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Holy Mass Schedule for New Year’s Eve and the Feast of the Holy Family

Dear parishioners, our Holy Mass Schedule for New Year’s Eve and the Feast of the Holy Family will be as follows:

7.00 PM Tuesday – December 31, 2013 for the Vigil of the Circumcision of our Lord with Fr. Andrew Bilinski
11.30 AM Sunday – January 5, 2014 for the Feast of the Holy Family with Fr. Andrew Bilinski

God Bless you and see you in church.

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Pulaski Parade Committee & PAC Community Meeting, Event Updates

The Pulaski Observance Recognizes the work and sacrifice of General Casimir Pulaski

Pulaski Parade Committee & PAC Community Meeting

The Board of the Polish American Congress and the Pulaski Day Observance Committee invites all members and delegates to attend the Pulaski Parade Committee & PAC Community Update Meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 1st starting at 7pm at St. Adalbert Hall, Thompson Street & Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia. Sashes and flags will be available at the October 1st meeting.

Dinner Dance

The Pulaski Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday, October 5th at the Associated Polish Home Ballroom, 9150 Academy Road, Northeast Philadelphia. Cocktail hour 5 P.M., Dinner 6 P.M., followed by dancing & open bar. Tickets $60.00. For more information or reservations, call Jean McCloskey at 215-425-4783. We will sash our Organizational Grand Marshals at the Dinner Dance and welcome our Military Marshals, Lt. Commander Alfred J. Wolanin, III M.D. and Lt. Commander Marie Wojcik Wolanin, M.D. Assistant Grand Marshals are asked to bring their sashes and join us in sashing the Grand Marshals.

TV Coverage

The parade will be televised live on WPVI-TV 6 beginning at 1 P.M. Kindly ask people to come out and view the parade live on the parkway at Logan Circle.

Parade Information

If you need additional information on the parade, call the Polish American Congress office, Monday through Friday between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. at (215) 739-3408, by E-mail, or visit the Parade website.

Wreath Laying Ceremony

There will be a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the portrait of General Pulaski in front of the Kopernik Monument across from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, 18th & The Parkway, Philadelphia on Sunday, October 6th at approximately 10:30 A.M.

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The Polish National Union and Our Church – A Partnership in Service and Love

On the fourth Sunday of September our Church offers prayers for our sister organization, the Polish National Union of America. Our Church under the direction of Bishop Hodur organized the PNU in 1908 when members of our Church were denied insurance coverage because they were in the PNCC. Over the years the PNU has contributed millions of dollars for our PNCC and her many programs and endeavors. Did you know that our General Synod passed the following resolution: “It shall be the moral obligation of the clergy and the laity of the PNCC to belong to the Polish National Union of America” (PNCC Constitution, page 65)?

Today the PNU needs the support of all PNCC members to continue the excellent fraternal benefits they have been providing for more than a century. For additional information on the life insurance and annuity products offered by the PNU please call them at (800) 724-6352 or visit their website.

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Happy Polish Constitution Day

On May 3rd Poland, and members of Polonia worldwide celebrate Polish Constitution Day. This day is also a day of celebration for all who believe in the principals of democracy, a pluralistic society, and the heritage and life of our democratic Church.

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The annual commemoration of Polish Constitution Day commemorates the spiritual and moral renovation of the Polish nation, after a period of stagnation caused by foreign influences under the Saxon kings. This day has become a proud and integral part of the civic and patriotic activities for Poles and those of Polish descent in many cities throughout the world.

To the Poles and their descendants May 3rd is a national holiday for it bestows upon the Pole a priceless heritage of humanitarianism, tolerance and a democratic precept conceived at a time when most of Europe lived under the existence of unconditional power and tyranny exemplified by Prussia and Russia.

Poland’s parliamentary system actually began at the turn of the 15th century, but a series of defensive wars, internal stresses, outside influences, widespread permissiveness and excessive concern for the rights of dissent brought Poland to the brink of disaster and anarchy in the 18th Century. Urgently needed reforms became imperative.

The May 3rd, 1791 Constitution was the first liberal constitution in Europe and second in the world, after the Constitution of the United States.

Following the American pattern it established three independent branches of government – executive, legislative and judiciary. Throughout the constitution runs philosophy of humanitarianism and tolerance, such as perfect and entire liberty to all people, rule by majority, secret ballot at all elections, religious freedom and liberty.

The constitution curtailed the executive power of the King and State Council. It forbade them to contract public debts, to declare war, to conclude definitely any treaty, or any diplomatic act. It only allowed the Executive Branch to carry on negotiations with foreign courts, always with reference to the Diet (Parliament).

In terms of democratic precepts, the May 3rd Constitution is a landmark event in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.

The Polish Constitution was deemed too dangerous by the tyranny of absolutism still rampant in Europe. Thus Russia, Prussia and Austria decided to wipe out “the Polish cancer of freedom” from the face of the earth. In 1795 partitioned Poland ceased to exist as a state and in terms of national life, she lost the entire 19th Century, being reborn in 1918 at the conclusion of World War I.

You can read more at Wikipedia or the Polish American Cultural Center.

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Parish Wigilia Holiday Dinner Event

Below we have shared some picture from our traditional Wigilia Holiday Dinner Event. Thank you to everyone for spending this special time with us. Congratulation to the winners who participated in our Christmas raffle. May our Lord and Savior grant each of you every blessing in the coming Christmas season and in the new year!

A special thank you to all whose hard work made this all possible and enjoyable.

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