POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2014 www.polamjournal.com 1 MARCH 2014 • VOL. 103, NO. 3 $2.00 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY ESTABLISHED 1911 www.polamjournal.com REMEMBERING COURT JOURNAL LEGEND TOM GOLA DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE PAGE 17 TESTIMONY CONFIRMS ALLIED KATYN COVER-UP •POPULAR DEVOTIONS FOR LENT•UPGS TO MEET IN SALT LAKE CITY “IS MY FAMILY FROM NOBILITY?” • BLESSED JOHN PAUL II RELIC RECOVERED • WORDS FROM A LOST GENERATION PLANNING AHEAD FOR YOUR ŚWIĘCONE • VINCE VAUGHN’S POLISH “BRAND” • PMA GIFT SHOP DEDICATED Poles Come to Holy Week Outside Kraków in Poland’s “New Jerusalem” NEWSMARK Aide of Ukraine A Visit to the Shrine of BISHOP DECRIES DISPARITIES. A decision to visit in Crisis Pope Francis at the Vatican this month provides President Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Obama with an opportunity to highlight the problem of eco- KIEV, Ukraine — As nomic inequality, said Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, one of the bloodiest day in who chairs the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Com- Ukraine’s long-running cri- mittee on Domestic Social Developments. sis drew to a close, Presi- While the trip to the Vatican gives the president a chance dent Viktor Yanukovych told to frame one of his signature domestic issues in largely European foreign ministers moral terms, it also highlights the continuing disagree- would be open to early elec- ments between the Obama administration and the Catholic tions if that would restore Church over issues such as abortion rights, same-sex mar- peace. riage, and help for the poor. With death toll over 75, One such example is Obama’s opposition to using tax- members of Yanukovych’s payer funds to fi nance vouchers in the District of Columbia Party of Regions began de- so parents can spend them on tuition at Catholic schools. serting him during a hastily “If Obama would see our way with the voucher system, called extraordinary session we could help get a lot of kids out of poverty by giving of parliament. them the tools to have a successful life through Catholic Surprisingly, Russian schools,” Wenski said. President Vladimir Putin talked with European leaders OBAMA IN POLAND? U.S. Security adviser Ben Rhodes about the need to work with would not comment on whether President Obama would them and the United States to accept an invitation to attend anniversary celebrations this fi nd a resolution to Ukraine’s summer of the partially-free elections of June 1989 in Po- unraveling, an abrupt change land, which brought to an end four decades of communism. from the fault-fi nding that “The anniversary of the election is very important. has characterized Russian I think that Americans were inspired by the democratic and Western dialogues on POLAND’S LARGEST AND MOST WELL-KNOWN KALWARIA (Way of the Cross), Kalwar- transformation and the role played by Poland in the fi ght Ukraine. ia Zebrzydowska, lies about 25 miles southwest of Kraków. Founded in the 17th century, it for freedom in Eastern Europe,” Rhodes said, declining to Protests in Kiev’s Inde- became world famous during the pontifi cate of Bl. (soon to be Saint) John Paul II who, as a add whether Obama would be attending the celebrations in pendence Square did not cel- young boy at his father’s side and as a Pope, often visited the shrine. Warsaw. ebrate Yanukovych’s election Throughout Europe, Catholics have sought Poland also has its share of kalwaria,or offer. Instead, there was deep to remember Jesus’ Passion and Death, espe- outdoor Ways of the Cross, where pilgrims— KIM JONG-UN’S AUNT “FLEES TO POLAND.” The dismay over the bloodshed. cially through many outdoor shrines which both organized groups and individuals—have Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported the aunt of Videos showed police using present the Way of the Cross. The sacri monti journeyed to walk Jesus’ last steps on the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un fl ed to Poland after the automatic weapons, and at of northern Italy (especially the great Passion way to Calvary. These shrines, with beauti- execution of her husband. least one protester was pho- shrine at Varallo Sesia, northwest of Milan) ful outdoor chapels—often the size of small Kim Kyong-hui, sister of late North Korean leader Kim tographed aiming a rifl e. and the calvaires of Brittany (especially the churches—marking the various “Stations” of Jong-il, has not been sighted in public following the execu- Polish Prime Minister parish closes in Guimiliau and St.