Week 4: Poland

Euros 2016 Poland (Group C) Robert Lewandowski has scored 34 goals in 75 games for Poland. Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski headlines the Poland squad after scoring 13 goals in 10 games during qualifying. Goalkeepers: Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City), Wojciech Szczesny (AS Roma), Artur Boruc (Bournemouth). Defenders: Thiago Cionek (Palermo), Kamil Glik (Torino), Artur Jedrzejczyk (FK Krasnodar), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Bartosz Salamon (Cagliari), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Lechia Gdansk). Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Kamil Grosicki (Rennes), Tomasz Jodlowiec (Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla), Karol Linetty (Lech Poznan), Krzysztof Maczynski (Wisla), Slawomir Peszko (Lechia Gdansk), Filip Starzynski (Zaglebie Lubin), Piotr Zielinski (Udinese). Forwards: Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Mariusz Stepinski (Ruch Chorzow). Country’s MOTTO Interesting percentages: Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic 86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Za wolność Naszą i Waszą Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and (Polish: "For our freedom and yours"); Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon), unspecified 10.8% (2012 est.) and Daily Bible readings Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna HERE and Thought for the Day clips HERE (God, Honour, Homeland). Pentecost 2- Sacred Time O God, who bestowed the crown of martyrdom on the Bishop Saint Euros 2016 Adalbert, as he burned with zeal Patron Saint of Poland: for souls, grant, we pray, by his prayers, that the obedience of the The first bishop of Prague to have been born in block may never fail the Bohemia, St. Adalbert was born Voytech c. 956 into shepherds, nor the care of the a noble family. He was sent to Magdeburg to be shepherds be ever lacking to the educated and took the name of his catechist when he flock. was baptized. After the death of his mentor in 981, Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Adalbert, who had grand visions of missionary work your Son, who lives and reigns with and clerical reform, returned to Prague, and in the you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, following year, he became the second bishop of one God, for ever and ever. Prague. Conflict developed between the bishop and Amen the duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus II, and in 990, Adalbert travelled to Rome, where he became a British Values monk. John XV ordered him back to Prague two years later, and Gregory V released him from his To be British is to be tolerant of others, their beliefs, choices and practices; episcopal duties in 995, after the massacre, at the ‘tolerance’ is extremely important in Poland too. order of Boleslaus, of Adalbert's family at Libice. Poland has a long standing tradition of tolerance towards minorities. While During these five years in Prague, Adalbert founded the absence of discrimination on the grounds of religion, nationality or race the abbey of Brevnov. Boleslaus I, duke of Poland, is a known fact, it is perhaps less known that homosexuality has never been invited him to evangelize the Prussians of Pomerania; Adalbert was killed on the suspicion of being a Polish illegal in Poland. spy. Boleslaus I buried Adalbert's body at Gniezno, News of the World http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world Poland, whence it was transported in 1039 to Prague. or watch CBBC Newsround Adalbert was canonized in 999. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround Lord, we place these people and situations before you and ask you to help. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, http://formtimeideas.com/ Amen. Pentecost 2- Sacred Time .

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