Brooklyn, N.Y. … Rev. Marek Sobczak (center) expresses a prayer of thanksgiving for the Catholic Church’s beatification last June of Poland’s SOLIDARITY priest, Father Jerzy Popieluszko. A statue to his memory is seen in the background.
Participating in the commemorative ceremony conducted at Greenpoint’s McCarren Park are Michael Pajak, president of the New York Chapter of the John Paul II Foundation (left) and Frank Milewski, president of the Downstate N.Y. Division of the Polish American Congress. The Sea League of America, Liga Morska, provided the honor guard (in rear).