May angels lead you into paradise…

News that came today in the afternoon, December 14, 2012, from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut shed a veil of pain, sorrow and anxiety on all of us. This tragedy forced us to stop at our activities, reflect and mourn. It happened in our neighborhood. We, as the community of Vincentian [...]

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Funeral of Mrs. Kopystynska, Provincial’s mother

Thursday, June 21, 2012 in Grodkow, a small town in the diocese of Opole, South Western Poland. Mrs. Aleksandra Kopystynska, mother of Fr. Rafal Kopystynski CM, Provincial of New England Province is buried. Funeral started at 6:00 AM EDT (1:00 PM in Poland) with the celebration of the Eucharist in the parish church [...]

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Pogrzeb Pani Aleksandry Kopystyńskiej, mamy Wizytatora, ks. Rafała

Czwartek, 21 czerwca 2012, Grodków, małe miasto w diecezji opolskiej, w południowo-zachodniej Polsce. Pogrzeb p. Aleksandry Kopystyńskiej, mamy ks. Rafała Kopystyńskiego CM, Wizytatora Prowincji Nowej Anglii. Obrzędy pogrzebowe rozpoczęły się o godzinie 13:00 czasu polskiego (6:00 rano czasu wschodniego)  Mszą św. w kościele parafialnym pw. św. Michała Archanioła. Misjonarze św. Wincentego a Paulo [...]

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Mother of Father Rafal Kopystynski died

The sad news has come from Poland today. Mrs. ALEKSANDRA KOPYSTYNSKA, 79, died after long illness, June 17, 2012 in her hometown in Poland. She was mother of Very Rev. A.Rafal Kopystynski CM, Provincial of New England Province of the Congregation of the Mission. The funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, June [...]

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United in sorrow and prayer with train collision victims in Poland

Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace! Amen.

Wieczny odpoczynek racz im dać Panie, a światłość wiekuista niechaj im świeci. Amen

President of Poland, Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski announced a national mourning on March 5 and [...]

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Obituary: mother of Fr. Roman Kmiec died

We have received  sad message from Provincial Office in Krakow, Poland about death of Mrs. MARIA KMIEĆ, 75, mother of Fr. Roman Kmiec CM, pastor of St. Stanislaus B&M parish, New Haven, Connecticut. She passed on December 27, 2010.Funeral ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2010. First, after the wake at [...]

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They rest in peace… St. Michael’s Cemetery

The idea of cemetery germinated from the very beginning of the organization of St. Michael’s the Archangel parish in Derby, Connecticut. But it did not take fruit until 1939 when the large parcel of lawn among forest, half way between Derby and Ansonia was blessed and initiated as burial place for many Polish [...]

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They rest in peace… Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery is the oldest massive burial place for Confreres of New England Province since first Vincentian pastor and superior of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Greenpoint, Brooklyn was buried there. The cemetery is owned and managed by the Archdiocese of New York, actually by the Trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It’s one of [...]

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