“This is an eternal truth that every person must perceive.. That he is ‘called.’ And to be aware of the fact.. means to understand the whole reason for existence; it enables us to overcome the sensation of nothingness. ‘To be called’ means to know why one lives, why one exists... Orchard Lake consists of this Shrine Chapel which is and must be in the heart of your whole institution. In this setting, my dear members of the Orchard Lake family, you can think about your vocation.. Listen to this calling with your whole heart, mind and soul, and follow it through to the end. This is the mystery of Orchard Lake.. The mystery is based upon the fact that we here can settle the most important items of our spiritual life… the items of a vocation to serve God in the best way for Him and for us. This is my wish to all of you. I wish this to all, not only students and faculty, but to all who… work for Orchard Lake and make it what it is… Follow in your calling to the very end. I appeal especially to you, dear faculty members whose task it is to form the minds of your students; and I especially appeal to you, spiritual directors, whose task it is to form the souls of men. All of this has one cause, the cause of Orchard Lake and what it stands for.’’ ­ St. John Paul II, Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, Orchard Lake Homily 09­23­1969.

The Spark from Poland: “Fill Orchard Lake to capacity; sustain Orchard Lake; we need Orchard Lake.’’

The Spark from Poland: On the night of September 22, 1969, a 49­year­old Cardinal (the youngest in the world) arrived at Orchard Lake. Students held torches, singing “STO­LAT.’’ ’’ Father Walter Ziemba called Cardinal Karol Wojtyla “the Father of the Orchard Lake Family’’ and made him an honorary alumnus of the Orchard Lake Schools. Wojtyla told a banquet of Polish Americans,“The Polish Seminary is the most important task that we must serve and preserve.’’ The next day, the future St. John Paul II declared: “In the hands of Orchard Lake lies the future of the Polish­American people.’’

He also focused on each individual’s unique mission and “the most special” vocation in “the Orchard Lake setting.’’ Focusing in on that unique vocation, he said, was “the cause of Orchard Lake and what it stands for.’’ From Spark to Fire: In June, we will name a focal point of our campus after St. John Paul II and celebrate 1,050 years of Polish Christianity. In August, we will play host to a smaller “local’’ version of World Youth Day while our Krakow formation house will be in the center of the main World Youth Day, drawing millions of young people and Pope Francis to Poland: a once­in­a­life opportunity to evangelize a new generation. We are reminded that this all takes place during the Year of Mercy and that the Diary of St. Maria Kowalska Faustina includes a powerful prophecy: “From (Poland) will come forth the spark that will prepare the world for My final coming.’’ Our seminarians come from Poland and our organization was founded by and grown by Poles and Polish Americans. We feel called to be part of that “Spark from Poland’’ that is igniting JPII’s New Evangelization. As an international organization with campuses in the hearts of the United States and Poland, we see four major opportunities to grow and fulfill our mission:

1. Leverage the historic opportunity of World Youth Day to reinvigorate our efforts to attract seminarians from Poland and other Slavic nations. We must make it clear: We have a global mission with campuses in Orchard Lake, Michigan USA and Krakow,

Poland, building upon our Polish American roots to educate and inspire future leaders, including priests, lay people and potential saints.

2. Re­cultivate and reinvigorate our relationships with Polonia, including more than 350 Polish parishes across the United States, the Polish community in Canada, more than 10 million members of Polonia to recruit students and supporters. This includes the 30 Polish American Bishops and their vocation directors.

3. Leverage OLS resources (our people, our knowledge, our relationships, our history, our excess educational capacity, our campus itself) including our role as “the Polish Notre Dame,’’ a destination where visitors can experience the best of Polonia and Catholicism in a day.

4. “Break the Ice,’’ executing JPII’s “Law of the Gift,’’ taking advantage of new giving opportunities to grow our relationships with key constituencies.

“We must have faith before we love or we will surely end up loving the wrong thing,’’ ­ Father Walter Ciszek, Orchard Lake alumnus being considered for Canonization.

Challenges ­ Seminary enrollment has dropped 73% since 2007: In

2007, the Fulfilling Our Mission’’ plan mapped out a “Growth Vision’’ plan to grow from 40 to 60 Seminarians by 2011. Instead, our enrollment has fallen to 11 Seminarians. During that same period, prep enrollment has fallen from 549 to 525 prep students (a 4.5 percent drop). Crisis and humbling equals Opportunity: Our Seminary’s enrolment fell even lower, to 10 Seminarians in 1983­84 but grew seven­fold to 75 seminarians by 1989­90. So there is ample precedent for a comeback. Threats: 1. Accreditation. Declining or erratic enrollment could endanger 2020 reaccreditation. 2. Capacity. The Seminary gained support in its early years because demand always exceeded capacity. The Seminary began with 12 students and three faculty and was using every square inch of available space when our predecessors saw the need to move to Orchard Lake. If the original Seminary had had excess capacity, it’s unlikely they would have ever pursued expansion at Orchard Lake. St. John Paul II told us “Fill Orchard Lake to capacity.’’ 3. Donations. Underutilized residential space/buildings make it harder to make the case for new capital projects. If we don’t have uses for our current physical space, they ask, why add more? Most donors are reluctant to donate to organizations to meet budget shortfalls. 4. Value and Return on Investment. Donors want to see what their contribution is doing to make an actual difference. Lud Koci notes: Investors support enterprises that are crowded, primed for expansion rather than organizations that have all the space they need.

Year New Students

Total at Orchard Lake

Income (Loss)

Students in Poland

Total Income (Loss)

Donations/ Estates

2010­11 9 34 $681,803 17 $903,863 1,598,023

2011­12 10 27 (837,122) 16 (756,323) 434,925

2012­13 10 29 (770,318) 16 (526,288) 658,551

2013­14 15 24 (406,874) 9 (680,874) 611,389

2014­15 4 18 (272,258) 7 (398,293) 888,765

2015­16 6 (6 lost) 11 (298,894) 7 (308,737) 274,748

Applicant Funnel clogged (needs to be cleared and reconnected) In our founder’s vision: The Polish Seminary was the focal point of the Orchard Lake Schools, fed by St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s Prep and 1,000 Polish American parishes across the United States. Today, the various parts of the body of Orchard Lake are disconnected though each remains related. Bishop Reiss argues that the Church and Orchard Lake provide “Rootedness,’’ reminding us of who were are and who are meant to be. A lack of rootedness in

today’s secular world, he warns, “can lead to personalism, relativism and materialism. The ‘now’ and the ‘me’’’

Putting pieces together The Rootedness of Orchard Lake turns boys into men and followers into leaders. Culture literally means “What we worship.’’ Together, Orchard Lake helps people discern who they are, where they’ve been, their mission and why they matter. Ancient Polish Proverb: Concord builds ­ Discord brings Ruin.

