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Polish Day Celebrated At The Texas Renaissance Festival

Celebrations, Current Events / By James Smock / November 14, 2012

The Texas Renaisance Festival in Plantersville, Texas hosted Barbarian Invasion Day on Saturday, November 10, 2012 but the Polish Pub also sponsored a Polish Day celebration. When the grand parade started, there was a large group of people dressed in traditional Polish folk attire carrying the Polish Pub banner and a large Polish flag.
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2012 Polish Heritage Festival At St. Mary In Brenham

St. Mary’s Catholic Church hosted their 22nd annual Polish Heritage Festival on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at the Parish Activity Center on the church grounds in Brenham, Texas. At 11 am, a delicious Polish meal was served to the waiting crowd. The meal included baked ham, kielbasa, rosół z kury, czarnina, kiszona kapusta, potatoes and green beans along with delicious desserts and ice tea, soft drinks and cold piwo to drink.
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17th Annual Yanchak Family Reunion in Anderson

Current Events, Reunions / By Patricia Yanchak Adam / October 27, 2012

Celebrating the 17th Anniversary of the Yanchak Family Reunion, descendants of Kasper and Katie (Wisniewska) Yanchak gathered once again at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Anderson to celebrate the seventeenth annual Yanchak Family Reunion on Sunday, October 7, as those gathering continue to celebrate the family’s heritage, and its Polish roots planted over 100 years ago – recalling ancestors who came from Poland – and made their way to Grimes County in Anderson Texas.
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2012 St Mary In Bremond Annual Homecoming Bazaar

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / October 24, 2012

The weather was a little warmer then normal for this time of year as a large crowd of people with Polish roots in Robertson and Falls county came together in Bremond, the Polish Capital of Texas, to celebrate St. Mary’s Catholic Church annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, October 21, 2012. The early Polish settlers built their first small wooden church in Bremond in 1878.
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2012 St. Stanislaus Bazaar In Anderson Texas

Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / October 17, 2012

The weather was hot with a mix of rain and sunshine on Sunday, October 14, 2012 as St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson, Texas celebrated their 58th annual homecoming bazaar. The day began with Holy Mass celebrated by pastor Fr. JoJo Cal-Ortiz. The choir sang a beautiful rendition of bądźże pozdrowiona in Polish as the communion hymm.
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2012 Dozynki Polish Harvest Festival In Houston

Articles, Current Events, Festivals and Bazaars / By James Smock / September 18, 2012

After a successful festival opening on Friday evening , Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Houston Texas began their annual Dożynki or Polish Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 12, 2012 with a grand opening showing of the American, Polish and Texas flags and the singing of the national anthems.

The three day Dozynki festival is based on a tradition that dates back for many centuries in Poland and symbolizes the end of the harvest for the farmers. It is a time of happiness, good food, folk dancing and live music. Hot and humid weather, typical for this time of year in Texas didn’t stop the large crowd of people from having fun.
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51st Annual Jozwiak Family Reunion In Chappell Hill

Articles, Current Events, Reunions / By James Smock / September 12, 2012

The Jozwiak family and friends met at St. Stanislaus Community Center in Chappell Hill, Texas the afternoon of September 8, 2012 for their 51st annual family reunion. The large crowd enjoyed fun, food, music and fellowship throughout the day beginning with a special reunion Mass which was celebrated by Fr. Józef Musiol and Fr. Benedict Zientek in the beautiful old St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Mike Addicks, Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz and the St. Stanislaus choir played and sang Polish hymns during the Mass. A pot luck Polish lunch cooked by family members followed the Mass.
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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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