Dust off your aprons and get ready to make some pierogi. PACT is taking reservations for the next pierogi class that will be held on Saturday, October 17th in the kitchen of Olivet Lutheran Church’s Christian Life Center. The fee is $30 per guest/ $25 for returning guests who already have the equipment from the last class. The fee includes pierogi recipes, hands on instructions, all ingredients to make your own dough, a cookie cutter and dough press, fillings for the pierogi, and your own pierogi to take home. Call…
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Palm Sunday in Poland
Palm Sunday niedziela palmowa is called also The Sunday of the Lord’s Passion niedziela meki Panskiej, Willow Sunday niedziela wierzbowa, Branch Sunday niedziela rozdzkowa orApril Sunday niedziela kwietna since it takes place usually in April (not this year of course). Here are a few of the Polish Palm Sunday traditions: There was a custom to bring to church a figure of Jesus Christ riding on a donkey while the spectators threw flowers and pussy willow branches. Carrying the figure of Jesus was a honorary function – In Krakow, the town councilors did this. This was usually accompanied by a procession from…
Read MorePIEROGI MAKING CIRCLE
Join PACT for a Pierogi Making Circle and learn just how easy and fun it can be!! Has the thought of making pierogi made you nervous? It’s easy to do if you know the simple steps. Date: Saturday, March 28 Time: 1pm-4pm Where: Olivet Lutheran Church 5840 Monroe St. Sylvania, OH Fee: $25 per person for new guests $20 per person for return guests Price includes: pierogi lessons, pierogi recipes, all ingredients, taste testing, one dozen pierogi to take home, and pierogi press **Please bring rolling pin and an…
Read MorePACT has Shopka in Toledo Christmas (Holiday) Parade
This year PACT added a shopka to its parade float.Scroll down to learn more about this Polish tradition.
Read MoreWigilia Traditions
Wilgilia Tradition When the first star, known as the Gwiazdka, appears in the eastern sky, the Christmas tree is lit and that is when the feast to commemorate the birth of the Christ Child begins.
Read MorePACT Launches Capital Campaign at Polka Picnic
Pictured: City Councilman Tom Winiewski, PACT President Stan Machosky, Toledo Mayor Michael Collins and PACT Vice-President, Matt Zaleski. From the Toledo Blade, Monday, August 11, 2014: The second annual Polka Party Picnic offered far more than the expected polka dancing and kielbasa meal at St. Hyacinth Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon. At the event, the Polish -American Community of Toledo, or PACT, announced plans to launch a $1million capital campaign to raise funds to establish a Toledo area Polish-American Community Center. “A major issue is that the churches formed by some of the…
Read MoreMarch 29th Pierogi Circle
On Saturday, March 29, The Polish-American Polish American Community of Toledo (PACT) offered a Pierogi making class. A dozen people showed up to learn the process. It started with PACT showing all the steps and cooking a few, and a taste-test. Then participants were off to try it on their own — with a little PACT supervision and guidance. The event was held in the galley at The Maritime Academy of Toledo. PACT thanks The Maritime Academy of Toledo and their Chef, David Naperala (who is also Polish) for use of their facilities. Here…
Read MoreOur Lady of Czestochowa
From Catholictraditions.org: The origin of this miraculous image in Czestochowa, Poland is unknown for absolute certainty, but according to tradition the painting was a portrait of Our Lady done by St. John sometime after the Crucifixion of Our Lord and remained in the Holy Land until discovered by St. Helena of the Cross in the fourth century. The painting was taken to Constaninople, where St. Helena’s son, the Emperor Constantine, erected a church for its enthronement. This image was revered by the people of the city. During the siege by…
Read MoreSt. Nicholas Day, Dec. 6 — Dzien Świętego Mikołaja
The feast of St. Nicholas is December 6th. On this day, Sw. Mikolaj would visit the homes of people in the village, dressed in his bishop’s robes. When Sw. Mikolaj visited the children, he gave them a gift for being good and to remind them of the gifts given to the Christ Child by the Three Kings. Celebrating the feast day of Sw. Mikolaj remains popular with Polish people living all over the world. Many of the Christmas customs celebrated today are a result of the early visits made…
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