Mass to commemorate Polish Constitution Day at Saint Stan’s

29 April, 2010 Christopher Byrd

Jan Matejko's 9x15 ft painting executed on the centenary of the passage of the Constitution shows Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland, being bourn in triumph from the Royal Palace, seen in the background where the Constitution had just been passed, to Warsaw's St. John's Cathedral. The painting hangs in the National Museum in Warsaw.

A mass and program will be held on Sunday May 2, 2010 at noon at St. Stanislaus Church with SPK veterans to commemorate Polish Constitution Day that falls on May 3. A reception will follow in Marian Hall.

The Constitution of May 3, 1791 was Europe’s first and the world’s second modern constitution, following the 1788 ratification of the United States Constitution. [read more about Polish Constitution here]

The date is also a national holiday for Poland and is celebrated in many Polish communities in America and around the world.