Polish Easter Week Traditions

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Article by Tom Sorosiak Easter is one of the two most practiced traditions by the Polish people of the Roman Catholic faith that was retained in the America’s by Polish immigrant families.  I am a product of that generation and am proud to continue those most cherished traditions.  I would like to share with the readers of this newsletter the memories I have growing up in the LaGrange Street neighborhood. Holy Week was always a reminder that the end of Lenten Season was nearing.  Going to mass on Palm Sunday…

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Lourdes Lifelong Learning Classes

Membership in Lourdes Lifelong Learning is $25. If enough people enroll, Lourdes will be interested in offering more courses on Poland. Call 419-824-3707 or go to lifelong@lourdes.edu. Polish Political Culture: Non-English Republican TraditionJaroslaw Szczepanski10:00 – 11 :00 AM, Tuesday, February 8 Exclusively online www.Lourdes.edu/Lectures Polish republicanism is a unique political philosophy that embodies both liberal andconservative principles. It was developed independently from the better-known Englishtradition which is still alive in American politics. Polish republicanism is rooted in fifteenth andsixteenth century reforms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and even the medieval Kingdomof…

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