From Fr. Randy Calvo of Holy Name Parish:

Just after the New Year the house of Doug Bialecki and his family burned to the ground. Doug is the son of Janet Sadowski. He now lives in Georgia. Every summer his two daughters worship with us for two Sundays when they come north to spend time with their grandmother.

Doug awoke in the middle of the night to a red glow in the house. None of the smoke detectors went off so the assumption is that the fire climbed up the exterior walls of the house and then engulfed the entire building. Less than a half hour before all this happened, a neighbour was outside with her dog. There was no sign of anything wrong at that time. This blaze happened extremely quickly. Thank God Doug had been startled awake by the light from the fire. He only had time to get his wife, two daughters and pet out of the house. With only the pajamas on their backs, his cell phone and wallet, they had to watch as the entire structure burned to the ground. All of their possessions were lost. Even their cars, parked in the garage beneath the house, were lost. Eventually, insurance will kick-in to help them re-build, but as you can imagine, in the meanwhile things are not easy. Furniture, computers, clothes, food, everything we take for granted in our homes, all of this, was lost in a few short moments. My parish decided to accept a free will donation from her members on the behalf of the Bialecki family, the only problem being that we have had two very snowy Sundays since then, and therefore, two very poorly attended Sundays. The quicker the better it will be when it comes to our help. We can’t wait for another Sunday.

We are requesting that PNCC members, and all our brothers and sisters in Christ, who may be able to help, consider sending a check to the Bialecki family. If your situation in life allows, the address is: Doug Bialecki, 321 Homestead Circle, NW, Kennasaw, GA 30144-1335. Thank you for anything that you can do for them. And whether you are able to help financially or not, please keep the Bialecki family in your prayers.