Events
September 16, 2007
 On Sunday, September 16, 2007 our church celebrated Parish Day, the Feast of St. Stanislaus Kostka with bilingual Mass at 10:15 a.m.
After Mass all the faithful joined in an outside Eucharistic Procession, where again all the church organizations carried their banners around the neighborhood. Our youth was proud to expose their patron Saint Stanislaus Kostka carrying him very proudly. For the first time in the procession was the new Icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa.
The official ending of the ceremony was the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The beautiful weather permitted us to continue the social part of celebration in the parish garden. In the garden parishioners could get good polish sausage straight from the grill, paczki and coffee. Everyone enjoyed each others company, good food and yes the music performed by new formed band from the Lombard Parish.
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September 8, 2007
 On Saturday, September 8, 2007 the Polish Language School welcomed 49 children for the school year of 2007/2008. Students will receive lessons in history, traditions, as well as in reading and writing in Polish. This year school offers preschool, kindergarten, first, second and third grade. We also have the oldest group which is combined with children from grades 5 through 8. With great enthusiasm children signed up for singing and dancing groups where they will learn traditional folk dances and songs.
The school works very closely with the church and once a month, on the 3rd Sunday of each month; the children help to prepare the liturgy and songs for that Mass.
Good luck in the new school year to all the students, teachers and parents.
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August 19, 2007
 August 19, 2007 was the day when St. Stanislaus Church celebrated its 26th Annual Polish Fest. Work for this event took many months; from getting all the necessary permits to making pierogi.
On that day we started our celebration with the bilingual Mass at 10:15 a.m., during which we welcomed the Black Madonna Icon for one of the side altars. That day all the faithful witnessed Br. Krzysztof Kazimierczyk renewed his Franciscan vows. This Holy Mass was offered in thanksgiving for all the blessings received. Despite the weather many people showed up for the Festival activities. Bishop Thomas G. Doran honored us for the festival dinner. In the mid day, weather permitted us to spend the rest of the day outside, where for our enjoyment we could watch many performers: from Martial Arts, Hula dancers to National Polish Falk Dancers. Parishioners and many guests enjoyed music, dancing, good food and drinking polish beer. This year the new items added to our menu were a huge success. The festival ended with the raffle drawing. At that time the College Scholarship and Boylan tuition assistance were awarded.
As always Polish Fest gathered thousands of people from Rockford and surrounding areas.
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June 19, 2007
 On June 19, we started the ?Church Renovation Project?. This project will have several steps leading us to the Parish Centennial Celebration in 2012. The first step is the replacement of carpeting and PVC tile in our church. The floor will be replaced with marble and granite in the presbytery part and ceramic tile will be used in the main body of church. Carpet Mill USA is the contractor that was hired to complete this project. When the floor is finished; a new lighting system will be added to presbytery as well as fresh paint on the church walls. The estimated deadline for finishing this project is July 20th.
The next steps will be rebuilding the side altars, replacing the outside windows and repairing the church roof. During the time of floor replacement our services were held in Kolbe Hall.
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June 10, 2007
 The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ was celebrated in our parish on Sunday, June 10th, with a bilingual Mass at 10:15 during which Deacon Jim Hudzinski gave the homily in English and Fr. Stanislaw Kawa (missionary from Uzbekistan)gave the homily in Polish. According to our old Polish tradition, after the Mass, we had a Eucharistic procession on the streets of the neighborhood (our church is the only one in Rockford that practices this). This is a very special day in our Franciscan community; the Women?s League, Holy Name Society, Society of Mercy, our parish organizations all took part in this procession, carrying their banners. The Youth group carried a statue of our parish patron saint and the younger children threw flower petals before Jesus.
We thank God for this day, especially for the gift of such a beautiful weather.
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June 3, 2007
 On Sunday, June 3rd our Franciscan Church together with parishioners from the Margaret Mary parish of Algonquin came to celebrate the 20th anniversary of priesthood of Fr. Edward Staniukiewicz. Fr. John Grygus was our special guest from St. Anthony?s Church. On this special day Fr. Edward celebrated and gave homilies for the 9:00 a.m. English Mass and 11:00 a.m. Polish Mass. In his homilies Fr. Edward gave thanks to God for the last 20 years he was blessed to serve as a Franciscan and reflected on his calling to the priesthood.
Representatives of both parishes congratulated Fr. Edward and thanked him for the years of his services especially for the last two years in the Algonquin parish. After Masses everyone was invited to join Fr. Edward for coffee and paczki. Later on that afternoon invited guest joined Fr. Edward for a celebration dinner in his honor.
We wish Fr. Edward all the best in his future service as a Franciscan.
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March 25th
On Sunday, March 25, 2007 St. Stanislaus Church together with IceHogs hokey team organized Polish Day in Rockford. This celebrations started with 11:00 am Mass dedicated to the memory of our beloved Pope John Paul II. To memorate the second anniversary of His death teachers, children and youth of our parish and Polish Language School presented a program under direction of Fr. Peter. Not only our parishioners came to witness this special occasion, but we had an honor to host guests from Chicago and Rockford's P.N.A. officers.
