St Marys High School - Salute Yearbook (New Baltimore, MI)

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St Hyacinth - Detroit, Mich. It is no exaggeration to say that in its churches is enshrined much, if not most, of Polonia's glori- ous achievement. Through the years Polish Ameri- cans have built many churches -- large and small. ornate and simple, but all testifying to the deep faith and earnest sacrifice of the builders. These churches also best exemplify the architectural beauties of Polonian communities. The first original Polish-American church no longer exists. Destroyed by fire in 1877, its site is presently occupied by the second church of the Im- maculate Conception at Panna. Maria, Texas, de- signed, financed and built by the parishioners them- selves. A splendid Romanesque structure of yellow brick is St. Hyacinth's Church in Detroit. The seat of auxiliary bishop Stephen VVoinicki, it is a Polish- American landmark as well as an outstanding edi- fice in the city. Two fine examples of the Polish-American Gothic are found in the Sacred Heart Church at Syracuse St. Adalbert - Buffalo, N. Y. uy. gk . sl -- -1 .- I 5 - 5 ' I' Map: - ,SA 53 'V 5 . -f'f..,j'y O ' ', , ,WEE-5 'lffia-wsgfilefgligg I 'S A .,g. 'D 1 . V 'rs L : f ,ze : 5, if ' ' I :Q yU',f'.,,, 2? .EQ 5 w,,,,z - 5 i 1 .hunger '11, 5 1 iw D E, 3?,c,...a-'M' '1 5-27 Q z , . 4' w 13. , 1. Poloni n St. Casimir - Baltimore, Md.

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lmerican Ilia ic More than painting, music is fast becoming the leading artistic preoccupation of Americans of Polish descent, born or bred in the United States, awakening to the creative possibilities of their European herit- agc. Much credit for this must go to the Chicago Polish Arts Club, which has three decades of splendid cultural achievement in the fine arts behind it. Among Polish-American pianists 15-year old Sylvia. Zaremba of Springfield, Mass. reveals extraordinary talents which have won critical acclaim in New York and Boston. Another concert favorite is prodigiouslv versatile 21-year old California-born Ruth Slenczyn- ska. The latest and youngest prodigy is a 12-year old Chicagoan. Zenon Tuczynski. Established pianists of note are: the brilliantly sensitive Chicago-born Thaddeus Kozuch: the versa- tile poetic New Yorker. William Koprowskig Raymond Dyczkowski of the Buffalo Philharmonic: and Alex- ander Brachocki a pupil of Paderewski. Concert violinists of 'distiction include: Antoinette Zebrowska acclaimed as the world's best woman violinist and finest interpreter of W'ienia.wskig Stephen Hero of the Dayton Symphony Orchestra: and Anthony Wanat of Maryland. Leading vocalists are: Virginia 1Wallacel Wleklin- ska of concert and radio fame: Paula. Zwane and Harriette Konopka sopranos: Tadeusz Sztuka concert tenor: radio singers Caroline Urbanek and Genia Zielinska: and Ann Kuzak of the New York Opera Co. Of special interest is Rev. Henry Waraksa's direc- tion of the SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary Schola Cantorum in the annual N. B. C. broadcast of Polish Kolendy. Also active director-composers are the Feli- cian Sisters M. Bonaventura. M. Caecilia, and M. Elzearia. , !A'ltllIl!PI' llflglffllfllf L SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary's l'Vitkowski's Silver Bell Schola Cantorum Virginia fWallace9 Wleklinska Thaddeus Kozuch Rev. Henry Waraksa .5 William Koprowski Sylvia Zaremba

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Sacred Heart - Syracuse, N. Y. Churche Sweetest Heart of Mary - Detroit, Mich. Villa St. Felix - Plymouth WIICII and in St. Stephen's Church at Perth Amboy. The latter vies with St. Florian's Church in Hamtramck as perhaps the outstanding Polonian Gothic edifice. Certainly the most interesting, if not also the finest, specimen of monastic style is Villa St. Felix, the Felician Sisters' Convent at Plymouth. An adap- tation of Northern Italian Lombard, it is dominated by a splendidly severe Chapel flanked by two stone domes. The interiors of many Polish-American churches contain works of art - painting, murals, stained glass, carvings, mosaics, classic altars. Perhaps the two outstanding Polonian altars are those in Sweetest Heart of Mary Church in Detroit and in St. Casimir's Church in Baltimore. The latter is the only replica of Donatello's world-famous St. Anthony Altar. Typical of the best in Polish-American church murals is The Slaying of St. Adalbert painted by J. Mazur in St. Adalbert's Church, Buffalo. 2 ggmfar gz4!b1u.1Lz' St. Stephen - Perth Amboy, N. J.