"How can Orchard Lake better serve Polonia and Poland?" Oct. 28, 2017

How can Orchard Lake better serve Polonia, Poland and Poles?

What can Orchard Lake do to strengthen American Polonia and our Catholic values?

Saturday, October 28th, 2017, 12:00 Noon
Shrine of St. John Paul II at Orchard Lake
3535 Commerce Rd. Orchard Lake, MI 48324
Learn more: (313) 485-0531
www.orchardlakeschools.com

Schools Founded in Detroit Michigan in 1885

Friends of St. John Paul II “Be Not Afraid Foundation” Michigan Chapter: www.jp2mi.org

Polish Americans for Orchard Lake Schools

The Seminary was founded over 130 years ago by Father Jozef Dabrowski, who received this mission from Father Leopold Moczygemba, OFM Conv., the Patriarch of the Polish American Community.  During the Seminary’s rich history, it has made an outstanding contribution to the Polish American and broader Catholic faith community, educating thousands of priests and educators. Thanks to Father Dabrowski’s exceptional wisdom, clarity of mission, testament, and example, the Orchard Lake Seminary and related institutions have been uniquely and generously financed by the Polish American community throughout their long and illustrious history.

Thanks to donations and financial support from the 10,000,000-strong Polish American community, Orchard Lake contains the largest Polish American archives in the United States, documenting the rich history of Polish diaspora and its contributions to the United States. Polish Americans funded the Library and donated volumes of unique historical books and publications, some dating back to 1600.  Such a collection is of unique importance: most historical libraries and archives in Poland were destroyed during the cataclysms of the Second World War.  Therefore, many unique historical artifacts have survived exclusively in the archive at Orchard Lake.