How can we help? There are several tasks we plan to pursue quickly to boost attendance in our schools (including the Seminary and lay programs) and to increase philanthropic support, spread the faith and increase our overall visitor numbers: 1. 30/30 Challenge. We recommend individual meetings with the 30 Polish bishops in the United States, reminding them of Jesus’ words to St. Faustina (that Poland would provide “the spark” to prepare the world for His Second Coming). Each Bishop would be asked if he can recommend one ­­ just one ­­ young man from his Diocese who would benefit from coming to Orchard Lake to develop and learn more about his Polish roots/culture/language to better serve Poles in his Diocese as well as the mission given us by St. Faustina, St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. John Paul II. If just half the bishops respond to the call every three years, we would more than double our current enrollment. Visits would be made by Bishop Reiss and Monsignor Machalski.This should include receptions at Bishop conferences and similar gatherings. At the Polish parish level, the number of Polish American Catholic parishes has dropped from 1,000 to 350 but strength is apparent in many of these churches, which now draw the faithful from greater distances than traditional “neighborhood parishes.’’ For example, Our Lady of Czestochowa in Sterling Heights, has more than 1,500 families, and five of its six Masses each weekend are in Polish. The English Mass actually draws the smallest crowd of any Mass. When Arturo Mari, the photographer to JPII and five other popes, came to speak last week, he drew 97 paid attendees ($50 per ticket) at an English language dinner at large Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (a talk heavily promoted by Father John Riccardo and on social media). The next day, he did a Polish language talk at Our Lady of Czestochowa and attracted 175 attendees (paying $50 per ticket) and Czestochowa did a second collection at its Masses, bringing an added $3,600 for the cause of Mari’s trip, supporting the JPII foundation. We saw the power of JPII at our Ambassadors dinner, when a photo of JPII went for $2,000 during a live auction with many bidders. PAPA opportunity: We are thrilled Orchard Lake will be host to the next Polish American Priest Association convention following Divine Mercy Sunday 2017 (also coming near the 100th

anniversary of Fatima). This is HUGE opportunity to strengthen our reputation with Polish parishes across the United States and Canada.

Father Greg asked us an important question: He said he is frequently asked what are we doing to attract 10 million Polish Americans in the United States to the idea of attending our Seminary. We believe we must target and ask Polish American Bishops, vocation directors. Polish priests and leaders of the national Polish American communities. 2. Make the case no one else can make. When Father Dabrowski was a young Seminarian (outnumbered 2,000 to 50) escaping Russian troops, he found a niche, a gap in the wall that allowed him to hide himself from the enemy. Similarly, a true brand “owns” a niche for itself, doing something no rival can. OLS “owns” the Polish American Catholic value proposition like no other organization. If you search online for “Polish Seminary” every search result points to us. We believe that building on that foundation will make it easier to connect with more prospects. The strongest brands find a niche that they alone “own’’ and dominate ­ just as Father Dabrowski found a niche in a wall that literally saved his life. Commodities (offerings that are similar to their rivals) battle over price, features and accessibility. True brands are like the candle in the dark at the start of an Easter Vigil. They stand out and attract attention from far away. The experts we consulted at the National Catholic Planned Giving Conference agree that our greatest strength is our unique Polish story and Polonia brand. We aren’t one of many comparable Seminaries. We are the only Polish Seminary serving the United States, the only one with locations in both Krakow, Poland and Orchard Lake, based in the middle of the Polish population in America. Why would non­Poles care about a Polish Seminary that is part of a Polish American institution? Redemptive Suffering is a message that knows no boundaries. Both Divine Mercy and St. John Paul II were born in Poland yet have a massive, global appeal. Orchard Lake’s Divine Mercy Sunday Mass attracted a full house. The Mass was distinctly Polish American, including songs and prayers in Polish and English. It was celebrated by Father Bryan Patterson, the African American priest from Brooklyn who joked he was from “southern Poland.’’ He brought tears to the eyes of the crowd as he explained Divine Mercy in this Year of Mercy. The crowd included Poles, people of all races, classes, ideologies and ethnicities just as Orchard Lake includes Polish Americans, African Americans, Chinese nationals and a host of other groups. The message attracts a global appeal just as Poland and our Polish Mission have attracted Jews, Gentiles and a vast diversity of origins and beliefs.

The Christ of Europe: Why are non­Poles attracted to our Polish mission?

Norman Davies and others explain Poland is both the Christ of Europe and the Heart of Europe because Poland has repeatedly suffered, perished and been resurrected. The Polish story is a uniquely Christian story inspiring people of all races and beliefs:

­ Poland was Baptized in 966 and in 1079, St. Stanislaus was executed and resurrected, showing that great political power cannot ultimately overcome the power of God.

­ On September 12, 1683, Poland reached its zenith of influence at the Battle of Vienna, rescuing Europe from an Ottoman invasion that sought to overrun Christianity with the power of Islamic terror. Within a century, Poland would be wiped off the map for 123 years.This era of foreign domination redoubled Polish efforts to fight back while preserving their culture, their customs and their faith.

­ On May 3, 1791, Polish revolutionaries established Europe’s first Constitution and sought to free the serfs but the revolution was suppressed. In 1864, following another failed insurrection, a young seminarian named Joseph Dabrowski was forced to flee Poland. He became a priest, the father of Polish Catholic education in America

and the founder of Orchard Lake as well as the man who brought the Felicians to America,

­ August 1920. The Miracle on the Vistula. A young Soviet Union was ready to spread

communism throughout a weakened post­World War I Europe, stopped only by a resurrected Poland and the Miracle on the Vistula. Legend says troops saw the Blessed Mother above the battlefield, emboldening the Poles and terrifying the atheistic communists into fleeing. Between the World Wars, St. Faustina and St. Maximilian Kolbe would complete the bulk of their missions that evangelized Poland, with messages that attracted a growing international following.

