The Missouri Division of Polish American Congress supports the New Jersey Division of Polish American Congress objections concerning the S. Res. 566, 116th Congress, Resolution Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Katyn Massacre STATEMENT TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES COMMITEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS We are grateful for the idea of a resolution commemorating …
Born in Wadowice, Poland, Karol Jozef Wojtyla had lost his mother, father, and older brother before his 21st birthday. Karol’s promising academic career at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University was cut short by the outbreak of World War II. While working in a quarry and a chemical factory, he enrolled in an “underground” seminary in Kraków. Ordained …
Better late than never? The Jerusalem Institute of Yad Vashem apologizes for the historical errors that appeared in the World Holocaust Forum. Image by cberens from Pixabay
Zgodnie z postanowieniem Marszałka Sejmu RP z dnia 5 lutego 2020 r. (Dz. U. poz. 184) w sprawie zarządzenia wyborów Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej oraz art. 39 § 2 ustawy z dnia 5 stycznia 2011 r. ustawy – Kodeks wyborczy (Dz. U. z 2019 r. poz. 684 i 1504 oraz z 2020 r. poz. 568) w …
President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased approach based on the advice of public health experts. These steps will help state and local officials when reopening their economies, getting people back to work, and continuing to protect American lives. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja – Msza Św. w intencji Ojczyzny (zamówiona przez Oddz. MO KPA) – 3 maja, 2020 (niedziela) – Parafia Św. Agaty w St. Louis, MO, godz. 11:00 May 3 Constitution Day – Holy Mass for the homeland (ordered by MO Div. of PAC) – May 3, 2020 (Sunday) – Parish of St. …
THE POLISH DEMOCRATIC IDEAS BORN IN 16 / 17 CENTURY AND MATURED ON THE PATH TO THE 3th MAY POLISH CONSTITUTION, LED TO THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Quotes are from the article “History of the 3 May 1791 Polish Constitution” by Marek Zebrowski originally published on the PMC website in April …
THIS IS OUR CIVIC DUTY – LET’S DO IT! Listen to and follow the directions of your STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. IF YOU FEEL SICK, stay home. Do not go to work. Contact your medical provider. IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE SICK, keep them at home. Do not send them to school. Contact your medical provider. …
Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Chicago informuje, że głosować w majowych wyborach Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej będzie można tylko osobiście w jednej z trzech obwodowych komisji wyborczych w Chicago. Nie planuje się utworzyć osobnej komisji wyborczej w St. Louis. Czytaj dalej… The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago informs that voting in the …
THE BOARD OF THE MISSOURI DIVISION OF POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS (PAC), IN RECOGNITION OF MERITS, GRANTS MR. ROBERT OGRODNIK, A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI DIVISION OF PAC AND THE EMERITUS HONORARY CONSUL OF POLAND IN MISSOURI, A TITLE OF THE HONORARY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE MISSOURI DIVISION OF POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS. …
Polish American Cultural Society organizes: Święconka at Sunset Country Club 9555 South Geyer Road St. Louis, Mo 63127 Our Easter celebration with entertainment and dinner featuring traditional Polish dishes. Reception at 3:00pm, program at 4:00pm, dinner at 4:30pm
In a disgraceful decision of March 27, 2020, the Swiss Press Council (Presserat) decided to reject a complaint against an anti-Polish lampoon entitled “We do not tolerate such a picture of history – a Polish campaign against Holocaust research” that appeared in the leading Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on March 28, 2019.
Nations and states endure and deserve a place in history as long as they preserve the memory of their ancestors and as long as they are able, in the name of deeply understood values of truth and goodness, to pay homage to those who proved their love and devotion to their homeland through their lives. …
Z ostatniej chwili: Dyżur paszportowy został zawieszony (do odwołania) przez Konsulat Generalny w Chicago z powodu Corona wirusa. Dyżur Konsularny w St Louis odbędzie się w 3 kwietnia 2020, w piątek, w biurze parafialnym parafii św. Agaty. Aby przygotować się do złożenia wniosku o paszport, należy zapoznać się z informacją paszportową na polskiej …
Composer Krzysztof Penderecki, a man once described as Poland’s “greatest living composer” has died aged 86. Image: Penderecki conducting the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2017. Author: Michal Kamaryt/PAP/CTK.
In a series of mass executions in April and May 1940, Soviet secret police murdered an estimated 22,000 captive Polish military officers and soldiers, policemen, officials, intelligentsia and others. Conducted on the orders of Stalin’s Politburo, the events came to be known as the Katyn massacre after the Katyn Forest where the first mass graves …
Odsłonięcie nowych tabliczek z nazwiskami osób ratujących Żydów na tzw. Ścianie Pamięci w Muzeum Polaków Ratujących Żydów podczas II wojny światowej im. Rodziny Ulmów w Markowej k. Łańcuta w 2019r. (fot. arch.PAP/Darek Delmanowicz).