Author: Nieznany
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50th Ordination Anniversary & Visitors from Bytow 2013
On Saturday, June 1, 2013, the Polish Museum’s founder, Reverend Paul Breza, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Special guests, representing Winona’s sister city of Bytow, Poland, were Mayor Ryszard Sylka, Council Chair Leszek Waszkiewicz, and educator/translator Asia Malek. A special 4 pm Mass was offered at the Basilica…
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Museum Annex Renamed For Don and Marianne (Breza) Morrison
The Polish Museum of Winona is proud to announce that the Museum Annex has been renamed in honor of longtime supporters Don and Marianne (Breza) Morrison. In addition to being one of the original incorporators of the Polish Cultural Institute in 1979, Marianne was also inducted into Winona’s Polish Hall of Fame in 2011. This…
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Visit from Polish Consul-General 2013
On Sunday, May 5, 2013 the Polish Museum’s founder, Father Paul Breza, received the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. On hand to present this medal to Father Paul was the Consul General of the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Chicago, Ms. Paulina Kapuścińska. For a YouTube…
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New on the Website 04/29/2013
My first month as blogger and History Nerd here at polishmuseumwinona.org has been a fairly busy one. I am endlessly grateful to Father Paul for letting me appoint myself to this lofty position. I am also grateful to our Web Administrator, Pete Kleinschmidt, for setting up this website back in the spring of 2011 and…