We are not religious. Not religious may be putting it lightly. I don’t mean that we just go to church or temple for the big holidays. Our attendance is much less frequent than that, as in we only go…
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When I tell people that the school doesn’t get it, this is what I mean. Jak boga nie kocham, Chris is not impressed. Here’s one very creative and colorful bulletin board which welcomes students and teachers alike. It looks…
Poland is often called a Catholic country. I am not even sure what that means exactly. In my experience it means that some people are devout believers in god and church, others believe in god but maybe not the…
Life in Poland
A Wedding on August 15, The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw (1920)…
czyli Why Do Our Friends Hate Us?No, no, I’m just joking. We were honored to be invited to share this important event with our friends and the wedding was lovely. The bride looked gorgeous, just perfect. The usually casually…
Vice-Principal: We strive to make our school a welcoming place for our students. And I see that this an extremely important issue for you as parents. What to do? What to do? Parent a.k.a. Misiu: It is not extremely…
If you can read in Polish, I recommend this article from Gazeta Wyborcza. It’s an interview with Professor Romuald Dębski and his description of how to have a conscience and do your job too.…
This week approximately 3000 Polish doctors signed a “Declaration of Faith” in which it is stated that they shall treat patients putting god’s law before man’s. By god’s law they mean Christianity, well actually Catholicism.Whatever, right? Unfortunately not. These…
Recently someone posed me the question I believe made popular by the latest book and film based on a true story, “Heaven Is For Real”. I was asked, “If you knew heaven was for real, wouldn’t you change the…
…I think you missed the point.You can disagree with Halloween in Poland for many reasons. I’m American and I celebrate Halloween in Poland for one reason and one reason only – my children. I didn’t celebrate Halloween here before…
As some of you know, the topic of religion and the role of religion in the public sphere is very close to my heart. Here’s my opinion in a nutshell. I feel that we shouldn’t press our religious or…
