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Of scholarships and auctions – around the Central Diocese

Edwardsville, PA: Congratulations to Juliann Perikonis, Diminik Tarnawczyk and Larry Mazurek, recent recipients of the Lawrence Reilly Jr. and Lawrence Reilly Sr. scholarships presented at The Resurrection of The Lord P.N.C.C., Edwardsville. The three members of the parish and youth group wrote essays about their academics, sports, hobbies and participation with the church and youth group, as per the requirements set forth by the Lawrence Reilly family. The scholarships were presented by Robert Albee. Perikonis was the senior high school winner; Tarnawczyk was the junior high winner; and Mazurek was the elementary winner.

Shenandoah, PA: Holy Ghost Polish National Catholic Church, 28 N. Chestnut Street, will hold a Chinese auction, Sunday, September 12th at the church. Doors will open at noon. Admission is $3. Light refreshments will be available. Everyone is welcome. Proceeds will benefit the church.

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Integrating short stories in this Fall’s course work

Have you ever read an issue of One Story and thought it might be a good story to include in a creative writing lesson? Now, thanks to The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses’ (CLMP) Lit Mag Adoption Program for Creative Writing Courses, you can adopt One Story for your classroom and give your students each a subscription at the lowest rate we’ve ever offered!

What’s more, if you adopt One Story for the semester, you’ll not only get a free desk copy for yourself, but a senior editor will also participate in a virtual (or in person, if the class is being held in the NYC area) meeting with your class. During this meeting, we’ll discuss the history of One Story, the current literary landscape, and the submissions process, allowing students to better understand the literary publishing environment.

You can adopt magazines for Fall 2010 courses on the CLMP Lit Mag Adoption Program website now. Once you adopt One Story, you’ll receive log-in information for your students to order their discounted subscriptions through the CLMP website.

If you have questions about the program, feel free to contact CLMP’s Programs Director, Jamie Schwartz, or One Story’s Managing Editor, Tanya Rey.

One Story is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit magazine that features one great short story mailed to subscribers every three weeks.

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Worldwide Press office has major fail, and … will I be put on trial?

Yesterday, the Vatican announced a series of new or modified legal measures focused on sins against the sacraments and other serious issues. That’s not what anyone heard. They heard U.S. News & World Report say: Catholic Church Equates Sex Abuse With Female Ordination. I am not faulting the Press. They got it right, because that is exactly what they heard, with ears that have no training in such matters.

The Young Fogey and Damian Thompson of the Telegraph get what went wrong — horribly wrong — with the way the new rules were offered to the world. They were offered on a silver platter that held the head of the Vatican Press Office’s director along with the heads of a goodly number of high ranking clergy and the Bishop of Rome — none of whom get it. They let the fiasco happen. The focus was on process and legalities, and the underpinnings were never discussed.

Some things not commonly understood, actually not even understood by most Roman Catholics:

Much of this was about legal processes. The Roman Church has them in spades. If people joke about the voluminousness of the Byzantine Code, they would be equally amused by all the legalisms and processes that live in the Roman Church. Have a problem — there a rule for that. Have a conflict — there’s a tribunal for that. Didn’t do your job — a requisite penalty in Chapter X. The following sins were heard in confession — look to the book of appropriate penances.

Yesterday was about announcing heady legal stuff about cases, the practice of law, rights, obligations, defenses, witnesses, trials, attorneys, and more. Certain Roman clergy and a few lay members of the Roman Church spend years pursuing a doctorate in Canon Law. They proudly carry the initials J.C.D. after their name (The Latin abbreviation for: Juris Canonici Doctor). They need it to understand stuff like this:

Art. 18

With full respect for the right of defense, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith may sanate acts in cases lawfully presented to it if merely procedural laws have been violated by lower Tribunals acting by mandate of the same Congregation or according to art. 16.

Art. 19

With due regard for the right of the Ordinary to impose from the outset of the preliminary investigation those measures which are established in can. 1722 of the Code of Canon Law, or in can. 1473 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, the respective presiding judge may, at the request of the Promotor of Justice, exercise the same power under the same conditions determined in the canons themselves.