-Thégonnec) the Cross, adorn the Polish countryside. They tion of her husband Jang Sung-taek on December 13, 2013 Donald Tusk said his country are examples of monumental devotion to the were established to allow pilgrims who could for “counter-revolutionary” activity. According to the pa- was taking in wounded pro- Suffering of Christ. Devotion to the Passion not go to the Holy Land the chance to retrace per’s unidentifi ed sources, Yomiuri Shimbun travelled fi rst testers, and expected more of Christ brings pilgrims worldwide every ten Jesus’ fi nal journey, often on an actual scale. to Switzerland and then on to Poland, where her half-broth- would be arriving. years to the “Passion Play” in Oberammer- Poland’s largest and most well-known- er, Kim Pyong-il, has served as ambassador since 1998. See “Ukraine,” page 3 gau, Germany. See “Kalwaria ... ,” page 7 BALUK LAID TO REST. Polish wartime hero Brigadier General Stefan Baluk was laid to rest in Warsaw’s Powazki On Eve of Canonization, Tasting Some of Chicago’s Military Cemetery, two weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday. He was the last living World War II airborne fi ght- Publication of Pope’s Private Polish Eatery Treasures er and one of the last members of the elite special-ops para- Thoughts Brings Controversy by Geraldine article. With each of them, I troopers of the Home Army known as Cichociemni (Silent Balut Coleman selected the one or two items and Unseen). I can’t even begin to tell on the menu that I enjoy and After training in Scotland to be a parachute commando, you how many Polish res- would recommend. By the he was dropped into Poland in the spring of 1944 where he taurants, delis, and grocery way, the restaurants are listed worked for the Home Army producing false documents for stores there are in the metro in alphabetical order. Polish intelligence offi cers, made photo documentation of Chicago area, but I can tell German military installations in Warsaw and participated you there are plenty. I’ve in the Warsaw Uprising. He was imprisoned by the com- often thought about visiting munists from November of 1945 to March of 1947. them all, but that would take Baluk was posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of months or even years. All I the Order of Reborn Poland. can say is that I have been asked many times about the EVIDENCE CONFIRMS PARTIPATION IN MURDERS. different Polish restaurants A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June 2013 inves- and/or Polish food establish- tigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ments that I either patronized ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to CARDINAL STANISLAW DZIWISZ and Pope John Paul II. The Cardinal said he burned “those letters and notes that or just stopped by to “visit.” ANDRZEJ GRILL. This the ground, according to testimony newly uncovered by the So, I sat down and started Ukrainian Village eatery is Associated Press. required burning,” but says it would have been a crime to burn all the notes which give insight into the pope’s soul. to think about Polish cuisine a tiny Polish restaurant that An AP investigation found that Michael Karkoc entered and what it offers to those of has just four tables and an the U.S. in 1949 by failing to disclose to American authori- WARSAW — Pope John Feb. 5 in Poland, where the us of Polish descent and those almost disappearing counter. ties his role as a commander in the SS-led Ukrainian Self Paul II’s secretary said he late pope is still a much-loved just wanting to enjoy a culi- The Grill’s stuffed potato Defense Legion, which is accused of torching villages and “did not have the courage” to authority. John Paul died in nary adventure. I have to ad- pancake, a customer favorite, killing civilians in Poland. The newly-discovered evidence burn the pontiff’s notes, and 2005 at the age of 84, after 26 mit that I love to cook, and I is folded over and fi lled with from the Ukrainian intelligence agency’s archive reveals had them published, contrary years as pope. enjoy the idea of creating and chunks of tender pork and that a private under Karkoc’s command testifi ed in 1968 to John Paul’s wish. It contains religious me- tasting the often unforgettable served with delectable gravy. that Karkoc ordered the assault on Chlaniow in retaliation The book, “Very Much in diations Wojtyla recorded Polish dishes. I will review Some patrons believe that for the slaying of an SS major. God’s Hands,” was released See “Notes ...,” page 3 nine Polish restaurants in this See “Chicago’s ...,” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • MARCH 2014 ALMANAC VIEWPOINTS / Fr. 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