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April 2015 1 Polish American Postageperiodical Paid at Boston, New York and Additional Entry Offices IN THIS ISSUE: THE PAJ’S ULTIMATE WNY DYNGUSPOLISH DAY EVENTAMERICAN CALENDAR JOURNAL • APRIL 2015 www.polamjournal.com 1 POLISH AMERICAN YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE JOURNAL POLAND’S FIRST OSCAR WIN ESTABLISHED 1911 APRIL 2015 • VOL. 104, NO. 4 | $2.00 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 16 POLISH CITIZEN WITH VALID VISA DENIED ENTRANCE TO U.S. • OSTATKI WITH A TWIST• ZAMOŚĆ EASTER OLSM JAZZ BAND TOURS POLAND • ŚWIĘCONE ESSENTIALS AND BLESSINGS • BASEBALL’S OLDEST LIVING PLAYER “Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; NEWSMARK Fifth Term Will Be and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will Mikulski’s Last EUROPE THREATENED, SAYS PM.The Ukrainian crisis see Him; behold, I have told you.” — Matthew 28:7 BALTIMORE — U.S. has triggered an unprecedented security threat to contem- Senator Barbara A. Mikulski porary Europe said Poland’s Prime Minister, Ewa Kopacz. (D-Md.) announced she has “We have the greatest security crisis in Europe since the decided not to run for re-elec- Cold War,” she said in an interview with Poland’s TVP. tion. Mikulski, who will com- “To disregard this would be irresponsible,” she added. plete her fi fth term in offi ce in Still, she called for a RUSSIAN AGGRESSION January 2017, says she wants “balanced position,” to to focus the next two years on WORRIES POLES avoid raising the anxiety SEE PAGE 6 working for her constituents of Poles and countries and for the nation. along the Russian border. Kopacz said Poland’s member- “Because every day, I ship of NATO is the country’s guarantee of security. want to To date, Poland has been one of the most vigorous de- wake up fenders of the new Kiev government. thinking “We need to protect our own interests, but at the same Chrystus Zmartwychwstał! Christ has Risen! about you time to fi ght for something that Ukraine is fi ghting for to- — the day. Polish Hymns: little guys “For the fi rst time, blood is actually being shed for the and gals, European Union, or for an attempt at integration into the the water- European Union.” Home of Meaning and Spirit men, au- MIKULSKI. Elect- Kopacz made her remarks after learning Russian tanks by Rev. Dr. Czesław M. Krysa tomobile and military equipment were crossing the Ukrainian border workers, ed Senator in Rector of The Church of St. Casimir and 1987. in violation of the ceasefi re agreed in Minsk in February. Diocesan Worship Director, Buffalo, N.Y. research- ers, small business owners RUSSIA IGNORES RETURN REQUEST. (Polskie Radio) usic and songs are not indif- North Ameri- and families,” Mikulski said. — Poland has asked Russia for a written statement ex- ferent, nor is their selection can, Catholic Mikulski was the fi rst plaining its failure to return the Smolensk plane wreck. The arbitrary. They create person- counterparts. Democratic woman Senator Russian authorities have promised a written response to the Malities and inspire generations. Among the elected in her own right, and question, senior Polish diplomats told the Polish Radio. Think of how the rock musical “Hair” led the faith prefer- was one of only two women tyranny of self-expression. Madonna’s “Like ences, I have Despite repeated requests from Poland, Russia is yet to Senators serving when she a Prayer” dissolved Catholic faith symbols found the fol- hand over the remains of the plane, which crashed, killing took offi ce in 1987. On Janu- into erotic sexual attraction. “Losing my re- lowing to be President Lech Kaczyński and 96 others onboard. ary 5, 2011, she became the ligion” hinted at a generation’s indifference the strongest: The issue was one of the subjects of discussions with longest-serving woman in to organized religion. The list of how songs, 1) solidarity with U.S. Senate history when the Russian deputy minister of foreign affairs, Vladimir and more recently marketing ditties and Su- creation, 2) earth mixing with heaven, 3) re- Titov, during his visit to Warsaw in March. she was sworn in to the per Bowl commercials, form social identity, ligious meaning of food, 3) empathy for the 112th Congress, breaking bond groups, and express desirable values, is downtrodden, 4) hymnic play and, 5) rever- the record previously held MINISTRY TO INVEST IN POLONIAE. The Polish For- unending. ence for ancestors and history. Let’s examine eign Ministry will spend about $13.5 million for coopera- by Senator Margaret Chase Polish hymns construct a world view of some examples. Smith (R-Maine.) tion with the Polish diaspora overseas in 2015. relationships with people, nature, and God. Mikulski has said she “Benefi tting our fellow countrymen abroad and their Working on English