Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 102 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 4:49 pm: | |
Went for the first time last year. Good food. Polka Bands,Cold beer. This Sat and Sunday. Russell and Canfield. Lots of fun |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 144 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 4:53 pm: | |
That sounds great. Do you know if the church might be open during the festival for those of us who haven't been inside for years? |
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 327 Registered: 05-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 5:51 pm: | |
It's still a beautiful church. |
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch
Post Number: 998 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 5:54 pm: | |
"quote:That sounds great. Do you know if the church might be open during the festival for those of us who haven't been inside for years? You could always leave your confessions on the Non-Detroit page. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 103 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 6:04 pm: | |
yes, the church is open during the festival. My dad was a funeral director, he went to a lot of churches in and around Detroit. He always told me to check out SHOM . I did for the first time a couple years ago. He was right. Most beautiful church in Detroit.All the poles and italians donated their whole paycheck years ago. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2418 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 6:53 am: | |
Pierogi Festival details: AUGUST 11 & 12, 2007 Saturday 1pm - 9pm (1pm - 3:30pm food only) Sunday 12pm - 9pm Special Polka Mass 4pm Saturday with Pan Franek & Zosia FOOD: Pierogi dinners, Chicken dinners, Grilled food bar LIVE MUSIC: Pan Franek & Zosia on Saturday; Kielbasa Kings and Misty Blues on Sunday http://shofm.wordpress.com/200 7/07/16/its-pierogi-festival-t ime/ |
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 27 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 9:54 am: | |
Out of curiosity, what is a Polka Mass? Do they replace the usual Church music with polkas? |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 236 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:48 pm: | |
Dzenkuje Dobrze! to everyone for not adding an s to the end of pierogi. I get so tired of seeing Mrs. T's "pierogies". |
Professorjackson Member Username: Professorjackson
Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:15 pm: | |
Yes, a polka mass is the same thing as a Mass but with a polka band. Pan Franek and Zosia can be quite good, especially with two fiddles. |
Grandpamike Member Username: Grandpamike
Post Number: 16 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 7:05 pm: | |
I'm with you Mtm. "pierog" is singular; "pierogi" is plural. "pierogies" is not a word. The same with "chruscik" and "chrusciki". The same with stuffed cabbage, but I don't know how to spell it. |
Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth
Post Number: 60 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 11:16 pm: | |
Last year there were hookers in mini skirts working a "bottle game" and the daughter didn't have on underwear.I shit you not. You got to love the sign..... "Bingo, Beer,and Pierogi". It's almost as good as their "Christmas in July" where they raffle off vodka. Praise the Lord. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1848 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 10:33 pm: | |
Same singular & plural with local favorites "paczek" and "paczki".
Pierogi Festival
Inside Sweetest Heart of Mary
'Rogies! (Your choice of delicious handmade cheese, potato and kraut Pierogi... plus apple turnover, slaw.) Festival runs through tomorrow, so it's not too late to get your pierogi. |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 801 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 9:22 am: | |
Pgn421-where was your dad a funeral director? This would be perfect for my off day today! |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 105 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 11:08 am: | |
he had his own funeral home on the Blvd, back in the fifties. He was a free lance after that at Van Leberghes. Ever hear of it? On E.Warren? PN |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2425 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 12:00 pm: | |
Wasn't the Arthur J. Van Lerberghe Funeral Home on Cadieux just south of Harper? |
Grandpamike Member Username: Grandpamike
Post Number: 18 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 3:56 pm: | |
Nice pix, Dougw. Those pierogi look a little well done. I just got back from there. The pierogi were good-sized and delicious. There were lots of folks enjoying themselves. I hear that the huge (and very beautiful) church was packed for the Polka Mass yesterday. Fr. Mark Borkowski, the pastor, gave a great sermon at the 10:30 a.m. Mass talking about the history of the parish and how the immigrants sacrificed a great deal to build the complex. He said the parish used to have a membership of 5000 families and they would have 10-15 weddings on a Saturday. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 107 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:34 am: | |
Kathleen: That was Eppens-Van Dewehe on Cadieux. I went to Gallagher with Al Eppens the son. |
Quinn Member Username: Quinn
Post Number: 1433 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:42 am: | |
I thought it was a great time. We had a blast, and my friend bought a large doll (life-size baby) for me as a joke from one of the booth vendors. It has a blue-knit jumper and a really bad wig. It's named Joey. We fixed its hands to the cargo-netting in the back of the station wagon and drove around to bars Sunday night...good laugh. Looked like a baby trying to crawl up front. Pierogis were excellent, as well as the chile cheese fries. Church was AMAZING. Church ceiling was even more...STUNNING. (Message edited by quinn on August 13, 2007) (Message edited by quinn on August 13, 2007) |
Raggedclaws Member Username: Raggedclaws
Post Number: 42 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:24 am: | |
Second that, Quinn. In case you missed the church "tour" with Fr. Borkowski the ceiling is painted to LOOK like small mosaic tile - not real. He said the paint is lead-based so not able to clean, but Borkowski is working on some way to clean it up. No doubt that he will eventually. Borkowski gave a wonderful talk on history of SHM, Albertus & Jospehat. Would love to see SHM & Jos pull together to help Albertus. Drove down the street to Albertus after festival, broke our hearts to see it like that... Food was great, people even more so. |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 108 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 9:46 am: | |
Kathleen: I used to do the body pickup. |
Dbc Member Username: Dbc
Post Number: 62 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:37 pm: | |
Raggedclaws, St. Albertus has been closed by the Archdiocese, but is still maintained by a Polish-American association, which has a priest say Mass at least once a month. I've never been, but you can stop by to check out the church during Mass, as well as donate your time or money for the restoration. Here's their website: www.stalbertus.org. |
Dbc Member Username: Dbc
