Sts. Peter & Paul Church
Historical Events
1990 to 1995
Sts. Peter & Paul Church
Historical Events
1990 to 1995
1990
JANUARY 11
THE SECOND REFUGEE FAMILY SPONSORED BY OUR PARISH ARRIVED IN CANADA FROM GREECE.
FEBRUARY 5
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A POTLUCK LUNCHEON, FOLLOWED BY THEIR REGULAR MEETING.
MARCH 14-16
REV. PETER WALTON PREACHED THE ENGLISH LENTEN RETREAT.
APRIL 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED THEIR "SEDER MEAL"
MAY 7
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION WAS CELEBRATED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAY 20
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS CELEBRATED BY KAREN BORDYNIUK, JANET PREVOST, ANETA POPROCKI, AND ANDREW PUSZCZALOWSKI.
THE ROSARY SOCIETY RENEWED THEIR COMMITMENT AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
JUNE 6
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A DINNER AT THE BLUE STAR RESTAURANT.
JUNE 27
THE PARISH MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA SHRINE IN LEWISTON, NEW YORK.
SEPTEMBER 2
A "FAREWELL" OPEN HOUSE WAS CELEBRATED IN THE HALL IN HONOUR OF FATHER WOJTKOWIAK OMI.
SEPTEMBER 9
FATHER ROMAN MAJEK WAS WELCOMED INTO THE PARISH AS A NEW PASTOR FROM ST. CASIMIR'S IN TORONTO.
SEPTEMBER 30
THE CANADIAN POLISH SOCIETY'S SENIOR CLUB HELD A HARVEST TEA AND CRAFT SALE.
OCTOBER 1
VOLUNTEERS MET TO DO A THOROUGH CLEANING OF THE CHURCH.
OCTOBER 9
THE SENIORS CLUB MADE A TRIP TO KITCHENER FOR "OKTOBERFEST."
NOVEMBER 8
ELIZBIETA DARIUSZ AND AGATA BROZYNIAK, WHO WERE SPONSORED BY OUR PARISH, ARRIVED IN WELLAND FROM AUSTRIA.
NOVEMBER 18
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR.
DECEMBER 4
SENIORS CLUB HELD A CHRISTMAS DINNER AT BLUE STAR.
DECEMBER 30
PARISHIONERS GATHERED TO SHARE THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK IN THE PARISH HALL.
FEBRUARY 4
SENIORS CLUB HELD A POTLUCK LUNCHEON.
FEBRUARY 10-13
REV. K. KOZICKI OMI, MISSIONARY FROM POLAND, PREACHED THE LENTEN RETREAT.
FEBRUARY 17
THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OBLATES IN CANADA WAS CELEBRATED AT ST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL IN TORONTO FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET.
FEBRUARY 23-25
REV. J. SZKODZINSKI OMI, PREACHED THE ENGLISH RETREAT.
MAY 12
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS CELEBRATED BY OLIVIA BARTOLD, JUSTYNA FANFARA, MARK BELANGER AND MICHAEL NAGORSKI.
THE ROSARY SOCIETY RENEWED THEIR
COMMITMENT.
MAY 21
CONFIRMATION WAS CELEBRATED BY ALICIA GALLACCIO, SCOTT CRYSLER, KELLY HABJAN AND ARON GAUTHIER.
JUNE
THROUGH THE FOSTER PARENT PLAN, THE ROSARY SOCIETY SPONSORED DERAJEUNE DERAMEAU, A FOUR YEAR OLD BOY FROM HAITI.
OCTOBER 6
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD A BAKE SALE TO BENEFIT THEIR FOSTER CHILD, DERAJEUNE.
OCTOBER 22
THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING WAS HELD. THE FOLLOWING WERE ASKED TO JOIN THE COUNCIL: MIKE CIROCCO, ED JESIONKA, KIM KUCHAR, CECILE LANTEIGNE, FELICIA LUKASIEWICZ, MARCO MAGAZZENI, ANN MCDOUGAL, ANTONI SIKORA, BEATRICE NAJBERT, AND FRANK TROTZ.
OCTOBER
A CHILDREN'S CHOIR WAS FORMED TO SING AT 5:00 PM MASS.
NOVEMBER 17
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR.
DECEMBER 1
JEFFREY MARTIN, SHARON SMUTNICKI, AND GWEN SZIGATTI WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE SECOND PERIOD OF THEIR "FAITH JOURNEY" THROUGH THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA). THEY BECAME CANDIDATES FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
DECEMBER 2
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE REX.
DECEMBER 9
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR MEETING FOLLOWED BY A "CELEBRATION OF THE LIGHT" AND A CHRISTMAS PARTY.
DECEMBER 29
THE PARISHIONERS GATHERED TO SHARE THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK FOLLOWING 10:00 AM MASS.