adaptations of Polish SOLIDARITY WITH CREATION. I am still shares many things in com- descendants, this call for proposals is an integral part of language faith hymns for 20 years, proves emotionally moved to the core as the Resur- mon with Senator Smith, in the state’s Polish diaspora policy,” said Deputy Minister these hymns are strikingly different from their See “Polish Hymns,” page 8 See “Mikuski,” page 7 Konrad Pawlik. Pawlik said the aim of this scheme is to work with NGOs and Polish diaspora organizations to implement pri- Movie about Polish Fighter Squadron in the Making “Polish orities that help unite the Polish diaspora and Poles from WARSAW (PAP) — A fi lm about the icon- According to daily Rzeczpospolita, the Concentration across the globe around Poland.” ic No. 303 Polish pilots who fought with the fi lm tells the story of three friends who met at Support will go to Polish education in countries such as RAF against the Luftwaffe in World War II, is aviation school in Dęblin, Poland. Together, Camp” Lawsuit Germany, the United States, and others which have a large currently in pre-production. they survived the outbreak of World War II, Dismissed Polish minority. Łukasz Palkowski, whose lastest movie and fl ed to the UK through Romania. WARSAW — A Polish Other benefi ciaries will include media outlets in coun- “Gods” has been both a hit with critics and the Once in Great Britain, they became part of man who tried to sue German tries such as Latvia, Russia, countries of the South Cau- public, will take on directorial duties, while the legendary No. 303 Polish Fighter Squad- PHOTO: BLACK ANDWHITE IMAGES IN COLOR newspaper Die Welt for using casus, Central Asia and Western Europe, and the United the script has been written ron. the term “Polish concentra- States. by veteran fi lm-maker Jerzy Producer Jacek Samojłowicz is Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska currently trying to get funding to get tion camp” has had his law- suit dismissed by a Warsaw BREWING SCHISM? Poland could be the scene of the and James Mc- Manus. the fi lm off the ground. See “Squadron ...,” page 2 court. next traditionalist schism within the Roman Catholic Zbigniew Osewski, whose Church, a leading intellectual on the conservative wing of grandfather died in a World the church writes. War II German concentration Pope Francis is openly departing from the teaching of camp in Iława, had wanted the “Polish pope,” wrote Dominik Zdort in Poland’s daily Die Welt to pay over PLN 1 Rzeczpospolita. million to charitable institu- Pope Francis may be seeking the establishment of a new tions and issue a full apology religion, distinct from Catholicism since John Paul II’s in outlets of the Polish media. teaching was without a doubt within the Catholic tradition, Osewski said he felt per- Zdort wrote. sonally insulted by the news- The traditionalist writer sees the potential for a schism, paper. as “never before has such a large (and growing) group of However, although the hierarchs been openly against the incumbent pope’s chief court concluded that as re- contribution to ideas. As examples of opposition fi gures, gards World War II, the er- Zdort names Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and the arch- roneous term “Polish concen- bishop of Warsaw, Henryk Hoser. 303 SQUADRON PILOTS - 1940. (l. to r.): F/O Ferić; F/Lt. Kent; F/O Grzeszczak; P/O tration camp” should spark In Pope Francis’s overtures to divorcees or gays, the Radomski; P/O Zumbach; P/O Łokuciewski; F/O Henneberg; Sgt. Rogowski; and Sgt. “opposition and outrage Church has “betrayed John Paul II,” Zdort quotes Arch- Szaposznikow. The 147 Polish pilots who fl ew with the RAF were known for their agility and among all people who know bishop Hoser as saying. bravery. They claimed 201 aircraft shot down, with the 303rd Squadron having the highest history, especially Poles,” the number of kills (126) of all Allied squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain. See “Lawsuit,” page 7 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • APRIL 2015 ALMANAC EASTER MESSAGE / Rev. Charles Jan DiMascola Polish Citizen With Follow us on Valid Visa Denied Facebook or visit us God Always Wins on the internet at: polamjournal.com The Polish people have a proverb for every That is the real message of Easter, because Entrance to U.S. occasion. Some of them are very intense. As it proves that Jesus is who He says He is. by Geraldine Balut Coleman April Q Kwiecieñ I was thinking about Easter, this old proverb The very Son of God, the Messiah, the Sav- CHICAGO — On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Cus- came to mind: “Chłop strzela, Pan Bóg kule ior! That means His promises are valid. That toms and Border Protection (CBP), a division of U.S.
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