Polish Canadian Students' Association of Windsor

Happy Holidays from all of us at PCSAW.

To commemorate Remembrance Day, members of PCSAW and the Windsor Polish Community placed a wreath on the Polish Veterans Memorial at Heavenly Rest Cemetery, Windsor. Thank you to Polonia Centre Windsor for the generous donation that made this wreath possible.

Meet the PCSAW 2020-2022 Board of Directors

A teraz po Polsku! Poznaj wszystkie polskie kluby uniwersyteckie w Kanadzie na Quo Vadis: Student Connect, 27 czerwca 2020 od 13:00-16:00 EST! Dowiedz sie ...o stypendiach, podrozach i studiach za granica oraz buduj swoja siec kontaktów! Celem e-konferencji jest zrzeszenie modych ludzi, studentów i licealistów pochodzenia polskiego calej Kanady. Patronat spotkania obejmuje PLinToronto. Zapraszamy studentów oraz licealistów szkó wyszych do doczenia do nas! Kluby studenckie ju zaangazowane: Polish Students' Association at the University of Toronto Western Polish Students' Union McMaster Polish Society U of C Polish Students Club Polish Canadian Students' Association of Windsor Polish Society of UW - PSUW UBC Polish Students' Association Zarejestruj sie: www.quovadisconferences.com/studentconnect. Rejestracja jest darmowa! Do zobaczenia!

STUDENTS The Polish Students' Association at the University of Toronto and Quo Vadis Conferences Canada are co-hosting Quo Vadis Student Connect for all post-...secondary students of Polish heritage! The online event will: Connect you with all Polish clubs in Canada Tell you about available internships and scholarships during your studies Inspire you to get involved with Polish clubs at your post-secondary institution Provide you with the opportunity to hear from a representative of the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Toronto regarding travel and study opportunities in Poland Here are the details: Date: Saturday, June 27 Time: 1pm - 4pm (EST) Location: Zoom BONUS: Grade 11 and 12 high school graduates are also welcome to attend and learn all about the above information as well! Current participating clubs: Polish Students' Association at the University of Toronto Western Polish Students' Union McMaster Polish Society University of Calgary Polish Students Club Polish Canadian Students' Association of Windsor Polish Society of UW - PSUW UBC Polish Students' Association (Want to add your club to this list? DM us!) All students are welcome, whether you’re in CEGEP, college or university. Registration is 100% but space is limited. Register here: www.quovadisconferences.com/studentconnect Thank you to Kathy Sing for putting this video together! #quovadisconferences #networking #onlineconference #psauoft

STUDENTS Together with the Polish Students Association at the University of Toronto, we’re co-hosting Quo Vadis Student Connect just for you! We’re going to: Connect you with all Polish student clubs across Canada... Tell you about available internships and scholarships during your studies Inspire you to get involved with Polish clubs at your post-secondary institution Provide you with the opportunity to hear from a representative of the Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Toronto regarding travel and study opportunities in Poland Quo Vadis Conferences Canada has hosted 12 conferences for students and young professionals in Canada, the U.S. and Australia since 2009. The very first conference in 2009 was student run and student attended. There were 117 delegates from all across Canada. We’re ready to go back to our roots and run an entire conference just for students from across Canada. Here are the details: Date: Saturday, June 27 Time: 1pm - 4pm (EST) Location: Zoom BONUS: We’re also inviting recent high school graduates to attend and learn all about the above information as well. You’re welcome too! This is an online conference via Zoom. All students are welcome, whether you’re college or university. Registration is 100% but space is limited. Register here: www.quovadisconferences.com/studentconnect Share with friends and attend together (wellwhile social distancing, of course ).

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PCSAW is proud to see Quo Vadis thrive! We were proud organizers of the 2010 edition of QV. We can't wait to attend QVX in September!

#PCSAW hosted the 2010 edition of Quo Vadis: Building Bridges, Building Leaders. We can't wait to attend #QVX in 2019!

