 From very first days of his Vincentian priesthood he dedicated his life and vocation into teaching on various levels and taking care of continuing formation of clergy – following the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul and early Priests of the Mission – either as young priest completing his educational skill, rector of prep school, principal of high school, Provincial Superior, Vocation Director, member of various educational and religious institutions for the Congregation and the Church, devout preacher and missioner. Father John Sledziona CM, always smiling, always optimistic, with his special mustache, celebrates 40 years of service at Eucharistic Table.
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 1960 was rich in various events: U2 plane was shot down over Soviet Union’s territory; seventy million people watched debate between J.F.Kennedy and R. Nixon, olympic games were held in Squaw Velley (winter) and Rome (summer). And the Vincentian community observed 300th anniversary of death of St. Vincent de Paul. St. Stanislaus Kostka parish, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY celebrated very special blessings – First Masses of two ordained young men from the parish – A Franciscan (Fr. Barnabas Gorski OFM) and a Vincentian.
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 Konsulat Generalny Rzeczpospolitej Polski w Nowym Jorku informuje, że rozpoczęła się rejestracja w spisie wyborców Prezydenta Rzeczpospolitej Polski. Rejestracja potrwa do 17 czerwca 2010. Warunki do wzięcia udziału w wyborach to: rejestracja na liście wyborców i posiadanie ważnego polskiego paszportu. Pierwsza tura wyborów prezydenckich odbedzie się: 19 czerwca 2010 r.
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 It was May 15, 1955. Deacon Wacław A. HŁOND CM and two his other Confreres received priesthood ordinations in the Province of Poland of the Congregation of the Mission in Krakow. Times were hard those days in the country. Europe behind Iron Curtain looked much different from the other part of the continent under Marshal Plan. Church was persecuted. To become a priest in those days was bigger challenge than before. First assignment of the new ordained priest was in Our Lady of Rosary Parish in Pabianice, in the heart of Poland. After three years there he arrived to the United States.
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 “The world of digital communication, with its almost limitless expressive capacity, makes us appreciate all the more St. Paul’s exclamation: ‘Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel,’” pope Benedict XVI said in his message for the 2010 celebration of World Communications Day which is celebrated on upcoming Sunday, May 16 (Sunday between Ascension and Pentecost). This year’s message theme is: “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word”. Traditionally it was announced to public in Vatican on January 24, the Feast of St, Francis de Sales. Below is full text of Pope’s message:
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 On Thursday, April 22, at “ninth hour of the day”, as the Bible might said it, most of the Confreres from Province of New England gathered in the chapel at Provincial House, the De Paul Residence in Manchester, Connecticut to start celebration of this very special event — 35TH ANNIVERSARY. In the year of 350th anniversary of death of St. Vincent and St. Louise, our small community locally enjoyed ten times smaller jubilee, however as important as the global one. 35 years have passed. It is neither big nor small period. For some experts, 35 years of life makes one generation. If so, at this moment we are starting another generation of our history and our future.
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 The theme for this year’s (47th) World Day of prayer for Vocations are the words: Witness awakens Vocations. Pope Benedict XVI in his message for this Day, would like us to become aware that the testimony of our faith and especially the witness of the Risen Christ is an important element in the discovery of vocations among young people. Today’s world offers young people a lot of role models. Unfortunately, many of them are not worthy to follow. Therefore, there is a need for hopeful prayers for young people to wisely choose role models. And there is also an urgent need to bear witness to our faith in the environments in which we live. Therefore let the Good Shepherd Sunday be the day for us all to pray that many young people responded to Christ’s call: “Follow me.”
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 Autonomous Province of New England of the Congregation of the Mission was erected on January 25, 1975, Congregation’s Foundation Anniversary, by decree of Superior General, Most Reverend James Richardson CM. However, as the inauguration date was not specified in the decree, April 23, Feast of St. Adalbert, the Bishop, Patron of Poland was chosen by the Superior General to declare the new Province of New England being erected at the end of solemn Holy Mass at St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Church in New Haven, CT, with the blessing of Most Reverend John F. Whealon, Bishop of Hartford.
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From very first days of his Vincentian priesthood he dedicated his life and vocation into teaching on various levels and taking care of continuing formation of clergy – following the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul and early Priests of the Mission – either as young priest completing his educational skill, rector of prep school, principal of high school, Provincial Superior, Vocation Director, member of various educational and religious institutions for the Congregation and the Church, devout preacher and missioner. Father John Sledziona CM, always smiling, always optimistic, with his special mustache, celebrates 40 years of service at Eucharistic Table. 
