{"id":2242,"date":"2008-12-12T20:14:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T00:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2008-12-12T20:14:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T00:14:44","slug":"a-polonian-examination-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2008\/12\/a-polonian-examination-of-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"A Polonian examination of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Polonian examination of conscience
\nCzyli o poddawaniu si\u00ea katolickiej polonii
\n<\/strong>Part I of III\u00a0 (Rev. Dr. Czeslaw M. Krysa President, Association of Priests for Polish Affairs of WNY)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis isn\u2019t really different from our get-togethers!\u201d exclaimed a Texan-born, Methodist convert at one of Polonia\u2019s most popular Wigilia celebrations.<\/p>\n

Not much different? Five years ago, I was surprised, not today. Most of my parishioners who break wafers don\u2019t know that sharing means forgiveness.<\/p>\n

Take this, except for a Canadian appearance at a local Dyngus Day extravaganza, most gatherings resemble honky-tonks with vodka and kielbasa replacing beer and nachos.<\/p>\n

Media hype over the annual Broadway Market pilgrimages for placek and horseradish is presided over by the spring rodent (known as \u201cbunny\u201d by some) and chru\u0153ciki girls with long fuzzy ears. Last Holy Week I asked a 20-something, crumbed babka and kielbasa bearing couple, if they ever blessed their food. They, answered, \u201cWhat?\u201d At least there\u2019s a Butter Lamb photo op.<\/p>\n

Pol-Ams brag in newspapers about eating smoked pork on Good Friday, pre-Dyngus Day celebrations on that same high-fast day, \u0152wi\u00eaconka during Lent, made me think that the only thing the Broadway-Fillmore market lacks is a beer license. Pussy willows have become \u201cSadie Hawkins\u201d switches, rather than Palm Sunday branches.<\/p>\n

[read rest of the story at AM-POL Eagle<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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