Word: czestochowa
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...decent night's sleep on St. Stan's hard wooden pews. Built by Polish immigrants in 1902 and named after a 16th century Polish Jesuit novice, the church is profusely decorated with statues, stained glass, mosaics and hand-painted biblical scenes; a depiction of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa is richly decorated with diamonds, pearls and other jewels donated by parishioners. Until last month, it served a prosperous congregation of about 800; unlike many churches fighting closure, supporters say, St. Stan's is financially viable. "We are a vibrant community keeping many Polish traditions alive," says Dola Scieszka-Lipinski...
Some Poles think the joys of life overseas can be captured back home. Bozena Wozna spent 2 1/2 years researching and teaching in London before returning last summer to the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in Czestochowa. "In the beginning, it's great over there. You have more money. You can buy more things. Life is more comfortable," she recalls. "But you have no roots...
...College London and later taught at University College London. It was, she says, "a great adventure and a totally new experience." But she missed Poland and her family and last year she returned to a job at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in the southern city of Czestochowa. Her experience abroad will help develop the institute and "teach our students better," she says. As for other Poles, they too will return, Wozna believes, but only "in 10-15 years" when they have accumulated money and experience. "If everybody leaves, what will happen to this country? Somebody...
...implicit challenge to Poland's Soviet-backed regime, a challenge John Paul quickly made immediate with two visits home. His first, in 1979, drew enormous, bloc-shaking crowds. On the next trip, after he told the restive populace to "be not afraid" and declared in the holy town of Czestochowa that "man cannot remain with no way out," the new Solidarity free-trade-union movement made him its virtual patron saint, flying the papal flag at the gate of the Gdansk shipyard...
...Pope too has his inner sanctum, a tiny private chapel off his sparsely decorated bedroom, which is adorned with a large bronze crucifix and a small icon of the "Black Madonna" of Czestochowa, symbol of Polish nationalism. Each morning and evening he privately speaks to God there, communing with his one true superior to shape the mission he too has pursued with relentless single-mindedness for 20 years: Go forth and spread the word...