MARCH 1-4
REV. EDMUND STEFANSKI OMI, PREACHED THE POLISH LENTEN RETREAT.
MARCH 7-10
REV. ROGER BONNEAU AND REV. MALACHY SMITH (CARMELITE FATHERS) PREACHED THE ENGLISH RETREAT.
MARCH 8
SECOND STAGE IN THE RCIA (Becoming a Catholic) WAS CELEBRATED. BISHOP T. FULTON FORMERLY APPROVED 146 MEMBERS' (INCLUDING SHARON SMUTNICKI, JEFFREY MARTIN, AND GWEN SZIGATTI) READINESS TO RECEIVE THE SACRAMENTS.
MARCH 29
THE PARISH JOINED JOHN WOLAK AS HE CELEBRATED HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY.
APRIL 15
PARISH SPRING BAZAAR WAS HELD IN THE PARISH HALL.
MAY 7
CONFIRMATION WAS RECEIVED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAY 10
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS CELEBRATED BY RYAN SMUTNICKI, CHRISTOPHER SPALTON, STACEY PEREZ, ADRIENNE BARROW, AND JOANNE FIGEL. THE CHILDREN HONOURED MARY BY A CROWNING CEREMONY. THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED THEIR ANNIVERSARY BY RENEWING THEIR COMMITMENT.
MAY 31
THE PARISH JOINED LOTTIE AND MIKE SIKORSKI AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
JUNE 1
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A DINNER AT THE REX.
JUNE 21
A SPECIAL MASS IN HONOUR OF OUR PATRON SAINTS, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WAS HELD, FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION IN THE PARISH HALL.
JUNE 22
OUR PARISH HOSTED THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR THE GRADE 8 STUDENTS OF ST. MARY SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY A LUNCHEON IN THE HALL.
AUGUST 29
THE PARISH JOINED JENNETTE AND LOUIE BOILY AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
SEPTEMBER 13
THE PARISH JOINED MARY AND STAN KOLWICH AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
SEPTEMBER 20
THE PARISH JOINED MIKE AND MARY CIROCCO AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
OCTOBER 25
THE ROSARY SOCIETY ORGANIZED A BAKE SALE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SUFFERING CHILDREN OF SOMALIA.
NOVEMBER 15
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD ITS ANNUAL BAZAAR.
DECEMBER 7
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE REX.
DECEMBER 27
THE PARISHIONERS EXCHANGED THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK AND CHRISTMAS WISHES FOLLOWING 10:00 AM MASS.
1993
FEBRUARY 21-26
THE POLISH RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY REV. J. CHLEBEK
FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 2
THE ENGLISH RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY REV. M. SMITH
MARCH 21
THE PARISH SPRING BAZAAR WAS HELD.
APRIL 18
THE FELICIAN SISTERS OF OUR PARISH AND AROUND THE WORLD REJOICED AS THEIR FOUNDRESS MARY ANGELA WAS BEATIFIED AT ST. PETER'S BASILICA IN ROME BY POPE JOHN PAUL II.
APRIL 25
THE ROSARY SOCIETY SPONSORED A PARISH DINNER AS A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT DERAJEUNE, THEIR FOSTER CHILD FROM HAITI, AND FOR OTHER CHARITIES.
APRIL 29
THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION WAS RECEIVED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAY 9
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS CELEBRATED BY CHILDREN OF OUR PARISH.
THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED ITS EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRAYING THE ROSARY, CHARITY WORK AND SERVICE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE GOOD OF THE PARISH FAMILY.
JUNE 7
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A DINNER AT THE REX HOTEL.
AUGUST 29
A "FAREWELL" MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT 10:00 AM IN HONOUR OF FATHER ROMAN, FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION IN THE PARISH HALL. THIS PROVIDED PARISHIONERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO FATHER ROMAN FOR HIS LOVE, LEADERSHIP, AND AVAILABILITY DURING THE THREE YEARS OF HIS MINISTRY.
SEPTEMBER
FATHER ROMAN MAJEK WAS TRANSFERRED BY THE FATHER PROVINCIAL TO ST. CASIMIR'S PARISH IN VANCOUVER, B.C.
FATHER ZYGMUNT MUSIELSKI, OMI WAS WELCOMED AS THE NEW PASTOR OF STS. PETER AND PAUL PARISH.
SEPTEMBER 5
SUSAN BORYS, ORGANIST AT 9:00 AM MASS, BEGAN HER EDUCATION AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. ALICIA GALLACCIO WAS WELCOMED AS THE NEW ORGANIST.
OCTOBER 3
FELICIA LUKASIEWICZ OFFERED A MASS TO THANK ALL THE PARISHIONERS OF STS. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH FOR THE GOODNESS THAT WAS SHOWN TO HER DURING HER 45 YEARS IN WELLAND.
NOVEMBER 7
THE POLISH COMMUNITY HELD THEIR BAZAAR AT THE CANADIAN POLISH COMMUNITY CENTRE.
