The Story In The PictureThe Picture In the Story An old photograph hung on the wall of the Moloski home in Kansas for decades, its origins steeped in family history. The image was of Pulaskifield; of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, the parsonage across the street and the nunnery next-door, taken from the hillside […]
Category: Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church
The Jaskinia Family History
We recently came across a family history published by Thomas Sajwaj, a descendant of Jan Jaskinia (1834-1907). His exacting methodology and personal insights in researching his Jaskinia family in Poland and America provide even diehard researchers with wonderful tools and understanding of an often difficult task. The Jaskinia family arrived in America and followed a path […]
Past And Present
Earle “Mr. Earle” Staponski (1926-1995) was a renaissance man. Born in Pulaskifield, he wore many hats during his life, from farmer to soldier, State Representative, mayor, author, educator, husband, father, principal, historian and so much more. His love of family and community bettered everything and everyone he touched, and he touched many, many lives. […]
Uczta
Uczta (Polish: celebratory feast) festivals have long been a tradition of the Sts. Peter and Paul Church congregation. Its parishioners, traditionally Polish, used the fall harvest festival as a fundraiser for the church. The practice began informally in Pulaskifield as a cultural celebration of the late summer harvest at the turn of the century. It […]
Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery
A future project for the Society will be to create a linked interface to provide life details for those interred in the cemetery, providing a digital voice to those who can no longer speak for themselves.