Art. 20

The Supreme Tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith judges in second instance:

1° cases adjudicated in first instance by lower tribunals;
2° cases decided by this same Supreme Apostolic Tribunal in first instance.

If you have ever looked at the U.S. tax law you would know what I mean. Laws have a nasty habit of growing and increasing, defining and redefining, adjusting, and correcting. Beyond written law, you have case law, the precedent decisions of judges on cases which set the parameters for future decisions and interpretations. One block being built upon another until you have a Tower of Babel. After a while you have the tax code, or the laws of the Roman Church. Somewhere in all of that the mission, the purpose, and the point of it all gets lost — but at least lawyers and accountants have jobs.

The Roman Church attempted to backtrack a little today, trying to fix the PR mis-step. In doing that they further inserted foot into mouth. See the NY Times: Women Priests And Sex Abuse Not Equal Crimes: Vatican for instance.

Why the problem with the attempt at correction? Because of the complexity of these laws, and their basis in protecting all the sacraments, and the Catholic understanding of what sacraments are, the crimes the laws address are equally serious. Is it serious matter to sexually abuse a child? — Yes. Is it serious matter to defile the Eucharist or tell a confession? — Equally, yes.

The sacraments are a physical conveyance of God’s grace by the means entrusted to the Church to bring this about. When the priest consecrates the bread and wine — it is no longer bread and wine. When sins are forgiven, they are actually wiped away and forgotten, God has stepped in to forgive. When a priest is ordained, the Holy Spirit has changed him so that the particular man can do a share of the Bishop’s ministry. When the sick are anointed, God brings about true healing. It is not magic or voodoo, it is not a commemoration alone, but a direct promise from God that when offered in the way Jesus offered these same gifts, they are offered to us anew by God, and He is present.

The Church is saying that they have a tremendously precious gift, more precious than any treasure found on earth, and they are making certain laws to protect those gifts. As we attempt to protect ourselves, our borders against terrorists, the Roman Church is making its own “Patriot Act,” and is attempting to protect what is most precious — the eternal life and the good of its members.

So yes, attempting to turn a cheese tray and a Bud into the body and Blood of Jesus is grave, as is attempting to confect orders on a person who cannot by nature receive that gift, as is blabbing someone’s confession on YouTube, as is a man using the power and place he has been given so as to abuse children. All very serious because they trifle with the things of God, holy things.

The public perception cannot be overcome. I am not sure there would have been a way to fix this even if all this had been laid out in briefing books. The Press will do as they will. What may have worked, however, is to express the seriousness accorded to what the Church teaches – Scripture, Tradition, and adherence to the Christian way of life. It wasn’t the fact that they laid down more legalities and procedures, the things they did focus upon. It was rather that they should have talked about the central message in a maximum of two phrases: They were calling themselves back to who they should be, and were taking it seriously. Actually, the Patriot Act analogy would have been a great talking point.

I am not sure that making laws will accomplish any of this in the end, but perhaps it helps in R.C. culture. Better that they find and focus on the central message, and give a few examples of lives lived in accord with Christ as the means to convey that message.

Oh, and the whole schism thing — basically meaning I no longer accept that the Bishop of Rome has special powers beyond those accorded to every bishop, that I reject his claim to such, along with a few other more nuanced “doctrines.” Since I engaged in schism as an adult (schism according to Roman Catholic laws — which, since I don’t believe in them means they hold no power over me), do I get a free trip to Rome to stand trial before the appropriate congregation (on their dime of course)? I hereby demand that Bishop Howard Hubbard take action in accord with the Norms prescribed in Art. 2, § 2 and provide me with a formalization of my “latae sententiae excommunication and likewise … undertake a judicial trial in the first instance or issue an extrajudicial decree, with due regard for [my] right of appeal or of recourse…”

Are they going to do this for every former Roman Catholic that has publicly declared themselves apart from the Roman Church? I did serve my last R.C. Pastor with proper notice in accord with R.C. Church law. He never bothered to follow-through I guess. Que Sera, Sera, another one bits the dust… Then again, when my wife and I first visited that parish and signed the book, specifically there for the purpose of noting we wished to speak to the pastor about membership, all we received was a set of “envelopes” in the mail. That, 6 months later. No call, and the worst possible follow-through. You do have my mailing address, don’t you? I still receive your mailings and envelopes…

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Speak simply and with clarity

“Be always ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you but with respect and gentleness” (1 Peter 3:15)

From friends at the Captura Group: Lost in (Machine) Translation

Last March, I shared a theory of mine that most Hispanics expect Spanish language websites to be poor quality and, as a result, use the English-language version of a site even if Spanish is their preferred language. Expectations tend to be low because often the Spanish-language version of a given website tends to be inferior to the English version.

