August / September 2015, Polish American News - Page 15 St. Laurentius Church PAC Youth Committee Update in Philadelphia’s Fishtown Section Get the YOUNG PEOPLE involved! The Polish American Congress would like to encourage you to consider enrolling your children in one of the Philadelphia-area youth groups listed below. They welcome participants from all area public and parochial schools. St. Adalbert Polish Language School (Saturdays) Classes are held in the Our Lady Help of Christians Building, Allegheny Avenue and Chatham Street, in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. Students from 1st to 8th grade, as well as adults. For info call Danuta Eichler at (267) 251-3776. Adam Mickiewicz Polish Language School (Saturdays) Classes are held in the Associated Polish Home, 9150 Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia. Students from lst to 8th grade, as well as adults. For info call Debbie Majka at (215) 627-1391. St. John Cantius Polish Language School (Fridays) Classes are held in St. John Cantius Hall, Almond and Orthodox Streets in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia from 5 to 8 P.M. For info call Ewa Jasz at (215) 888-7769. Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Language School (Saturdays) Classes are held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of On July 10, 2015, The Philadelphia Historical Association Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA. For info call the Shrine at (215) designated St. Laurentius Church, Memphis and Berks Streets 345-0600. in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia, a Historic landmark. St. Laurentius Church was founded by Polish immigrants in 1882. It Polish Scouts of America “Harcerstwo” Philadelphia - Port was the first Polish church in Philadelphia and was built by well Richmond (Saturdays) Our Lady Help of Christians Building, respected architect Edwin Forrest Durang in what was termed Allegheny Avenue and Chatham Street, Port Richmond section of “Polish Cathedral Style” to remind the people of churches in their Philadelphia. The scouts welcome boys and girls between 6 and homeland, Poland. The founders and their families built the church 20 years of age. For info call Kasia Przybycien at (267) 456-2508. with their hard earned dollars and maintained it as a prominent Polish Scouts of America “Harcerstwo” Philadelphia - house of worship for over 130 years. St. Laurentius Church serves Bridesburg (1st & 3rd Sunday of the Month) St. John Cantius the people of Polish heritage and many nationalities that live in the Hall, Almond & Orthodox Streets, Bridesburg section of Fishtown section. Philadelphia. For info call Krzysztof Mozdzionek at The People of St. Laurentius Church thank everyone who support (215) 713-4808, or Jagoda Rojek at (215) 639-2147. this house of worship dedicated to faith, heritage, community and Sloneczniki Children’s Folk Dance Group artistic values. For info call Anthony & Kathy Boccella at (610) 539-3699. For more information visit St. Laurentius Church on Facebook. For more information about youth activities in the Philadelphia area, call the Polish American Congress Youth Committee, Visit the Adam Styka Art Exhibit Monday through Friday between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Call (215) 922-1700. While attending the 50th Anniversary of the Polish American Festival at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA, stop by to visit the 2015 Adam Styka Art Competition and Sale, which is sponsored by the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia in cooperation with the Pauline Fathers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. The exhibition and festival dates are September 5, 6, 7 (Labor Day), and the following weekend September 12 and 13 from 11:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. The One Stop Shop For All Of Your Auto Tag Needs Adam Styka, for whom this competition and exhibition is named, was a marvelous creative painter and some of the paintings of the Styka family hang in the Shrine’s museum. Adam Styka rests in a • Titles & Tags place of honor at the Shrine cemetery in the Avenue of Heroes. • Instant Registrations 2536 E. Allegheny Avenue • Boats Philadelphia, PA 19134 • Fishing Licenses From the Desk of • Insurances (215) 427-1820 Mary Ann Zerkowski, President • MVR Records Berks County Polish American (215) 427-1832 Board of Education [email protected] Visit us at: PatsAutoTags.com CALLING ALL ARTISTS On March 8, 2015, it was announced The Polish American Congress in the Reading Eagle newspaper that an Eastern Pennsylvania District invites you to support the international art conference that’s expected to Polish American News and our community-wide efforts attract 1,000 to 2,000 daily visitors is coming to the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Kindly check one of the following Washington Street in Reading. It is expected that the conference will and return with your remittance: 2015 bring in 210 artists from around the world to the GoggleWorks from October 19 – 23, 2016. 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