PACIM

PACIM Wigilia 2022
2022-12-11 16:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
PACIM Board would like to invite you, your family, and friends to Wigilia Dinner 2022.
4:30 pm
Carols (kolędy) and other Christmas activities.
6:00 pm
Wigilia Dinner prepared by former Gasthaus chef Marian Pierzchalski.
Tickets:
• $50 for PACIM members
• $60 for non-members
• $20 for children 15 and under
• $140 family option (2 adults with children)
The event is open to everyone.
The venue, located at the corner of 17th Avenue and Fourth Street in Northeast Minneapolis, is fully accessible via the entrance in the courtyard between Holy Cross Church and the School. There is limited handicapped parking in that area and several well-lit lots around the building.

Sister Cities Presentation: A Visit to Łomianki, Poland
2022-12-03 13:30 - 14:30 | Columbia Heights Public Library Community Room (Room 100), 3939 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN, 55421, United States
Join Anoka County Library and the Columbia Heights Sister Cities organization for a presentation by Amada Marquez Simula, Mayor of Columbia Heights, MN. Amada will share details of her recent mayoral visit to our sister city of Łomianki, Poland, during their annual WWII memorial of the Warsaw Uprising. See photos, videos, and souvenirs from her trip, and learn about traveling to Poland as a group next year. Registration is encouraged. See more information here.

PACIM Annual Membership Meeting
2022-11-20 14:00 - 16:00 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
Please join us on Sunday, NOVEMBER 20TH, at 2 pm in the PACIM office for the annual all-members meeting. We will vote on five candidates for the PACIM Board of Directors and revisions to the PACIM Bylaws. You will receive more information in the mail.
All members are welcome to attend.

PACIM Soup Festival
2022-11-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Here is the list of soups that will be offered:
Barszcz,
Krupnik,
Mushroom (Grzybowa),
Pickle (Ogórkowa),
Tomato (Pomidorowa),
Vegetable (Jarzynowa),
Żurek,
and Bigos.

$15 for testing of seven different soups (until supplies last)
$15 for a 16 oz container (sold 30 minutes before closing).

Volunteers Needed!
If you like to volunteer at the Soup Festival, please use this link to sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0d45a4ac22a5fb6-polish
Thank you!

Polish Consul Visit in Minneapolis
2022-10-22 09:00 - 16:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
You need to book your appointment ahead of time. This has to be done on October 6, 7, or 11.
Please call Polish Consulate in Chicago at 312 608 9229 between 10am-12pm.
During the duty hours it will be possible to apply for a passport.
In Polish:
Na dyżur obowiązują wcześniejsze zapisy telefoniczne. Zapisy będą prowadzone w dniach: 6 i 7 oraz 11października 2022 roku.
W celu dokonania zapisu na dyżur nalezy dzwonić do Polskiego Consulatu pod numer telefon: 312 608 92 29, w godz. 10.00-12.00.
Podczas dyżuru będzie możliwość złożenia wniosku o wydanie dokumentu paszportowego.

Ladies Sailing
2022-10-08 11:00 - 19:00 | Lake City Marina, Lake City, MN, United States
Sail with PACIM Syrena Club’s Captain on Lake Pepin, MN. No prior sailing experience is necessary.
Saturday, October 8th, or Sunday, October 9th, 11 am – 7 pm (depending on the weather). Meet at the PACIM office, and then we can carpool as a group to the Lake City Marina.
$35 per person, including up to 5 hours on the boat and light refreshments.
Send checks to 93 Little Canada Rd W, Saint Paul MN, 55117 with an annotation “ladies sailing.”
Questions? Email: sailing@pacim.org or call: 612-718-7718. Space is limited.

SeptemberFest of Holly Cross Catholic Church
2022-09-09 - 2022-09-11 | Holy Cross Catholic Church – Kolbe Hall, 1621 University Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413
Live music all three days. Big wheel. Chef Lucas Pizza. Rummage sale. Theme baskets. Fish fry. Cold beer and wine. Mystery gifts. Wine toss. Craft booth. Pull tabs. Roast beef sandwiches. Fun zone. Raffle. Polish food. Silent auction.
Free Admission

Slavic Experience
2022-08-20 10:00 - 2022-08-21 18:00 | Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St NE, Minneapolis, 55413, United States
FOOD. MUSIC. FAMILY.
The purpose and mission of SLAVIC EXPERIENCE is to create a welcoming space for people of Slavic heritage to commemorate, celebrate, and share the richness and diversity of Eastern European traditions and customs with the greater Twin Cities community.

PACIM Family Picnic 2022
2022-08-13 12:00 - 18:00 | Vadnais – Sucker Lake Regional Park, Sucker Lake Pavilion #1, 4500 Rice Street, Vadnais Heights, MN, 55127, United States
PACIM is pleased to host the 2022 PACIM Family Picnic in Vadnais – Sucker Lake Regional Park.

