Pierogi to Prayer
Pierogi to Prayer
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Features discussions, interviews, and information pieces on Polish history, food, culture, and customs as well as spiritual reflections on Polish saints. An outreach of the St. Joseph's Polish Apostolate of the Diocese of Camden located at the historic center of South Jersey's Polonia in Camden, New Jersey.
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The podcast explores themes like Polish history, cultural traditions, culinary practices, and spiritual reflections. Episodes feature specific topics such as the Gromnice (Thunder Candle) tradition, the January Uprising of 1863, and seasonal celebrations like Polish Christmas customs, offering deep dives into these areas alongside profiles of Polish saints.
Features discussions, interviews, and information pieces on Polish history, food, culture, and customs as well as spiritual reflections on Polish saints. An outreach of the St. Joseph’s Polish Apostolate of the Diocese of Camden located at the historic center of South Jersey’s Polonia in Camden, New Jersey.
Welcome to Part II
Few individuals have had such an impact on Europeanhistorymore than Napolean Bonaparte. And for the Pole we just met through his200 yearold words, it wasn’t always for their personal best. The image of thedeterminedgaze in the diminutive Corsican, a hand regally tucked into thebreast of hisshirt is iconic to say the least. And where history leaves off,pop culturepicks up. Often parodied, instantly recognizable, impossible toduplicate:Napoleon, a name synonymous with ambition and military genius, yet handin handwith authoritarianism and a cult of personality.
For Poles, the mark Napoleon left on theirhistory has beenone tinged with the standards of mythology and disappointment thatwe’ve come toknow all too well from our history. Inspired with the promise ofa reestablishednation after the disaster of the partitions, Poles looked atNapolean’s rise inthe chaos of the French Revolution as an opportunity. One toestablish freedomin defiance of the old order of autocracy which had seen themsubjugated bytheir imperial neighbors. Instead, a group of them foundthemselves on the otherside of the world fighting for Napoleon’s colonialambitions in Haiti.
Today we hear from Historian and prolific authorJonathanNorth, who has studied a great deal about Poles during the NapoleonicEra andhis book “War of Lost Hope: Polish accounts of the NapoleonicExpedition toSaint Dominque, 1801-1804” provides a gripping window into theexperiences ofthese Poles.
For more on Jonathan North, visit his website: https://www.jpnorth.co.uk/
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Music: “[Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major – 1.Movement – BWV1042]” by Gregor Quendel / Classicals.de Source: https://www.classicals.de
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