95% of Polish families have preserved the Wigilia tradition and regard it as the high point of the Christmas season. We hope you can join us and make it a part of your Christmas tradition.
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Olivet Lutheran Church’s Christian Life Center
Article by Tom Sorosiak Easter is one of the two most practiced traditions by the Polish people of the Roman Catholic faith that was retained in the America’s by Polish immigrant families. I am a product of that generation and am proud to continue those most cherished traditions. I would like to share with the readers of this newsletter the memories I have growing up in the LaGrange Street neighborhood. Holy Week was always a reminder that the end of Lenten Season was nearing. Going to mass on Palm Sunday…
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What a great time we had at the 2020 Kielbasa Cook Off! Thank you to all who came out to support PACT. PACT is a 501c3 non-profit group working to promote our local Polish Heritage and work with other groups with the same goals. The profit from the cook off will be used to give 4 high school or college age students a $1,000 scholarship. We work with the Toledo Poznan Alliance to help local Polish students in their education. We have given $30,000 to local students so far.…
Read MoreHere are some of the images of the Wigilia Celebration of 2019. Thank you to all that came out to celebrate Christmas with The Polish American Community of Toledo and Toledo Poznan Alliance. Thank you to John Drozdowski for the wonderful photos and leading the Polish Christmas carols!
Read MoreAnother Christmas season means another Christmas Eve vigil (Wigilia). This year, PACT and TPGS (Toledo Polish Genealogy Society) once again teamed up to mark the most important day of the Christmas season for Polish people. Wigilia traditions this year included lighting of the first candle, sharing of oplatek, and a meatless meal of traditional Polish dishes. Guest speaker Lidia Ebersole gave us a look into Wigilia in Poland. She is a native of Poland and has spent 26 years celebrating Christmas in her homeland. Now as a citizen of the US, she…
Read MoreCall 419-841-2902 to purchase tickets for Dozynki or for more information. Or send your check payable to Toledo-Poznan Alliance to Rosalie Hinde, 7402 Caracole Ct., Sylvania, Ohio, 43560.
Read MoreSave these dates: May 18, 19, and 20th of 2018. A real Polish American Festival will be held at Club 16 on King Road in Holland Ohio. It will be sponsored by PACT and hosted by Club 16. The music line up for the festival is: Friday, May 18th: Dynabrass from 6:30 to 10:30 PM Saturday, May 19th: Duane Malinowski from 1:00 to 5:00 PM Echoes of Poland from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Randy Krajewski and Badinov from 6:30 to 10:30 PM Sunday, May 20th: Polka Mass at 11:00AM with…
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