For the ticket holders we will provide a full plate of:

one (1) fresh-roasted genuine Polish kielbasa grillowa from Chicago,
four (4) boiled potato-cheese pierogi,
authentic kapusta (sauerkraut with carrot) or sautéed onion
crunchy Polish pickles or mizeria
tasty Polish desserts

Complimentary bottled/canned water and coffee.
Beer/wine will be available for adults with a donation.

Meal Tickets
$25 per person all-inclusive
$8 children’s plate

Purchase your ticket

Adult $25.00 USDChildren plate $8.00 USD

PACIM Board Meeting
2022-08-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-07-18 19:00 - 21:00 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
Monthly PACIM Board meeting.

Stories and Traditions Club Meeting
2022-08-01 19:00 - 20:00 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
Come listen to and share stories of your background, memories of foods and recipes, family stories, traditions, history, immigration stories, joys and hardships. Our own stories and our family stories are a part of Poland’s history. Let’s get together and share them.

Polish Fest at Sacred Heart
2022-07-16 11:00 - 18:00 | Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Church, 2114 5th Street NE, Minneapolis, 55418
Featuring Polka music, Polish food and beer as well as raffles and kids games for a day full of fun!

Presentation: "Angels of Culture" Bring Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
2022-07-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Speaker Agata Wiktoria Śmierzyńska, President of Anioły Kultury (Angels of Culture) Foundation www.aniolykultury.pl is a Polish language teacher and doctoral student at Chrześcijańska Akademia Teologiczna (Christian Academy of Theology) in Warsaw.
In 2012, she founded the Anioły Kultury (Angels of Culture), with two main goals: intercultural dialogue and commitment to social services for women and children in Poland and abroad.

Starting in 2014 she worked with charity organizations operating in the border area with the Gaza Strip, and supported women and children suffering from PTSD there (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).

In February 2022, she began working with humanitarian organizations in Ukraine by starting a support program, Humanitarian Aid, which not only provides support but also determines people’s needs and reviews the effectiveness of the programs providing that support.

Free. In Polish with an English interpreter.
Photo by Luis Quintereo

Presentation: Volunteering for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
2022-04-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Edyta Dudek, PACIM President invites everybody for a presentation about her mission trip to Poland. Fresh from the trip, she will share her one-month-long experience volunteering for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Zalipie Beginning Painting Workshop, April 2nd
2022-04-02 13:00 - 16:00 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
Join our artist Mary Welke for a fun, stress free afternoon to learn about the colorful, painted village of Zalipie, Poland.
Afterwards, we will practice some of the brushstrokes and then create our own painted folk-art flower and design interpretations onto wooden objects to take home at the end of class.
Location:
Polish American Cultural Institute of Minnesota
93 West little Canada Rd, Suite #106, Saint Paul, MN
Cost: $40 Pacim members, $45 nonmembers
PURCHASE your ticket here
You may also write a check and send it to PACIM address above.
All supplies included. You may also bring your own wooden object to paint.
Workshop is for participants 7 years old up to Senior age group (class size limit 10 participants)

PACIM Open House
2022-02-27 13:00 - 16:00 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
Celebrate with us Fat Tuesday or Tłusty Czwartek (in Polish)!
Please visit the new PACIM LIBRARY, meet Board members,
and share your ideas for activities that you might be interested in.
Free pączki, faworki, coffee and wine will await all our guests!
Stay until 3pm and meet the author of „The Tripoint” book, Julia Banasikowski Weir.
All are welcome!!!
DIRECTIONS
From North and West
Take I-694 E to Rice St in Shoreview. Take exit 45 from I-694 E
Follow Rice St to your destination in Little Canada
Turn left onto Little Canada Rd W
Turn left onto Middle St
The building is on the right
From South and East
Take I-35E N to Little Canada Rd E in Little Canada
Take exit 112 from I-35E N
Turn left on little Canada Rd
Turn right onto Middle Str
The building is on the right

PACIM Wigilia
2021-12-12 16:30 - 21:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
Join us for our last event of the year – a traditional Wigilia dinner!

Sunday, December 12 | 4:30 p.m.
Holy Cross Church – Kolbe Hall
The evening will start at 4:30 p.m. with Polish Christmas carols and activities. At 6 p.m., chef Marian Pierzchalski is planning a delicious meal that will include herrings in oil, cod in tomato, red borsch with “uszka,” fried walleye, sauerkraut with mushrooms, pierogies with potatoes and prunes, kutia, poppyseed cake, and dry fruit compote.
Registration for the event is now closed.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Polish Orphans fund.

Armistice Day
2021-11-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Brits Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall 55403, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
We invite you to join us for an event commemorating Armistice Day, organized by Partners in Peace:
Thursday, November 11
Brit’s Pub – Clubhouse Room
6 p.m. – Doors Open
7 p.m. – Program begins
This event is free and open to the public!
Fore information click here.

