Polonia in the USA

     WASHINGTON, D.C. //  The Honorable Leszek Balcerowicz, Ph.D., Professor at the prestigious Warsaw School of Economics - formerly the Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland, and  President of the National Bank of Poland - delivered a very insightful economic lecture here on December 1, 2008 at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland.

  Prof. Balcerowicz Lecture At Polish Embassy.  Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, veteran Polish economist and politician, is show above-right being interviewed by a bevy of Poland's news media following his lecture entitled "The Financial Crisis and Emerging Countries."

Read more: Balcerowicz At Polish Embassy Talks About Economy

     BALTIMORE, Md. One thing is now for certain: The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church building, located here in the heart of the equally historic Fell's Point waterfront neighborhood, is in no danger of being torn down by the Conventual Franciscan Friars, owners of the extensive and extremely valuable 1.7 acres church complex. The church was closed by the Franciscans in 2000 after 111 years of faithful service to the local Polonia, who struggled early on - being newly arrived from the ‘old country' - to build the church with their faith, sweat, blood and collective small money.

Read more: St. Stanislaus Church ‘Protected’

The formation of the Polish National Catholic Church at the turn of the 20th century is the only significant schism to occur within the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. Dissident Polish Catholics began separating as early as 1873 in Polonia, Wisconsin, 1877 in Chicago, and 1886 in Detroit.

More significant breaks occurred in Buffalo and Chicago in 1895 and in Scranton, Pa. in 1897. These movements started spontaneously and independently of each other, often involving church blockades, pushing, shoving and fist fights.

Read more: Polish National Catholic Church in America - History

     WASHINGTON, D.C.  The full title of the well received, hard hitting and common sense book is "America - Our Next Chapter...Tough Questions, Straight Answers," authored by U.S. Senator Charles "Chuck" Hagel (Republican - Nebraska). To its great credit, the totally non-partisan book deals intellectually with the many domestic and global challenges that America must face in the 21^st century, with an optimistic eye on our nation's future.

Read more: Embassy Evening With U.S. Senator Hagel