Where is Poland? One Life Municipality Nieporęt honor of Captain Pilecki
May 15, 2011 the year Sunday.
Three days have been the birthday of the greatest Pole of all time, blessed John Paul the Great.
Two days have elapsed since the birth of the older generation from him, one of the six most courageous soldiers of the underground World War II, the man on the achievements of Titan.
Ulan-defender of Warsaw from the Bolsheviks, September 39 - the commander of cavalry in the Army "Prussia", a voluntary prisoner Auschwitz, the Warsaw Uprising, an officer in the formation of NO, most zakonspirowanej AK structure, prepared during the communist occupation.
In recognition of his services - condemned by the communist executioners, renegades from the Army in the service of Communists to death and the grave instead of down.
Joseph Cyrankiewicz, shrouded in legend Auschwitz communist fighter, for fear of being discovered his real role, refuses to help when trying to pardon and blocks to his death, efforts to rehabilitate the captain, who made only in 1990 year.
inhumanly tortured ("Auschwitz was a trifle," as he said), endured everything with courage, honor and humility, meditating on thoughts from the book of the medieval monk Thomas a Kempis' The Imitation of Christ. "
Murdered May 25, 1948 year and buried in an undisclosed location today.
the end of life "Free Pole," one of those whom he meant Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz.
village near Warsaw Nieporęt, bordering with the Warsaw Białołęka today celebrating.
About a kilometer from the border of Warsaw, on the way to Masuria, holiday and weekend bus, No. 633 provincial road crosses the road No. 632, Legionowa to Marek.
who lives a kilometer from the junction towards the Legionowa Mieczyslaw Stanczak, a longtime mayor angles Hungarian village in 2006, he won election to the council.
The municipality was represented by that part of the electorate, who has lived here for generations.
In seventeenth-century parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded as a votive offering of thanksgiving for victory over the Swedes by King John Casimir, stands on the right side of the altar m armurowa font offered in 1881 by Andrew Stańczak, Councilor grandfather.
father and uncles were involved in the September campaign. Old Stańczak Modlin fortress artillery. Uncles, as the lancers in the same department, which Pilecki, divisional cavalry squadron of the Army "Prussia."
But this significant community of fate of his family With his Mieczyslaw learned later.
First, the early nineties, he was fascinated by the story of the expedition experienced suicidal Soldier to a concentration camp.
Expeditions, like Kmita the camp of the Swedes, only much more complex and dangerous, requiring unique talents. A decent number of sensational movies, with a chance for an Oscar. And here - nothing. Polish directors have other things on their minds.
began to get interested in history. Another story, not the way it is at your fingertips. Requires more effort. In this and the history of his family. This resulted finally in the initiative.
about 2005 as part of reconstruction more korkującego and dangerous intersection was built two roundabouts.
In October 2010, shortly before the end of the legislature, municipal councilor Nieporęt, Mieczyslaw Stanczak, reported the proposal to give Rondom name of Captain Witold Pilecki.
If you were against, dared not express it. Nobody raised the issue of costs of new tables and complained that the Local Council is busy with more important things than dealing with another distraction. Mieczyslaw Although he had shown considerable determination that the proposal stood on the agenda before the end of term. He's even an incident of slamming doors.
But it all ended happily.
Municipality Council Resolution was made on Nov. 4, 2010 year. Unanimously.
The proposal was for Councilor Captain Stańczak one of the recent developments in the role of Local Government. No longer a candidate for the next term.
Today is Sunday, day of rain, but not too much, though rozrzewniony, as he said the pastor, looking with concern at the sky.
the municipal square, near the provincial road No. 632, which runs to the bridge crossing the roundabouts Pilecki the Royal Canal, rozstawiono tent over the field altar, benches and patriotic decorations. Portrait of Captain stands at the left side of the altar with him - Scout's worth.
apart from the side billboards.
youth from the local, newly constructed high school named Heroes of the Battle of Warsaw, pride, community, led by her mistress from the art, commemorative plaques made Captain. Cited is that recognition by Michael Foot, a British historian, as one of the six most courageous form of an underground resistance movement of World War II.
