Pinoys In Poland

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/228833/pinoy-abroad/pinoys-hold-marian-pilgrimage-in-poland Several Filipino devotees participated in an outreach program of the Philippine Embassy in Poland during their Marian pilgrimage there on July 30 and 31. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday the outreach was the first outside Warsaw by embassy staff led by Philippine Ambassador to Poland Edgardo Manuel. In a news release, the DFA said Manuel led embassy officers and staff in paying tribute to the Matki Bożej Królowej Świata (Madonna, Queen of Nations/Our Lady Mediatrix of All Nations, Domacyno). Nearly 100 Filipinos and Polish nationals from across Poland convened for the Filipino Summer Gathering 2011, the DFA said. The two-day event began with a Mass at the foot of the hill where the statue of the Madonna sculpted by award-winning Filipino sculptor Eduardo Castrillo, sits. The statue by Castrillo was brought to Poland through a donation of Stefan Masternak of A...

http://philembassy.pl/news_and_updates_1.html 9 August 2011- In its first outreach to the Filipino community outside Warsaw, Philippine Ambassador to Poland Edgardo Manuel led the Embassy officers and staff in paying tribute to the Matki Bożej Królowej Świata (Madonna, Queen of Nations/Our Lady Mediatrix of All Nations, Domacyno) along with close to 100 Filipinos and Polish nationals from across Poland who convened for the Filipino Summer Gathering 2011. The two-day event held last July 30 and 31 commenced with a holy mass at the foot of the hill where the statue of the Madonna sits. Sculpted by award-winning Filipino sculptor Eduardo Castrillo, the Madonna was brought to Poland through a donation of Mr. Stefan Masternak of Australia and Mr. Manuel Go of the Philippines. Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, together with the bishops of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg and the Diocese of Szczecin-Kamien, consecrated the Madonna on 29 October 1995. The Deputy Mayor of Karlino Piotr Wó...

Poland prepares for one of its most important WWII anniversaries. August 1st will mark the 67th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, a heroic struggle by the Polish Home Army to liberate Warsaw from Nazi occupation during World War II. Although resistors were heavily outnumbered and the promised Allied help failed to materialize, they battled for 63 days in a conflict that would ultimately claim over 250,000 lives. This year there are numerous events taking place around Warsaw to observe this landmark event in Polish history. One hundred thousand leaflets will be dropped on the capital from a Hercules plane to encourage both residents and tourists to honour the 67 anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising with a minute’s silence this Monday at 5pm. “This project aims to honour the uprisers and remind Varsovians that when the sirens wail at 5pm, to stop and remember those who fought for the capital,” said Director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum Jan Oldakowski. The flight ...