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Town Square Marriott
Hotel, 16090 City Walk, Sugar Land, TX 77479 |
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Friday, October 22,
2004 |
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| 15:00 - 18:00 |
Registration at the Marriott Hotel, 16090 City Walk, Sugar Land, TX 77479 |
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| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Welcome Reception at the Wortham Center, 500 Texas, Houston, TX 77002 |
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| 20:00 - 22:00 |
Opening Ceremony of
the 150th Anniversary of
Panna Maria
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Gala Concert by Acadiana Symphony Orchestra –
Mariusz Smolij conductor.
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Saturday, October
23, 2004 |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 |
Polish
American Congress Texas Division Convention: Registration at the Marriott Hotel and Continental Breakfast. |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Opening & Welcome by Polish American Congress Texas Division, President Marian L. Kruzel. |
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Forum I: |
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| 9:15 - 9:35 |
History of Polish settlements in Texas - Prof. T.
Lindsay Baker, W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas,
Tarleton State University. |
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| 9:40 - 10:00 |
Polonia by the numbers: A demographic profile
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Prof. Tad Radzilowski, PIASA, Detroit, Michigan. |
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| 10:05 - 10:25 |
The real face of Polish immigration to the United States
- Prof.
John Radzilowski, Center for Nations in Transition, Hubert H. Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. |
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| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Polish-American contributions to America
- Prof.
Zbigniew Kruszewski, Texas University, El Paso. |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Polish American Heritage in Houston - performance by children from Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish School, Houston, Texas |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Opening of the exhibit entitled: Discover Poland - The Greatest
Untold Story by the Poland USA Promotion - Mr. Jerzy D. Majcherczyk,
Wallington, NJ. |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
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| Forum II: |
Polish American Congress and organizational life of the American
Polonia, Chair: Mrs. Virginia Hill |
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| 13:05 - 13:35 |
Polish-American Heritage in Houston - performance by youth from
Ognisko Polskie, Houston, Texas |
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| 13:40 - 14:00 |
Polish National
Alliance - The Oldest Polish American Fraternal Organization,
Ron Jasinski-Herbert, PAN/PAC, Chicago. |
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| 14:05 - 14:25 |
The role of the
Catholic Church in Polish American Community,
Rev. Jan Fiedurek, Houston, Texas |
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| 14:30 - 14:50 |
Polish American
Cultural Organizations,
Prof. Waldemar Priebe, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas |
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| 14:55 - 15:15 |
Polonia, PAC and
Poland: Partners?
Prof. Witold Lukaszewski, Sam Houston State University, The Woodlands,
Texas |
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| 15:20 - 15:40 |
Integration of Polonia: The Polish Government’s Perspective.
Honorable Consul General Krystyna Tokarska-Biernacik, Los Angeles,
California |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 | Concluding remarks by Marian L. Kruzel, President, Polish American Congress Texas Division | ||
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Concurrent activities:
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| 10:00 - 16:00 | Exhibit I: Rafal Olbinski’s Posters and other works | ||
| Exhibit II: The Greatest Untold Story, by Poland-USA Promotion | |||
| Exhibit III: Andrzej Fafara – Modern Art | |||
| Exhibit IV: Sylvia Trybek – Recent Works | |||
| Exhibit V: Works of patients of the Warsaw Psychiatric Hospital | |||
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Recess | ||
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Cocktail Hour | ||
| 19:30 - 20:00 | Opening ceremony and welcome remarks from former President of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Lech Wałesa | ||
| 20:00 - 20:15 | Keynote Speaker. His Excellency Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Ambasador of the Republic of Poland in Washington DC. | ||
| 20:15 - 20:30 | Award ceremony | ||
| 20:30 - 21:30 | Dinner | ||
| 21:30 - 22:30 | Entertainment by Irena Jarocka | ||
| 22:30 - 2:00 | Dancing | ||
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Sunday, October 24th |
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| 7:00 | Bus trip: Houston to Panna Maria | ||
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Anniversary Mass by Bishop John Yanta at Panna Maria | ||
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Award Ceremony and Reception at Panna Maria | ||
| 15:15 - 18:30 | Return to Houston | ||
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