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Could you wordsmith our last Press release?

From the USCCB: Polish National, Catholic Dialogue Focuses on Clergy Transfers between Churches

WASHINGTON—”The challenges of clergy transfers between churches stood as a key topic at the annual Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue, this year at the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 28-29. Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo and Bishop Anthony Mikovsky of the Central diocese of the PNCC co-chaired the meeting.

Members held a lengthy discussion on proposed recommendations about difficulties that arise when a clergyman transfers from one church to the other. A proposed text was refined and a process of consultation with appropriate bodies in the two churches will now be undertaken. Further revisions resulting from these consultations will be considered at the next meeting.

Msgr. John Strynkowski, Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Brooklyn, New York, spoke on the development of doctrine using principles from Cardinal Newman’s Essay on the Development of Doctrine. He applied these to the Christological controversies of the early Church and the Eucharistic controversies at the time of the Reformation.

Members also considered two Roman Catholic Marian dogmas, the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. The PNCC members distributed a text on the Mother of God taken from —The Road to Unity,— a collection of agreed statements of the joint Old Catholic-Orthodox Theological Commission that was adopted by a PNCC General Synod in 1990. Both churches have devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and seek her intercession, but differ over the Pope’s authority to raise these Marian teachings to the level of dogma.

Members of the dialogue also prayed together in the chapel of the Polish National Catholic Church Center, where Bishop Mikovsky presided over an exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction.

The next meeting of the dialogue is slated to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 11 and 12, 2010.

Take a look at my last post on this dialog. Anyone see almost the same statement regurgitated? Of course R.C. priests know a good thing when they see it, thus the consternation on the R.C. side, and no, we don’t just take each and every one that steps forward (or anyone else seeking admission into the clerical state in the PNCC). We protect our vocations.

Next stop – meeting once every two years?

Poetry

November 14 – On Harvest by Kasper Miaskowski

Ceres put under sickle each grain head,
And letting her light blond hair freely spread,
She ties the sheaves in the fertile meadows,
Setting the stacks in the fields in long rows.
Like an eager host of black ants in file,
That chose their place and a safe isle,
Carry on their backs for their tribe the goods,
From forest stump or clearing in the woods:
So the legions of industrious reapers,
Though it is very hot, wipe their foreheads;
Some put down with a cheer thick manes of hay,
Which a hooked sickle at once clears away;
Others, whose wheat sheaves sear in rays of sun,
Carry them quickly to the rack wagon;
Soon with the loud whip it rolls to the barn,
Until the night wraps the fields in black yarn.

Translated by Michael J. Mikoś

Już Ceres pod sierp osądziła kłosy,
A sama białe rozczesawszy, włosy,
Po żyznych niwach wiąże w okrąg snopy,
Szykując w polach długim rzędem kopy.
A jako pilny czarnych poczet mrówek,
Obrawszy gdzie plac i raźny ostrówek.
Na plecach korzyść do gromady niesie.
Bądź w boru pod pniem, bądź pod karczem w lesie:
Tak pracowitych żeńców ufce wkoło,
Choć to w gorący skwar, otarszy czoło,
Z pokrzykiem jedni miąższe kładą grzywy.
Które od ręku uprząta sierp krzywy:
Drudzy, gdzie promień dogrzał w snopach zbożu,
Noszą a prędko do drabnego wozu;
I głośny z nim wnet bicz do stodół jedzie,
Aż płaszczem wronym noc pola obwiedzie.

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Our Savior Parish — Christmas Fair 2009 this weekend

Saturday, November 14, 2009 – 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

  • Homemade Angel wings (Chrusciki)—¨ and baked goods for sale
  • Great homemade Polish food!!!!! Food served beginning at 10am—¨
  • Christmas crafts
  • Tin can raffle
  • Handmade quilt
  • —¨32″ LCD HD television
  • Grandfather clock
  • Hand-crafted gemstone jewelry
  • Warm & fuzzy – scarfs & baby blankets
  • Games

Sunday, November 15, 2009 – 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

—¨—¨Spaghetti dinner served 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Our Savior Parish is located on the east side of North Beech Daly Rd. at 610 N. Beech Daly Road, south of Ford Road and north of Cherry Hill Road, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

All are welcome!!! Stop out and have a great time!!!

