Zwilazkowiec Alliancer, August 31, 1966

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Beginning ©I ile Polish State
The earliest Information on
Poland's historical sovereigns
especially about Mieszko 1 can
be found in foreign annals and
for they
wlio did not
Polish
It stated not- -
OT TORONTO
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Dpftrly beloved In the Lord:
One thousand ycarc ago Uie Polish Nation acceptcd ChriBlianlty
CnAprll Mth 9CC A D Prince Mloszko IRuler of Foland was baptized
at Gniezno the first diocesan
In spito of determinwl a nation-wi- de obscrvance this
3rdt the National Marian Shrlne at Góra
Millennium tnok place on May their loyalty to Czeetochowa when milllons devoted
Jesus Christ and to His motlier Mary
' ' Outside Poland twelvo million Poles includinS thirty thousand
Catholics of Polish origin in tho Archdloceso of Toronto will begin the obserwnce
of the Millennium on Gunday May 8th At 2 30 o'clock in the nfternoon our Folsh
priests and folthful will join me in offering a Solemn Eucharlstic Concelebr-tlo- n
St Michael's Cathedral
This singular anniversary should be an occasion of great joy for
the People of God throughout the entire world Our Holy Father has already
recognized its importance by taking part in the W1?™™™"™™1 January 13th and by showing his uillingness to
will celebrate a Mass ThanksgWing In 3t Peter for tho
Folish pilgrims gathered in the Etemal City for the Millennia! observance
We therefore ask all the falthful of the Archdiocese to Join our
brotiers and sfelers of Polish origin In a hymn of thanksgMng for the countless
the one thousand years At the
blesstaw the nation has receWed during past
toe I ask your fervent prayers that our heavenly Father may grant freedon
and prosperity to the Church in Foland
' Mav the Polish Nation whlch throughout its history has suffered
with courage and coni-ianc- y aBa "- - —--m5f- ™
vnnriPnCe the Dcace and the freedom whlch God deslres fo:
children
chronicles which datę back to
tlie middle of the century
This of course does not mean
that the mid-lOt- h century mark-e- d the beginning of the deve-lopme- nt
of the Polish nation or
state Its history goes far back
and though no written records
nave been found an inereasing
amount of archaeological data
has become available which per-mit- s
a study of the past periods
In recent years the archaeo-Jogica- l
discoveries in Poland
have been extensive providing
a foundation for the
fuller presentation of the eco-nomic
cultural and sociaL histo-ry
of the people who inhabited
the land which later become the
Polish state
These materials confirmthe
ethnical continuity of the settle-nient- s
existing on "Polish lands
from ancient times up to the
lOth century The peoples who
inhabited Poland's territory- - in
Preious periods' were the an-cesto- rs
of the later Polish na-tion
The wanrWintTe: uf the
ethnically alien tribes among
-- ?mers and Celtic tri
vho" passed through Polish
territory in yarious periods of
ntł -- — _ł __
settlements were only
transients settle
pcrmanently on teiritory
must be tliat
ARCHDIOCESE
chanccry
of
of
in
of
in Christ
Toronto
withslanding the views propaga-te- d
by chuuvinistic German
especially by the Nazis
there is absolutely no
to the hypothesis that
these foreign elements
became the factor which created
and moulded the state organiza-tion
which the Polish Sta-te
later arose Nor is there any-thin-g
to indicate that some fo-reign
ethnical elements over-helme- d
tlie local proto-SIavom- c
population On the contrary
materiał is
available to confirm the thesis
that the Polish State camc into
being through the development
of its own native social forces
among others in the struggle
against foreign invaders
It is at this
to go into the detailed history
of the Polish lands prior the
first half of the lOth century
Howerer it is worth noting that
during the period preceding that
datę life in Polish
"lands was strongly deve!oped
not in the primitive form of a
pastorał or hunting economy
but one based upon agriculture
employing a plough-Ther- e was
~" cia aia not airect uie einni-- also a derelopmeni oi varłuu
cal character ati6an-crafł5inttełproflucl- nł
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GOULD STREET
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Coadjutor Archbishop
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founda-tion
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Ileartiest congratulations to
the people of Polish origin in
Canada and particularly in the
Prov1nce of Quebec The'Cana--
a the 3rd to 5th centuries there
vasa very high level of cultu-ra-l
and economic life and a
lively trade with the Roman pro-vinc- es from which a ariety of
luxury goods were imported
Following this period ii is true
vthe development slowed down
somewhat probably as a con-seąuence- of the invasion of Po-lish
lands by nomadic tribes of
whom we know little But the
7th and 8th centuries brouglit a further rise in the economic
and cultural standards of life
especially in agriculture the
handicrafts and trade It is cha-racterist- ic
that in this period
the firsturban centresinhabited
by a variety of people madę
their appearance As yet these
centrę differed from the later
towns both as to construction
and type of settlement but they
already fulfilled the function
of trade and handicrafts centres
At that time certain differen-ce- s
in languages and dialects
which were hnked with the fur-ther
formation of Slavonic na-tionalit- ies appeared among the
Slavs in the South West aiid
East Polish lands which stret-che- d over the basins of the Vis-tul- a
and Odra Rivers were in-habit- ed by various groups of
people using such similar dia-lects
that is possible to speak
of a language uniformity among
the tribes populating the basins
of the rivers
In the etlinical moulding of
this part ot Europę at that time
the entire 'Vistula and Odra ba-sins
