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POLES BRING HOME ELEVEN MEDALSPOLISH FROM AMERICAN RIO — JOURNALPAGE 12 • SEPTEMBER 2016 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE JOURNAL SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF THE BEST ESTABLISHED 1911 SEPTEMBER 2016 • VOL. 105, NO. 9 | $2.00 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 17 MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE RECEIVED AT EMBASSY • CELEBRATIONS OF LATE SUMMER AND FALL • HARVEST TIME CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI AND WYD 2016 • EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE RELIC PLACED IN RELIQUARY • POLES WARY OF TRUMP NIAGARA CAMP IN THE GREAT WAR • NOT SIMPLY A VISIT WITH STALIN • THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND FACES Pilgrims Leave Poland in Good Spirits PAC Pays a Newsmark PHOTO: / JACEK PAP TURCZYK Visit to USE OF TERM “POLISH” DEATH CAMP COULD MEAN JAIL TIME. The Polish government has approved Podkarpacie a bill under which anyone using the term “Polish” camps referring to World War II death camps run by the Nazi Ger- Region mans in occupied Poland could face up to three years in RZESZOW, Poland — jail. A delegation of 44 mem- The planned change in the law, drafted by the Ministry bers of the Polish American of Justice, was backed by the Cabinet, August 16. Congress (PAC) traveled to “Today, the Polish government has taken an important Poland for a fi rst-ever meet- step towards creating stronger legal instruments to more ef- ing outside of U.S. borders. fectively assert our rights to defend the historical truth, but The PAC was participating also to defend the good name of Poland anywhere in the in the 2016 Forum Polonii world where it is defamed and presented in a false light,” Amerykanskiej (Forum of said Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Zbigniew American Polonia) held July Ziobro. He said the new proposed law had been promised 25-30, in Rzeszow, Podkarpa- ahead of Poland’s general election last year. cie Region. Led by President Frank Spula, other members CONSUL PRO TEMP. Until a full-time consul can be of the PAC executive com- found, Katarzyna Padło, head of legal and consular protec- World Youth Day pilgrims greet Pope Francis at Krakow’s Blonie Park. mittee included: Maria Szon- tion, has been named as head of Polish consular mission in ert-Binienda, VP for Polish New York. by Robert Strybel experience indeed. But there was no getting WARSAW – An estimated two million away from the fact that the event took place agenda; Dr. Mark Pienkos, VP for public relations; and CARDINAL MACHARSKI PASSES. young pilgrims from some 180 diff erent following a wave of Muslim terrorist attacks Hubert Cioromski, VP for fi - Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, countries joined Pope Francis in celebrating in France and neighboring Germany. the latest World Youth Days. Pioneered by The Holy Father was especially pained by nancial developments. a close friend of the late Pope John The PAC delegation in- Paul II, is dead at 89. Macharski be- Polish-born St. John Paul II, the latest reli- the cold-blooded murder of an 86-year-old gious and cultural festival was held in and priest near Rouen, France whose throat was cluded representatives of 13 came Archbishop of Krakow in 1979 PAC Divisions, including when his predecessor, Karol Wojtyla, around the southern Polish city of Kraków. Its slit by two Islamic terrorsts as he was cel- theme was the beatitude: Blessed are the mer- ebrating morning mass. “Let’s recognize it. the Western New York Divi- was elected to the papacy. He resigned sion represented by President as archbishop in 2005. ciful, for they shall receive mercy. The world is in a state of war in bits and piec- The six-day event turned out to be a great es,” he told reporters, adding that the attacks James L. Ławicki II, and Macharski was a prominent fi gure seven national member orga- of the Polish Roman Catholic Church spiritual adven- could be seen as ture for countless Singing, dancing, praying another world war. nizations. Dr. Barbara Ander- in the 20th century and continuing well sen, executive director of the into the 21st. Pope Francis visited a young Catholics and hearing the Word of God “We should not be from around the afraid to speak this Washington D.C. offi ce, acted comatose Macharski at a Krakow hos- as an organizational liaison. pital on July 28th and prayed for him there. The Cardinal globe. They in- Terrorist incidents avoided truth. The world is cluded high school at war because it Wladyslaw Ortyl, marshall passed away fi ve days later. He was in a coma for a month thanks to security precautions of the Podkarpackie voivode- after falling down stairs in his apartment. and college stu- has lost peace.” dents, young soldiers from half a dozen Determined to prevent any trouble, the ship, organized