­ September 1944. The Warsaw Uprising was crushed and

Poland became the only nation to lose World II twice, to both Nazis and Communists. A decades­long struggle began that included a nine year Novena preparing Poland for a very different future. Karol Wojtyla became a priest, the youngest cardinal and the first Polish Pope.

­ June 1979. Pope St. John Paul II made his first return to

Poland as pope, inspiring Solidarity and the collapse of Communism that would culminate a decade later. JPII told Poles they were not who the communists said they were, calling on them to remember who they truly were. Perhaps JPII’s greatest miracle: like Jesus Christ, Gandhi and Martin Luther King, he inspired a non­violent revolution bringing about radical transformations. While becoming a major saint, JPII also taught the power of redemptive suffering: he would be shot in 1981 on the anniversary of Fatima. He would miraculously survive and forgive his assassin (who would be converted to the faith). For years, we watched him suffer and deteriorate physically, again showing the power of redemptive suffering.

­ June 2010. Poland was riding high, the only nation to escape

the 2009 global recession, when its top leaders died in a plane crash ready to honor the 20,000 victims of the Katyn Massacre. Poles kept pushing forward as Blessed Jerzy Popielusko, the Solidarity Martyr, was beatified.

Father Chris Allar, a Michigan native who runs the Marians, notes that Poles and Filipinos suffered more than any other nation during World War II and both have become ultra Catholic, devout people that are helping evangelize the whole world. On our Facebook page, our biggest followings are from Poland, the United States and the Philippines.Our chairman similarly movingly shares the story of how Protestants sell salvation but don’t understand suffering. Polish history is full of suffering and humbling (and comebacks) and we have seen many nationalities drawn to our Polish campus, especially people who are going through their own suffering today (in the Middle East and beyond). Why Orchard Lake? The best brands immediately tell prospects why they need to do something:

­ A Catholic education site in Houston says in bold headline type “We Transform the World.’’

­ Mundelein has a “Thinking About the Priesthood?’’ landing page that tells prospects why they should be there: “Priests are called ‘Father’ because they are life­givers in the spiritual order. Spiritual fathers protect their children; they teach them; they are there for them, At the limit, they give their lives for them.’’

­ The Diocese of Madison’s “Priests for Our Future’’ campaign declares “The Church is Alive!’’

­ Sacred Heart’s “Future Students’’ page is headlined “Heart. Mind. Ministry. Are you called to serve Christ and the Church?’’

The power of the “Polish Seminary.” From the start, our legal name has been (and will always be) Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, part of Orchard Lake Schools. But the longer a name is, the more likely people are to forget it. Similarly, research shows few acronyms (other than FBI, IRS and CIA) are widely recognizable (which is more true for the longer SSCMS). From the start, our “Doing Business As’’ most commonly used name was the Polish Seminary (just as Chevy is an informal, shortened, easier to remember version of General Motors’ Chevrolet brand). Our brand research found: Most brands are best remembered by a one or two word name. We similarly found we perform best online and in phone conversations when we use the Polish Seminary DBA. On social media, we have had greater engagement by using the #polishseminary hashtag. We already “own’’ the Google search for “Polish seminary’’ meaning if you search that phrase, every single response is about our Seminary. In contrast, we lose the search for “Saint Cyril and Methodius’’ to the Sterling Heights Slovak church. We share the “Saint Cyril and Methodius Seminary’’ search with the Byzantine Catholic Seminary with the identical name located in Pennsylvania. “Polish Seminary’’ is the only search we “own’’and completely control, the only niche we dominate. It has been especially effective in our online efforts. It is worth noting that the founders chose the SS Cyril and Methodius name to help us appeal to a broader group of Slavic peoples beyond Poles (and that helped us attract Lithuanians in the 1800s) but for most of our 131 history, our “niche’’ and strength has always been working with Poles or Polish Americans. We to plan continue using the Polish Seminary name for marketing campaigns while also including the formal name where most appropriate. 3. Highly Targeted Advertising and Marketing: Starting in late February, we used personal funds (and a $5 per day budget cap) to begin a small, one­ad campaign to target the following: Men ages 18­40 in the United States and Poland who report the following interests: Catholic Church, Polish language, seminary, Pope John Paul II, Christianity and The Divine Mercy. Outcomes:After a one month campaign, we gained 244 new fans, mostly from Poland and all young men in our target group. That boosts our total numbers of fans to 899 (including 257 in Poland, 221 in the United States, 137 in the Philippines, 86 in Nigeria, 38 from Ghana, 28 in Kenya, 12 in Tanzania, 11 in India, 10 in Uganda and 10 in South Africa). Recommendations: As we add new fans who seem to be strong prospects, we will reach out to them and turn these names over to Father Cioch, so he can contact them directly. 4. Be “The Spark from Poland”. Great marketing and religious messages answer the question “why,’’ offering calls to action. Why Orchard Lake? Because Jesus said Poland would send “the spark’’ to evangelize the world. The effective use of social media to connect with young Polish men residing in Poland could provide the type of spark necessary to generate interest in our mission.

Jesus promised St. Faustina, "I bear a special love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to My will, I will exalt her in might and holiness. From her will come forth the spark that will prepare the world for My final coming," (Diary, 1732). Pope St. John Paul, who made St. Faustina the first saint of the 21st century, reemphasized those words in Krakow on August 17, 2002: “Today, therefore, in this Shrine, I will solemnly entrust the world to Divine Mercy… May the binding promise of the Lord Jesus be fulfilled: From here there must go forth ‘the spark which will prepare the world for His final coming.’’ St. JPII, seeming to speak directly to our Seminarians coming through Krakow, added: “This spark needs to be lighted by the grace of God. This fire of mercy needs to be passed on to the world. In the mercy of God the world will find peace and mankind will find happiness! I entrust this task to you, dear brothers and sisters, to the Church in Krakow and Poland, and to all the devotees of Divine Mercy who will come here from Poland and throughout the world.’’ Tying together our Orchard Lake and Krakow campuses, JPII said in his first Orchard Lake homily: “We cannot say the ‘walls of the seminary’ here at Orchard Lake, because this seminary has no walls, just simply trees and a lake which reminds me so much of my own territory of Krakow.’’ 5. Recruitment focused content. Advancement staff will provide and/or perfect:

­ Online “landing pages’’ designed to answer “why’’ questions about attending OLS schools with calls to action encouraging visitors to sign up for more information about our schools. Here are some examples of good Catholic education landing pages aimed at either recruitment or development:

http://usml.edu/thinking­about­priesthood https://www.shms.edu/audience/future­students

­ Good donor­focused landing pages take a similar approach, telling prospects why they should engage and what type of ROI they can expect. Note the first example includes a focus on donating to Seminaries:

http://www.marian.org/give/

https://leadersandbest.umich.edu/overview

http://cart.dynamiccatholic.com/Donation­a/250.htm

http://www.dia.org/get­involved/

­ A solid 2­minute primer video on why people should attend our Seminary.