After the Mass everyone was invited to Kolbe Hall for delicious "Franciscans" coffee and pastries (papieska kremowka). In the afternoon many of our parishioners went to Metro Center for the continuation of this celebration, where we cheered for our team- Rockford's IceHogs vs Quad City Mallards. Befor the game Polish Hymn was preformed by our parish's Vocal Group. During the intermissions and after game children of our Polish Language School promoted their school giving out flyers with information about our school, our culture, Poland and Pope John Paul II. Game ended with IceHogs victory 4:2.
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March 21th
 March 21st- fourth and the last day of retreat. This Mass was dedicated to women of our parish. Each women received a special blessing from the retreat master with a picture of new saint - Joanna Beretta Nolla.
On behalf of our polish speaking community, Mr. & Mrs. Adam Mazela thank Fr. Piotr for leading the retreat. Fr. Peter - our pastor also thank the Fr. Piotr for the retreat confrences. The retreat was ended by a blessing with the Blessed Sacrament and the Chaplet of Mercy.
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March 20
 March 20th- the third day of our retreat. For this day our Youth Group performed a reanactment of the Living Stations of the Cross.
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March 19
 March 19th-second day of retreat. To celebrate the St. Joseph day, the Mass was dedicated to all the fathers of our parish. Each men received special blessing and we concluded this day of retreat with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Gorzkie Zale.
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March 18
 At the 11:00 am Mass on March 18th, we started a parish retreat in Polish. The master of the retreat was Fr. Piotr Stanislawczyk from Checiny-Poland. Fr. Piotr is a director of the San Damiano Center for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug abusers. This Mass was lead by the children of Polish Language School. A program under direction of Bogusia Sas was presented by children after communion, then Fr. Piotr gave a special blessing to the children and youth of our parish. After Mass everyone was invited to Kolbe Hall for coffee and paczki and for a chance to converse with Fr. and to learn more about the Center
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February 23rd-25th
 Our Youth Group spent wonderful weekend - February 23rd-25th skiing at the great Chestnut Mountain Resort in Galena, Illinois. Mother Nature cut our trip short, but everyone had a splendid time. For most of us this was the first time on the slopes, we enjoyed the lessons and the whole experience; everyone loved the mountains and can?t wait to go back again. We ended the trip with a Holy Mass offered by Fr. Peter, and a pizza party followed.
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December 31th
 At 6:30 pm on December 31st in the School Hall marked the beginning of our church's annual New Year?s Eve Dance. This year 110 people took part in this great event. Beside our own parishioners we had guests from Chicago and our native Poland.
Few strokes before midnight Fr. Peter thank our Lord for the many blessings received in 2006 and asked for His protection and blessing for the new 2007. He also thanked the Society of Mercy for organizing the event and all the people involved preparing the delicious dinner, decorating the hall, donating raffle items, and taking care of the bar. At midnight Fr. wished everyone Happy New Year. Everyone had a great time eating, drinking and dancing to the music group "White Eagles" from Milwaukee.
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December 30
 On Saturday, December 30th, 2006 after the 4:30 pm Mass the St. Stanislaus Youth Group put on the acting caps and presented a Christmas play ?Outside the Inn?. Play was directed by Margaret Borowski. After the play Fr. Peter Sarnicki took the opportunity to thank everyone for coming to see the youth in action. He also thanked the Youth group for their wonderful performance.
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December 17th
 Sunday, December 17th at 5:00 PM in our Church, children from Polish Language School presented the Nativity Play-Jaselka.
Director of the Polish School -Mrs. Renata Romanowski in her speech thanked the teachers and parents for making this play possible. Fr. Peter, the Pastor of this parish thanked the School for the cooperation with the church, for keeping the traditions, and wished everyone happy and blessed Holidays.
This play-"Jaselka" reminded us what took place 2006 years ago, when Our Savior was born and showed us how He leads us to Him thru history of salvation.
Please visit our picture gallery to see the full play.
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December 12th
 On Tuesday, December 12th at 6:00PM Women's League started their annual Christmas meeting with a Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Peter.
After Mass all ladies met at the Kolbe Hall for the Holiday Potluck. Our Franciscan community: Fr. Peter, Fr. Edward, Bro. Jan and Bro. Wojciech were also invited.
Sharon Schindler, president of Women's League thanked Fr. Peter for the wonderful cooperation and all the work he has done for Women?s League and the parish.
After a short business meeting, everyone had great time playing games and song Christmas Carols.
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December 8th
 Friday, December 8th we celebrated Solemnity of Immaculate Conception. This day is very special in the life of the Franciscans, because of the Franciscans we are celebrating this particular feast, they were the once to defend the Immaculate Conception dogma till the Pope Pius IX declared the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1834.
We at St. Stanislaus Church celebrated this wonderful Solemnity with 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM Mass. During the evening Mass Fr. Peter went down the memory lane and told us about his Franciscan life experiences and his vows, which he professed on that day 13 years ago.
After this special Mass our Franciscan Community invited all of the participants to Kolbe Hall for pierogi.
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