With Google’s free machine translation software, Google Translate, showing up on an increasing number of websites, I’m afraid that Hispanic online expectations are at risk of declining even further.

Google Translate is Free. Or is it?

Many marketers and web managers looking to reach Spanish speakers online view Google Translate as the silver bullet. Copy and paste a little snippet of code into your website and presto, your website is now available in Spanish (or any other language). As a result, you can now find Google Translate on many websites including those of countless federal, state and local Governments.

What you will also find on these websites is a lengthy disclaimer that prominently states that content translated by Google may not be accurate, reliable or timely. These disclaimers also completely absolve the website owner of any and all liability that may arise because of inaccurate machine translation. I want to be very clear: website owners are consciously using a system to translate their websites and in the same breath, acknowledging the system may not provide accurate, reliable or timely results.

I believe the cost of potentially inaccurate, unreliable or dated content on any website is simply too high for my clients. Even the smallest translation mistake can destroy the credibility of a website and the organization behind it, severely impacting valuable goodwill.

So no, Google Translate is not free. In fact it can be very costly…

Absolutely correct. As a matter of fact, when I was designing the Polonia Global Fund website, we hired translators (how I came to know Dr. Felipe Korzenny and the Captura Group) to build basic translations of our main informational pages.

It is particularly incumbent on us as Christians, and especially as members of the PNCC, to show respect for seekers from different backgrounds, cultures, and particularly languages. That respect is given through the proper and respectful use of language.

A person’s connection to their culture, and particularly to family and God, is best expressed in their native language. Bishop Hodur and his successors understood that among God’s gifts are the cultures and nations of the world. God’s grace is expressed in particular ways through the lens of culture, which then gifts the entire Church with a deeper understanding of salvation. They knew that there are nuances, even in God’s Word, based on culture.

We need to speak God’s word and give His message in clear and convincing ways which are understandable among the cultures we encounter. They too seek a portion of the one, holy, catholic, apostolic, and democratic Church. Let us give reason for the hope that is in us, and let us do so with respect.

The Hymn of Faith of the PNCC, in Spanish, as recently approved for publication:

Himno de la Fe

A ti venimos Señor Dios
Antes de su Altar.
Conoces bien nuestras almas
La respuesta al suplicar.
Sáquenos de necesidad
Bendí­cenos, O Padre Bendí­cenos

Antes de la cruz, preparados pues,
Al servirle con devoción.
De Sangre y de Lágrimas
Una humilde resignación.
El pueblo suyo somos Señor
Sálvenos, O Dios Bendí­cenos.

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Science challenges “received wisdom” on Christianity

From Christian Newswire: What is Really Happening in the Church — A Sociologist Shatters Myths from the Secular and Christian Media

You’ve probably heard the many negative media reports about the evangelical church, such as:

  • Christian young people are leaving the Christian faith in record numbers
  • The divorce rate among Christians is as high as those of nonbelievers
  • Christians today are watered down in their beliefs and actions

But are these truly accurate?

In “Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites…and Other Lies You’ve Been Told: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media” (Bethany House), sociologist Bradley R.E. Wright, PhD, shatters these popular myths, along with many others. Using the best available data, he reveals to readers why and how many of the commonly shared statistics are incomplete and inaccurate.

He discusses the different dynamics of how statistics are often misquoted as they get passed on and how even Christian leaders will pick statistics for their usefulness rather than for accuracy.

And he highlights the problems caused for the church by the continuing emphasis on negatively slanted statistics.

“My goal is not to show the Church in a particular light but rather to let the data speak for itself,” he says. His book describes how Christians are doing in six areas: church growth, what Christians believe, their participation in church activities, family and sexual issues, how Christians treat others, and how others perceive Christians.

