Bronislawa Dubiel was born September 3, 1923

Bronisława Dubiel Pankiewicz (1rst cousin 1x removed) was born September 3, 1923. Her parents were Paulina (Raczkiewicz) and Jan Dubiel. Bronislawa was their first born child of six children. She was born about a month before Mary Raczkiewicz went to the US to meet her brothers Jan, Anthony and Joseph. She lived in Rogozno near her brother Jan. She married a brother of Jan’s wife --Stanislaw Pankiewicz. Bronislawa and Stanislaw had six children -- Zbigniew, Elżbieta, Grzegorz, Boleslaw, Krystyna and Henryka. Their children would be my second cousins. I have not had the opportunity to find out about them. Bronislaw died in 2011 (I am not sure of the month and day.) She was 88 years old. Her husband had died 30 years before she did.

Catholic Church In Tomaszow Lubelski: Past & Present

The website also includes information about the history of the church: Historical view The parish was established in 1621. The present wooden parish church was built in 1727. The original one was founded in 1627 by the ordinate Tomasz Zamoyski. Rebuilt in 1727 and renovated after the destruction of World War I and II. In 1832, it was consecrated by Bishop Józef Marceli Dzięćlski. Church of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tomaszów, is one of the most valuable monuments of sacred wooden architecture in Poland. There is a miraculous painting of Our Lady of the Scapular in the temple. The church has a log structure on a brick foundation. It was built on a rectangular plan with a straight-ended presbytery and a wooden choir. The façade is crowned with two square towers topped with cupolas. The interior of the church is decorated with elements of the 18th-century polychrome on the nave walls, the rood beam and the choir sill. There are marbling on the pillars and cornices. Extremely valuable elements of the equipment are: a baroque rood beam with a crucifixion group from the first half of the 17th century and a pulpit, a stone baptismal font, rococo stalls and confessionals. The mannerist main altar dates back to the 17th century. In its lower part there are relics of St. Felix and the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Scapular. The cult of Our Lady in Tomaszów, venerated in the image of Our Lady of the Scapular, dates back to the 17th century. According to sources, an unknown person placed the painting in 1652 in the chapel of St. Wojciech, located in Przedmieście Lwowskie. From the sandy hill on which the chapel stood, the place was called "na Piaski". The chapel was in the place where the townspeople of Tomaszów, in 1636, erected a statue as an expression of the extraordinary presence of God, where "pious persons ... saw unusual light, processye by Angels, burning candles and torches in the air, as signs that she chose this place for herself. for the apartment of the Blessed Virgin Mary ". The image of the Mother of God quickly found publicity as famous for its graces. The Swedes retreating from Zamość in 1656 destroyed the chapel and took the image of the Mother of God to a military camp. A Swedish soldier was carrying the painting under the saddle, but when his horse fell, he tore it in anger and abandoned it. The desecrated painting was found and taken home by two noblewomen from Tomaszów. With time, they moved to Lviv, and placed the image of the Tomaszów Lady in the furrier chapel of the Latin cathedral in Lviv. Soon, votive offerings followed him. After a few years, when the chapel destroyed by the Swedes was rebuilt in Tomaszów (1662), the townspeople asked for the miraculous painting to be returned. Ultimately it happened thanks to the support of Archbishop Wojciech Koryciński. The image of the Mother of God returned to its former place, and in the furrier's chapel, silver votive offerings remained as evidence of his presence there. The image of Our Lady of Tomaszów left the chapel again in 1672. In the face of the threat from the Turkish army, the townspeople took the painting to the Zamość fortress, from where it returned after the war to the parish church, and then to the chapel in Piaski. In view of the growing cult of the image, a brick church was built in the years 1721-25 in Tomaszów's Piaski in order to provide better service to pilgrims. Its founder was the castellan of Kiev, Józef Potocki, who was asked to save his life during the war riots in front of the Tomaszów painting of the Mother of God. In 1727, Trinitarians were brought to Tomaszów and they settled at the church in Piaski. The monks looked after the place of worship of Our Lady of Tomaszów and St. Adalbert until the dissolution of the redemption in 1783. After the dissolution of the order, the church furnishings together with the miraculous image of Our Lady of Tomaszów were transferred to the parish church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where it remains to this day. The year 1994 was extremely important in the history of the Tomaszów Sanctuary, which was proclaimed the Year of Our Lady of Tomaszów in the Zamość-Lubaczów diocese. At the request of Jan Śrutwa, Bishop of Zamość-Lubaczów, who came from the parish of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the centuries-old cult of Our Lady of the Scapular in Tomaszów Lubelski was confirmed by the "papal brief" of John Paul II on February 2, 1994, allowing the solemn coronation of the image. The miraculous image of Our Lady of Tomaszowska was crowned on July 17, 1994. The act of coronation was made by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk. The ceremony took place with the participation of 23 bishops and over 60,000 believers (also from Ukraine).

