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August / September 2015, Polish American News - Page 15
St. Laurentius Church
in Philadelphia’s Fishtown Section
PAC Youth Committee Update
Get the YOUNG PEOPLE involved!
The Polish American Congress would like to encourage you to
consider enrolling your children in one of the Philadelphia-area
youth groups listed below. They welcome participants from all
area public and parochial schools.
St. Adalbert Polish Language School (Saturdays) Classes are
held in the Our Lady Help of Christians Building, Allegheny
Avenue and Chatham Street, in the Port Richmond section of
Philadelphia. Students from 1st to 8th grade, as well as adults.
For info call Danuta Eichler at (267) 251-3776.
Adam Mickiewicz Polish Language School (Saturdays) Classes
are held in the Associated Polish Home, 9150 Academy Road in
Northeast Philadelphia. Students from lst to 8th grade, as well as
adults. For info call Debbie Majka at (215) 627-1391.
St. John Cantius Polish Language School (Fridays) Classes are
held in St. John Cantius Hall, Almond and Orthodox Streets in
the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia from 5 to 8 P.M. For info
call Ewa Jasz at (215) 888-7769.
On July 10, 2015, The Philadelphia Historical Association
designated St. Laurentius Church, Memphis and Berks Streets
in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia, a Historic landmark. St.
Laurentius Church was founded by Polish immigrants in 1882. It
was the first Polish church in Philadelphia and was built by well
respected architect Edwin Forrest Durang in what was termed
“Polish Cathedral Style” to remind the people of churches in their
homeland, Poland. The founders and their families built the church
with their hard earned dollars and maintained it as a prominent
house of worship for over 130 years. St. Laurentius Church serves
the people of Polish heritage and many nationalities that live in the
Fishtown section.
The People of St. Laurentius Church thank everyone who support
this house of worship dedicated to faith, heritage, community and
artistic values.
For more information visit St. Laurentius Church on Facebook.
Visit the Adam Styka Art Exhibit
While attending the 50th Anniversary of the Polish American
Festival at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown,
PA, stop by to visit the 2015 Adam Styka Art Competition and Sale,
which is sponsored by the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia in
cooperation with the Pauline Fathers at the Shrine of Our Lady of
Czestochowa. The exhibition and festival dates are September 5, 6,
7 (Labor Day), and the following weekend September 12 and 13 from
11:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Adam Styka, for whom this competition and exhibition is named,
was a marvelous creative painter and some of the paintings of the
Styka family hang in the Shrine’s museum. Adam Styka rests in a
place of honor at the Shrine cemetery in the Avenue of Heroes. From the Desk of
Mary Ann Zerkowski, President
Berks County Polish American
Board of Education
mazredwing@aol.com
Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Language School (Saturdays)
Classes are held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of
Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA. For info call the Shrine at (215)
345-0600.
Polish Scouts of America “Harcerstwo” Philadelphia - Port
Richmond (Saturdays) Our Lady Help of Christians Building,
Allegheny Avenue and Chatham Street, Port Richmond section of
Philadelphia. The scouts welcome boys and girls between 6 and
20 years of age. For info call Kasia Przybycien at (267) 456-2508.
Polish Scouts of America “Harcerstwo” Philadelphia Bridesburg (1st & 3rd Sunday of the Month) St. John Cantius
Hall, Almond & Orthodox Streets, Bridesburg section of
Philadelphia. For info call Krzysztof Mozdzionek at
(215) 713-4808, or Jagoda Rojek at (215) 639-2147.
Sloneczniki Children’s Folk Dance Group
For info call Anthony & Kathy Boccella at (610) 539-3699.
For more information about youth activities in the Philadelphia
area, call the Polish American Congress Youth Committee,
Monday through Friday between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. Call
(215) 922-1700.
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS
On March 8, 2015, it was announced
in the Reading Eagle newspaper that an
international art conference that’s expected to
attract 1,000 to 2,000 daily visitors is coming
to the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201
Washington Street in Reading. It is expected that the conference will
bring in 210 artists from around the world to the GoggleWorks from
October 19 – 23, 2016. In conjunction
with this art conference, the Polish American Heritage Association
of Berks County would like to exhibit the art work of Polish and
Polish-American artists in the Polish-American Cultural Center
located in Suite 509 in the GoggleWorks. Any artists who are
interested in exhibiting their work, or if you know someone who
might be interested in exhibiting their art work, please ask them to
contact Henry Pruski at 610.372.1279 any evening after 7:00 P.M.
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