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75th Annual Bazzar Held In Chappell Hill Texas

Articles, Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / September 6, 2012

A hot Texas day didn’t stop the large crowd of people who came to Chappell Hill Texas on Sunday, September 2, 2012 for St. Stanislaus Catholic Church’s 75th annual homecoming bazaar. A delicious catered barbecue dinner from Chappell Hill Bakery & Deli was served beginning at 11am along with plenty of cold beer and soft drinks. There were Grocery, Ham, Grandma Kolaches and Cake booths along with bingo for the adults and a toy booth, moon walk, train ride and other activities for the kids. The live auction with lots of great items was held at 2pm.
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Celebrate Your Polish Heritage On Labor Day Weekend

News / By James Smock / August 22, 2012

After a long, hot Texas summer, there are lots of events scheduled for the last holiday weekend of the season, including several church bazaars on the Sunday before Labor Day. It’s hard to decide which ones to attend, but here’s several of them that relate to our Polish Texan heritage.
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2012 Polski Dzien XXV Held In Bremond Texas on June 23

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / June 26, 2012

Bremond Texas celebrated their 25th annual Polski Dzien or Polish Day on Saturday, June 23, 2012 with record breaking crowds. I arrived in town early Friday afternoon and I could immediately feel the excitement and energy as the town was busy getting ready for the big day. There seemed to be a rebirth of the old Polski Dzien, perhaps it was the milestone of 25 years or the hundreds of Polish flags hanging all over town or the newly painted buildings downtown but something was different. There was no mistaking it that this year Bremond, a town that was known as the Polish Capital of Texas, was going to throw a Polish party like no other.
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Father Frank And Silesian Poles Visit Houston Texas

Celebrations, Current Events / By James Smock / June 15, 2012

A group of Polish citizens from the Silesian region of Southern Poland visited Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Houston on June 14, 2012. Led by Monsignor Franciszek Kurzaj, better known as Father Frank, the group came to nearby Polonia Restaurant for good food, fun, music and singing. Father Frank, pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in San Antonio was born in Silesia and came to America in 1986 where he served as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Panna Maria.
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Bremond Gearing Up For 25th Annual Polski Dzien Celebration

Articles, News / By James Smock / June 14, 2012

The Bremond Chamber of Commerce is busy getting ready for the big crowd that will come to celebrate Bremond’s rich Polish heritage at Polski Dzien (Polish Day) XXV on Saturday, June 23, 2012. This year’s festival will feature lots of delicious Polish food, piwo and plenty of Polish music by Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, Brian Marshall and friends.
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Fr. Jozef Musiol Anniversary At St. Stanislaus In Chappell Hill

Celebrations, Current Events / By James Smock / June 6, 2012

Friends, family and parishioners of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church gathered in Chappell Hill Texas on Sunday, June 3, 2012 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Father Jozef Musiol’s religious vocation. Holy Mass was celebrated at 9 am by Bishop Joe Vasquez and concelebrated by Fr. Jozef Musiol, Msgr. Boli Zientek and Msgr. Ben Zientek. Escorted by Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus members in full regalia, the Mass procession included the bishop, priests, deacons, acolytes, altar servers and a group of the parish CCE children. Many of Fr. Jozef’s friends and former parishioners were present at the Mass.
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2012 Homecoming Bazaar At St. Joseph’s In Stoneham

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / June 1, 2012

It was a beautiful sunny day with a light wind blowing as St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stoneham, Texas held their annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, May 27, 2012. St. Joseph’s was established in 1909 by Grimes County Polish immigrants. Bazaar day started with a special Mass celebrated by Fr. Bill Kelly at 10:30 am in the beautiful remodeled church. At 11:00 am, workers started serving a delicious barbecue pork and beef dinner with all the fixings including a choice of homemade deserts and cold ice tea.
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Polish Village Music In New Waverly Texas

Celebrations, Culture, Musicians, Musicians Bio / By Brian Marshall / May 24, 2012

Some many years ago Todd Buckner (Bochnia) informed me that he had a video from the 50’s of a 50th wedding anniversary in New Waverly, TX. It took some time but eventually we hooked up and he let me borrow the tape in question and I discovered that what he actually had was an audio recording duplicating exactly what had been played at a wedding reception in the early 1900’s.
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