Thomas Komor Born August 29, 1994

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Darius Bielak --from the family of Stanislawa Raczkiewicz

Meeting relatives from different branches of the family helps develop our family tree. I had the opportunity to connect with another relative -- Darius Bielak (my 2nd cousin 1 time removed.) He is a grandson of Wladyslaw Bielak (my 2nd cousin), who was born in 1922. Mary Raczkiewicz (later Kufta) was Wladyslaw’s godmother. (The next year Mary went to the U.S.) Wladyslaw is a son of Stanislawa (Raczkiewicz) Bielak (my great aunt.) The other children that Stanislawa had were Stanislaw, Wanda and Maria. When Stanislawa died in 1957 at the age of 62, she was sick and had a stroke. About our family history, Darius said, “So we have checked the details, you have caused a bit of excitement in my household. Dad runs to his mum to pick her brains like every 20 minutes.” and “I think you may have inspired a few of us to dig into the research of our extended tree.” I am excited that from them that we will learn more about Stanislawa (and the past) as well as her descendents.

Janina (Bender) Raczkiewicz' Testimony on August 25, 2010 on the Death of Franciszek Raczkiewicz

On August 25, 2010 -- eleven years ago -- the wife of the youngest of the Raczkiewicz siblings dictated a story. I found that story on the family tree of Tomasz Raczkiewicz in the past year and was able to verify a family tragedy that happened in Poland which my mother had heard about as a young girl. My Mom told me, “There were letters that came back and forth from Poland. What I remember is my mom said that Dad’s brother got shot or killed stealing his own corn for food.” Franciszek was killed by the Germans in the Zamosc Rotunda. The Germans had taken his farm away from him. The story about this was told by the widow of Franciszek’s brother Boleslaw. Franciszek was the 8th of nine children and Boleslaw was the youngest. Janina (Bender) Raczkiewicz was 95 years old when she told the story and it was written down. She died later that year. She was likely the last person remaining of the nine siblings and their spouses. Janina was relaying events that happened in 1943 to her soon-to-be husband’s brother. She would have been 28 years old at the time. The siblings that were in the area at the time were Boleslaw, who would have been around 36 years old, Paulina and Piotr, who would have been in their 40s and Stanislawa who would have been almost 50. Their oldest brother Jan was back in Poland, near Poznan, and was possibly also deceased by the time Franciszek died. In the United States, Antoni and Joe would have been in their early 50s. Their sister Mary was in her late 40s. We know the siblings in the U.S. heard about the death from the letters that were sent back and forth. It is really valuable that on August 25, 2010, the effort was made to ask Janina about this story, write it down and make it available for others searching our family history. ***** Relacja Janiny Bender - mojej babci zlożona 25.08.2010. Nasiedleńcom do Sabaudii zwanymi Czarniuchy lub Rumuńcy oddano pola i nie pozwlano Polakom zebrać z nich plonów. Za zbieranie swoich plonów groziła smierć. Franek wraz z żoną wyjechał do Łaszczowa. Po pewnyym czasie wrócił żeby zabrać po cichu coś z pola. wg cioci Wany (relacja z dn. 25.08.2010) pojechał po jabłka, kartofle, może zboże i załadował to na furmankę. Został złapany pod figurą. I dalej relacja babci: Franek załadował wóz wieczorem i wyjechal nad ranem, ale MINKA (NIE WIEM CZY CHODZI O JAKĄŚ OSOBĘ, O ILE PAMIĘTAM TAK) go złapał na zakręcie, koło Bogdana, tak jak idzie szosa i został aresztowany. Było śledztwo i pytano go, kto był razem z nim, alne Franek nikogo nie wydał, za co trafił na Rotundę. Dalej relacja Wandy: Moja mama (siostra Franka) chodziła do niego do Zamościa. Jemu wyczytali wyrok śmierci. On ze strachu poobgryzał palce. Został rozstrzelany ***** Janina Bender's testimony - my grandmother's on August 25, 2010. The people settled in Savoie called Czarniuchy or Romanians were given their fields and Poles were not allowed to harvest them. She was in danger of dying for harvesting her crops. Franek and his wife left for Łaszczów. After some time he returned to silently take something from the field. according to aunt Wana (report of August 25, 2010) he went for apples, potatoes, maybe grain and loaded them onto a wagon. He was caught under the statue. And then the grandmother's story: Franek loaded the car in the evening and left in the morning, but MINKA (I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A PERSON, AS MUCH AS I REMEMBER THIS) caught him at the bend near Bogdan, just like the road, and was arrested. There was an investigation and he was asked who was with him, but Franek did not give up anyone, for which he ended up at the Rotunda. Further Wanda's account: My mother (Frank's sister) used to visit him in Zamość. They read him the death sentence. He bit his fingers out of fear. He was shot.

Richard Streng Does Readings at St. Adalbert Church

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