Odnowienie ważności polskich paszportów w St. Louis jest planowane na koniec marca 2024. Proszę zapisywać się na listę wysyłając email na adres [email protected]. Proszę podać (dla każdej ubiegającej się osoby) imię i nazwisko miejsce i datę urodzenia nr telefonu The Polish passport renewal event is scheduled in St. Louis at the end of March 2024. …
A congressional hearing to discuss HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, was held on November 20, 2023. HR 82, if passed, would repeal the harmful and arbitrary Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). https://trta.org/hearing-held-for-hr-82-bill-would-repeal-gpo-and-wep/ The hearing was streamed live and can be viewed here.
The Missouri Division of the Polish American Congress cordially invites EVERYONE to the celebration of Poland’s National Independence Day, which will take place at the Polish Roman Catholic Parish of St. Agatha in St. Louis, on November 12, 2023. On this occasion, at 10 am, a solemn Holy Mass will be celebrated for the homeland. …
Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu RP w ST. LOUIS (OKW #293) odbędą się 14 października (sobota) w Szkole Polskiej przy kościele Św. Agaty w godzinach 7am-9pm. Adres: 3239 S 9th Street, St. Louis, MO 63118. Elektroniczna rejestracja na wybory: https://ewybory.msz.gov.pl. Więcej informacji o wyborach i referendum znajdziecie Państwo na stronie: https://www.gov.pl/web/usa/wybory-i-referendum-2027 oraz na: https://www.gov.pl/web/dyplomacja/najczesciej-zadawane-pytania-wybory-i-referendum-2023 . Osoby zamierzające wziąć udział wyborach zobowiązane …
A Polish family executed by German police during World War II for hiding Jews in their farmhouse are to be beatified at the weekend. With an estimated 34,000 people expected to attend the ceremony in Markowa on Sunday for Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children who were shot on March 24, 1944, this will …
When did World War II break out and who actually caused it? This question seems strange and even naïve. We, of course, know that World War II began on September 1, 1939 as a result of the German-Soviet Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which was essentially the division of Europe between the National Socialist Third German Reich of …
US Rep. Chris Smith, Chair of the United States congressional Global Human Rights subcommittee and the Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and of the Congressional Poland Caucus, urges the US government to support Poland’s call for discussions with Germany on Poland’s losses in World War II.
AARP MUST SUPPORT THE REPEAL OF THE GPO & WEP! It is unacceptable for AARP to continue its neutral stance on GPO and WEP repeal. The penalties directly attack the financial well-being of those who have served our nation, kept us safe and secure, educated our children, and grossly affect foreign pensioners (legal immigrants …
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other. They are intended to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war. International law is clear in that a party that causes harm must redress an injured party for that harm. The 1907 Hague Convention – signed by Germany – …
You too can support PASI Katyn’s Monument Lawsuit against the Jersey City. The Katyn Monument is undoubtedly one of the most important and well-known symbols of the genocide of Poles during WW2. Unfortunately, the actions of the Jersey City Planning Department and Exchange Place Alliance District Management Corporation have created serious issues.
On June 28 and 29, 1956, there were workers’ protests in Poznań, which turned into street fights. The communist authorities used the army to suppress them. As a result, at least 79 people were killed and over 600 were injured. 28 i 29 czerwca 1956 r. w Poznaniu doszło do …
Fifty-nine new grave markers commemorating the Polish “Blue Army” were blessed and dedicated at a ceremony June 17 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield. The granite grave markers are in memory of the Polish-American volunteers who served in the “Blue Army,” a World War I military unit comprised of ethnic Poles and Polish immigrants who …
On 14 June 1940, German concentration camp Auschwitz received 728 Poles, its first – save for thirty German criminals who had been brought here to take the positions of kapos – inmates. Initially a detention and elimination facility targeting almost exclusively the Third Reich’s enemies from Poland, in time it expanded the scope of its …
Dnia 27 maja, 2023 r. Jego Ekscelencja Arcybiskup Saint Louis Mitchell T. Rozanski ogłosił swoją oficjalną decyzję, na mocy której POLSKA PERSONALNA PARAFIA RZYMSKO-KATOLICKA pod wezwaniem ŚW. AGATY w SAINT LOUIS nie zostanie zamknięta i zachowa swój dotychczasowy status. On May 27, 2023, His Excellency Archbishop Saint Louis Mitchell T. Rozanski announced his official decision …
POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS, MISSOURI DIVISION fully supports the Polish Parliament’s special resolution, calling the assault on the legacy and memory of former Pope Saint John Paul II a “shameful media campaign, based to a great extent on the materials of the Communist apparatus of violence, whose object is the Great Pope- Saint John Paul II, …
Oddział Missouri Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej serdecznie zaprasza WSZYSTKICH na obchody Święta Konstytucji 3 Maja, które odbędą się w polskiej Rzymsko-Katolickiej Parafii Św. Agaty w St. Louis, w dniu 7 maja 2023 r. Z tej okazji, o godz. 10, zostanie odprawiona uroczysta Msza Św. w intencji Ojczyzny. Tuż po mszy uroczystość uświetni polski obiad w parafialnej …
WEP, according to the SSA, represents the elimination (deduction) of the unjustified profit (windfall) from the SS retirement benefit, which allegedly results from a more favorable calculation of the SS benefit for people who also have a benefit from a source outside of the SS system (uncovered), compared to people whose whole job was covered …
PASI znowu apeluje do Polaków. Od Ciebie zależy, czy Twoja amerykańska emerytura wypłacana przez Social Security będzie pomniejszana, jeśli pobierasz emeryturę polską. Klauzula WEP uchwalona przez Kongres jest krzywdząca dla odbiorców dwóch emerytur. Nakazuje ona zmniejszenie amerykańskiej emerytury osobie, która otrzymuje drugą emeryturę wypracowaną poza systemem Ubezpieczeń Social Security( SSA); a taką jest emerytura polska.
Spanberger, Graves Lead Bipartisan Effort to Eliminate the WEP & GPO, Momentum Grows to Provide Long Overdue Fairness to Public Servants
