golfaddict1 Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 @Slotback Right for you especially. November 1st My daughter shared this for me and I wanted to share with the board. They (Wife, daughter, parents in law) took a bus to the cemetery this evening. You can imagine how difficult it is to park a car in the area, with so many visitors. I’m not religious, but this scene annually on November 1st is very spiritual and magical in its display to me. I have candles lit at home since midnight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 One more my daughter sent… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotback Right Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 I love the lights. We are Roman Catholics like most of Poland. Attended 6 pm Mass today Yesterday. We celebrate with flowers on my wife's parents graves, but the candles add a lot. My father-in-law was of Polish-Irish descent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 7 hours ago, Slotback Right said: I love the lights. We are Roman Catholics like most of Poland. Attended 6 pm Mass today Yesterday. We celebrate with flowers on my wife's parents graves, but the candles add a lot. My father-in-law was of Polish-Irish descent. Wanted to share some info on my wife’s family’s church with you and also where my wife and I got married (also married in USA months prior, so all family witnessed my wife’s mistake). 😂 http://www.mogila.cystersi.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=170 More general info for everyone else who cares… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogiła_Abbey My son was baptized in the main church described above, while my daughter was baptized in the small wood church across the street from the monastery. Some photos of the church taken the other day I’ll add shortly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Some Poland solidarnosc (solidarity) history… This young man was buried in the same cemetery as my wife’s grandparents. Washington Post article (and a good one) for details. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/21/polish-worker-buried-as-hero/a9b61ff5-a744-4a57-acaf-fdb6d603057d/ Someone in nearly every family in that region (Nowa Huta) worked at the large steel factory, incl my wife’s. Every visit that I’ve had to Krakow, I’ve walked past there (16 times I believe is the current count). As you can see, it is a very popular visit in that cemetery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonereal Posted November 2, 2023 Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 11/1/2023 at 2:27 PM, golfaddict1 said: @Slotback Right for you especially. November 1st My daughter shared this for me and I wanted to share with the board. They (Wife, daughter, parents in law) took a bus to the cemetery this evening. You can imagine how difficult it is to park a car in the area, with so many visitors. I’m not religious, but this scene annually on November 1st is very spiritual and magical in its display to me. I have candles lit at home since midnight. Thanks for the thread! My ancestral home home, dad's side, is from Krakow although I have never been there. Also, I had forgotten it was all Saints day. I am not in the least religious but I am so steeped in in the catholic dogma that I attended weekly service and holy days either in person or virtually. I am fortunate my parish from Manhattan steams services. The music and organ is exquisite, nothing like a normal church service. I play it on one one my better systems and it's wonderful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotback Right Posted November 3, 2023 Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 16 hours ago, golfaddict1 said: Wanted to share some info on my wife’s family’s church with you and also where my wife and I got married (also married in USA months prior, so all family witnessed my wife’s mistake). 😂 http://www.mogila.cystersi.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=170 More general info for everyone else who cares… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogiła_Abbey My son was baptized in the main church described above, while my daughter was baptized in the small wood church across the street from the monastery. Some photos of the church taken the other day I’ll add shortly. Wow! Very impressive indeed! And the story about the The Sanctuary Of The Holy Cross Of The Cistercian Abbey In Mogiła from the first link was extremely interesting. And the Polish Renaissance painter Stanisław Samostrzelnik, mentioned in the second link sounds like a Polish Michelangelo! The stories had me searching through some family albums looking for names of my wife's Polish relatives to see if any of the names in the article were the same as any of her relatives. Stanislaw appeared a couple of times, and her grandmother's first name wasn't too far off from Kazimir the Great (Casimire). 🙂 Thank you for posting this...very interesting indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2023 My pleasure @Slotback Right. I’ll be traveling to Poland (Germany also) next June. There is a famous marketplace in the Krakow main square with traditional Polish and spiritual items for sale. I’ll do my best to try and remember to do some shopping for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 @Slotback Right one more link article. 😊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary's_Trumpet_Call As my wife pans to the left, you’ll see a building and that’s the marketplace. Inside of marketplace photo (random people). “Sukiennice” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2023 Wawel Castle pics (partial) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 I have friends whose families were from Poland. They always raved about the beauty of Krakow. I have been to Prague and Budapest, but Krakow is on my must-see list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 43 minutes ago, Bormio said: I have friends whose families were from Poland. They always raved about the beauty of Krakow. I have been to Prague and Budapest, but Krakow is on my must-see list. I’ve been to Budapest, but never Prague (Praha as I call it). I’ve been to Czech (now I guess Czechia but I hate saying it 😂). Krakow has an impressive large main square, but Prague’s is even bigger. Must be some sight and hope to finally see it one visit. Next summer maybe, depending on schedule. But I don’t think so. If you ever book PL, let me know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted November 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2023 @Slotback Right my wife arrived home yesterday afternoon. Some very nice food and snacks in the fridge. Outside the fridge, fresh picked mushrooms from a forest and dried. Wife’s aunt shared a bottle of blessed Holy Water from a summer Pilgrimage with us. The aunt has done 3 I believe thus far. My MIL took in one pilgrimage with her. I’ll make a calendar note and we can PM in case you’re interested in anything else. My wife will be back in spring and hopefully the whole fam in June. I’ll ask her before next trip actually re: blessed holy water. I don’t think we will, but if we do happen to fly into Warsaw, maybe we’ll figure a car route to Częstochowa (Black Madonna) @DevilDog I got your back don’t worry. There is a store inside for purchases. How’s your wifi? 😂 I’ll be in touch also. Not sure a car rental is in play. We’ll be in Germany first then Poland then… open currently. I’d like to see Praha finally. I’d also like to see the trumpets playing and seeing the Black Madonna. I’m not religious, but that gets me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Częstochowa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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