­ Tri­fold brochures that can be shared when visiting prospects and also made available

online.

­ Email marketing messages that can be sent to relevant targets (such as Polish parishes, Polish bishops, Michigan parishes, specific alumni, etc.)

­ Templates for online and print advertisements.

­ Fliers.

­ News releases and/or blog posts that can be pushed out to parishes for parish

newsletters, Catholic radio and other Catholic media. ­ Orchard Lake already produces a vast amount of content via publications and books. We

believe repurposing that content in the form of online blog posts would enhance our status as a thought leader on Polish American Catholic education.

­ Saintly stories must be shared. In short, we need to repurpose our existing content and spread the story. Just as Michigan State has nurtured and promoted its relationship with Magic Johnson for the nearly 40 years since he was a student, we will nurture and tell the story of our relationship St. John Paul II and the other saints who have walked the grounds of our campus.

Our Campaign will focus on the great offerings at the OLS campus, including:

­ Experience with acculturalization. ­ Growth of our Lay Ministry program. ­ Partnership with Madonna University (Catholic

university). ­ 105 acres on beautiful Orchard Lake. ­ Our ice arena, gymnasium, weight room and other

athletic opportunities. ­ Maida Library. ­ The Polish Mission offering a large metro Detroit

community with Polish archives, genealogy center, paintings and other collections.

­ Two beautiful chapels and a prayer grotto at the foot of Orchard Lake.

­ Our relationships and history with St. John Paul II and with future saints Father Walter Ciszek and Father Joe Walijewski (as well as the story of our founder).

6. World Youth Day engagement. World Youth Day, which attracted a record 5 million participants when it was in the Philippines in 1995, will be in Krakow for the first time this summer. This seems like a once­in­a­lifetime opportunity to target and connect with potential prospects. We recommend that each Polish speaking priest on the OLS campus travel to Krakow to assist Father Cioch in recruiting young men to grow the Polish Seminary. Serwach will be there for 17 days and will be looking for prospects. Members of the Krakow house are also planning to participate in activities. Serwach will be traveling with Father Andrew Kowalczyk, a Polish native, pastor of St. Clare Montefalco in Grosse Pointe and North American leader of the Michaelite Fathers as well as a large delegation from the Diocese of London Ontario. They will be staying in Church facilities. Father Andrew has already agreed to introduce us to a young Canadian Bishop, who is a Michaelite Father and Polish native. The name of this Bishop convinces us he may discover a special affinity for Orchard Lake. The Bishop’s name is Joseph Dabrowski (the same name as our founder). Monsignor Koper and Father Ptak will also be in Poland during that time. Recommendations: Anything we can do to encourage other faculty or staff to help reach out to prospects during this period would help: 6a. We would also like to hold an “open house’’ or mixer type of event at the Formation House in Krakow to help build these relationships. 6b. We have collected more than 200 prospects via Facebook and would like to reach out to them. 6c. Seminary staff has called for having seminars in Poland on any topic in Theology in major universities appealing to English­speaking Polish students like John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow and Cardinal Wyszynski Pontifical University. Young Polish students who would be interested in attending those seminars could either spread the word about us there or come to study in Orchard Lake. Young people who speak English and have a goal to go further might be very interested in coming to the USA, We agree it’s important that those seminars should be in English, to target English­speaking Poles. Many Polish schools require students to take two foreign languages with English being required.

Monsignor Koper, who lead the Seminary for a record 25­years, including its leanest and largest years (from 10 in 1983 to 75 in in 1989) stressed to us: Relationships are key to recruitment efforts, particularly when Poles are involved. “Generosity begets generosity. This is especially so when generosity is rooted in the rich soil of relatedness… Fundraising is always a call to conversion… All are called into a new, more spiritual relationship with their needs and their resources… Fundraising is, first and foremost, a form of ministry. It is a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission,’’ ­ Fundraising as Ministry. 7. Year of Mercy engagement. Jesus tells St. Faustina there are three ways of exercising Mercy: by deed, by word and by prayer. Similarly, we attract more people to OLS through deed (reaching out), by word (online and written content) and by prayer. 8. Road Trips. Father Dabrowski made frequent recruitment trips (including four months in Poland prior to opening the Seminary when he already had 12 Seminarians on opening day). He also had a priest serving as his “alter ego’’ making frequent recruitment trips across the nation. We propose similar trips by the Chancellor and/or Bishop Reiss. Another option would be to reassign one of the current Clergy Faculty to act as the Admission/Recruiting official for the Seminary just as Father Dabrowski sent Father Jaworski on the road for frequent recruitment and development trips across the nation when the Polish Seminary was based in Detroit. Our faculty includes men with extensive connections to the Polish community: Father Ptak is president of PAPA, the Polish American Priest Association, while Father Flis has worked with all of the open and closed Polish parishes in the United States helping assemble a massive website with information on all of these parishes. We believe that all of these resources can be leveraged for our goals of growing the Seminary. Frequently, parish priests allow a guest priest from out­of­state to celebrate Mass for them (particularly in summer vacation months), allowing missionary priests to speak on behalf of their causes and take up collections from the parishes they visit. This introduces our mission to new donors. Most important: Developing relationships with vocation directors who personally work with potential Seminarians in every Diocese in the nation as well as Polish parishes. Our faculty were instrumental in developing “The Pastoral Plan for Polonia in the USA’’ which states that “Polish language, culture, politics and history are so intertwined with the Catholic faith that many Poles finder them inseparable… Even when the people learn to speak another language fluently, they desire to pray in their mother tongue, since that is the language closest to their heart and soul.’’

