Solemn Mass for the Victims of the Polish Presidential Plane Crash
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco Bay Area Polish American organizations, which stand united in honoring the victims of the Polish presidential plane crash on April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia are inviting everyone to attend the Solemn Mass for the Victims of that terrible tragedy. This is an opportunity for the people of the Bay Area to come together with the local Polish community in support, solidarity, and hope.
This tragedy occurred on the 70th Anniversary of the Katyn Forest Massacre where Soviet agents, on the orders of Joseph Stalin, deliberately executed 22,000 Polish officers, clergy, and intelligentsia in the hopes of extinguishing the elite of Poland.
In the recent plane crash many of the elite of present-day Poland perished, including President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 others – officers, clergy, intelligentsia and some family members of those killed in 1940, on their way to honor those who died in 1940.
Please join this coming Saturday in the time of sorrow.
Time: 5:30 p.m., Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Location: St. Mary's Cathedral of the Assumption, Geary and Gough, San Francisco
Principal Celebrant: Father John Talesfore |
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Organist: Chris Tietze |
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Liturgy Director: Doug Benbow |
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Participating Organizations: |
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Polish American Congress – an umbrella Polish American organization since 1944 |
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Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Poland in San Francisco |
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Polish Arts and Culture Foundation |
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East Bay Polish American Association, Martinez |
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Polish American Engineers Club of Silicon Valley |
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Veterans of the Polish Home Army (AK) |
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Polish Club of San Francisco |
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Polish Boy and Girl Scout Troops of the Bay Area |
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John Paul II Polish Schools in Walnut Creek and Union City |
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www.PoloniaSF.org |
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SOURCE Polish American Congress - Northern California Division
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