coinciding almost comple-tel- y with the geographical bor
ders of these basins were inha-bite- d by people callcd Lechs
forerunners of what was later
to becóme tlie Polish nation In
the east the neighbours of the
proto-Polis- h people wero the
easlern Slavs the Russians
Ilowever the geograpliical bor-de- r
of tlie Vistula basin did not
coincide with the etlinical bor-de- r
along the upper reachcs of
the Bug River for that region
was inhabited by tlie Russian
people In the noitheast the
Polish people neighbotired with
Prussia that is with the Ballo-Lithuani- an
tribes and in tho
west and easTjwith other SIavo-ni- c tribes Thus alieady at the
beginning of history the etlini-cal
terrain inhabited by the
])roto-Polis- h people began to
assume a elear shape displaying
all the qualities of anthropo-geograpliic- al unity as a resUlt
of the ovcrlappingof the easlern
tributaries of the Odra with the
western tributaries of the Vis-tul- ą
In the further course of
history as we shall see later
this unity coupled willi the uni-ty
of language was of funda-ment- al importance in the for-mation
of the Polish nation __
At the turn of the 9th centu-ries
these lands were inhabited
by a number of tribes who pro-bably
established the first slate
organization of the early Poles
Thanks to certain source mate-riał
we have fragmentary infor-matio- n
about the names of these
tribes mainly in the western
territories of the early P' ń
lands We thus know about the
Slenzani who inhabited presen-da- y
central Silesia about the
Dadosezani and Bobrane in Lo-w- er
Silesia further about the
Opolini and Golensizi in the re-gion
which is Upper Silesia to-da- y
In the middle reaches of the
Warta River lived the nume-rou- s
Polane tribes in the lands
from the lower Odra and the
lower Vistula — Pomeranians
Oświadczenie prem Johnsona
dian community has been great-l- y
enriched by the many conlri-bution- s
of the ethnic groups
DANIEL JOHNSON
GREETINGS
The New Democratic Party welcome this opportunity to
extend warmest greetings to all Canadians of Polish origin on
ihe One Thousandthj Anniversary "of Poland's Christianity and
Nationhood It is one of the miracles of history thatin spite of
repeated invasions and partitions Poland has retained its sense
of identity- - This has been due in large measure to the fact that
Poland's roots have been surik deep in its religious and cultural
traditions
A nalion~is morę than its geographic boundaries People are
held together by their allegiance to common ideals and their
national heritage This has been the secret of Poland's survival
as a nation throughout all the vicissitudes of the past thousand
years As long as this loyalty remains the torch that was lit one
thousand years ago will continuejo shine even morę brightly with
the passing of the4years
Canada'has' beenk enriched by people from many lands speak- -
ing many languages Those of Polish origin have madę an out
standine cóntribution to the Canadian-mosai- c I believe Uiatthe
fSitli and traditions you have brought with you will-d- o much to
-- malce Canada a nation that is --"strong and free?
f'ń~r TfC Douglaą j
f along the middle stretches of
the Yistula — the MazdYians
on the upper Vistula with a
centrę in Cracoy — the Yislane
and to the East also on the yis-tula
the Lechs From the name
of this last-mention- ed tribe the
neighbouring Russians later cal-le- d
the Poles — Lechs
It is difficult today to say what was the internal structure
and state organization of those
tribes Nonę of the sources pro- -
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we know omy that at the turn
of the 9th and lOth centuries
larger state organizations em-braci- ng
a number of individual
tribes were already taking sha-pe
Thus the state of the yisla-ne
with its capital in Cracow
and apparently embrącing the
entire upper and part of the
central basin of the Vistula'( ex"
panded substantially and grew
stronger Silesia was taken over
CANADA
by the Slenzani who eaveLthejr
name this holearea Fihallyi
the state of the Polane on tho
middle Warta with political
centres in Gniezno and Poznań
also became strong Thus befó
re the mid-lOt- h century tlie
existing and
cal unity was not yet
by political unity whlch
was not to arise until a some
what later period '
S trnold & M
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PR IM E MINISJCR PnEMIERMIM ISTRE
welcome the opportunity affórded me by the "Alliancer" to extend greetings to all Canadian citizens of Polish origin and to thank them far
many contributions to our country
Your commemoration at this time of the l000th anniversary of the Christianiatlon of
Poland honours your adherence to the faith of your
ancestors and demonstrates your determination to
continue their proud and noble heritage- - Canadians
of all origins in congratulating you on thi3„ ' ' ' f "J '' important anniversary „
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It gives me great pleasure to express
through the kindness of "Zwiaztowiec" my greetings to
Canadians of Polish origin on the occasion of the
Special Anniversary Bdition ccrmiemorating One Thousand
Years of Christianity and Nationhood in Poland
Erem the year 966 when Poland
accepted Christianity her history has been one of
standing fast against inmense odds in defence of the
principles of freedont It has been a history of
travail and trial vMle keeping alive the bright gleam
of faith and learning through the ages The horrors and
tortures ezperienced in Wsrld var II crushed betvreen
two contending forces and the subseguent loss of
national self-determina- tion have failed to crush the
steadfastness of the Polish spirit and the loyalty of the
Polish people to the beliefs of their fathers
Their cóntribution to Canada brings
all Canadians together in carmen tribute to the
achievanents of the Polish people at tnis tamę
felicitations
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