Jan. 4—BOSWELL, Pa. — For generations, Polish people with little to call their own kept their culture alive through song. Their Christian "koledy" hymns filled their churches long after their homeland ...

These songs inspired poets and were cause for heated copywrite disputes. Lady Death and women’s heroes – the lancers – were lauded in them. In our day just as in the past century, they leave no one ...

"Many cultures have Christmas hymns, but the particular tradition among Poles is very strong," said the Rev. Aron Maghsoudi, ...

They gather at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church to hear the Mass celebrated in Polish, the language they knew first, know best or find the most comfort in, and to eat the consecrated bread that ...