Polish New Yorkers Mourn Loss of Poland’s President

When the tragedy in Smolensk happened on Saturday, April 10, America was sleeping. It was about 3 AM in New York. Fr. Marek Sobczak CM, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Greepoint, Brooklyn said, he was woken up at 4 AM by a phone call from his friends in Poland with the [...]

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President of the Republic of Poland died in plane crash

At 10:53 AM local time (2:53 EST) Polish Air Force One plane with 89 passengers and 7 crew members on board crashed while an attempt to touch down at Severny Airfield near Smolensk, South Western Russia. According to official report all passengers died. No one survived the crash. Among killed passengers were Mr [...]

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Stamford: czuwanie modlitewne w intencji Jana Pawła II

W Wielki Piatek przypadła 5 rocznica smierci Papieża Jana Pawła II. Ze względu na ten dzień obchody tej rocznicy zostały przeniesione na dogodniejszy czas. Jan Paweł II odszedł do Domu Ojca w wigilię Uroczystości Miłosierdzia Bożego. Dlatego młodzież w parafii Najświętszego Imienia Jezus w Stamford, CT przygotowuje w kościele parafialnym czuwanie modlitewne w [...]

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Haiti: Letter from Polish Daughter of Charity

Easter edition of  PATRON, the weekly bulletin of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY brings us the letter sent to Fr. Jaroslaw Lawrenz CM, days before Easter from Sr. Lila COCHLA, D.C. from Province of Krakow who is working in Haiti for couple of years. After vacation in Poland she returned to [...]

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Z ambony: homilia na Niedzielę Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego

“Chrystus Zmartwychwstał… Prawdziwie Zmartwychwstał… Zmartwychwstanie Jezusa Chrytusa stanowi podstawę naszej, chrześcijańskiej wiary. Zmartwychwstanie Pańskie jest największym z cudów, albowiem dowodzi, że Jezus jest Bogiem. Święty Paweł w Liście do Koryntian napisał znamienne słowa:  «Jeśli Jezus nie zmartwychwstał, daremne jest nasze nauczanie, próżna jest także wasza wiara. A jeżeli Chrytus nie zmartwychwstał, aż dotąd [...]

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Our Redeemer Lives!!! Odkupiciel nasz żyje!!!

“And I know, that my Redeemer liveth”.  Blessed are those who know and believe but not yet see and touch the wounds.

On this day of our joy and Lord’s triumph over sin and death, my His blessing and his strength be with you on Easter season and always!

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Church decorations: Dungeons and Lord’s Tombs

Dungeon is where Blessed Sacrament is held between Last Supper liturgy on Holy Thursday and Lord’s Passion on Good Friday. Lord’s Tomb is where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the monstrance through Good Friday night and Holy Saturday until Resurrection Procession. These two are the most spectacular decorations in our churches during [...]

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