The Pastoral Plan for Polonia also calls for: Making known to Diocesan officials and directors of vocations programs of the special needs for clergy leadership in Polonia; Support study of Polish language and culture for Seminarians including providing opportunities to minister in Polonia and Supporting the recruitment of Seminarians from Poland and giving “financial and moral support’’ to SS Cyril and Methodius. “We cannot say the ‘walls of the seminary’ here at Orchard Lake, because this seminary has no walls, just simply trees and a lake which remind me of my own territory of Krakow,’’ ­ St. John Paul II, 9­23­1969. 9. Patron support. Our founders chose Saints Cyril and Methodius as their patrons because our founding occurred in the 1,000th year since the death of St. Methodius and because they were Slavic saints and their original goal was to appeal to Poles as well as other Slavic people. They also represent unity between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Catholics. One of the first major benefactors of the Polish Seminary was Saints Cyril and Methodius parish in Illinois because they shared a common patron. We propose reconnecting and making a similar outreach to SSCM parish in Illinois and in Michigan (a very healthy, dynamic and conservative primarily Slovak parish) encouraging them to work with us on events and vocations. 10. Other Polish groups that may influence vocations. The Polish National Catholic Church has a large parish in Macomb County and our Chancellor has been a leader in efforts to reunify the Church with Orthodox Catholics. Could we help these efforts (and encourage a vocation or two?) by reaching out to PNCC members in the area, encouraging them to attend events like Divine Mercy Mass and our 1,050 celebration? 10a. Pilgrims as Prime Prospects. Father Ptrak and others host pilgrimages to Poland. Any past, present or future pilgrim interested in Poland is a prime prospect for future development efforts if remember that development is a form of evangelization, feeding the hunger of people who are called to make a difference, which also begins with a hunger for learning about their roots. These pilgrims are also sometimes parents of potential Seminarians. Note that Dynamic Catholic research shows 7 percent of the church is responsible for 80 percent of gifts including financial and volunteer efforts. 11. Other Slavic groups and/or distressed cultures that might recommend vocations. Ukrainians, Lithuanians and Russians are facing some of the same challenges Poles faced during the Cold War and they have been a natural constituency in past years. In our founding

days, the Polish Seminary was using a German Seminary in Columbus, Ohio as its role model. That “German Seminary’’ remains in business today but its focus has shifted from German seminarians to Hispanic Seminarians. 12. Host more conferences, seminars and events. We have been to many Catholic events including Catholic Men’s conferences, men’s groups (featuring a Mass, a meal, Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions). Often these events are held at hotels or conference centers. It seems clear to us that none of those sites offer a better environment than our campus. More conferences offer the potential for more revenue, more use of our facilities, more business for our dining hall and store and most importantly, more opportunities to evangelize, bringing new friends to campus. Orchard is a destination . 13. Host Continuing Education Credit seminars and/or classes to assist professionals (including attorneys and accountants) who can help recommend us and other Catholic organizations in estate planning work. Most people die without a will but most who do write a will include multiple charitable beneficiaries. We can “get our name’’ out to professionals and also help Polish parishes by sponsoring, hosting or participating seminars to help professionals as well as individuals plan for their later years. These can include planning sessions related to major events like retirement or sending a child to college. Such efforts can also help produce revenue for Orchard Lake and help professionals obtain needed Continuing Education credits.. 14. Expand our Lay Program and leverage our ability to offer online courses as well as webinars to a national audience. Compare the 1965 and 2015 numbers in this chart and it will

be clear how much opportunity exists for expanding our lay programs. Over the past 50 years, the number of new priests has dropped from 58,632 to 37,578. During the same period, the number of lay ministers being educated has climbed from 0 in 1965 to 63,099 last year. The other opportunity: U.S. students can more easily obtain financial aid and loans than international students. In other words, lay people being trained in Seminaries should outnumber Seminarians by a factor of 2­1. With 18 lay

students now, Josh tells us we could easily accommodate 75 lay students. We propose: 14a. Following the lead of Sacred Heart Seminary by offering more classes as well as a more diverse choice of classes and other options that people of faith are seeking. 14b. Offer more online classes. We have the software ready and could immediately begin using it if we get faculty buy­in. This would be another advantage we’d have over competitors. 14c. Offer parental discounts for and sell the program to Prep parents. We are saddened when active Prep parents aren’t even aware we have a Seminary here. They should know and have the opportunity to interact with our religious community. 14e. We can currently “sell” the Professor / Student ratio. 14f. Recruit American Poles and reverse acculturate them. We are good at teaching Poles how to live and work with Americans but imagine the opportunities if we had a comparable number of Polish American students who could come here to learn more about the Polish culture from our faculty and Polish students. Ideally, the Polish Americans would learn more about Poland from the purely Polish students while the Polish students would learn more about America from the Polish Americans and other U.S.­born students. 14g. Encourage more interaction between the Prep and the Seminary. For example, when we do career days at the Prep, why not include a Priest talking about vocations and being called? When the Prep School holds “College Nights,’’ why not include the Seminary? Yes, we know a student can’t go directly from the Prep to the Seminary and that students would require special permission to attend but having Seminary people at such events at least reminds people of the relationship, leading to more interactions between the various parts of the body of Orchard Lake. 14h. Encourage lay students from Poland to apply via our Krakow formation house. Classes can be offered online. 14i. How conferences grow our lay programs. A Women of Grace conference attracted 50 participants and two of the women who attended (4 percent) later signed up for our lay program. 14j. Why reaching out to Orthodox and Byzantine churches matters. Three of our lay students come here from Orthodox churches. There are only four Orthodox seminaries in the United States and the nearest is in Pennsylvania. 15. Improve our reputation as thought leaders for Polonia/Catholicism (helping with revenue as well as vocations). In the early days of the Polish Seminary, the No. 1 source of revenue was tuition ($150 per year to students whose families could afford it) followed by revenue from printing (including a daily Polish language newspaper as well as reprints of Polish books and periodicals). We don't believe printing offers the same types of revenues it did in the 19th century but we do believe there are digital equivalents. For example, Amazon is offering new opportunities for e­books (allowing authors and organizations to earn up to 75 percent of revenues from sales of publications via the e­book format). 16. Inviting Pilgrimage/bus tour groups to increase the overall number of visitors. We recently invited a parish to stop here as part of a planned pilgrimage. The result: 60 active Catholics will stop here for lunch, a quick tour of the grounds and finally shop in our store. There are multiple Catholic bus tour groups in metro Detroit (and throughout the Midwest and United States) that setup Pilgrimage trips, taking the faithful to Catholic churches and Shrines. Martin

