OUR HISTORY

 


Located in a mountainous valley Carpathians team Cistercian abbey in Szczyrzyc is one of the oldest monasteries in Poland. His foundation has done in 1234.Next to the monastery is a monastery museum, housed since 1984 in the historic granary, who previously served as the residence of the abbot. The museum was founded in 1954 when the then abbot, Dr. Stanislaw Kiełtyka, they organized the collection of the monastery, adding to the time of the next specimen. Interestingly among the treasures of the monastery is a map of the world printed in 1905 by the thirteenth-century original. The collection includes sacred art, literature, rich library, ethnographic exhibits and documents, among which are the thirteenth-century acts and donations of land to the Cistercians. http://dnidziedzictwa.pl/kosciol-i-klasztor-oo-cystersow/ ************************************************************************************

1977 – MRS. TELKA (KAZANOWSKA) KIELTYKA  - 1977  
Mrs. Kieltyka was presented Boston Post Cane at the Award night Banquet during the Town’s Bicentennial Celebration on  August 25th, 1977.
From her obituary — 19 Oct 1977  NEWMARKET — Mrs. Tekla Kieltyka, 94, of 239 South Main St. died  Tuesday at Wentworth Douglass Hospital after a short illness.  Born in Poland on Aug.
 19, 1883, she was the daughter of Daniel and Catherine Kazanowska Salwa and the widow of Joseph Kieltyka.
A resident here for 76 years, she was a member of St. Mary’s Church, the Polish Women’s Club and the American Citizen’s Club of Polish Descent. For many years she had been an employee of the Newmarket Manufacturing Co.    On Aug. 25 of this year, she was awarded the town’s Boston Post Cane.  Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Mary Dynda of Poland and Mrs. John (Stephanie) Bogacz and Mrs. Joseph (Sophie) McGrath, both of Newmarket; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Louise Rachel of Lowell, Mass.; several nieces and nephews.