Centenary Mass on Mt Kosciuszko

Kris Kamma, Przemyslaw Karasiuk & others
23rd February 2013

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Saturday 23rd Februarfy 2013. Bishop Julian Porteous (left) with Fr Przemyslaw Karasiuk celebrating the Centenary Mass just below Mt Kosciuszko's summit. Friday, 22nd February - rain and fogg. Shal we make it? Polish volunteers with NPWS rangers dividing the area between the tourists and the faithful.
Kosciuszko Heritage Inc. Chief Supervisor Andrzej Kozek on the summit. Friday. Fr Tomasz Bujakowski - not quite optimistic about the weather. Fr Tomasz: to be or not to be? What shall we do tomorrow?
Saturday morning: first pilgrims on the road at Charlotte Pass. Marysia Nowak & Halina Prociuk at Seaman's Hut.
NPWS little shed at Rawson's Pass will be turned into a chapel in a moment. In front of the shed: bishop Julian (left) with Andrzej Kozek. From left: Bp Julian, Peter Clark, Dariusz Paczynski, Tim Greville and John Molski.
Makeshift chapel: Fr Stan Tomasiak (with guitar) and an altar boy John Molski. On little table - tiny pumpkins painted the Polish, Aboriginal, Australian and Vatican colours. Tiny pumpkins in national colours - painted by Vitek Skonieczny. Preparations for the Centenary Mass: Fr P. Karasiuk & Fr. Stan Tomasiak.
Marek Kamma's camera in front of the altar. Little scouts - witnesses of the Centenary Mass - will they remember it for a hundres years?
Bishop Julian Porteous flanked by Fr Tomasz Bujakowski (on left), Fr Przemyslaw Karasiuk and Fr Stan Tomasiak (both on right).
On right: artist Grzegorz Dabrowa who made a special Cross of Tasmanian oak. Next to him Polish Consul General Daniel Gromann. Little Lajkoniks - reading Prayers of the Faithful.
Bishop Julian in front of a camera shielded from rain. Bishop Julian Porteous' homily has been published in
Young star, singer Olivia Kierdal.
Great soprano - Halina Gad. Great voices: Halina Gad with her sister Basia Kierdal.
He made the Cross and he carried it to the summit - artist Grzegorz D±browa.
Bishop Julian promised to bless all of Australia from the summit. So a procession has formed. Are you ready for the blessing?
Bishop Julian on the summit - flanked by Fr Przemyslaw Karasiuk and the artist Grzegorz D±browa.
Bishop Julian with Halina Prociuk (on right), Polish Consul General Daniel Gromann and Vice President of Federation of Polish Organisations in Australia Leszek Wikarjusz.
Polish Consul General, Mr Daniel Gromann on the summit. Consul D. Gromann with G. D±browa (holding the Cross).
We have been blessed! And now down to Jindabyne for the Seventh K'Ozzie Fest celebrations at Banjo Paterson Park in front of the Strzelecki Monument. (Festival photo galleries to be published very soon).