Call (313) 561-7281 for more information.

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For my money: Fried chicken once a week, PNCC desserts always

From the Post Tribune of Northwest Indiana: Fried chicken dinner at After Four Supper Club

What: After Four Supper Club
Where: 13109 S. Wicker Ave., Cedar Lake, IN
Hours: Open for dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and seats nearly 350.
Information: (219) 374-8000

Open to the public but once a week, worth the trip

Northwest Indiana offers a wide range of dining options, from four-star fine dining restaurants open daily for lunch and dinner to taverns, supper clubs and eateries offering quality food, but with limited menus and days and hours of operation. This is one in a series of reviews of nontraditional area restaurants worth sampling.

The menu isn’t big. In fact, it fits on a three-by-four sheet listing only five entrée choices, all of which are deep-fried, though baked chicken is available upon request in advance.

But on that Wednesday they pack them into Cedar Lake’s After Four Supper Club, a banquet hall and catering operation on the site of a former drive-in theater featuring pornographic films. Why?

Fried chicken.

The After Four Supper Club’s fried chicken is that good, the kind you usually must travel to the Deep South to find, with a crisp and crunchy golden-brown crust and steaming, tender meat inside… No less than Samuel Clemens opined about the deep relationship southerners feel for their fried chicken.

“The art cannot be learned north of the line of Mason and Dixon, nor anywhere in Europe,” Mark Twain wrote.

The After Four Supper Club defies that old axiom.

There is something humble, decent and deeply satisfying about good fried chicken, a plebian dish enjoyed by patricians and everyday people alike, although my cardiologist might recommend otherwise.

The dinners are served with a tasty coleslaw and french fries. Soft drinks and beer are available by the glass — actually plastic cup — or by the pitcher.

The After Four Supper Club, which is owned by veteran restaurateur Tom McAdams, purchases chicken from an Alabama farm that was pecking at grain on Monday and decorating my plate on Wednesday.

Meals are fried without using transfat oils and arrive on plates without the oily trail that often accompanies fried foods.

The After Four Supper Club is a family kind of place where nepotism abounds.

Our server Amber, who has worked there since she was 16, is joined by her mother, the hostess, and her aunt, the head cook.

…This is a niche restaurant that doesn’t offer a wide selection of beers and wines and only a limited dining menu.

But what it offers is really fine chicken at reasonable prices.

All-you-can-eat chicken dinners are $8.50 for adults and $5.50 for children under 10. The pollack dinner, chicken and fish combo and fantail shrimp dinners are $10.50 and the popcorn shrimp is $6.95. A pitcher of Miller Genuine Draft or Miller Lite is $7.50 and by the glass it’s $2.50. Cocktails are $5.50.

In this economy it’s hard to beat the After Four Supper Club for value, but it’s even harder to find fried chicken of this high quality.

Part of the fun at unconventional eateries like the After Four Supper Club is their approach. McAdams’ staff do not make desserts, rather they’re homemade by the church ladies of the Polish National Catholic Church and included slices of brownies, a tremendous apple walnut cake and carrot cake, all for $1.50 apiece and mighty fine.

The rest of the week this spacious facility operates as Great Oaks Banquets and serves as a rental and catering hall for weddings, receptions and other events.

Adjoining the dining room is a theater, where for $30 ($27 for seniors), diners can see a live show performed by the L’arc en Ciel Theatre Group right after eating dinner. Through Nov. 22 the 44-year-old theater ensemble is performing George S. Kaufman’s “You Can’t Take It With You,” a far cry from the steamy movies the long gone Great Oaks Drive-In Theater played at this same site decades ago.