As Wright has examined the data, he finds a richer, more nuanced story about what’s happening with religion in America. Though Wright focuses on Evangelical Christians (because that is his vantage point as one himself), he also analyzes Mainline Protestants and Catholics. As a result, many of the ideas in this book apply to American Christianity more generally.

And the result is some surprisingly good news for Christians….

Current Events, Political,

More on the effects of the unemployment benefit lapse

From MichiganLive: Lapse of federal unemployment benefits costs U.S. economy $10 billion

Ten billion dollars. That’s how much money has not been spent in the U.S. economy since May because of the expiration of the federal unemployment benefit program, according to Lawrence H. Summers, director of the National Economic Council, writing on the White House blog.

That’s money that unemployed Americans who were receiving federal unemployment benefits would have spent on gas, groceries, utilities, rent and other basic necessities —” but didn’t.

Missed unemployment insurance payments since May total over $10 billion —“ enough to have created 100,000 jobs. An abrupt and premature withdrawal of relief is not only something families cannot afford, it is something that the economy cannot afford at a time when the economy is at a critical juncture.

In Michigan, reports Ed Brayton of the Michigan Messenger, it equaled $205.6 million in lost economic stimulus.

Aside from the economic hardship suffered by those who have lost benefits, the reduction in economic activity threatens the recovery, according to Summers.

Unemployment insurance puts money in the pockets of the families most likely to spend the money —“ which in turn expands the economy and creates jobs. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has identified increased aid to the unemployed as one of the two most cost-effective policy options for increasing economic production and employment.

…and from the Rockford Register Star: Strain on aid agencies rises with jobless extensions stopped

ROCKFORD —” All Kim Adams-Bakke has to do to judge the effect of lapsed unemployment benefits is listen to the chatter in the Rock River Valley Food Pantry’s waiting room.

—I hear a lot of people talking about them and what will happen if the extension doesn’t go through,— said the pantry’s executive director. —We know this is affecting us.—

It’s been 44 days since funding for 73 weeks of unemployment extensions lapsed, with efforts since to revive them ending in congressional stalemates. The benefits are in addition to the 26 weeks’ coverage offered by the states.

More than 100,000 Illinoisans have prematurely exhausted their benefits before being able to take advantage of the four tiers of extensions available.

Although a Senate vote on the funding is expected next week, it’s far from a sure thing that Democrats will garner the 60 votes they need to overcome a filibuster and pass the measure. The uncertainty has social service agencies like the food pantry preparing for the worst in the midst of an already challenging year.

—We don’t have food,— Adams-Bakke said. —Some of the basics that you and I assume will be in our pantry, they’re not there for our clients. We need everything: cereal, canned food, proteins, everything. Our extras that we have are starting to dwindle.—

Keeping warm and dry

Housing is likely the first priority for individuals or families hit by the unexpected loss of unemployment benefits, and requests for help through the city of Rockford’s Community Services Department have soared this year. Director Jennifer Jaeger said inquiries into the department’s emergency housing programs, many of which cover Boone and Winnebago counties as well as the city, have been —nonstop— this year.

—We have definitely seen a significant increase in phone calls from people whose unemployment benefits have run out,— she said. —We’re trying to schedule appointments for them as quickly as we can. Even before this most recent occurrence, we have been booked fairly solidly for six or eight weeks.—

Food on the table

Along with the food pantry, area demand for the federal food stamp program popped up again in June. More than 56,000 people in Boone and Winnebago counties were receiving funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. More than $8 million, or about $144 a person, was spent in June alone on the program.

Demand has been up across the state, said Tom Green, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Human Services. Through June, more than $1.3 billion has been spent on food stamps this year, compared with about $1.1 billion through June 2009.

—I can only predict that July would be higher,— he said.

The temporary assistance for needy families program, or TANF, has also seen increased demand after years of decline. In Boone and Winnebago counties, 1,915 people were receiving the emergency cash supplement in June, up 56 percent from June 2009.

Eligibility for both programs is income-based, and being unemployed doesn’t automatically qualify an individual for either benefit. The assistance for the needy generally requires a much lower household income than food stamps, although determinations are made on a case-by-case basis.