And his words after hearing a death sentence: "I tried to live like me in the hour of death could enjoy rather than fear."
Mass field, despite the cold and cloudy weather gathers and a half hundreds of ordinary parishioners, scouts and firefighters. Maciej Mazur is the mayor and his wife are councilors. It Mieczyslaw, honored for authorship of the initiative.
In his homily, the pastor Peter Jedrzejewski refers to Sunday, Good Shepherd and quotes a letter Captain from 1944 to his son:
-If you read this, maybe you were a bit agitated, thinking to myself, what the father wants ...
So Hero, yet the harshest terms, calls his child to be treated with care, even incomprehensible even now transfers his father. The captain was not immediately object uncritical admiration, even by his own son.
In prayer, the Eucharist, priests at the memory of Witold Pilecki connects with a prayer for the other deceased parishioners nieporęckich. The unity of the fate of heroes and ordinary people "here" - against Providence ...
meditation speeches of Father Peter, rector of referring to the historical figure strikes some determination, as if thrown casually: "living history".
history. Alive.
past. Root Present. Foundation Source and the Future of the full meaning and hope.
Having their already dead heroes, spiritual fathers and fathers blood. And having your living pilgrims, having perspective and horizon. The horizon is by no means empty and hopeless. Gives a wonderful perspective.
What town - about a mile from the city?
Wyładniała by those 10 years of my stay here.
new church for the second nieporęckiej parish dedicated to Our Lady, Help of Christians. The parish closer to Warsaw, Stanislav, host today's ceremony.
church with beautiful, original stained glass windows, funded by the parishioners. And yet a parish in the making, still further south. And it is assisted by a few older sister.
activities of Catholic Action, Scouting, Caritas, the Living Rosary, Bible Wheels, Bielanek.
original municipal hall with a clock and chime.
new gymnasium with a swimming pool. Many roads, some of which do not drive trucks illegally shortening its way, quite decent. Deviate upward from the battlefields of No 633 regional transit passing through the village.
Street lighting. Wastewater Treatment Plant. Infrastructure coastal lagoon of the pier for walking and waterfront promenade.
House of Culture of the amateur theater. At the premiere of the pastor and mayor in the first place. At intervals a walk along the groove on the proud name of Royal. So small, but bigger, a local business.
municipal government's efforts can be seen. Associated Municipality. Municipality friendly.
her human disputes and friction do not go beyond a narrow group of stakeholders. To his voters are sitting in pews in the first field or the traditional church service.
In recent elections, no party to the mainstream has not received a single seat. Govern comers forming their committees. Or competing with them swojacy. But always the locals. Govern in their interest. For myself. None Piarist will not help. Neighbors need to look into the eyes daily. And the Mass must give a hand giving the peace sign.
Where are we? Is it so far from the media and the carousel klangoru parliamentary impossibility? When a successor is cut flush with the grass to make their predecessors?
We are in siąpiącym, May kapuśniaczku field before the altar, on communal land. Shoulder to shoulder with młodziutkimi harcerzykami and their older colleagues.
Among swojaków living here for generations, as Mr Mieczyslaw and his neighbor, with roots in the French hills, where he reportedly stationed Napoleon on his way to Moscow.
And among the newcomers, zapuszczających roots here, as the mayor and the author of this relationship. But united by a common sensitivity to the power of inspiring truth about heroism without worldly rewards.
Where is Poland?
In big cities, where young, modern-minded, educated, deprived of the complexes people working in multinational corporations and the corporate culture of learning to carry the torch of education to the people and to inoculate the new, European, secular traditions on harsh, Polish soil?
Or, in the provinces, the rural areas where in harmony with nature, to toil from dawn to dusk, working Polish peasant, not so dark, designed, and the Internet, and television and a car in the yard. And a barn with dojarkami Alfa Laval, sometimes looks better than many people from the city bathroom?
The only difference between them is that the young wise man listens only to his spiritual guide in his spare time advertiser-known bank, a young farmer - his pastor.
Well, where? Or maybe somewhere else?
example I have described. Evaluate yourself.
