I believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior and spiritual Regenerator of the world. (Confession of Faith of the P.N.C.C.) During this time of the year, we begin to notice that after months of cold and barren landscape, the greenness of nature is once again returning. Life blooms forth and our outlook is enlivened. And of […]
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Having now come through the season of Great Lent, we have now, in a particular way, walked the passion of our Lord and Savior along with Him. We have done this liturgically as we have attended the Stations of the Cross, but of course this is a meditation on an even greater reality. This reality
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During the last two weeks of Great Lent our attention during the liturgy and also in our prayer life turns more and more to the Passion and Death of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The services and practices of these two weeks speak to us strongly and help us to more fully participate in
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February 18, 2015 begins the season of Great Lent once again this year. We, as Polish National Catholics, have traveled through 3 weeks of preparation for this time of reflection and penitential action and now we find ourselves beginning the time of reforming ourselves. We have heard about the attitude that we are to have during this
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During the recent XXIV General Synod which was held in Erie, Pennsylvania, the delegates and guests had an opportunity to share their thoughts and dreams for the Polish National Catholic Church and also to find some concrete ways to bring them to reality. All of us, including me, were on a real high upon returning from
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“In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David.
During this month of November, our attention always seems to turn to thanksgiving. Maybe first and foremost we focus on the chance for our families and friends to be together. Relatives that we have not seen in a while come home and students come back from university. And maybe secondly we are focused on the
During autumn, in many ways we turn our attention to family. This is true during the secular holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving, but it is especially true for us within the Church as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Christian Family in October. During this Solemnity we hear in the readings the importance of our
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During the months of September and October, the Polish National Catholic Church celebrates the unique solemnities of Brotherly Love and Christian Family. Very early in the history of the P.N.C.C. the Church wished to emphasize these important aspects of Church life and so Bishop Hodur proposed to the General Synods the Christian concepts which lie
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As of the writing of this post we are about a month and a half away from the commencement of the XXIV General Synod of the Polish National Catholic Church in Erie, Pennsylvania within the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Diocese. As it is for each of our parishes, I am sure that this is a time both of excitement, as well
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