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BRIDGESLithuanian American News Journal

USPS 017131 Published 10 times per year(Jan./Feb. & Jul./Aug. combined).Address of publication is:

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BRIDGES Consultants Jeanne Dorr EditorGema Kreivenas Art Director/ProductionRimas Gedeika TreasurerLithuanian American Community, Inc., &Subscription Manager.

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2 editorialLetter from the EditorJeanne Dorr

4 history THE SECOND

SOVIET OCCUPATION

Source: Lithuania 700 Years

5 reflectionsBaltic Way

6 hereathomeRemembering them Lithuanian cemeteriescelebrated

Jim Fossett

7 poetryToks zmogus(Such a Man)

Michael Lucas

8 reflectionsChristmas in JulyJeanne Dorr

10 reflectionsCelebratingOur Lady of S i luvaRev. Peter Burkauskas

12 book reviewLithuanian CulturalLegacy in America

12 triviaSubmitted byEdward Shakalis

14 photo album2009Song Festival, Lithuania

16 sportsFrom an IDEA

to a Tradition

Laima Petroliuniene

17 here at homeA Lithuanian PrincessRim as Ge deika

18 reflectionsWest 69th StreetPart 1

Vytautas Kupcikevicius

20 historyThe Lithuanian Army from1918 through thePartisan Wars in 1953A uthor: Captain Vy tautas Vov erisTranslated by Prof . Saulius S uziedelis

24 news and viewsJeanne Dorr

26 calendar

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ast year Lithuanians throughout the world honored Our Lady ofSiluva bycelebrating the 400th anniversary of the Marian apparitions which took placein Lithuania. From Brazil to Rome, from Los Angeles to Boston, fromChicago to Hartford, from Vilnius to Philadelphia solemn Masses, devotionsand hymns echoed in the churches of our Lithuanian communities. One ofthe last celebrations to take place in the United States was in Philadelphiawhen Cardinal Justin Rigali came to Saint Andrews Lithuanian Church in

October. National costumes, church banners, trumpets, choir, altar boys, anda church full of prayerful souls all united to celebrate what took place in thevillage ofSiluva in 1608.

But unlike many other Lithuanian communities, where the 400th anniver-sary awoke an awareness and devotion to Our Lady of Siluva, the parish-ioners of the three Lithuanian churches in Philadelphia already had a tradi-tion of devotion rooted in their hearts. St. Andrews Lithuanian Church hasa beautiful mural at the main altar depicting the Siluva apparition andSt. Georges Lithuanian Church has a hand carved statue in its sanctuary of

Celeb ra t in g Ou r Lady of

Si luva

Cardinal Rigali, the Archbishop of

Philadelphia, greets the altar boys.

The procession prepares to enter the church.

The beautiful altar of St. Andrew's Church enshrines the apparitionat Siluva.

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Our Lady ofSiluva. Each year, in soli-darity with the pilgrims in Lithuaniawho journey to Siluva on Sept. 8th, pil-grims from Philadelphias Lithuanianparishes travel to the chapel of OurLady of S iluva in the Basilica of theNational Shrine of the ImmaculateConception in Washington, D.C. Thebus pilgrimage brings to the ornateLithuanian chapel the devotion thatunites them with the pilgrims prayingat Siluva in Lithuania.

Before the school closed at SaintCasimirs Parish, altar boys wereincluded in the pilgrimage of youngand old who brought flowers andhymns to the feet of Our Ladys altar inthe spacious basilica church. The year-ly Mass is attended by the Philadelphiapilgrims and Lithuanians living in

the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area.Tourists and pilgrims visiting theBasilica are also drawn to theLithuanian chapel on September 8thon hearing the singing of Lithuanianhymns and seeing the chapel illuminedand decorated for Holy Mass.

This yearly pilgrimage keeps alive inthe hearts of Lithuanian-Americans the

devotion to Our Lady ofSiluva and themessage the Mother of God brought toLithuania in 1608. This year the pil-grimage will take place on Tuesday,September 8th. Lithuanian Catholicsare encouraged to keep alive the devo-tion to Our Lady ofSiluva which wascelebrated around the world last year.Plan to participate in this annual

pilgrimage by calling St. AndrewsRectory at 215-765-2322 for details.

Rev. PeterBurkauskas

Rev. PeterBurkauskas is

The altar boys from St. Casimir'sLithuanian Church always enjoyed

participating in the annual pilgrimageon September 8.

Father Burkauskas at the altar in thechapel of Our Lady of Siluva in the

Basilica of the Immaculate Conceptionin Washington, D.C.

An honorary arch of Lithuanian

sashes bids the Cardinal farewell ashe leaves the church.

Cardinal Rigali gratefully admiresthe picture of Our Lady of Siluvathat was presented to him bythe parish.


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