the forum. It Marcharski was buried at Krakow’s historic Wawel Ca- included meetings, presen- thedral in a crypt designated for Krakow bishops. NATO countries, seminarians, young nuns Polish authorities launched a major security and novices, young married couples with operation before and during the week-long tations by high-level speak- ers, and panel discussions IRAQI ARRESTED. An Iraqi citizen was arrested for pos- children, fi rst-timers and repeaters. Piotr Mi- events. Border controls were stiff ened, and chulec, a young Pole, admitted he attended hundreds of foreigners lacking proper travel explaining the opportunities session of explosives, one day before the beginning of for business, educational, and World Youth Days in Krakow and two days before the his fi rst WYD out of curiosity but found such documents or otherwise suspicious were not optimism and goodwill that this was now his allowed into Poland. Police and army patrols cultural partnerships. Several Pope’s arrival there. tourist-oriented venues the A list of area supermarkets and shipping centers was eighth festival. were clearly in evidence and plain-clothes The sight of so many clean-cut youths and agents milled about in the huge congregations region off ers were also pre- found in his possession at the time of his arrest. The forty- sented. eight-year-old male was charged with possession of explo- the sheer volume of Christian joy, enthusiasm just in case. sive materials, which, in Poland, carries a sentence of up and exuberance they exuded was a heartening See “World Youth Day,” page 4 See “Forum,” page 3 to eight years in prison if convicted. News outlets and tele- vision news channels reported the arrested Iraqi had been deported from both Sweden and Switzerland, and that he New Consul General in Chicago had arrived in Lodz a few days prior to his arrest by police. Wants to Showcase the New Poland LAST SOBIBOR SURVIVOR DIES. The last survivor of the former Nazi German Sobibór death camp has died in An Interview with Piotr Janicki the United States at the age of 91. Encouraging trade and tourism What have you observed so far about Philip Bialowitz (Filip Białowicz) was taken to the is high on the priority list of Piotr the Polish community in Chicago? camp, in Nazi German-occupied eastern Poland, as a Janicki, new Consul General at the Chicago is a beautiful city; the architecture 16-year-old together with his siblings in 1943. Consulate of the Republic of Poland is amazing. So far, I am impressed by how He took part in an uprising at the camp by prisoners in in Chicago. Before his appointment in well everyone is organized and how the Pol- October that year. July, Janicki worked for commer- ish community is able to maintain the Polish cial banks in New York and language and Polish heritage and at the same HOPES DERAILED. Treasure hunters searching for a fa- New Jersey. He also served time blend into U.S society and become very bled Nazi gold train thought to be hidden in a secret tunnel as vice-consul for legal af- successful. We have 180 Polish organizations in Walbrzych, Poland have turned up nothing. fairs at the Polish consulate here in Chicago, so we have tens of thousands Local legend says the Nazis hid a train laden with gold in New York. Before that, of people involved in the Polish community. and jewels in a secret tunnel somewhere in the region as he was Deputy Mayor of That’s unprecedented; you will probably not they fl ed the advancing Soviet army at the end of the Sec- the Praga Północ district see the same level of involvement anywhere ond World War. of Warsaw. He studied else. Two explorers said last year that they were confi dent a law, graduating with a train was at the site after carrying out scans using earth- Master’s degree from What do you see as the most urgent penetrating radar. A spokesman said they found “no train, the Jagiellonian Uni- needs for the Polish community in Chicago, no tunnel” after digging out three pits at a cost of about versity in his native given the diminishing population and the $37,000 USD. Consul General Janicki city of Kraków. see “New Consul General.” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • SEPTEMBER 2016 ALMANAC VIEWPOINTS / Fr. Raymond J. de Souza POLISH Follow us on Facebook, AMERICAN and on the web, too, at: www.polamjournal.com Popes, Poland, and Powerful PR JOURNAL Q WYD and Polish Catholic Culture Dedicated to the Promotion September Wrzesieñ and Continuance of “It is impossible to imagine that KRAKÓW, Poland ing his whole pontificate. His would Polish American Culture (L'Osservatore Romano) — Time speak of it as a “new springtime of humanity has suddenly become blind ESTABLISHED 1911 and has really lost the consciousness was at a premium during Pope evangelization,” just as 1966 sought of a mortal danger.” IGNATIUS HAJDUK • Founder 1911-1920 Francis’ visit for World Youth Day.