POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JULY-AUGUST 2020 www.polamjournal.com 1 PAJFOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS — PAGE 20 AND ADDITIONAL OFFICES ENTRY NEW YORK BOSTON, AT PAID POSTAGE PERIODICAL POLISH AMERICAN JOURNALDEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE SEE WHAT’S COOKING WITH GOSIA ESTABLISHED 1911 JULY-AUGUST 2020 • VOL. 109, NO. 6 • $2.25 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 13 NOW, MORE THAN EVER, “GOŚĆ W DOM, BÓG W DOM” • POLES APART: LOOKING BACK AS WE LOOK FORWARD YOUR DNA TEST RESULTS: FACT OR FICTION? • REASON AND FAITH AMID MINNESOTA’S VIOLENT DARKNESS KELCE BROTHERS AMONG THE BEST • POLKA FESTIVALS — A LOOK INSIDE THE NUMBERS • CHOPIN REANIMATED NEWSMARK Surprise Salute Mary Lou Wyrobek named Catholic League President Foundation Asks to Rename Fort for Kosciuszko BUFFALO, N.Y. — Most Rev. Andrew P. The Kosciuszko Foundation has requested President Wypych, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago Trump to rename Fort Bragg in honor of U.S. Brigadier and executive direc- General Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Poland-born Revolu- tor of the Catholic tionary War military engineer who built Fortress West League for Religious Point, which he suggested should be used as the United Assistance to Poland States Military Academy. and Polonia, has ap- The U.S. Army has 10 bases named after confederate pointed Mary Lou officers, such as Braxton Bragg, who were traitors and de- Wryobek of Cheek- clared war on the United States. “That makes no sense,” towaga as presi- said Foundation President Marek Skulimowski. “Bragg’s dent of the Catholic unit killed U.S. Army soldiers. Why should American sol- League for Religious diers serve at a base that honors their enemy?” Assistance to Poland Wyrobek and Polonia. Election Underway Wyrobek’s appointment follows the pass- Poland’s presidential election, originally set for May ing of Bernard Ruda. Bishop Wypych said, 10, is being held June 28. Conservative incumbent Law “We are grateful for his dedication for so and Justice party Andrzej Duda’s main competitor is War- many years, and now, I am grateful that we saw’s liberal Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who represents have a new president.” the country’s main opposition party, Civic Platform. He said, “The president works with the na- Other contenders widely seen as dark-horse candidates tional executive director and also presides at are independent journalist and TV personality Szymon A hero of the Battle of Monte Cassino, Col. Romuald Lipinski, 94, saluted meetings of the national board; with the con- Hołownia, rural activist Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, each of the over fifty cars which drove by his house. sent of the board, calls committees as deemed nationalist Krzysztof Bosak, and Leftist Robert Biedroń. by Matthew Stefanski Col. Lipinski is short in stature, necessary; encourages regional councils to The election combines in-person voting with mail-in but he carries himself confidently. participate in the work of the Liga; promotes ballots. Under Polish law, if no candidate wins more than WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a Long white hair — longer than usual endeavors of Liga, and performs all duties as 50% percent of the vote, a second round will be held two warm, sunny Saturday in mid-May, given the COVID-19 shutdown — delegated until the election of officers at the weeks later. Early polling suggests the close clash between all seemed calm in the suburb of An- jutted out from beneath his black next convention.” Duda and Trzaskowski will result in a second round on nandale, Va., where Col. Romuald military beret adorned with the Pol- The Catholic League (Liga Katolicka) was July 12. Lipinski has lived for half a century. ish eagle. He wore his usual veteran established in 1943 as a way of assisting the There was no warning that a special outfit: a freshly pressed white shirt, church in Poland devastated by the ravages Duda Visits Trump convoy would soon arrive to show blue tie and blue sports jacket. On the of World War II. After the war, Polish priests Donald Trump hosted Poland’s president in the White appreciation to the 94-year-old Polish left side of his chest hung his military who came to the United States and served in House June 24, giving Andrzej Duda a probable electoral World War II veteran on the eve of medals, over a half-dozen Polish and the Diocese of Buffalo attested to the use of boost just four days before a tightly-contested presiden- the anniversary of a battle that influ- tial vote. Duda was the first foreign politician to visit the enced his life forever. See “Hero Saluted,” page 6 See “Catholic League,” page 5 U.S. president at the White House since mid-March after a break of a few months as the world dealt with the coro- navirus pandemic. Poles Perform Monuments Fall Victim to Ignorance The leaders discussed “advancing our cooperation on World’s First WILCZEK. PIOTR (RIGHT) WALKUSKI/TWITTER; MAREK (LEFT) PHOTOS: defense, as well as trade, energy, and telecommunications Infant security,” said the White House in a statement. Chemotherapy Cardinal Wyszyński’s Beatification Postponed Operation A solemn Beatification Mass for the late Polish Pri- GDANSK, Poland — On- mate Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński had been scheduled to cologists here were the first take place in Warsaw’s Piłsudski Square on June 7 but was in the world to carry out the canceled for fear that a large congregation might pose a Hyperthermic Intraperito- public-health hazard. A new date has not been set, but the neal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) event is expected to take place once the Covid-19 pandem- to cure an infant of peritoneal ic subsides. cancer. The operation was A deeply religious patriot known for his ascetic per- done at the Clinic of Surgery sonal habits, Wyszyński led the Polish Church from 1948 and Urology for Children and until his death in 1981, shepherding it through the darkest Adolescents at the Medical days of Stalinist rule. During that period, he witnessed the University of Gdańsk. regime’s open persecution of the Church and survived a Until recently, the opera- brutal character-assassination campaign and three years of tion was performed on pa- communist imprisonment. tients two years old and older. The surgeons in Gdańsk were US Troops from Germany Rebasing to Poland capable of doing the opera- tion on a seven-month-old in- President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to trans- fant, thanks to modifications fer thousands of American troops from Germany, some undertaken at the clinic. BEFORE AND AFTER. Washington, D.C.’s memorials to Tadesz Kościuszko (left) and Casi- of which would be rebased to Poland. The move reflects The HIPEC procedure growing tensions between Washington and Berlin mainly mir Pulaski (right) were among the statues throughout the city damaged by rioters pro- involves pumping a powerful testing the death of George Floyd. The plinths, which stand near the White House, were over military spending. The transfer would reduce current dose of heated chemotherapy U.S. troop strength of 34,500 in Germany by 9,500. cleaned by the National Park Service, as evidenced by the removed graffiti on Pulaski’s inside a patient’s abdomen, memorial. Poland’s Ambassador to the United States Piotr Wilczek praised the National Last September, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany after removing visible tu- Richard Grennel threatened such a move if Berlin did not Park Service for its quick work. (Offensive graffiti on Kościuszko memorial blurred by PAJ). mors through what is known Police in Warsaw are investigating an identical attack on that city’s Kościuzsko monument, increase its defense spending. Poland is among a handful as cytoreductive surgery. The of NATO countries that earmark the required 2% of GDP an exact duplicate of the one in Washington, D.C. It is believed the Warsaw incident was probably a copy-cat crime inspired by the extensive Polish media coverage Floyd’s death for defense, while Germany falls short of that mark. See “Oncologists,” page 2 and its violent aftermath. Related stories on pages 2 and 3. 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JULY-AUGUST 2020 POLISH EDITOR’S DESK AMERICAN JOURNAL Now, More than Ever, “Gość w dom, Bóg w dom” by Mark Kohan President Marek Skulimowski. ten times a year. 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