Pierogi to Prayer

10/05/2026

Polish-American Father Walter Ciszek. His life story of arrest, torture, and imprisonment for some 30 years in the Soviet Union as told in his two books: With God in Russia published in 1964 and He Leadeth Me published in 1973, have become spiritual classics, giving words of strength to generations. Last October we created a four-part workshop entitled: “With God in Camden” with four guest presenters who had their lives touched directly or indirectly by Father Ciszek. Recently, his cause for canonization was ended by the Vatican, but the impact of Ciszek's story and legacy continues. For this our final month of Season Two of our podcast, we decided to release these four presentations over the next four weeks to close our season. Each episode willdrop on every Monday of this month. Our first guest of was the Most Reverand Jeffery J. Walsh,, Bishop of the Diocese of Ga***rd, Michigan. His encounter with Ciszek is one that is similar to so many lives that have been touched.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or Youtube!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fgFGKjHogasMlu3UOmVOu?si=C6dNhldJSMu5QaL3X8dHGQ&utm_source=copy-link

09/08/2026

09/08/2026

https://youtu.be/eLLS0oatUEA?is=GWujFdwbJcuYZ7zY

Check out this piece by Witold Lutosławski mentioned in Part II of our most recent episode on the Polish Composer.

Witold LUTOSLAWSKY anniversary: PIANO CONCERTO(1988) - Krystian ZIM...

09/07/2026

This September we bring the two topics of Music and World War II together with our returning guest, Dr. Michael Klein of Temple University. Long time listeners may remember him from last season’s two part episode on Fryderyk Chopin. One of his particular research interests however, is the music and career of another Polish composer that certainly isn’t as familiar to many as the great Chopin. Witold Lutosławski was born in 1913 and lived until 1994. Born in Partition Poland, coming of age in the Second Polish Republic, enduring the Communist State of Poland and passing away in the current Third Republic, Lutosławski had a front row seat to the defining elements of Polish History in the tumultuous 20th century. His choice to express this life through his musical brilliance, which was often curtailed by the expectations and censorship of the times he lived in.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple, or You tube Podcasts! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JMlhcVceHo6r1AUXr51Uu?si=M2gZLrT_SsWbq5IPdR3OZg

09/05/2026

Starting today!

08/04/2026

Check out this article for more information on the Polish story we highlighted in our most recent podcast episode from Culture.pl

The following is a tale about buccaneering Poles: Napoleon’s 19th century plan to quell a rebellion in a French colony resulted in Polish legionaries becoming Caribbean pirates, leaving indelible traces of their legacy in Haitian culture

08/04/2026

Be sure to check out the website of our most recent guest, Jonathan North for links and information on his many works of scholarship on the Napoleonic Era.

Site dedicated to the research and writing of Napoleonic historian, Jonathan North.