Polish City Names St. Maria Patroness
“On May 18, 2008, five years to the day that Adorers’ foundress Maria De Mattias was canonized by Pope John Paul II, the city of Boleslawiec, Poland declared her their patroness in civic ceremonies and a Mass. After World War II, Polish people who had fled their homeland for Croatia and Bosnia began to be repatriated, and with them came Sister Lidwina Sikora and seven other Adorers of the Blood of Christ. They established themselves in Boleslawiec and began serving the needs of their people. Eventually, the community grew and is now an ASC Region based in Wroclaw. The U.S. Region Leader, Sister Jan Renz, attended the ceremonies and took the photographs on these pages. The street outside the Boleslawiec Town Hall ASCs get their programs for Mass and the day’s events The Town Council meeting on May 18 when St. Maria is officially proclaimed the patroness. View heading toward the site of the Mass next to the Town Hall. The area in the town square where Mass took place. A chorus of young men and women singing before Mass Banners honoring St. Maria made by groups from different parishes. The stone plaque on the Town Hall wall identifying St. Maria as patroness.
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