Dear Family and Friends:

The Advent Season is upon us and Christmas is fast approaching.  We would like for you to “Save the Date” for the 2024 Chappell Hill “Kolędy Polskie” to be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024 in Chappell Hill, Texas beginning at 12:00 p.m. inside of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church.  Chappell Hill is only 50 minutes from Houston and everyone is invited to attend. The schedule is attached, and we will have mass at 6:00 p.m. following Kolędowaia “Caroling”. The addresses and times of each stop are included in the flyer for you to share and you can attend part and/or all of the program organized for this beautiful event.

The year we will be featuring special guests from Rabka, Poland “Majeranki” a high school folk group from southern Poland. They will play, sing and dance for this year’s koledowania and they will play and sing for 6 p.m. Mass later in the evening. 

We are so proud of the interest and attendance each year for this beautiful and memorable Polish tradition. Each year it has continued to grow and this event has inspired Polish people around the world to embrace and continue the tradition of bringing joy and entertainment to people during the Christmas Season.  Everyone is invited to attend and please bring your children, grandchildren, friends and family to this fun and beautiful Polish tradition.  The youth are the future of Polonia in Texas and around the world. For the Chappell Hill “Kolędy Polskie” you do not need to rsvp, just come and join this beautiful event with your family.  We encourage you to dress in Polish or Nativity costumes to highlight the Polish/Christmas atmosphere.

Once again, we look forward to celebrating “Kolędy Polskie” with each of you.  Your presence will help make this year’s “Kolędy Polskie” memorable and fun. Please feel free to invite your family and friends to join in the celebration, especially the children. This event is about faith, family, and friends and we want to share this tradition with our youth so that this beautiful tradition is passed down to another generation.  We have admirers from Poland, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois that are proud of the Polish heart and soul in Texas! 

We want to give a big shout out to all the families participating this year in hosting the 2024 Kolędowaia “Caroling”.

Please join us and help make this the best “Kolędy Polskie” to date! Please share this email and schedule with your family and friends!

Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sincerely,
Dr. Jim

P.S. If you would like to learn to sing some of the songs in Polish, you may go to the Polish-Texans website at:

http://www.polish-texans.com/category/video/kolendy/

All the songs that we sing are on this site and if you scroll down, you will see all of them listed.  They are YouTube video’s for you to sing along Karaoke!  It is a great way to learn!

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary:
Kolędować – to go caroling
Kolędy Polskie – The Polish Christmas Carols
Kolędnicy – The Carolers going from stop to stop