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Her house was always the place to be for good food, good conversation, and good company. Her husband, Louis Bielawski, predeceased her in Her brother, William C. McClure preceded her in death. Calling will be from noon to pm on Sunday, October 10, , followed by a Celebration of Life service at pm all held at Crown Hill Funeral Home. Jane put others first even in death.

She donated her body to science through the Indiana University Anatomical Education Program and therefore entombment will be at a later date. Box Detroit, MI Jane will sorely be missed. Jane helped me as a new teacher at Lincoln Middle School and always had sage advice as how to reach middle school students. Jane went above and beyond in helping make the LMS faculty a true family. I am also blessed to have gotten to know most of Jane's family.

I regret that I cannot attend her service as I am currently hiking the Camino in Spain but my thoughts and prayers are with you all and I will say a special prayer at the next church I pass. Joe Lampert. She was the kindest , most helpful and loving person always willing to give support whenever she could.

She was always willing to share her family with me and made me a part of her dear family. I am already missing her smile and beautiful voice. Bielawski you will be greatly missed by so many family and friends. Many times thru the years you helped my little family so much. You are loved by so many and you lived your life so well.

We love you. Susan A. Gammy enriched life in ways that are hard to confine to words. She lived life in perfect service to her family, friends, students and even strangers.

Aside from her elegance, intelligence, her heart of gold and her amazing laugh, I always admired her humility. No matter the season of life, Gammy could make anyone feel like the most special, loved and beautiful person in the world.

She genuinely cared about others and loved unconditionally. Every year, I asked Gammy what she wanted for her birthday and Christmas. Gammy, the memory holder and family historian believed in a love that expands and becomes firmly rooted over time.

While she will be deeply missed, her spirit lives on in every life she touched. What an incredible legacy she has left behind. Wrap it in cling film and set aside while you make the fillingt Soak the mushrooms in a little water for half an hour. Take out and chop as finely as you can again keep the liquid. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the fresh mushrooms and onion and fry for about 3 minutes, stirring, until the onion begins to color.

Add the rehydrated mushrooms and liquid; heat and cook, stirring until most of the liquid evaporates. Then stir in the dill and the breadcrumbs. Take off the heat and leave to cool. Cut the sheet of dough into 5cm squares. Do one square at a time: place a teaspoonful of the filling in the center, fold the square up and over it, to make a triangle and then crimp the edges together. You should be looking at a large triangle now.

The next step is to take the two corners of the longest inwards so that they overlap, and crimp them together too. Set each one aside on a floured board while you make the rest. Take a large pan of salted water and bring to the boil. Gently add the dumplings, Turn the heat down to simmer, stirring gently this is to stop them sticking. Bring the water back to the boil and simmer for about 3 minutes — the dumplings are ready when they float to the top.

Strain the soup discard the vegetables. Reheat the soup until hot, adding a tiny bit of vinegar to taste taste the soup first: you may decide not to add any. If you do add vinegar, the soup will have a sharp edge to it, without loosing the sweetness of the beetroot and will keep that rich red color lemon juice works as well. With pastry blender cut butter or margarine into flour. Add sour cream and blend. Bake at F for 15 minutes or until bottom is light brown.

Remove from oven — cool and sprinkle with powder sugar. Soak the raisins in rum overnight, or at least 2 hours. Drain them. Pour some hot water around tablespoon over the saffron strands and leave aside for half an hour.

Combine the flour, saffron and water it was dissolving in, dried yeast, milk, egg yolks, sugar and vanilla extract in a stand mixer bowl.

Mix with the dough hook until it comes together. Pour slowly the melted butter and keep kneading until it is all incorporated. Mix for a several minutes until dough is completely smooth and starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Add the raisins and knead until incorporated. Oil a very large bowl and put dough in bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down and transfer into buttered and floured a 2-litre capacity Bundt pan.

Let rise a second time until almost doubled. Preheat the oven to F. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack and take off the pan. Let it to cool completely. Marjorie Bielawski Obituary. Events Schedule Wigilia December Andrzejki November International Festival November Goodbye Summer September Connor Prarie Abba Concert August Indy Parade May Easter Basket Blessing April Easter Egg Painting April Goodbye Winter March International Festival November th, Constitution Day Celebrations MArch 3rd, Easter Egg Painting April 2nd, Carnival February 11th, Wigilia December 10th, Christmas Eve Supper December 12th, Andrzejki Party November 14th, International Festival November 7th, Constitution Day Celebration May 3rd, The Blessing of the Easter Basket April 4th, Easter Egg Painting March 22nd, Katarzyna Stewart Vice President.

