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Episode 8.1 St. Urszula Ledochowska

Our surnames can tell people a lot about us, notonly our national origin or heritage, but their also connected to those thathave come before us with the same name. For better or worse our names can causea form of prejudice unfairly defining us before we have a chance to defineourselves. St. Urszula Ledochowska was born to a long and illustrious line ofPolish nobility, yet in taking on the mission of the neediest of the people ofthe time in which she lived, brought forth an amazing gift of good to theworld. Venerated for her sanctity for her life and not her surname, her storyis an inspiration for anyone struggling with their sense of identity in a worldthat can be unforgiving at best. Hear her story and pray with her and us today!   Prayer/Modlitwa: Oh,Jesus, I commend to your Heart …Look and follow your Heart’s desire.  Allow your Heart to act. Oh, Jesus, I counton You. I put my trust in You. I surrender myself completely to you. I am sureof you. Oh, Heart, filled with love, I put all my trust in You, since I,myself, am capable of committing all evil, however, I expect everything fromyour goodness. By the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, accept, O God, theprayers offered to You through the intercession of Saint Ursula, faithfulimitator of the virtues of the Heart of your Son, and grant us the favors weare confidently asking for. Amen. O Jezu, Sercu Twemu polecam… (tu wymienia się intencję) Spojrzyji uczyń to, co Ci Serce Twe wskaże. Dozwól działać Twemu Sercu. O Jezu, liczęna Ciebie, ufam Ci, oddaję Ci się zupełnie, jestem pewny(a) Ciebie. O Sercepełne miłości, całą mą ufność pokładam w Tobie, gdyż sam(a) z siebiezdolny(a) jestem do wszystkiego złego, ale spodziewam się wszystkiego po Twojejdobroci. Amen. Dla zasług Pana naszego Jezusa Chrystusa przyjmij, oBoże, modlitwy zanoszone do Ciebie za wstawiennictwem świętej Urszuli, wiernej naśladowczyni cnót NajświętszegoSerca Syna Twego, i udziel nam łask, o które z ufnością prosimy. Amen.     Chopin- Mazurka B.16-1 in G Major; NocturneOp. 15 no.1 in F major, Recorded,produced, and released to the public by: The Musopen Kickstarter Project - SetChopin Free https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free] CreativeCommons - Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal CC PDM 1.0 [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/] Courtesyof freesound.org: St. JohnCathedral female choir 001.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/398218/-- License: Attribution 4.0

A Noble History: A Modern Legacy Part II

Welcome Back! In Part IIof our interview with Jan Ledochowski of the ancient Ledochowski Family westart to look a bit more at current events including the Ukraine-Russia War, aswell as some more stories about notable members of the Family who went on tosainthood and the highest levels of the hierarchy within the Church including a19th century Cardinal and 20th century foundresses of tworeligious orders. Enjoy! ChopinPieces Courtesy of classicals.de Chopin- Grande Valse Brillante; Etude Op. 25 no.1 in A-flat major, Recorded, produced, and released to thepublic by: The Musopen Kickstarter Project - Set Chopin Free https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free] CreativeCommons - Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal CC PDM 1.0 [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]

A Noble History: A Modern Legacy Part I

For anyonewho spends a lot of time metaphorically living amongst Polish History, you tendto see a lot of surnames that crop up again and again no matter the century.Leszczynski, Poniatowski, Radziwill, just to name a few round out a veritablePolish who’s who of movers and shakers. Another one of these surnames is sharedby our guest today, and it is this history that brings him to our program. Jan Ledochowskishares the surname of a family who’s origins walk hand in hand with that ofPoland itself and also for that matter, that of Ukraine. Jan has catalogued anextensive family history reaching back 1,000 years. Yet his understanding ofhis family is not one that exists wholly in the past. With a background infinance, Jan has also worked in Poland before and after the fall of Communismand has advocated dialogue, understanding and reconciliation between Poles andtheir heritage both the good and the bad. His level of knowledge about history,current events, and religion was truly stunning, and I found him to be anincredible individual to speak to. As such, our full conversation couldn’t becontained within one episode and as we have done before in our show, we havesplit it into two parts one following the other. Please do enjoy thisfascinating journey through the history of the Ledochowski Family with Jan. ChopinPieces Courtesy of classicals.de Chopin- Grande Valse Brillante; Etude Op. 25 no.1 in A-flat major, Recorded, produced, and released to thepublic by: The Musopen Kickstarter Project - Set Chopin Free https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free] CreativeCommons - Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal CC PDM 1.0 [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]

Episode 7.1 Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz

Have you ever felt as if by not taking a side, youwind up an enemy of everyone? Such was the case of the remarkable life of ourSaint of the Month, Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz. A Lithuanian priesteducated in Poland he helped reinvigorate the Marian Religious Order and laterbecame Bishop of Vilnius during the turbulent post- World War I years. In alife dominated by suffering and struggle, but also great peace and faith, hisis a story with much inspiration for all of us stuck in the middle of conflicttoday and facing near impossible odds. O God, You who inflamed the heart ofBlessed George, Bishop, with an ardent love for Christ and the Church, grant,we pray, that by his example and through his intercession, we may remainuntiring in following Christ and building up His Mystical Body. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Boże, który dałeśKościołowi błogosławionego Jerzego Matulewicza jako odnowiciela i sługęjedności, za jego wstawiennictwem umocnij moją wiarę, obdarz pokojem moje sercei naucz mnie szukać zgody tam, gdzie jej brakuje. BłogosławionyJerzy, prowadź mnie drogą zaufania i odwagi. Amen.   Accordion-music-reverb.wav by eyenorth --https://freesound.org/s/482212/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 221029_2225_FR_MaleChoir.wav by kevp888 --https://freesound.org/s/657761/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Church Bells, Borgweg, Hamburg, Germany 25th DecemberChristmas by vonfleisch -- https://freesound.org/s/212037/ -- License:Attribution 3.0 Emotional Guitar by Migfus20 --https://freesound.org/s/559845/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 CD_PLENITUDE_004_EXP01.wav by kevp888 --https://freesound.org/s/622324/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Polish? Lithuanian? Its all the same isn't it?

For centuries, the Polish-LithuanianCommonwealth was an imposing state dominating Central and Eastern Europe. This nation, made possible by a 14th century royal marriage, joined together two ethnicities who share a common history, yet who are also ethnically distinct. This relationship can sometimes prove cumbersome to our modern understanding of nationality and ethnicity.   Today we welcome Tom Sadauskus, a Lithuanian genealogist to help shed light on this relationship. His experience and ethnic background as a Lithuanian-America gives us a great perspective. You can reach out to him at tomdoesgeneaology@gmail.com [tomdoesgeneaology@gmail.com] for any researchinquiries.    Chopin and Bach Pieces Courtesy ofclassicals.de Bach - Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major- BWV 1042 Chopin- Grande Valse Brillante; Nocturne Opus37 no. 1 in G minor; Etude Op. 25 no. 1 in A flat major; Nocturne 62 No. 2 in Emajor Recorded, produced, and released to thepublic by: The Musopen Kickstarter Project - Set Chopin Free https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/set-chopin-free] CreativeCommons - Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal CC PDM 1.0 [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]   10282 cracow city place ambience -loop.WAV by Robinhood76 -- https://freesound.org/s/580352/ -- License:Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Accordion-music-reverb.wav by eyenorth --https://freesound.org/s/482212/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Music from the middle ages 07 2013-08-10 Douce DameJolie.wav by Kyster -- https://freesound.org/s/197360/ -- License: Attribution4.0