Mount Saint Marys College - Eagle Yearbook (Orchard Lake, MI)

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PULISH AMEHIII FHATEH AL UHBA IZATIU S The history of the fourteen leading Polish American fraternal organizations reviewed in this yearbook dates back to the nineteenth cen- tury. Chronologically speaking, the first to appear was the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, which was founded in 1873. The next fifty years saw the rise of the remaining thirteen fraternals, with the United Polish Women of America, which was established in 1932, being the youngest. Eight of the fraternals were started in the nineteenth century: the Polish Roman Catho- lic Union of America Q18731g the Polish National Alliance Q18801g the Polish Fal- cons of America Q18861 3 the Polish Union of the United States of America Q18901g the Alliance of Poles in America Q18951g the Polish Womenis Alliance of America Q18981g the Polish Beneficial Association Q18991. Five fraternals were established during the twentieth century. Four of them appeared before World War 1: the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn Q19031g the Associa- tion of the Sons of Poland Q19031g the Pol- ish Alma Mater of America Q19'101g and the Polish Union of America Q19171. Only two fraternals were founded after the war-the Union of Polish Women in America Q19201 and the United Polish Women of America Q 19321. Illinois and Pennsylvania are the birth- place of eight of the fourteen fraternals. Five-the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, the Polish Falcons, the Polish Women's Alliance of America, the Polish Alma Mater of America and the United Pol- ish Women of America were founded in Illi- nois. Three others-the Polish Beneficial Association, the Polish National Alliance of America, and the Union of Polish Women in America-were organized in Pennsylvania. Two were founded in New York: the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn and the Pol- ish Union of America. The remaining four appeared in as many states: the Polish Union of the United States of North America Qin Minnesota1, the Polish Association of America Qin Wisconsin1, the Alliance of Poles in America Qin Ohio1, and the Associa- tion of the Sons of Poland Qin New Jersey1. The multiple objectives of the fourteen or- ganizations are very much alike. Their com- mon purpose is insurance, or the sale of in- surance policies. However, insurance is not the only purpose. The other purposes may be summed up as follows: Q11 to unify immigrants of Polish and Slavic descent by means of religious, moral and material aid in time of needg Q21 to foster among them a new love for their adopted country, as well as to keep their old love for their fatherland, their language, cus- toms and cultureg Q31 to develop in youth a better understanding of American patriotism and loyalty, and help them to become better citizens, conscious of their obligations and fulfilling them honorablyg to inculcate in men and women alike the finest ideals of the Polish heritage. The Museum and Archives of the Polish Roman Catholic Union are among the finest in the United States and hold the episcopal robes and vessels of the Servant of God, Archbishop John B. Cieplak.