NOVEMBER
THE RECTORY WAS PAINTED BY FATHER ZIGGY'S FRIENDS, MR. & MRS. KROLEWICZ OF TORONTO.
NOVEMBER 21
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR AND PENNY SALE.
DECEMBER 26
PARISHIONERS JOINED TO SHARE THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK IN THE PARISH HALL.
FEBRUARY 7
SENIORS CLUB HELD A POTLUCK LUNCHEON.
MARCH 27
A RETIREMENT RECEPTION WAS HELD IN HONOUR OF BISHOP FULTON AT ST. JULIA'S CHURCH IN ST. CATHARINES.
APRIL 10
THE PARISHIONERS GATHERED IN THE PARISH HALL AFTER 10:00 AM MASS TO SHARE IN THEIR EASTER JOY.
APRIL 24
THE PARISH SPRING BAZAAR WAS HELD.
MAY 8
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS RECEIVED BY FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN OF OUR PARISH. THE ROSARY SOCIETY RENEWED THEIR COMMITMENT.
MAY 17
THE FOLLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE WERE CONFIRMED: KASIA GORECKI, JENNIFER BARROW, PAUL FANFARA, BRIAN LAFLEUR, NORBERT PAPROCKI, ROBERT PAPROCKI, ANGELLE EYBEL AND EDYTA KROL.
JUNE 6
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD A DINNER AT THE BLUE STAR.
JUNE
THE PARISH JOINED WILLIAM AND KATHLEEN KATRYNUK AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
JUNE 7
THE PARISH JOINED RICHARD AND BOZENA NAJBERT AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
JULY 24
THE PARISH JOINED THE SYDOR FAMILY AS THEY CELEBRATED A FAMILY REUNION MASS.
SEPTEMBER 18
THE PARISH JOINED SILVIO AND LIDIA SACCO AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
SEPTEMBER 21
THE ROSARY SOCIETY PLANNED A TRIP TO THE TRAPPIST MONESTARY IN PIFFARD, NEW YORK.
NOVEMBER
FATHER JOHN SZKODZINSKI TEMPORARILY REPLACED FATHER ZYGMUNT MUSIELSKI AS HE UNDERWENT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
NOVEMBER 20
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR AND PENNY SALE IN THE PARISH HALL.
NOVEMBER 25
THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIOCESE WAS CELEBRATED. BISHOP THOMAS FULTON, FATHER LEROY LEE, SISTER FERN RIDEOUT, AND SISTER PATRICIA CONWAY WERE HONOURED.
JANUARY
THE PARISH OPENED A "BUILDING FUND" ACCOUNT. THE CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 558 GENEROUSLY DONATED $1000.00 TO THE FUND.
FEBRUARY 6
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL POT LUCK LUNCH.
FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 4
THE POLISH LENTEN RETREAT WAS HELD.
MARCH 11-14
THE ENGLISH RETREAT WAS PREACHED BY FATHER ROCKY GRIMARD OMI.
APRIL 2
THE ANNUAL PARISH SPRING BAZAAR WAS HELD.
MAY 7
THE ROSARY SOCIETY CELEBRATED THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND HELD A PARISH DINNER.
MAY 10
THE FOLLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE WERE CONFIRMED IN OUR PARISH: LAUREN GALLACCIO, CARMEN DIBERNARDO, JANET PREVOST, JENNIFER SPALTON, ANDREW PUSZCZALOWSKI, KELLY PEREZ, ROSEMARY KUCHMAN, STEVEN BISONNETT, AND JEREMY EYBEL.
MAY 14
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION WAS RECEIVED BY THERESA SPALTON, JEFFREY LANTEIGNE, JASON LLOYD, JACOB HOPE, PATRYK MALUSKI, JULIA SWEIRCZ, AND KELLY HORVATH.
JUNE 5
THE SENIOR CLUB HELD THEIR DINNER MEETING AT BLUE STAR RESTAURANT.
JUNE 7
THE ROSARY SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC.
JUNE 18
THE PARISH JOINED BILL AND MURIEL SYDOR AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
NOVEMBER 19
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL BAZAAR.
NOVEMBER 26
THE OBLATE FATHERS PLANNED A PILGRIMAGE TO ROME FOR THE CANONIZATION OF EUGENE DE MAZENOD, FOUNDER OF THE OBLATE FATHERS.
DECEMBER 4
THE SENIORS CLUB HELD THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER MEETING AT SAMUEL'S RESTAURANT.
DECEMBER 11
THE ROSARY SOCIETY PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL SCRIPTURAL CELEBRATION OF LIGHT IN THE PARISH HALL.
DECEMBER 31
THE PARISHIONERS GATHERED TO SHARE IN THE TRADITIONAL OPLATEK IN THE PARISH HALL AFTER 10:00 AM MASS.
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