recalled one such group that came here from Chicago. By coordinating such trips to coincide with the best days on our schedules, we could bring new visitors to our Chapels, our Masses, our Grotto, our bookstore, our dining hall and the campus. Pilgrims bring short term revenue but more importantly, they become friends and new donors. Their contact information enriches our database of prospects. 17. The Potluck Dinner Strategy. The Pharisees pointed to what others were doing wrong while Jesus lead and inspired by example (the Devil divides people while Christ unites people, recognizing their unique purpose, mission and gifts). We believe in every participant bringing a contribution to the table. It’s much like a Potluck Dinner, where every celebrant focuses on what unique item they can personally bring to the table. Then, if 100 people come to a gathering, they are each sharing 100 dishes. An example of a “potluck’’ event designed to evangelize and engage our community and donor prospects: We have a small library of DVDs appealing to Polish Catholics (documentaries on The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (JPII), Divine Mercy, Nine Days That Changed the World, Warsaw 1920, Lech Walesa Man of Hope and September 1683. We could follow the example of the Polish Mission and use a room in the Library to show these DVDs and invite Seminarians, Prep students, friends of the Polish Mission, donors and prospects to see these DVDs for a free will offering and then ask Seminarians to stand near the doorways holding giving baskets. The collections help with revenue but more importantly, help encourage a greater culture of giving among the members of our community. We’ve seen this same strategy work with Broadway shows: The performers perform their show, make a pitch on behalf of a cause then stand at every entrance holding buckets in front of each person leaving. We believe it is easy to walk past an empty bucket but hard to ignore a smiling Seminarian looking you in the eye while holding a similar bucket. 18. The Law of the Gift. Our Chancellor gave an inspiring Homily on Giving on January 28, telling the Seminarians: Time, talent and treasure is a phrase

used often in churches today.

God gives each of us all three.

People become hesitant to give their

time, treasure and talent because they

fear taking a risk.

Or they are willing to give but they only

give a little, trying to hang on to their

security.

Or they are willing to give but will only do it their way because they think they know better.

But when we give everything we have to God, God will never be outdone in generosity.

Thomas Aquinas is an example: he gave everything he had in prayer and writing and reflection.

We are still learning from his talents today even though he died in 1274.

So Gentlemen, be like Thomas Aquinas, who didn’t hold anything back, he gave it all.

He never was afraid to take a risk but gave it all to the Lord.

Know that through God, you will be repaid.

“Because God is never outdone in His generosity.’’

The SINGLE most important factor for fostering vocations: Personal contact with a “Happy, Healthy, Holy Priest as a role model. ­ Sociological and Cultural Issues Affecting the Rise of Priestly Vocations in North America, Seminarium.

St. John Paul II talked about “The Law of the Gift:’’ Man can fully discover his true self only in sincere giving of himself. He also said “For he who loves, desires to give himself.’’ We similarly believe the best gift exchanges occur, not when we immediately ask for something, but when we start by giving something another will value.

When you give someone a prayer card from a saint they admire, or a Catholic book, DVD or offer to pray for them or remember them in a Mass, they are moved by that gift. Good Catholic advancement is a form of ministry. When a church includes candles and a cash box or Catholic Lighthouse Media kiosks with CDs, books and pamphlets with inspiring messages, it encourages people to give in exchange for the gift of hope those messages offer. We notice the candles and CDs in the gift shop but not in our main chapel. We believe naming the chapel after JPII will increase the number of visitors. We are ready to roll out multiple efforts where both donor and recipient will practice the Law of the Gift, giving something but gaining far more in return through the interaction. For example: Sponsor a Seminarian campaign for our donors. Adopting a Seminarian has been a popular feature at our Patronal Feast and even when we raised the price by 50 percent to $150, we continued gaining more interest. The reality is that $150 pays for roughly a glass of water per day. We propose an adoption program showing donors precisely what type of ROI from their gifts. There are patrons who recognize that a priest can touch a million souls over his career and that investing in developing a priest is the best possible way to help save souls. Create our own “Bursar” program. Seminarians attending Seminaries run by Dioceses know they can receive scholarships via a “Bursar’’ set up in the will of a former priest. We have had many former priests and students include us in their will but why not establish our own Bursar's, telling former graduates how they can create a living, eternal legacy in their own name to help future students. They would have two options: endowing a seat in their own name or pooling resources with others to fund a Bursar named after a famous saint or former faculty member. This could ultimately mean we would be funding our Seminaries via endowed gifts rather than relying on Dioceses that have had massive financial challenges over the past decade. 19. Prayer. In the 1950s, Poland began a nine­year Novena to prepare for the 1966 celebration of 1,000 years of Christianity. In Patton, we see a true scene where General Patton asked a Chaplain to write a “weather prayer.’’ Patton, in real life, had the prayer printed on cards and given to every man. The men prayed, the weather cleared. The prayer was answered. We similarly have our own prayer request: Could our faculty write a prayer seeking the intercession of our Holy Men, men like Father Dabrowski and Father Ciszek, where anyone saying this prayer will pray for success in growing our campus and our mission? Perhaps your Homily on Time, Talent and Treasure could be written as a prayer to inspire every member of our community to best use their own Time, Talent and Treasure to advance our personal and institutional missions? 20. Planned Giving Options. We frequently lament that as a Catholic organization, we are asset rich but cash poor. In fact, our donors are in the exact same predicament with just 9

percent of all wealth being held in cash. The vast majority of wealth is in stocks, bonds, real estate, personal property and other assets. Some “case study’’ examples where we can help our constituents and Orchard Lake simultaneously:

­ A successful supporter who invested in an IRA that would be taxed heavily when or if it were even cashed in.

­ Someone who bought Ford stock at $1 in 2009 that's grown more than 10­fold? ­ Someone who is afraid selling a business or cottage will them you in taxes?