Ann Stankiewicz Secretary. Hanna Hallam Treasurer. Aneta Godbole Board Member. Iwona Kalisz Board Member. Gabriela Opoka Board Member. Danuta Pietrzak Board Member. Magdalena Rodzik-Wojtunik Board Member. The society was created and incorporated for two purposes: to achieve a deep awareness and broad understanding within its membership of the contributions to world culture made by Poles and persons of Polish descent to heighten the appreciation of Indiana's citizens for the diversity and richness of Polish culture and, especially, the unique achievements of Poles and persons of Polish descent in the arts and sciences Since , the Polish Cultural Society of Indiana has introduced many cultural programs and customs to its membership and to others interested in Polish culture.

The membership is valid 1 calendar year i. By paying your membership dues, you: support our Society and help in fulfilling its mission have an opportunity to actively shape the Society by having a vote in the elections and being formally eligible for the posts in the Board of Directors have the right to receive information about upcoming events, and regularly published newsletters by E-mail have the privilege to receive lower entry fees for events organized by the Society.

Contact Us Feel free to send a message. Email: info polishcsi. Pisanki Pisanka - this is a custom name of an egg painted and decorated with different methods. Barszcz - polish beet soup with mushroom dumplings. Easter saffron yeast cake babka. Back to top. It was wonderful to have a full house and visit with familiar faces and meet new families and friends.

Everyone enjoyed painting eggs in various Polish decorating techniques. Thank you everyone who participated, especially all of our amazing artist volunteers. Next, our young members read passages from the Scripture, which referred to the birth of Christ. After the dinner a large group of young singers appeared on the stage and beautifully sung Polish Christmas Carols.

They were singing so many of them with such enthusiasm that a special guest, Santa Claus stopped for a visit with the bag full of presents. Towards the end of the evening, Father Tabor led us in Christmas carol singing. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this wonderful event! In a beautifully decorated reception hall this fall evening passed in a great atmosphere of talks, laughter and dance. The children danced together with their parents to the rhythms of children songs.

It captured a lot of attention! Ann Stankiewicz shared the instructions for paper cuts. Among them, the most popular were snowflakes and stars. The International Festival in Indianapolis is an exhibition of cultural diversity of Indiana.

In in was held on November 5th to 7th. Children could play Wheel of Fortune once they answered questions about the Polish symbols. Before the closing of the International Festival our representatives in Polish folk costumes participated in The Parade of Nations. It was truly a wonderful event. We had many unexpected guests, including those who were there for the first time.

The tables were full of delicacies brought by the picnic participants. All of this was able to be accomplished thanks to the large contribution of the whole group of organizers. Danusia Pietrzak superbly coordinated preparations for the event. Magda Olesiak watched over the book sale and admissions fees. Mariusz Kalisz took pictures, which we can see below. Many thanks to those who eagerly helped, but whom I might have inadvertently omitted. Warm thanks to all participants and see you at the next event!

The President and Vice President of the Society greeted the guests and presented the historical background and significance of the May 3rd, Polish Constitution. The Color Guard wearing red and white bands brought the Polish flag to the front of the room. Than all gathered sung the Polish National Anthem.

A short video presentation about May 3rd, accompanied by the famous Mazurka dedicated to this occasion followed. A culmination of the event was the raising of the Polish flag on the mast in front of the building by the Color Guard, and all gathered sung one verse of the Polish National Anthem.

Then the picnic festivities started. In the end a beautifully decorated with Polish colors sheet cake was served. The kids had a real treat this year - they could play in a bouncy castle. Children and adults alike could also participate in face painting, playing games including basketball, Frisbee, twister or just simply talk to each other and enjoy the best part of the program - the gorgeous Indiana spring weather!

On April 4th, at a. Many guests were accompanied by their children, grandchildren, holiday friends, and families from Poland and Canada. They brought to the church beautiful baskets. We admired all of them, the small ones and the larger ones filled up with holiday specialties. All baskets found their spaces near the altar.

Exactly at Maciej warmly greeted all of us. Children were asked to come forward near the altar. They were greeted by smiling Patricia who asked them questions about the meaning of the ceremony. Children eagerly were sharing their thoughts about the reason for the ceremony and the symbolism of the elements of Easter food to be blessed.

There were small awards for the participants of this mini-quiz. We took many pictures. Parents with pleasure photographed their children gathered around the Easter baskets. After the photo session, the pastor of the church, Rev. Joseph Schaedel, joined us and blessed the baskets.

After the blessing, in an earlier prepared room, sweets and refreshments were served. It was an occasion to meet, to talk, and to extend holiday wishes. We had the opportunity to prepare Easter eggs using various methods known from previous years, but there was also an opportunity to learn new techniques.

Many members of the Polish Club and non-members attended our event. Quite a few of them were accompanied by children. This traditional event will take place on 4th, , a day prior to Easter Sunday. We gathered in the beautifully decorated, spacious ballroom in the hospitable venue of the Latvian Community Center in Indianapolis. Our evening began with singing one of the oldest Polish Christmas Carol. Our President greeted all the guests. Then the passages of the Scripture were read.

There were wishes of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity. And then our meal celebrations began. There is always a wide variety of Christmas Dishes.

This year, we had 12 of them.