Newsletter - July 21, 2017
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See Statewide Member Events Calendar
below!
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Photos above are from our Annual Meeting in Panna Maria in November 2016. See MORE PHOTOS in our 2017 directory which you can view in a FLIP-BOOK on our website!
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Above - PACT Directors and Officers, L-R: Elaine Mazurek Stephens, Sue McCarthy, Dr. Piotr Przybylski, Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz welcomed visitors to our booth.
Right - Thank you to everyone who dropped by our booth, including these two young men, Adam Novak, right, a Polish Young Farmer, and Connor Jackson, left, a Texas A&M Young Texas Farmer who recently returned from Poland. Our Vice Presidents, Elaine Mazurek Stephens, and Dr. Piotr Przybylski, welcomed them.
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We had a great time at the Bremond Polish Festival!
Thank you to the MANY people who came by our booth! It was an outstanding event!
Door Prize Winners:
Gloria Brecht - PACT Membership
Ellen Staniszewski Tablecloth from Poland
Aleksandra Tillman - Prints of Poland
Pat Holley - Painting of JPII
We were busy all day and LOVED meeting many new friends and members!
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You Are Invited to Meet and Welcome The Honorable Piotr Całbecki, Marszałek (Governor) of Kujawsko-Pomorskiego, Toruń, Poland and his Family Saturday, July 29, 2017 3:00 p.m. Chappell Hill Museum 9220 Poplar St. Chappell Hill, Texas
Please feel free to wear Polish attire, if you wish.
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Wedding in Poland attended by Dr. Mazurkiewicz
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"One of most amazing events in my life to be invited to! A once in a litetime opportunity to witness," said our President, Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, about the three-day wedding he attended in the highlands of Poland. Gratulacje to the beautiful couple, Marcin and Kasia! See more photos here: http://bit.ly/2vG0Ean Below, l-r: Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, Marcin Bobak (the groom), and Kris Krozel of Houston, at the wedding celebration.
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Your prayers are working! Our Founder, Bishop Emeritus John W Yanta, D.D., Amarillo Diocese, is gaining strength daily and even enjoying an occasional card game with some of his friends!
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Top - a visit to the Gdansk shipyards and a lesson about Solidarność.
Below - In Toruń, learning about Copernicus.
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Youth group in Poland this summer
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Dr. Piotr Przybylski, one of our VPs, accompanied a youth field trip to Poland this summer, including ten children and four adults from the
Polish Saturday School at Our Lady of Czestochow
a, Houston, July 3-10. PACT provided $300 for a portion of their travel insurance. They visited Northern Poland, including Torun, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Biskupin. The trip was organized by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship Marshal’s Office, Poland. See more photos here: Kujawsko-Pomorskie International
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Congratulations to Patrick Zając from Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas for receiving the first Polish American Council of Texas (PACT) Scholarship. Patrick will be attending Texas A&M University and majoring in Mechanical Engineering Honors Program. Scholarship presented by Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, President of PACT, on May 17.
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Learn more about the PACT Scholarship program - click
here.
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Upcoming Member Events
July 29 - Chappell Hill, Meet The Honorable Piotr Całbecki, Marszałek (Governor) of Kujawsko-Pomorskiego, Chappell Hill Museum (see invitation above)
Aug. 6 – Kosciusko, St. Ann Catholic Church, Annual Picnic
Aug. 6 - Austin, Austin Polish Society, Film Screening, 3:30pm, Manchaca Rd. Branch Library, Free
Sep. – Houston, Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church, Doznyki
Sep. 2-3 – White Deer, Jerome Rapstine Family Reunion
Sep. 3 – Chappell Hill, St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 80th Annual Parish Mass & Homecoming Bazaar
Sep. 10 – Yorktown, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Parish Festival & Craft Fair
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Save the Date for the PACT Annual Meeting Nov. 18, 2017
in Bremond!
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Dziękuję for supporting PACT! Feel free to forward our Newsletter
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