A growing number of donors are finding they can make a huge difference and dramatically cut tax liabilities by partnering with a charity like Orchard Lake Schools. Some options we can help with: Appreciated property. Imagine if you paid $500 for real estate now worth $10,000. Selling the real estate would create a $9,500 capital gain. At a 34 percent tax rate, your tax bill would be $3,230, leaving you with just $6,770. Donating the property would avoid the tax bill and immediately allow you to deduct the value of the land as a charitable contribution. Stock gains. Has stock soared? Donating stock means you won't be taxed on the appreciation and you can deduct up to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income, then carry over any unused deduction for five more years. For example, a donor with an adjusted gross income of $80,000 donating $50,000 worth of stock. The donor can deduct $24,000 (30 percent) the year of the gift, another $24,000 the following year and the remaining $2,000 the third year. IRA Charitable Rollovers or Profit Sharing Accounts. Have you done well while changing jobs and rolled over retirement accounts into IRAs that have soared in value? Your children could face a massive tax bill. Consider the following scenario: someone with a sizable estate and a healthy retirement account could face an estate tax of 40 percent plus income taxes, Suddenly, taxes could reduce every $100 to just $34.80 for your children. Donating the account to charity and leaving the rest to your children could avoid all taxes, putting all of your money into investments that can help people and save souls for decades to come. Need more income? Have a large business or other appreciated asset (like stock, a farm or land)? A Charitable Remainder Trust, for example, allows donors to sell a family business to a CRT, which then pays them an annual annuity for life with the balance going to charity upon their death.

Similar plans can be developed that create a life estate allowing you to benefit from income now with the assets going to work for charity later via some combination of annuities and/or life insurance. Insurance policies can be leveraged to allow you to make a major gift that will help generations of students for just a fraction of the value of the ultimate gift.Many of the Polish organizations we’ve worked with offer insurance policies, creating opportunities to partner with them. What if you don't need those savings now but want them later for children or heirs? Charitable Lead Trusts, the reverse of a Charitable Remainder Trust, allow you to shelter your stocks, business or other assets now, shelter them from taxation and using the proceeds to generate now to benefits a charity. They also allow donors to retain ownership to pass the principal on to an heir or return them to themselves for retirement or some other purpose, Pooled income funds. Suppose a class or a family or friends or a parish wanted to go in one something together, sharing the burden of setting up a fund. Like a lottery club, members can each donate to a Pooled Income Fund to invest their money. Life insurance could quadruple your investment and impact by buying a single payment whole life insurance policy Transferring old policies. What about an old insurance policy set up for children who are grown or to protect a business (that is now secure)? Now those unused policies can be repurposed to to do God’s work.

Personal foundations give off 5 percent of assets and teach family members the value of giving 21. The Wojtyła ­ Ziemba Society. We propose establishing a legacy society honoring people who plan for the future, open to anyone who includes the Orchard Lake Schools in a will or comparable planned gift. The Society would be named after Cardinal Karol Wojtyla and Father Walter Ziemba, who were both active planners and visionaries always laying

out and executing long­term for the future. Father Ziemba was a charter organizer of Founders Day (in 1953) and started Pan Z Wami in 1967 (and other Polish centers later) as well as Orchard Lake Ambassadors and Chancellor’s Senate. His 15­year plan for the campus is still consulted. He twice brought the future Pope and Saint to Orchard Lake and collaborated with him on books and others gifts prepared for future generations.

The Wojtyla ­ Ziemba Society is modeled after the Landon Society at Michigan State (and comparable legacy societies) where society members are invited to campus once a year for a luncheon (where they hear a talk on MSU and are able to mingle with each other before receiving a memberships. We would not have to have a “new event’’ but would add this recognition to an existing Polish­centered event already held or planned such as honoring JPII’s Feast Day. What the society would help us achieve:

­ Flesh out the large number of donors who include us in their wills. Typically, we don’t know someone has included us in a will until after their passing.

­ Recognize the donor publicly at a pre­planned event (like the October Feast Day for John Paul II).

­ Use the luncheons as an opportunity to educate donors about OLS and the progress we are making.

­ Improve the relationships with the givers by giving them recognition and our thanks. ­ Encourage a culture of giving, giving others the incentives to know the joy of giving.

Without vision we perish and without mission we lose our way (Prov. 29:18, 2 Kings 21:1­9)...Vision brings together needs and resources to meet those needs (Acts 9:1­19). Vision also shows us new directions and opportunities for our mission (Acts 16: 9­10). Vision gives us courage to speak when we might want to remain silent (Acts 18:9).. Fundraising is proclaiming what we believe in such a way that we offer other people an opportunity to participate with us in our vision and mission. Fundraising is precisely the opposite of begging…. You won’t become poorer, you will become richer by giving… As a form of ministry, fundraising is as spiritual as giving a sermon, entering a time of prayer, visiting the sick, or feeding the hungry… Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared,’’ ­ Fundraising as Ministry. .

Sample letters to Bishops, Parishes and PAPA From Bishop Reiss to a fellow Polish Bishop Dear Bishop XXX You came to me in prayer and I wanted to ask for your help.. Moving to Orchard Lake has made me think often about who will take our place when retiring Polish American bishops are gone, Who will continue to offer the “rootedness’’ we Polish American clergy have provided for the past century? As you know, Orchard Lake’s SS Cyril and Methodius has provided Dioceses nationwide with primarily Polish priests since 1885 (one reason it’s commonly called the Polish Seminary). But in recent years, nearly all the Seminarians here have come from Poland rather than the Polish Americans who were mainstays for our first century (a century where we’ve grown from one Polish bishop to 30). As you know, in this Year of Mercy, many young Poles are intrigued by Jesus’ words to St. Faustina: “From (Poland) will come the spark that will prepare the world for My final coming.’’ What can we do, I wonder, to help fan the flames of that spark from Poland? With World Youth Day in Krakow approaching, I believe we both may encounter many young Polish Americans “on fire’’ over the New Evangelization.. I wondered if you could think of just one special young Polish American who might benefit from what JPII called “the mystery of Orchard Lake,’’ a distinctly Polish American setting where Polish Americans can learn more about their roots, the Polish language and culture studying with Polish natives learning about America? Imagine what a native Pole and a Polish American can teach each other. I think it would benefit each of them and the million people they will likely influence during their priesthoods. I would love to talk about this idea more with you, Will you be at XXXX? Or perhaps, you can come to Orchard Lake’s celebration of the 1,050th anniversary of Polish Christianity June 22? Or is there a time when I might visit with you? May God Bless us, Bishop Francis R. Reiss

