Our parishioner, Frances F. Mularczyk passed away on June 10, 2020.
Loving wife of the late Joseph. Beloved mother of Elaine Mularczyk and Loretta Brinkman (William). Devoted Mom-Mom of Lisa, Dan, Becky, Gregory, Jenny, Alex; Mimi of Ana, Emily, Jack, Adelaide, Tyler, Siena, Lucas, and Charlee. Sister of Josephine and the late Richard.
All services private at the family’s request.
Donations in her memory to St. Valentine’s Polish National Catholic Church, 2330 Margaret St., Phila., PA 19137, would be appreciated. Â
Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
On Wednesday, June 3, storms over Philadelphia seriously damaged parish cemetery. Many tombstones and monuments were damaged by fallen trees and branches.
On Thursday and Friday we were able to remove a lot of broken branches and one tree from the cemetery area. On Saturday for the big cleaning project, only two parishioners (Leon and Joyce) showed up to help, but many volunteers from St. John Cantius RC Parish came to help us. Thank you Monika, Ewa, Ela, Ania, Iza and your husbands and sons for helping. Thank you Patrik’s friends, Matus and Vlad as well.
Thank you Anna, the owner of the Polish Deli POLMART located on Port Richmond for sponsoring the lunch for volunteers.
We were able to fix all the tombstones and lined them up. Cemetery is all clean. One tree needs to be cut off immediately because it is very dangerous and many graves can be destroyed completely when it falls down. We need your financial help for this project.
Wednesday’s derecho, a very rare kind of storm over Philadelphia seriously damaged St. Valentine’s Polish Cemetery located 875 Mill Rd, Bensalem, PA.
Many tombstones and monuments are damaged by fallen trees and branches. Some trees are even uprooted.
On Thursday morning, our cemetery maintenance and myself, will start to remove whatever we can. However, other storms are coming on Thursday and Friday. Therefore, Saturday will be a good day to start cleaning work at 9:00 AM.
I humbly ask my Parishioners and Friends, but especially Polish people of Philadelphia and neighborhood to help us to clean after storm this over 100 years old Polish cemetery. St. Valentine’s Polish Parish cannot afford professional tree service. Our insurance coverage is very basic and can’t be applied neither. In majority, my parishioners are in older age, therefore I’m asking for help Polish people from other parishes.
If you can help us, please come on Saturday. Every pair of hands is precious. However, please remember to protect your hands with some gloves, to have long sleeves and spray your open body parts with some fat cream, body oil or sunscreen as a protection from poison ivy which can be there.
If you can take with you some heavy-duty equipment, like chainsaw, axes etc. or tractor, that would be great. All kind of help will be much appreciated.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 215-535-4978 or email me at stvalentinespncc@gmail.com
Fr. Mariusz Mularczyk, Pastor
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Środowe dwie nawałnice nad Filadelfią znacznie zniszczyły Polski Cmentarz Św. Walentego przy 875 Mill Rd w Bensalem, PA.
Wiele nagrobków i pomników zostało zniszczonych przez powalone drzewa i gałęzie, Niektóre drzewa zostały wyrwane z korzeniami.
W czwartek rano, razem moim pracownikiem cmentarza bierzemy się do roboty i postaramy się udrożnić drogę i usunąć co się da. Niestety zapowiadane są kolejne burze na czwartek i piątek. Dlatego sobota będzie dobrym dniem na sprzątanie cmentarza, zaczynając o 9:00 rano.
Pokornie proszę moich Parafian i Przyjaciół, a zwłaszcza Polonię z Filadelfii i okolic, aby nam pomóc posprzątać po burzy ten ponad 100-letni polski cmentarz.
Polskiej Parafii Św. Walentego nie stać na wynajęcie profesjonalnego serwisu. A nasze ubezpieczenie jest jedynie podstawowe i nie pokrywa tego rodzaju strat. Moi parafianie to w większości ludzie w podeszłym wieku, dlatego zwracam się z apelem o pomoc do Polaków z innych parafii.
Jeśli możecie nam pomóc, proszę, przyjdźcie w sobotę. Każda para rąk jest cenna. Ale pamiętajcie, proszę, chronić swoje ręce. Weźcie ze sobą rękawice. Koniecznie długie rękawy, a odkryte części ciała posmarujcie tłustym kremem, olejkiem lub nawet sprejem przeciwsłonecznym. Na powalonych konarach i drzewach może być poison ivy.
Jeśli możecie weźcie ze sobą jakieś narzędzia, piły łańcuchowe, siekiery itd. A może ktoś z was ma traktor? Byłoby wspaniale. Za wszelką okazaną pomoc będę ogromnie wdzięczny.
