May Crowning at St. Casimir, Polish Constitution Parade
At Saint Casimir, the parish-in-exile had a May Crowning of Mary with their weekly prayer service, on the lawn of the closed convent. It was a very breezy and overcast late morning.
New signs and posters were placed on the fence outside the shuttered church. Amongst the several, there were ones celebrating the canonisation of Pope John Paul II, and a collage of images of the church closures in the diocese (and the country). On the lock of the chains the words, 'The church has the funding...Why is the bishop locking the doors to our home?', appear. 
At the Polish Constitution Parade on Fleet, in Cleveland, there marched contingent units from St. Casimir, St. Wendelin, St. Barbara and St. Patrick (West Park).
The parade staged at Washington Park, Newburgh Heights, and crossed over the Fleet bridge above I-77. The parade then began in front of St. John Nepomucene and continued to St. Stanislaus.
Now the parade is not a religious affair. It is a celebration of the modern Constitution of Poland of 3 May 1791. The parade is a celebration of Polish culture and Polonia. It is impossible not to have an authentic parade without the recognition and participation of the national faith.
An actress portrayed Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first person to be awarded two Nobel prizes. First an one for Physics in 1903, and later for Chemistry in 1911.
The icon of St. Stanislaus of Krakow and John Paul II was on display before the altar. The icon had been recently updated. In the morning, John Paul was beatified in Rome. An halo was added to his image on the icon. St. Stanislaus is always grandly decorated for holidays. It is to be remembered, that, not only was to-day the Octave of Easter (which shares in Resurrection Sunday), it was also Divine Mercy Sunday (the eve of John Paul's death). The Divine Mercy of Jesus devotion is also the patronage of St. Casimir-in-Exile, and the Endangered Catholics group.
At Saint Casimir, the parish-in-exile had a May Crowning of Mary with their weekly prayer service, on the lawn of the closed convent. It was a very breezy and overcast late morning.
New signs and posters were placed on the fence outside the shuttered church. Amongst the several, there were ones celebrating the canonisation of Pope John Paul II, and a collage of images of the church closures in the diocese (and the country). On the lock of the chains the words, 'The church has the funding...Why is the bishop locking the doors to our home?', appear. 
At the Polish Constitution Parade on Fleet, in Cleveland, there marched contingent units from St. Casimir, St. Wendelin, St. Barbara and St. Patrick (West Park).
The parade staged at Washington Park, Newburgh Heights, and crossed over the Fleet bridge above I-77. The parade then began in front of St. John Nepomucene and continued to St. Stanislaus.
Now the parade is not a religious affair. It is a celebration of the modern Constitution of Poland of 3 May 1791. The parade is a celebration of Polish culture and Polonia. It is impossible not to have an authentic parade without the recognition and participation of the national faith.
An actress portrayed Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first person to be awarded two Nobel prizes. First an one for Physics in 1903, and later for Chemistry in 1911.
The icon of St. Stanislaus of Krakow and John Paul II was on display before the altar. The icon had been recently updated. In the morning, John Paul was beatified in Rome. An halo was added to his image on the icon. St. Stanislaus is always grandly decorated for holidays. It is to be remembered, that, not only was to-day the Octave of Easter (which shares in Resurrection Sunday), it was also Divine Mercy Sunday (the eve of John Paul's death). The Divine Mercy of Jesus devotion is also the patronage of St. Casimir-in-Exile, and the Endangered Catholics group.
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