Catholic Church in Poland
‘Niedziela’ – an assistant to parish priest, auxiliary to the metropolitan…
Fr Marek Luczak talks to Rev. Msgr. Ireneusz Skubis, the editor-in-chief of ‘Niedziela,’ on the 30th anniversary of the reactivation of the weekly and the 50th anniversary of his priesthood.
There are no coincidences in life; there are signs
Lidia Dudkiewicz
Traditionally, at the beginning of Lent, just after Ash Wednesday, the members of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem had their retreats at Jasna Gora. »
The property of the Church and social awareness
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
On 1 March 2011 Polish TV1 broadcasted a journalistic programme ‘I have a different opinion’ by Krzysztof Ziemiec and Marek Zajac, concerning the Property Commission created by the government and the Church. »
Jadwiga Michalczyk
Everyone who was lucky and honoured to be within Archbishop Wielgus’s radiant wisdom could see his heroic, sacrificial work and desires of his heart that Poland was the Most Serene Republic where happy people lived. »
Polish MPs before the Picture of Our Lady
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
Poland it is customary that our MPs make a pilgrimage to Jasna Gora on 2 February, the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Several dozen MPs and senators usually come to Our Lady on that day. »
Religious congregations – strong with prayer
Artur Stelmasiak
Recently the number of religious vocations has decreased. However, we do not face any danger of empty monasteries because the situation is stabilising. »
Archbishop Jozef Michalik
I wholeheartedly welcome all our distinguished guests – representatives of the Governor, Self-Government and Local Government. I am glad to address you on behalf of the organisers. »
Return of the Feast of the Three Kings
Dominik Rozanski
When Gomulka’s bill liquidating the day of 6 January as a public holiday was passed in the autumn of 1960, Poles were deprived of the possibility of celebrating the Feast of the Three Kings in a worthy way. After 50 years the public holiday was restored. »
Let us not allow any separation from our Shepherds!
Fr Zbigniew Suchy
It was during a Christmas meeting of the group ‘Odrodzenie’ (people from the circle of Catholic intelligentsia where I worked as a moderator) with Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski on 21 February 1981. »
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
It was during a Christmas meeting of the group ‘Odrodzenie’ (people from the circle of Catholic intelligentsia where I worked as a moderator) with Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski on 21 February 1981. »
Artur Stelmasiak
The National Temple of Divine Providence is an unfinished building now. But it is not the end of costly works. »
New contest of ‘Niedziela’
Christmas is so beautiful, colourful and first of all, it abounds in special experiences and reflections. It reminds us that the fact that happened in Bethlehem and the sequence of events connected with Jesus, the Son of God, who became man, are ones of the most important, crucial events in the history of mankind and the whole universe. »
Rev. Professor Tadeusz Styczen – about friendship building the civilisation of life
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
He could observe at close range the life and thought of Fr Karol Wojtyla. He was not ashamed of tears of happiness when his Teacher became Pope. He accompanied him throughout all his years spent in the Vatican, until the last moments of John Paul II’s life. »
Unjust accusations towards the Property Commission
The two-day 353rd plenary session of the Polish Bishops’ Conference ended in Warsaw on 29 September 2010. The new Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Celestino Migliore participated in the meeting for the first time. »
Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, OFMCap