DETROIT'S CARDINAL SZOKA CELEBRATES
40TH ANNIVERSARY

Detroit, Michigan - A week before our PNA 46th Quadrennial National Convention, Vice President Paul C. Odrobina and his wife Janice had the distinction of representing the Polish National Alliance at Edmund Cardinal Szoka's 40th Anniversary to the Episcopacy. Cardinal Szoka is a personal friend of the Odrobina's who officiated at their wedding. Janice and Paul met at the Cardinal's investiture ceremony in Rome as Pope John Paul II elevated the then Archbishop to the rank of Cardinal. Paul had been the President of a group called the Friends of the Archbishop. A group of Polish Americans supporting our first ever Polish American Cardinal of Detroit. In fact, their wedding was the first public wedding the Cardinal celebrated before being appointed Vatican City's Prefecture, a position similar to a Governor. This appointment came from our beloved Pope John Paul II.

Paul was able to sign up our Cardinal Szoka to the PNA as well as the PAC, Michigan Division. The Cardinal has always been proud of his Polish Heritage as Polish songs were included in his Anniversary Mass. Wishing Cardinal Szoka, STO LAT!

Total - 2 Photos

Photo one - Janice and Paul and Cardinal Szoka at the Orchard Lake's Annual Ambassador Ball

Photo two - Paul and Janice with Cardinal Edmund Szoka at his 40th Anniversary celebration at a reception at Sacred Heart Seminary after the Mass at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral

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