Day: October 5, 2009

Poetry

October 5 – When you say by Rev. Jan Twardowski

Don’t cry in your letter
don’t write me fate gave you a kick
there is always a way out
when God shuts a door He opens a window
take a breath take a look
clouds are raining
small great misfortunes necessary for happiness
learn peace of mind from ordinary things
and forget that you are when you say you love

Translation unattributed

list/letter

Nie płacz w liście
nie pisz że los ciebie kopnął
nie ma sytuacji na ziemi bez wyjścia
kiedy Bóg drzwi zamyka — to otwiera okno
odetchnij popatrz
spadają z obłoków
małe wielkie nieszczęścia potrzebne do szczęścia
a od zwykłych rzeczy naucz się spokoju
i zapomnij że jesteś gdy mówisz że kochasz

Poland - Polish - Polonia, , , ,

Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts meeting

The Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts will meet at the Worcester Public Library on Saturday, October 24. The topic will be —Worcester’s Polish Community, 1880-1980.—

The speaker will be Barbara Proko, coauthor of The Polish Community of Worcester and Worcester County’s Polish Community. She will detail the waves of immigration that have made the Poles the fourth largest ethnic group in Worcester, their social and cultural institutions, and their work and home life over the decades.

The meeting is open to the public. It will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Saxe Room, with brief society announcements and election of new officers preceding the talk. The library is located at 3 Salem Square in downtown Worcester.

Zapraszamy!