2021 Elections
2021-11-07 13:30 - 15:30 | PACIM Office, 93 W Little Canada Rd, Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN, 55117, United States
PACIM Elections
Elections will be held November 7th at 1:30pm in PACIM office.
We will be voting for three Board members, discussing PACIM finances,
brainstorming activities for 2022 and sharing information about the new home for PACIM.
If you are not able to attend you can vote electronically in advance.
Please email office@pacim.org for voting link.

PACIM's Annual Polish SoupFest
2021-10-24 11:00 - 17:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
PACIM’s Annual Polish SoupFest is back! Join us on Sunday, October 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Holy Cross Church in Minneapolis.

For just $10 per adult (or $5 per child) you can try seven varieties of delicious Polish soup:

Mushroom soup (Grzybowa)
Tomato soup (Pomidorowa)
Pickle soup (Ogorkowa)
Beet soup (Barszcz)
Sour Rye soup (Żurek)
Vegetable soup (Jarzynowa)
Hunter’s stew (Bigos)

Buy more soup to enjoy later, or to give as a gift for those who are unable to attend!
Download the PACIM SoupFest Flyer

We are still looking for volunteers on Saturday and Sunday.

Volunteer

PACIM Family Picnic 2021
2021-08-14 12:00 - 18:00 | Vadnais – Sucker Lake Regional Park, Sucker Lake Pavilion #1, 4500 Rice Street, Vadnais Heights, MN, 55127, United States
PACIM is pleased to host our first live event since before the coronavirus – the PACIM Family Picnic to be held Saturday, August 14 at 12pm

PURCHASE YOUR FOOD IN ADVANCE HERE
Cost
$15 per person all-inclusive if your order is received by August 1, 2021
$20 per person thereafter.
$7 Children up to age 12
Sponsor/Donor level** PACIM members eat free.
Beer/wine available for adults with a donation.*
We will provide a full plate of: one (1) fresh-roasted genuine Polish kielbasa grillowa from Chicago, four (4) boiled potato-cheese pierogi, authentic kapusta (sauerkraut with carrot), crunchy Polish pickles, tasty Polish desserts and more. Plus complimentary bottled/canned water and coffee.
PACIM FAMILY PICNIC 2021 FLYER

Ja Bardzo Kocham PACIM: 2021 Bal Karnawałowy
2021-02-13 19:00 - 20:15 | MN
Bal Karnawałowy will be held virtually this year! Please join us online for a silent auction, musical performances, guest speakers and other festivities on Saturday, February 13 from 7:00 – 8:15p.m. (CST)
Join by computer, tablet, or smartphone at:
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/248654605
Password: [REDACTED] Restituta
Access Code: 248-654-605
Participate in the Silent Auction! Feb. 6-13
Participate in the Silent Auction! Feb. 6-13
The online silent auction for 2021 Bal Karnawałowy is now open! From Feb. 6-13, bid online for polish art, coins, pottery, jewelry, and more! Visit the silent auction at your convenience here: www.32auctions.com/PacimBal2021
Where Will Your Bal Donations Go?
Let us know where you would most like to have an impact on PACIM’s operations. Below is a list of potential areas of consideration for where Bal donations will go.
– Expansion of Polish language classes with more teachers
– More virtual Literary, Arts and Event Programming- Digitalization of Library holdings, PACIM records and Polam archives
– Operating Rent through 2022
– Raising our 2021 scholarship awards to $2,000 from $1,000 for up to three students
– Assistance for Polish orphans
Click here for a survey to collect your responses and ideas.

Elections
2020-12-18 - 2020-12-19 | MN
Elections will be held December 19th.

Polish SoupFest 2020
2020-11-15 04:30 - 08:00 | Kolbe Hall – St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, United States
SOUPFEST 2020 INFORMATION
PACIM is hosting our annual Polish Soupfest!
The event will be PREPAID TAKE OUT ONLY. Please see the flier for more details and soups that will be offered.
Thank you for your interest in Polish Soupfest. We received overwhelming amount of orders and the ordering has been closed for this event.
Thank you for your continuous support of PACIM.

We hope to see you on November 15th! Smacznego!

September Fest at Holly Cross
2020-09-10 - 2020-09-13 | MN
https://www.ourholycross.org/septemberfest-2020

PACIM Board meeting
2020-09-10 14:00 - 16:00 | MN

PACIM Board Meeting
2020-08-13 14:00 - 16:00 | MN
This is a virtual meeting. Please contact office@pacim.org to receive the meeting link.

Poland commemorates Warsaw Uprising '44
2020-07-31 - 2020-08-01 | MN

Polanie Legacy Scholarship deadline
2020-07-30 - 2020-07-31 | MN
