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Obituary & Poland & Province of New England & announcements admin | 10 Apr 2010

National tragedy in Poland - 96 dead in plane crash

At 10:53 AM local time (0653 GMT) Polish President’s airplane with 89 passengers and 7 crew members on board crashed while an attempt to touch down at Severny Airfield near Smolensk, South Western Russia. According to official report all passengers died. No one survived the crash. Among killed passengers were Mr Lech [...]

Poland & Province of Poland & Warsaw & heritage & history admin | 21 Feb 2010

Chopin Year celebrations start in Holy Cross Church in Warsaw

2010 was proclaimed Chopin Year in Poland to commemorate 200th birthday anniversary of Frederic Chopin, most famous Polish composer and one of the biggest in the world.  He was born on February 22, 1810 (some sources say it was on March 1) in Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw. On eve of the birthday anniversary solemn Thanksgiving [...]

Congregation of the Mission & Krakow & Province of Poland & Superior General admin | 19 Nov 2009

Superior General in Poland - Kleparz House (VIII)

On Staturday evening, after the visit to Helcel House, Superior General has moved to Vincentian House of St. Vincent de Paul at sw. Filipa Street, Kleparz district. This is one of most important Houses in the history of Polish Province, and third oldest, since erection, in the Province. In history, together with the church founded [...]

Province of Poland & history admin | 01 Aug 2009

Church of Holy Cross - tragic witness of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944

65 years ago, at 5 p.m. on August 1, 1944 the Uprising broke out in Warsaw, capital of Poland. It was the biggest military operation against Nazi aggressors during WWII undertaken and lead by underground army. For 63 long days people of  Warsaw struggled for freedom and liberation of their country.  Struggled to protect human [...]