Poetry

November 13 – Epitaph To Rome by Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński

If midst Rome you wish to see Rome, pilgrim,
Tho in Rome naught of Rome might you see,
Behold the walls’ ring, the theatres, temples
And ruptured pillars, to rubble all turned,
Rome be these! Mark how the corpse of a city
So strong still past fortune’s pomp exudes;
Subduing a world, herself the city subdued
Lest yet more to subdue might there be.
Today in broken Rome, Rome unbroken
(A substance in its shadow) lies entombed.
Within all’s changed; alone past change
Tiber remains, that to sea runs mixed with sand.
See what Fortune plays: ’tis wasted away,
What was unmoving; what moved, yet remains.

Translation unattributed

Ty, co Rzym wpośród Rzyma chcąc baczyć, pielgrzymie,
A wżdy baczyć nie możesz w samym Rzyma Rzymie,
Patrzaj na okrąg murów i w rum obrócone
Teatra i kościoły, i słupy stłuczone:
Te są Rzym. Widzisz, jako miasta tak możnego
I trup szczęścia poważność wypuszcza pierwszego.
To miasto, świat zwalczywszy, i siebie zwalczyło,
By nic niezwalczonego od niego nie było.
Dziś w Rzymie zwyciężonym Rzym niezwyciężony
(To jest ciało w swym cieniu) leży pogrzebiony.
Wszytko się w nim zmieniło, sam trwa prócz odmiany
Tyber, z piaskiem do morza co bieży zmieszany.
Patrz, co Fortuna broi: to się popsowało,
Co było nieruchome; trwa, co się ruchało.

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Attention prospective applicants to Canisius College

Canisius logoAs an alumni of Canisius I am able to obtain fee waived applications for new students who wish to apply.

To apply under fee waived provisions please complete this on-line application. In the alternative you may choose Canisius on the Common Application. Either way, you will save the $40 application fee.

If you prefer a paper application please contact me and I will obtain one from the Admissions Office for you.

For PNCC applicants, please contact me if you need a recommendation and don’t forget your PNUA (Spójnia) college stipend [pdf].

Go Canisius 2014!

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November 19th: Campaign against Wage Theft National Day of Action

ndalogo2On November 19th, Agencies, organizations, and individuals will join together in taking action to fight Wage Theft. Some will join in delegations to unethical employers, while others will participate in demonstrations and other actions to raise awareness and support for those who have had wages stolen.

If interested in joining in the National Day of Action or more information on the National Day of Action, please contact Cara Gold or call her at (773) 728-8400 x 34.

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2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the world’s largest gathering of volunteer leaders, will be held June 28-30, 2010, in New York City.

The National Conference on Volunteering and Service, convened by Points of Light Institute and the Corporation for National and Community Service and locally convened by NYC Service and New Yorkers Volunteer, provides you with an opportunity to:

  • Learn best practices, trends and news
  • Connect with change agents and experts from across the country
  • Be inspired to shape the future of volunteering and service

Visit the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service Web site more information about the 2010 conference. You can also become a fan of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service on Facebook, follow on Twitter or request to join the mailing list to receive the latest updates on the conference.

Request for Proposals

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service is now accepting proposals for presenters for immersion learning sessions, workshops and forums at the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. The deadline to submit proposals is December 11, 2009.

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Polish Film Festival at the UofR Skalny Center

From ROCNow: Festival celebrates Polish cinema

The Polish Film Festival, organized by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester, kicks off with a screening of Too Soon to Die (a 2007 film by director Dorota Kedzierzawska) at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Little Theatre, 240 East Ave.Before Twilight (2008) will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday. The schedule of Polish-language films includes six features, selected documentaries and a collection of shorts. The festival runs through Nov. 18. Tickets are $8 ($5 for seniors and students). Call (585) 275-9898 or go to .