PCSAW will be present at this year’s Polonia Business Dinner in Windsor! #pcsaw

The Battle of Warsaw refers to the decisive Polish victory in 1920 during the PolishSoviet War. Poland, on the verge of total defeat, repulsed and defeated the... invading Red Army. As Soviet forces invaded Poland in summer 1920, the Polish army retreated westward in disarray. The Polish forces seemed on the verge of disintegration and observers predicted a decisive Soviet victory. The battle of Warsaw was fought from August 1225, 1920 as Red Army forces commanded by Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and the nearby Modlin Fortress. On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Pisudski counterattacked from the south, disrupting the enemy's offensive, forcing the Russian forces into a disorganized withdrawal eastward and behind the Neman River. Estimated Russian losses were 10,000 killed, 500 missing, 30,000 wounded, and 66,000 taken prisoner, compared with Polish losses of some 4,500 killed, 10,000 missing, and 22,000 wounded. The defeat crippled the Red Army; Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, called it "an enormous defeat" for his forces. In the following months, several more Polish follow-up victories saved Poland's independence and led to a peace treaty with Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine later that year, securing the Polish state's eastern frontiers until 1939. The British diplomat Edgar Vincent regards this event as one of the most important battles in history on his expanded list of most decisive battles, since the Polish victory over the Soviets stopped the spread of communism to Europe.

SANCZENKO, Monsignor Peter A. Born on March 9, 1927 in the town of Nieswiez, Eastern Poland and passed away peacefully on July 11, 2018 at the age of 91. Fr. Peter was 12 years old when in 1939 the Second World War began and Poland was divided and annexed by both Germany and the Soviet Union. Fr. Peter was spared the waves of arrests, executions, and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Poles including children to Siberia and other remote gulags by the Soviet NKVD. When t...he Soviets were driven out by the invading German army in 1941, Germany extended its occupation to include the entire territory of Poland. In April 1943, the 16-year-old Peter was separated from his family, arrested and taken away to Germany for forced labour in a brick-yard in the town of Lorrach, near the border with Switzerland. After being liberated by French troops in May 1945, he made a crucial decision for his future; not to return home. Nieswiez, his hometown, was no longer part of Poland but had become integrated into the Soviet Union. He graduated in 1947 from a Polish high school in Rottweil, Germany, and then studied philosophy at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In 1950, he left Europe and arrived in Chicago, IL and ended up in Detroit MI, where he worked on a Ford assembly line for a short period of time. In 1950 he was accepted into the Polish Seminary in Orchard Lake, MI and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He celebrated his first mass at St. Stanislaus Church, Detroit MI. Later on Fr. Peter served as associate pastor and pastor at Polish parishes in London (Our Lady of Czestochowa), Chatham (Our Lady of Victory), and Windsor (Holy Trinity). He also was the pastor of St. Michael’s German Parish. In the late 1980’s, he helped over a thousand Polish families immigrate to Windsor through the sponsorship of the Catholic Church in Canada. Monsignor Peter Sanczenko will be missed by his many friends, the Ursuline Sisters, and relatives in Canada and abroad. Special thanks to the many parishioners, friends, the Polish Ursuline Sisters of Windsor, the staff of CCAC, nurses of Paramed Home Health Care, and the staff and volunteers of the Windsor Hospice for all their care and compassion during Fr. Peter’s illness. Visitation will be held at HOLY TRINITY POLISH CHURCH (1035 Ellis St. East at Langlois Ave) on Sunday, July 15, 2018 from 5-9 p.m. Parish prayers will follow at 8:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Monday, July 16, 2018 from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to WINDSOR CHAPEL 1700 Tecumseh Rd E. 519-253-7234. In kindness, donations may be made to Holy Trinity Building Fund or Hospice of Windsor and Essex County. http://www.windsorchapel.com/obituary.aspx?ObitID=14801 See more