Getting by, barely

The debate on Capitol Hill over unemployment benefits has centered largely on the cost, estimated to be $33 billion to fund the extensions through November. Democrats have so far resisted demands to offset the cost by cutting spending in other areas, calling the benefits emergency spending, while Republicans have so far objected to adding to the national deficit.

A secondary argument has been the effect of lengthy unemployment insurance extensions on job-hunting motivation, with some calling the benefits —” which average $325.53 a week before taxes in Illinois —” a disincentive to finding permanent work.

But Stillman Valley resident Teresa Hill, out of work since January 2009 after 20 years in construction, isn’t seeing many options. Hill got her last $410-a-week benefit five weeks ago and had been without income since.

She’s managed to get by with help from her family, but fears what’s to come.

—I’ve pretty much just been borrowing money and hoping something comes through,— she said. —I haven’t really seen any job offers opening up here.—

From the NY Times: Fears Grow as Millions Lose Jobless Benefits

CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Deborah Coleman lost her unemployment benefits in April, and now fears for millions of others if the Senate does not extend aid for the jobless.

“It’s too late for me now,” she said, fighting back tears at the Freestore Foodbank in the low-income Over-the-Rhine district near downtown Cincinnati. “But it will be terrible for the people who’ll lose their benefits if Congress does nothing.”

For nearly two years, Coleman says she has filed an average of 30 job applications a day, but remains jobless.

“People keep telling me there are jobs out there, but I haven’t been able to find them.”

Coleman, 58, a former manager at a telecommunications firm, said the only jobs she found were over the Ohio state line in Kentucky, but she cannot reach them because her car has been repossessed and there is no bus service to those areas.

After her $300 a week benefits ran out, Freestore Foodbank brokered emergency 90-day support in June for rent. Once that runs out, her future is uncertain.

“I’ve lost everything and I don’t know what will happen to me,” she said.

The recession — the worst U.S. downturn since the 1930s — has left some 8 million people like Coleman out of work.

Unemployment has remained stubbornly high at around 9.5 percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in June 6.8 million people or 45.5 percent of the total are long-term unemployed, or jobless for 27 weeks or more…

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IWJ’s Organizing for Worker Justice Training

Save the Dates for Interfaith Worker Justice’s Organizing for Worker Justice Training to be held October 3-7, 2010.

Do you want to learn how to strengthen partnerships between religious and labor leaders? Understand the fundamentals of Direct Action Organizing? Design creative interfaith actions? Develop strategies for building your organization? Develop effective fundraising strategies? Frame the message about religious values and workers rights to the media? If so, then this training is for you! Stay tuned for registration details…

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Happening to real people

From the NY Post: Jobless and Broke 400 NYers a day see benefits expire

There’s one gone every 80 seconds.

That is, every day, 400 unemployed New York City residents exhaust their unemployment benefits, a study of state unemployment statistics by The Post reveals.

They’re among the 3.7 million out-of-work Americans who’ll be cut off from their average $400-a-week lifeline by the end of July.

“Every day I hear heart-wrenching stories from the unemployed who have exhausted their benefits and have no money to provide the very basics for their families,” said state Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner. “Some have even lost their homes.”

One New Yorker with just a few months left before her $430 weekly checks stop says the stress takes a huge toll.

“It’s an emotional roller-coaster. . .not sleeping, a constant feeling of worthlessness,” said Sharon Angela Richie, 47, a former executive assistant at Cabrini Medical Center who lost her job more than a year ago when the hospital went bankrupt.

“I feel as if someday I’ll be homeless living in a box,” said Richie, who’s single and living with family members in Yonkers.

One Staten Island man who exhausted his checks just last month vowed he won’t take welfare to meet his $800 a month budget living in his small apartment. He’s already burned through most of his savings and credit cards.

“I’ll do whatever the hell I can to make it up,” said Richard Respler, 27, who was downsized from the back office of a major corporation — where he hopes to return someday. “I really don’t want welfare. I won’t do that.”

New Yorkers collect 99 weeks of unemployment benefits — including 73 weeks supplied by the state with federal aid. The House has voted to extend benefits but the Senate is resisting efforts to extend them beyond their already extended length.

As a last resort for aiding growing numbers of people hurt by exhausted benefits, New York State offers programs for food stamps, small stipends and other help.