Friday, Nov. 13th

Polish Film Festival Grand Opening: The program features a panel discussion —New Trends in Polish Cinema and the American Connection.— Guests include Malgorzata Szum, counselor, culture and public relations attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Poland; film director Jacek Blawut and his crew; movie star Malgorzata Kozuchowska; and Sheila Skaff, Polish Cultural Institute, New York City. There will be hors d’oeuvres and wine. 7 p.m. Nov. 13. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave. (585) 275-9898.

Saturday, Nov. 14

Before Twilight: (2008, 100 min. Director: Jacek Bawut). A heartwarming tale follows the residents of the Retirement Home for Actors as they are awakened by the vitality and enthusiasm of actor and elderly gallant Jerzy (Jan Nowicki) and his ambitious plan to stage Goethe’s Faust. Also showing is The Actors, a 28-minute documentary about the legends of Polish film caught during the filming of Before Twilight. A question-and-answer session moderated by Sheila Skaff of the Polish Cultural Institute follows the screening. The Little. 7 p.m. Nov. 14.

Too Soon to Die: (2007, 110 min., Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska). A solitary old woman, full of life and spirit, lives with her dog in her large house. She passes her days conversing with the dog, Philadelphia, while observing the world through her windows. Unfortunately, her neighbors are interested in buying her property to build apartments, and her son is willing to take advantage of the opportunity. The Little. 3 p.m. Nov. 14.

Sunday, Nov. 15

Drowsiness: (2008, 105 min. Director: Magdalena Piekorz). Through a combination of coincidences, three people suffering from insomnia meet and life gives them a chance to escape their lethargy. Also showing,Mother (2009, 15 min. Documentary). An examination of visitors to one of Poland’s prisons. Husbands, fathers and sons are on one side, and on the other side are their children, wives and mothers. Drowsiness star Malorzata Kozuchowska will answer questions following the screening. Reception in the Little Café. The Little. 7 p.m. Nov. 15.

Preserve: (2007, 115 min. Director: Lukasz Palkowski). After a stormy breakup, freelance photographer Marcin must leave his girlfriend’s luxurious apartment in Warsaw. He moves to a dilapidated old building in Praga where his new landlord hires him to document the state of the structure. Also showing, Woman Wanted (2009, 15 min. Documentary, Director: Michal Marczak). Portrays people who search for love. Presented by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester. 3 p.m. Nov. 15.

Monday, Nov. 16

Tomorrow We Are Going to the Movies: (2007, 100 min. Director: Michal Kwiecinski). Three Warsaw high school graduates from the class of 1938 dream of their magnificent futures. They are intelligent, handsome and optimistic. We see a glimpse of their lives on the brink of maturity, until the war begins. Discussion with Polish World War II veterans about their memories of Sept. 1, 1939, follows the screening. The Little. 7 p.m. Nov. 16.

Tuesday, Nov. 17

Four Short Theme Films: The Loneliness of a Short-Order Cook (2008, 24 min. Director: Marcel Sawicki). Upon arrival in Los Angeles, a young Japanese man learns that the firm he was supposed to work for has been closed. My New Life (2009, 30 min. Director: Barbara Bialowas). A couple in their thirties are trying to fulfill their dreams and aspirations.What the Doctors Say (2009, 24 min. Director: Michal Wnuk). An accident victim is a perfect organ donor for a patient who has been waiting for a liver transplant. However, the doctor who is about to declare the victim brain dead has to confront her mother first. And Anna’s Little Lies (Director: Krzysztof Bizio). A woman rediscovers the meaning of her life after a night of drinking lands her in the detoxification center. The Little. 7 p.m. Nov. 17.

Wednesday, Nov. 18

Gods Little Village: (2009, 110 min. Director: Jacek Bromski). In this comedy about Kings Bridge, the village’s bucolic, leisurely lifestyle is threatened by the upcoming mayoral elections. Also showing, The Glass Trap (2008, 15 min. documentary, Director: Pawel Ferdek). A group of Warsaw’s tough guys organizes a new entertainment: aggressive aquarium fish-fights. A closing reception will follow in the Little Café. The Little. 7 p.m. Nov. 18.