1918 • CENTENNIal OF POlaNd’SPOLISH REBIRTh AMERICAN •JOURNAL 2018 • APRIL 2018 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN Dyngus OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY Day Directory EaSTER MONday EVENTS JOURNALDEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE IN BUFFalO, ClEVElaNd, PhIladElPhIa, aNd ESTABLISHED 1911 APRIL 2018 • VOL. 107, NO. 4 • $2.25 www.polamjournal.com PhOENIx. PagES 21 aNd 22 shaRinG oUR Polish Paschal VocaBUlaRY • statUe of st. John PaUl ii MUst MoVe • PUlasKi DaY at the PMa Meet Rosie fRanKoWsKi: PYeonGchanG olYMPian • loVe to sinG? Join the Psaa • stoch BRinGs hoMe MeDals BiRthPlace of the MoDeRn aMeRican DYnGUs DaY • censUs RecoRDs: a snaPshot of the Past • the PeRfect BaG Newsmark DO NOT BE AFRAID; dUda TO VISIT UN, aMERICaN POlONIa. Andrzej Duda will attend the United Nations session in May. While YOU ARE SEEKING in the United States, the Polish president plans to meet the Polish community “so as to underscore the diaspora’s links with their ancestral Poland and to emphasize its contribu- JESUS THE tion to Poland’s independence,” said spokesman, Krzysz- tof Łapiński, referring to the independence gained after more than 120 years of foreign rule. NAZARENE, It is not known at this time whether or not President Duda will meet with President Trump during the visit. WHO WAS CRUCIFIED; a BOOM IN INTERNaTIONal STUdENTS. At a time when the international student fl uctuation is unsteady and some of the top destination countries are suff ering signifi - cant drops, Poland is becoming an attractive destination. HE HAS During 2016/17, 65,793 foreign students were enrolled in Poland universities, 8,674 or 13% more than the previ- ous year. Since 2000/2001 the number of international stu- dents increased beyond all expectations, starting at 6,563 RISEN ; in 2000/2001 and reaching 65,793 in 2016/17. Education experts think that Poland’s high attractive- HE IS NOT HERE; ness is related to the post-Brexit situation in international education. As of 2016/2017, the UK’s universities have BEHOLD THE PLACE witnessed signifi cant drops in international student appli- cations, because of political changes there. Now a huge portion of those students is looking at other options, with WHERE HE WAS LAID. Poland being one of them. Mark 16:6 PIaSa CallS FOR PROPOSalS. The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) invites presentation Kaptur Becomes Longest- Orchard Lake Schools to proposals for its 76th Annual Conference to be held jointly with the Harriman Institute, Columbia University in New Serving Woman in House Honor Ambassador Wilczek York City, June 8-9, 2018. WASHINGTON, D.C.— a reception hosted by House ORCHARD LAKE, Mich. award recognizes the re- Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or indi- Lawmakers from both par- Minority Leader Nancy Pe- — Since 1949, members of cipient for fi delity in serving vidual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, ties gathered losi in honor the Orchard God, country, sciences, or business/economics. Sessions including pre- March 14 to of Kaptur and Lake Schools and the Or- senters from more than one nation are encouraged. Each honor Demo- Women’s His- have awarded chard Lake session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three/ cratic Rep. tory Month. the Fidelitas Schools. four papers (20 minutes each). The conference language is Marcy Kaptur Kaptur was Medal to an This year, English. Acceptable conference papers will be submitted of Ohio’s 9th fi rst elected individual or the Orchard for possible publication in The Polish Review subsequent District as she in 1982, and group who Lake Schools to the conference. shattered the has served 18 embodies the a n n o u n c e s To submit a paper or complete session, please send the record for the terms under religious and Professor Pi- name, e-mail address, institutional affi liation, a tentative longest-serv- six presidents. cultural ideals otr Wilczek, paper title and brief abstract for all presenters to the chair ing woman in After 35 of our found- Ambassador of the program committee at [email protected]. the history of years, two ing father, of the Repub- The deadline for proposals is April 15, 2018. All partici- the House of months and Rev. Józef lic of Poland pants are expected to pay the conference registration fee. Representa- 15 days, Dąbrowski, in the United tives. Kaptur