro- Fuxi Worcester and David Mathieu, Jr. throughout Europe, Asia, North and ishculturalclub.org. bel; Secretary – Toni Wade; and South America. Treasurer – Christine Lubas. Lapinski received his Bachelors the topic “Od Wankowicza do Pa. 6:00 p.m.- midnight. Continuous present the rich history of Polish The new offi cers will be sworn in and Masters of Arts degrees from Amerykanskich Indian.” music by Plus Five Orchestra and Jews and their heritage over a span at the Mountain Springs Restaurant, the Academy of Fine Arts in War- Rick Gazda Band. Cocktail hour, of 1,000 years. 2610 Hill Road, Reading, on Sun- DOYLESTOWN — Sun., Jan. saw, Poland. surf and turf, sit-down dinner and a “1,000 years of Jewish life in day, January 8, 2012. 15. Our Lady of Czestochowa Pol- For information, call (301) 277- six-hour open bar. Info call Edward Poland — it’s a big story,” Prof. For information about the In- ish Language School Christmas 2863. McCloskey (215) 425-4783. Kirshenblatt–Gimblett said. “It’s stallation party, contact Marilyn at Program, “Jaselka.” Shrine of Our an important story.” The Profes- MINNESOTA (610) 779-5523. Lady of Czestochowa, Road, WASHINGTON, D.C. sor also said that the museum will PHILADELPHIA — Sun., Jan. Doylestown, PA, Visitors Shrine The Embassy of Poland hosted MINNEAPOLIS — The Polish honor those who died – by showing 8. St. Adalbert Polish Language Cafeteria. 2:00 p.m. Info, call the Prof. Barbara Kirshenblatt–Gim- American Cultural Institute of how they lived in Poland for a mil- School Annual Christmas Program, shrine (215) 345-0600. blett, head of the Core Exhibition Minnesota will be selecting an art- lennium. “Jaselka.” St. Adalbert Audito- PHILADELPHIA — Sat., Feb., team of the new Museum of His- ist to travel to Poland for approxi- This unique institution is the fi rst rium, Thompson Street and Allegh- 11. Polish Police Association of tory of Polish Jews, on November mately 20 days to exhibit his/her art, public-private institution of its kind eny Avenue, Port Richmond sec- Philadelphia 36th Annual Found- 7, 2011. Scheduled to open in 2013 participate in various art programs in Poland – jointly established by and interact with Polish artists of tion. 1:00 p.m. Free. Info call Maria er’s Day Banquet. King’s Caterers in Warsaw, the multimedia narrative Koleda (610) 368-1604. II, 4010 New Falls Road, Bristol, museum and cultural center will Poland’s government, local Warsaw all genres as part of PACIM’s Art- government, and an NGO: the Jew- ist Program. Some expenses will be PHILADELPHIA — Sun., Jan. ish Historical Association in War- paid. 8. Polski Uniwersytet Ludowy Brooklyn’s Polish Vets Remembered saw, which initiated the project. The applicant must be a Polish Lecture in the Polish language. American artist born in the United Associated Polish Home, 9150 WISCONSIN Academy Rd., Northeast Philadel- States, an emerging artist, have a FRANKLIN — The Wisconsin phia. 3:00 p.m. Speaker: Joanna valid U.S. passport, and agree to ac- Division of the Polish American Sokolowska Gwizdka. Topic: “Hel- tively participate in fundraising and Congress honored three veterans ena Modrzejewska i Jej Artystyczna promotional events, for PACIM, for their outstanding contributions Spuscizna w Ameryce.” Free. 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