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		<title>Polish Language Lessons At St. Stanislaus In Anderson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Smock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, many of the people that were descendants of the early Polish immigrants in Texas spoke Polish but now it is rare to find someone that still speaks the language. In an effort to learn or re-learn the language of their ancestors, a group of people are meeting for Polish lessons every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tlusty Czwartek In Houston Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Smock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republished from February 12, 2010. Employees of The Polish Food Store in Houston worked all night Wednesday making hundreds of delicious pączki to celebrate Tłusty czwartek or Fat Thursday which is a traditional Polish feast marking the last Thursday before Lent. It is somewhat similar to the French festival of Mardi Gras which is celebrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon A Polish Wedding&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Polish Mama on the Prairie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had the honor of being a guest at a wedding in Poland and wanted to share the experience, as I know many women planning their wedding right now and who are looking for ideas how to add a Polish flair to their special event. The best way to quickly describe it was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tlusty Czwartek In Houston Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Smock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees of The Polish Food Store in Houston worked all night Wednesday making hundreds of delicious pączki to celebrate Tłusty czwartek or Fat Thursday which is a traditional Polish feast marking the last Thursday before Lent. It is somewhat similar to the French festival of Mardi Gras which is celebrated on Fat Tuesday. Traditionally it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tribute To A Polish Texan Musical Icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sigmund Jozwiak August 25, 1925 &#8211; November 4, 2009 There is no doubt that Sigmund was an Icon in Texas Polish history! He was loved and will be missed, but it is up to us to remember the legacy that he has made for Polish Texans and celebrate the impact he has made on each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas-Polish Family Gathering Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Rubin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conclusion of another informal family gathering, this time the occasion of the Houston Polish Festival, March 2009. That&#8217;s Brian&#8217;s kids leading the tune, &#8220;Piwa Kuba.&#8221; Cousin Ronnie Kazowski on guitar. Chuck in ben-ben, and Bradley Williams on concertina. I feel compelled to share this sort of stuff with you because it&#8217;s becoming apparent to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ripkowski Brothers &#8211; True American Patriotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Smock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While going through my grandmother Agnes Polka Smock&#8217;s old photographs, I found a newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle. It was a photo of one of her neighbor&#8217;s large family from New Waverly, Texas. The photo was titled &#34;Twelve Brothers Served Uncle Sam&#34; and the caption reads &#34;These 12 sons in a family of 16 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polski Wesele &#8211; Polish Wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.polish-texans.com/2009/05/polski_wesele-polish_wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wedding is one of the most important family celebrations in Polish culture. For centuries most marriages in Poland took place starting at the beginning of September and continued through fall and winter except for the holy weeks of advent and lent. This was at a time when the all-important harvest and field work was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polish Fiddle Music</title>
		<link>http://www.polish-texans.com/2008/07/polish-fiddle-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Haigh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polish Fiddle Music, in common with that of England, has had something of a difficult time, and a bad press to boot. Surrounded by its flashy and exotic neighbours in Russia, Hungary and the Balkans, the folk music of Poland, with its major keys, medium tempos, relative lack of ornamentation, and the taste of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Saints&#8217; Day in Poland, November 1st</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jagoda Urban-Klaehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tradition and origin of All Saints&#39; Day and Halloween is the same but these two days are so different in their atmosphere! Although All Saints&#39; Day is celebrated among catholic all around the world this celebration is Poland has especially solemn manner. All Saints&#39; Day in Poland is a holiday for everybody except of transportation [...]]]></description>
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