From Father Ptak to members of PAPA Dear Father XXX: I’m searching for a special young man from your parish. As I prepare to return to Poland for a pilgrimage during World Youth Day in Krakow, I wondered if you too are seeing what I’m seeing: young, devout Polish Americans thrilled to return to the Old Country for this once in a lifetime opportunity? Recently, our Polish Seminary, SS Cyril and Methodius, has been humbled. All our current Seminarians are native born Poles and a few have had trouble adjusting despite our efforts to develop one of the best acculturation program for foreign born priests. That’s when we thought of that one, special young man in or close to your parish: A Polish American who keeps coming to Mass, who is being ‘’Called.’’ As St. John Paul II said during his first visit here: “To be called’ means to know why one lives, why one exists... In this setting, my dear members of the Orchard Lake family, you can think about your vocation.. Listen to this calling with your whole heart, mind and soul, and follow it through to the end. This is the mystery of Orchard Lake.. The mystery is based upon the fact that we here can settle the most important items of our spiritual life… “ This image has come to us in prayer: young Polish Americans coming here to this heart of Polonia on the lake where St. John Paul II kayaked to be reminded of who they they truly a re: to learn Polish and study with Poles and Polish Americans in a place that attracted saints and Holy Men like John Paul II, Father Walter Ciszek or Father Joseph Walijewski. In this Year of Mercy, perhaps this young man read the Diary of St. Faustina where we are told, “From (Poland) will come the spark that will prepare the world for My second coming.’’ We are praying for such young men. We know bringing men here from Poland is our mission but also remember our original mission was to focus on Polish Americans. I pray you know of or soon encounter such a young man. And that you will have him contact us to learn more about this special place. Sto­Lat, Father Walter Pitak National Surveys: 78% of Seminarians said a Priest encouraged them to consider the Priesthood. Only 15% of young adult Catholics said they’d been encouraged to consider vocations.

Greater challenges On September 6, 1901, our founder, Father Dabrowski, was overseeing our schools as well as the Felician Sisters Convent and St. Albertus Catholic Church (the first Polish parish in Detroit, which was itself divided in a dispute involving a previous pastor). On that date:

­ Detroit native Polish American Leon Czolgosz, who had been Baptized at St. Albertus, assassinated President William McKinley.

­ Sixteen months later, Seminary students went on strike over overcrowding.

­ During the the same period, Polish Americans were arguing over whether they should have their own bishop (which included the schism that created the renegade Polish National Catholic Church).

­ Father Dabrowski overcame each challenge yet died of a heart attack soon after, in February 1903.

­ In 1985, as we were celebrating a successful centennial year, our board came within one vote of closing the Prep.

We overcame all of these challenges and can and will do so again with God’s guidance. Servant of God Archbishop Jan Cieplak at Orchard Lake:

Recommendations: 1. We re­emphasize the name and identity that served us well for most of our history: The

Polish Seminary. We have always officially been Saints Cyril and Methodius but in our “Doing Business As’’ title, we were mostly widely known as (and in many places remain) the Polish Seminary. That name immediately explains who we are and what we offer that is unique.

2. We immediately prepare marketing

materials and briefing papers and brochures to assist key leadership as they meet with Bishops and representatives of Dioceses and other constituencies or stakeholders. This includes individual courting of our top 200 donors as well as reaching out to new prospects and the more than 350 Polish American parishes as well as materials and actions we can use during World Youth Day in Poland.

3. We begin implementing the 30/30

challenge in the United States and prepare to use the “Spark from Poland’’ call to action with Polish American bishops and parishes as well as in meetings and advertising in Poland.

4. Modify faculty to student ratio or other relevant work assignments in near term to

augment some of the recent cost overrun issues due to falling enrollment. Who can help us recruit?

In Conclusion: St. John Paul II left OLS with one of his greatest gifts when he said “If the Orchard Lake Schools did not exist, we would need to create them.’’ Let us follow our founder, Father Joseph Dabrowski, and St. John Paul to re­energize this Seminary and the priesthood in America during this “Year of Mercy’’ and the 1,050th year of Christianity in Poland.

“Religion is forced out of everyday life and, gradually, confined to churches only. The

enemies of God, while apparently respecting freedom of worship, hope thus to ‘isolate’ Him and eventually to eradicate religion altogether without any persecution… … The age­old endurance of the Polish nation owes much to good education within the families. Succeeding generations kept faith with themselves, with God, with the nation… The school should support and help the family and the Church.. The school teaches us how one is to live among other people and with them, under God. No wonder that Poland’s enemies have always attacked Polish schools. Today they want to impose a school without God. All the more, it is our duty to send our children to schools where God’s presence is acknowledged…. By keeping alive their old culture and

traditions, they enrich their country of adoption… we must find the time, the will and the necessary money for it…The Poles themselves should understand that, were they to lose their own identity, they would not increase the positive values in their new homeland but would endanger them by becoming themselves devalued.’’ ­ Monsignor Zdzisław Peszkowski, 1966.

“‘The Orchard Lake Plan’ intends to spend no time on criticizing the past. It will exert every effort for the future of Polonia…. If we meet a need in America, we shall grow and prosper… At a time when our country is undergoing profound social changes, the special apostolate of the

Schools is to provide leadership for America through a unique three­fold cultural formation ­­ Catholic, American and Polish. The Schools have always been maintained on the American principle of cultural pluralism ­­ the selection of the very best from the heritages of all the groups which make up the American mosaic, and the preservation of these elements in youth to enrich a nascent American culture. The current movement on college and university campuses to establish Black Culture programs reinforces our rejection of the ‘melting pot theory,’ in which each minority in America would lose its

identity. In a world moving painstakingly toward more vital cooperation and more meaningful brotherhood, Orchard Lake upholds the goal of true unity without absolute conformity, demanding the right to individual differences in a culturally pluralistic society. These goals can be achieved, and they will be achieved, if we can avoid the obstacle which has plagued our countrymen in Europe and America from the very beginning ­­ disunity,’’ ­ Father Walter J. Ziemba, The Orchard Lake Plan for the Cultural Progress of the Polish American Community in the United States, 1970.

“Polish Culture is profoundly Catholic…. I judge that Polish Culture has a vital role to play in the New Evangelization….what can the OLS do to galvanize Polonia USA to take up its cause in the New Evangelization? More specifically, is there a strategy for the OLS to become a ‘home base’ for all of the religious institutions that are part of the fabric of Polonia (e.g., Religious Orders (like the the Felicians and the Society of Christ); parishes, groups of the Polish faithful) ­­ all for the sake of assisting these persons and groups to use Polish Culture for an

evangelizing mission?’’ ­ Archbishop Allen Vigneron, September 24, 2012.