“These programs are in place to help people left with nowhere else to turn,” said Anthony Farmer of the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

…and this video from CNN: Crunch Time for Jobless

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U.S. History through Polish eyes

From the Niles Herald Spectator: Library exhibit shows U.S. history through pages of Polish records

As the number of Polish-Americans in Chicagoland attests, Poland and the United States have always had a special relationship. Those interested in another perspective, from the pages of Polish periodicals, can now view a large, colorful display of panels at Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights.

The exhibit, “The United States in Polish Historiography and Periodicals from 1764-1919,” is presented by the Warsaw Public Library, with the special support of the Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, Bogdan Borusewicz.

On the 90th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the two nations, the display shows how Poles viewed the United States, from before the American Revolution to the restoration of a Polish nation after World War I.

One early panel includes a letter from Poland. When the Americans were still divided into colonies, on March 20, 1768, Polish King Stanislaw August Poniatowski wrote to American Gen. Charles Lee: “Why do they deny your colonies the right to representation in the English Parliament?”

Two famous Polish military figures, Kazimierz Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko, contributed to the American cause during the Revolutionary War. On display panels, one can see Pulaski felled by a bullet at Savannah in 1779, the stronghold Kosciuszko designed at West Point, and Kosciuszko winning the title of brigadier general from Gen. George Washington.

Later, panels portray Polish life during the 1890s and early-1900s, when massive numbers of immigrants came to America. Photographs and documents show paramilitary organizations like the Chicago Polish Falcons, the Polish press, the Polish Catholic Church, the Polish schools, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, and the Polish National Alliance.

Other highlights include Poles participating on both sides of the Civil War and American relief efforts for Poland during World War I led by future President Herbert Hoover, just before Poland finally regained its status as a recognized nation.

Library Director Ron Stoch said that he particularly enjoyed information about Poles across the country, not just in Chicago but in Buffalo and Detroit, and about Poles living in America in the late 19th century who organized to create a nation of Poland modeled on the image of the United States.

An interesting observation which closely ties to the history of the PNCC – a Church organized by Poles in the United States, and exported back to Poland, that is both Catholic and democratic.

Bishop Hodur and the founders sought to meld Catholicism with their experience of the ideals of American democracy. Remember that they looked to the ideals, not the actual implementation of democracy in the United States since, for the most part, their immigrant experience had been one of exclusion more than inclusion. In large measure, Polish immigrants were excluded from the upper echelons of the R.C. Church, politics, and business. Many of my friend’s families were still changing their last names right through the 1960’s so as to provide for job advancement.

The founders of the PNCC saw that in freedom they could best strive after their yearnings for God. True freedom, which respects the rights of all, not just the elite or the “I know what’s best for you” government and chattering classes, is best provided for in a society that is truly free and democratic. It is one of the things that Poles had always admired about the United States.

The display is at the Eisenhower Public Library, 4613 N. Oketo Ave., Harwood Heights, IL. and can be reached by phone at (708) 867-7827. The exhibit opened July 6th and will be in place until October 31st.

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Freedom and soup

Dr. John Guzlowski reflects on freedom in Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues and tries to find the best cover in “Subterranean Homesick Blues” Covers.

His hot weather experience as seen through the eyes of old Polish wisdom is found in Shchav Soup: Recipe for a Hot Day

Back in the old days before anybody had air-conditioning, my mother, a Polish woman from the old country, felt that the surest cure for hot weather was szczawiowa zupa, shchav, swiss chard soup.

She’d get up early on a day that promised to be in the high 90s, and she’d fix schav. It wouldn’t take long and it didn’t require a lot of cooking, so it didn’t heat up our apartment. When she had it prepared, she’d stick it into the refrigerator to cool off. In the evening, she’d serve it for dinner when it was in the 90s both outside and inside.

Believe me, it always took the temperature down 10 degrees.

Here’s my recipe…

Here’s another take on sorrel soup, with a recipe, from the Straight from the Farm blog.

I received the same bits of wisdom from my Busha… Hot day? Hot drinks and hot soup… and yes, it does work.

From Kotlet TV: Jak zrobić zupę szczawiową (preparing sorrel soup)

Smacznego!

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