surpassed the record a Polish missionary priest, States and the Common- 2018 PaShOF INdUCTEES. Former All-Pro football “I’ve served with at least set by the late Rep. Edith who established the original wealth of the Bahamas, as the guard Conrad Dobler, gold medal winning swimmer Ra- half of the women who have educational institution in De- chel Komisarz-Baugh, former basketball player and cur- ever served,” Kaptur said at See “Kaptur,” page 3 troit in 1885. The prestigious See “Wilczek,” page 3 rent University of Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak, and national golf long drive champion Evan “Big Cat” Wil- liams have been elected into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame for 2018. Polish Children’s Heartline Aims to Top Last Year’s Donations The 46th Annual Induction Banquet will be Thurs., June CLARK, N.J. — drzej Gryzb, head of 21, 2018, at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy, 2017 was a very exciting pediatric surgery at The Michigan. Details about the inductees and the banquet will year for the Polish Chil- Regional Hospital in Su- be in next month’s Polish American Journal. dren’s Heartline (PCH), walki at a cost of $4,500. starting off in January “We also purchased PROTECTINg aNIMal RIghTS. More stringent laws with a tremendous gift 10 beds with mattresses against animal abuse are favored by 84% of Poles. The of $65,000 from the es- for $5,000, a double sy- country’s Parliament recently passed a bill on animal wel- tate of a former mem- ringe pump for $1,000, fare. A new bill proposed by Poland’s ruling Law and Jus- ber in Florida. PCH and an orthopedic drill tice Party raises the maximum prison term for abusing and also accepted a second for $11,000 for this same killing animals from two to three years, and raises to fi ve donation in October of hospital, for a total do- years the maximum sentence for cruelty to animals. Also $20,000 from the estate nation of $21,500,” said introduced is a life ban on keeping animals to those con- of another member in Cramer. “Then in Feb- victed of cruelty, a ban on chaining dogs, an outlawing of Queens, N.Y. Through- ruary, we purchased a fur farms, and the use of animals in circuses. out the year, it has also Harmonic Generator for received many donations $17,400 for Dr. Wojciech A public opinion poll revealed that forty-nine percent Doctors and nurses at Suwalki, Poland’s Regional Hospital express their both large and small. Debek, head of the Chil- of the respondents supported a ban on using animals in gratitude for donations used to help children with respiratory failure. circuses, while thirty-nine percent opposed the ban, feel- “Each and every do- dren’s Surgery Clinic at ing that animals are treated well in circuses. Only eleven nation is appreciated and helps us pur- Doreen Patras Cramer. The University of Med- percent of respondents opposed all changes. chase much needed equipment for our In January, PCH purchased three children in Poland,” said PCH President Philips Cardiac Monitors, for Dr. An- See “PCH Sets Goal,” page 12 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • APRIL 2018 Almanac CUSTOM Follow us on Facebook, and on the web, too, at: POLISH Weso³ego Alleluja! www.polamjournal.com Weso³ego Alleluja! Q CERAMICS April Kwiecieñ POLISH AMERICAN Handmade. Inexpensive. WALLY Ucz siê ucz, bo nauka CITIZENS CLUB Pick a Polish phrase. PIATEK to do potêgi klucz. Or design your own. Keep learning because Camden County, N.J. knowledge is the key to power. www.magicmoonpottery.com Berlin, New Jersey Use coupon code POLSKA 1 EASTER SUNdAY Wielkanoc, the most impor- for free domestic shipping. tant celebration in the Catholic calendar, commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1938. Territorial changes of Pol- He is Risen! ish Voivodeships Alleluja! 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As an astronomer, Prawdziwie he gained a reputation as “the founder of lunar topography,” zmartwychwsta³! and described ten new constel- lations, seven of which are still recognized by astronomers. 4 1794. Polish forces under Ta- deusz Kosciuszko are victori- FRIARS and STAFF of the ous in the battle of Raclawice. 6 1939. Great Britain and Poland FATHER JUSTIN ROSARY HOUR signed a military pact. 7 1884. Birth of Polish ethnogra- P.O. Box 454 Athol Springs, NY 14010 Easter pher and anthropologist Broni- www.rosaryhour.net slaw Malinowski (d.