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November 2, 2024 – All Souls’ Day Remembrance Mass & Wypominki (Naming)

Posted on October 7, 2024

Join us for the All Souls' Day Remembrance Mass and Wypominki (Naming) on Saturday, November 2, 2024, hosted by the West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society. Mass: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM, followed by the Wypominki (Reading of Names) … [Read more...] about November 2, 2024 – All Souls’ Day Remembrance Mass & Wypominki (Naming)

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Twelfth Annual Summer Social: Lecture by UM-Dearborn Professor Martin Hershock

Posted on October 4, 2024

Society Holds Twelfth Annual Summer Social Event: A Lecture By University Of Michigan-Dearborn’s Professor Martin Hershock Our Lady Of Sorrows Catholic Church Saturday, August 3, 2024 The Society was honored this summer to host a lecture by the … [Read more...] about Twelfth Annual Summer Social: Lecture by UM-Dearborn Professor Martin Hershock

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Commemoration & Grave Marker Ceremony In Honor Of World War I Polish American U.S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos

Posted on September 30, 2024

Society Holds Commemoration & Grave Marker Ceremony In Honor Of World War I Polish American U.S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos St. Hedwig Cemetery & Mausoleum, Dearborn Heights, Michigan Sunday, July 28, 2024   This summer, the … [Read more...] about Commemoration & Grave Marker Ceremony In Honor Of World War I Polish American U.S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos

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Background On The Grave Marker Procurement And Biography Of World War I U. S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos

Posted on September 30, 2024

Background On The Grave Marker Procurement And Biography Of World War I U. S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos (January 7, 1899 – June 4, 1946) By Barbara Misiolek Gamble The West Side Detroit Polish American Historical Society (WSDPAHS) has … [Read more...] about Background On The Grave Marker Procurement And Biography Of World War I U. S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos

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August 3, 2024 – Twelfth Annual Summer Social Event

Posted on April 3, 2024

THE WEST SIDE DETROIT POLISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INVITES OUR MEMBERS, FAMILY & FRIENDS TO OUR TWELFTH ANNUAL SUMMER SOCIAL EVENT SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2024 1:30 – 3:15 P.M. OUR LADY OF SORROWS CATHOLIC CHURCH 23815 Power Road, Farmington, … [Read more...] about August 3, 2024 – Twelfth Annual Summer Social Event

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July 28, 2024 – Commemoration & Grave Marker Blessing

Posted on April 3, 2024

World War I U.S. Army Veteran Joseph Frank Bigos (Jan. 7, 1899 – June 4, 1946): On the 110th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War I: St. Hedwig Cemetery, 23755 Military Rd., Dearborn Hts., MI 48127: 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.; Feature Presentation by … [Read more...] about July 28, 2024 – Commemoration & Grave Marker Blessing

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A History Of Saint Casimir Roman Catholic Church

Posted on April 2, 2024

A History Of Saint Casimir Roman Catholic Church 3401 23rd Street, Detroit, Michigan 48208 West Side Detroit’s First Polish Parish Editor’s Note: The Society is extremely grateful to member Tom Wozniak (St. Casimir class of 1966) for providing … [Read more...] about A History Of Saint Casimir Roman Catholic Church

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Fifteenth Annual All Saints’/All Souls’ Pilgrimage, Prayer Service & Wypominki

Posted on December 9, 2023

SOCIETY HOLDS FIFTEENTH ANNUAL ALL SAINTS’/ALL SOULS’ PILGRIMAGE, PRAYER SERVICE & WYPOMINKI (NAMING): HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023 Photos by Society Director Alina Klin, Ph.D. and Society Member … [Read more...] about Fifteenth Annual All Saints’/All Souls’ Pilgrimage, Prayer Service & Wypominki

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January 6, 2024 – Seventeenth Annual Opłatek

Posted on November 24, 2023

Saturday, January 6, 2024 ~ NOON to 3:30 P.M. SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL OPŁATEK SAINT COLETTE CATHOLIC CHURCH ACTIVITIES CENTER 17600 NEWBURGH RD., LIVONIA 48152 HONORING SS. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH WARRENDALE and ST. BARBARA CATHOLIC CHURCH … [Read more...] about January 6, 2024 – Seventeenth Annual Opłatek

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A History of Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Warrendale

Posted on October 25, 2023

The old, original Ss. Peter & Paul church, which was to be razed to make way for the new church, June 4, 1957 (SS. PETER AND PAUL PARISH 1923 – 2003 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Parish Bulletin, courtesy of Lorin Wojczynski and the Wojczynski family)

A History of Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Warrendale 7685 Grandville, Detroit, Michigan 48228 Much of the area in which Ss. Peter & Paul Parish was founded was farmland in 1923.  At that time, a rumor began to circulate that the Ford … [Read more...] about A History of Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Warrendale

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