Post Number: 63 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 11:55 pm: | |
By the way, I have a very interesting SHOM story. Maybe three or four years ago, we went to Midnight Mass, and it was overall a wonderful experience - the church is amazing, sang koledy (Polish Christmas carols), enjoyed the sermon in both English and Polish (I recognized maybe every twentieth word), and it was snowing when we left. However, in the middle of the Mass a fight broke out between a man and a woman and another man. There was some yelling in a foreign language I dont think it was Polish and the F-bomb, then the ushers very calmly escorted the woman with her head proudly held high and one of men out of the church down the main aisle and the other guy out the side. It was almost as if they knew these people, because there was no panic evident in the ushers. Both of the men wore those black leather jackets that Eastern European gangsters in the movies are so fond of. It was incredibly surreal. Albanian blood feud is the only thing I could think of. |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 614 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:47 am: | |
Fr. Mark Borkowski, the pastor, gave a great sermon at the 10:30 a.m. Mass talking about the history of the parish and how the immigrants sacrificed a great deal to build the complex. He said the parish used to have a membership of 5000 families and they would have 10-15 weddings on a Saturday. ______________________________ ___________________ As a member, I invite all to mass each week, as Fr. Mark delivers excellent sermons. He will deliver the Sermon, as well as a lesson in Polish Culture. Truly a treasure in this 20- first century... |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 615 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:50 am: | |
Another pointer that's wonderful about Fr. Mark; he actually cares about his flock! |
Lowereast Member Username: Lowereast
Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 8:37 am: | |
LOL Detroitej72. Is that supposed to be a joke? Fr. Mark rarely talks to anyone. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1851 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
quote:Nice pix, Dougw. Those pierogi look a little well done. Yeah, those 2 'rogi look a bit crispy on the outside, but they were very tasty and not overcooked at all (and I hate overcooked food). I tried the cheese and the potato pierogi, I'm kind of sorry I didn't also try the kraut ones. |
Ednaturnblad Member Username: Ednaturnblad
Post Number: 15 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 5:12 pm: | |
The annual Pierogi Fest is always a great event - better than the food, beer and music is the fact that this festival is necessary to sustain the expenses of this historic church - the Archdiocese of Detroit certainly isn't going to pay the bills for these parishes! SHM's sister parish, St. Josaphat, is another beautiful church - a jewel box compared to the opulence of SHM, but it much lighter, brighter and warmer inside. And they have a fundraising dinner every month - the food is out of this world. Last month was pork chops - this month (on Aug. 26) is Swiss Steak and next month (Sept. 30 is City Chicken...deeee-lish!). Just like the Pierogi Festival, these dinners help to sustain the church financially. So if you want to see these churches continue to exist and be maintained, patronize these wonderful events that also celebrate the culture and history of Detroit Polonia! |
J_stone Member Username: J_stone
Post Number: 386 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 5:28 pm: | |
I went for the first time on Saturday and had a blast. Everyone was so nice, the church is beautiful, the food was good, band too and the beer cold. Followed it up by hitting Butcher's Inn in Eastern Market. I love that place too. Good times. |
Lowereast Member Username: Lowereast
Post Number: 6 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 5:59 pm: | |
You are right about the bills and supporting older parishes Ednaturnblad! Each of the three parishes in the cluster, SHM, St. Josaphat, and St. Joseph have fundraising dinners nearly once a month. SHM has a great Feather Party near Thanksgiving too. It's nowhere near as large as the festival, but a tradition that goes back to the 1920s I believe. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2430 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:00 am: | |
Thanks, Pgn421, for the correction. I remember Al Eppens. Now where exactly was Van Lerberghe's? I'm not placing it on E. Warren. |
Raggedclaws Member Username: Raggedclaws
Post Number: 44 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 7:40 am: | |
I expected Livedog2 to post on this thread for obvious reasons. Where has he been, anyway ? |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 110 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 8:49 am: | |
Kathleen: East Warren and Lakepointe. Right by St.John Berchmanns and Servite. |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 242 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 1:26 pm: | |
Grandpamike, Stuffed cabbage = golobek/golobki (can't make the slash (/) across the l to give it the w sound.) Smaczne! |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 802 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 2:45 pm: | |
Pgn421- No I hadn't heard of that funeral home...I'm not completely up with my history of all funeral homes though and quite frankly too young to know them all. Some of the people I work with have been around for 40+ years and would be very familiar with the older funeral homes. |
Grandpamike Member Username: Grandpamike
Post Number: 19 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 3:03 pm: | |
Mtm, Thanks for the spelling on golobek/golobki! I got into trouble with my wife's grandmother many years ago. She asked me how I liked her golobki, and I said that my mother put more meat in hers. I did not mean that in a negative way, but grandma never forgave me! |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 246 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 3:08 pm: | |
Grandpamike (or should I say Dziadekmike?) Everyone has their own favorite when it comes to golobki. Some like more meat and some less. Some cover with tomato sauce (personal preference) others with gravy. I recently learned a neat cooking trick for golobki. To me, the worst part of making golobki is dealing with the drippy hot leaves. Instead boiling the cabbage leaves, core the head of cabbage and stick it in the freezer for several hours. I haven't tried this yet but it was suggested by a caterer who made some fantastic golobki. Anything to keep me from burning my fingers! |
Grandpamike Member Username: Grandpamike
Post Number: 20 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 4:46 pm: | |
Mtm, Mtm, Thanks for the tip. I never burn my fingers...because I don't cook. I showed your tip to my wife, and she said that she had heard of it, but never tried it. I looked at the Secretary of State website a few weeks back to see if "DZIADEK" was available, and it was. Then I looked a few days later, and it was taken! What a bummer. |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 247 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 12:36 pm: | |
hmmm... maybe I should check for a Busia plate! |