Syzdek Family Newsletter

Steve Syzdek has posted 56 pictures of the Family Reunion on his Flickr account. Feel free to add comments and descriptions to his pictures. Adding names would be greatly appreciated.

The 8th Syzdek Family Reunion of Texas was held on Saturday, June 17, 2006 at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Recreational Hall in Bremond, Texas. Almost three hundred descendants with families and guests from as far as Pennsylvania, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada, plus several adjacent states and many cities and towns in Texas attended.

The heavy rain an hour or so before the 9 AM registration did not hamper the happy and enthusiastic relatives. Exchanges of joyful greetings were exchanged until it was time to attend a Memorial Mass for all the deceased Syzdek family members at 10:30 AM. Saint Mary’s Pastor, Father Celso Yu was the Mass celebrant who emphasized the importance of family unity, not only every three years; but, at all times. He emphasized that the younger generation be involved to carry on family traditions and customs.

After Father Yu’s blessing a hearty lunch catered by the Coal Mine Restaurant and desserts brought by the guests was enjoyed; only one big complaint was voiced – POLSKA KELBASA was not on the menu.
The afternoon was enjoyed by visiting with other extended family members while the raffle and auction was taking place. Most items were hand crafted and donated by members. Also, there were pictures and genealogical information displayed to share and provisions were made to update family information.        

We want to thank Mary Johnston of Bedford, Texas for nine years of hard work as President and Margaret Syzdek of Bremond, Texas for her more than 12 years as Vice President. Most of all; many thanks to Joseph K. Syzdek of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for twenty-one years as Treasurer. 

The new officers for the next reunion, which will be in 2009, and the future reunions are Patricia Syzdek of Houston, Texas as President and Jim and Kathi Syzdek of League City, Texas as Treasurers. 

Bruno C. Syzdek

Thanks to Kaye Stone for providing a link to her album of photos from the family reunion.

Jeremy, Uncle Sam, Hank, Aunt Mickey, Jason, and Becky.

Ever since their party scored big in Poland’s elections last fall, the Kaczynski brothers — identical twin movie stars with equally big political ambitions — were widely assumed to be running the country in tandem behind the scenes. Now, it’s official.

On Saturday, Poland’s governing Law and Justice Party voted to name its party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the country’s new prime minister. With his brother, Lech, already holding the Polish presidency, there is no longer any doubt that the 57-year-old, chubby-faced twins are in charge of the eastern European country.

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Joe Syzdek graciously posted some pictures of the family reunion on his photo-sharing page. If you have any pictures of the reunion that you would like to share, please leave me a comment and I will link to them.

Katherine Kubiak and Bruno Syzdek enjoy visiting at the 2006 Syzdek Family Reunion in Bremond, Texas.

Despite some heavy rain in the morning, Syzdeks filled the Parish Hall in Bremond on June 17, 2006. A special Mass was held at St. Mary’s and Syzdek’s enjoyed visiting, catching up and eating lunch together. In the afternoon, a raffle was held to raise money for future reunions. It was a great time. We’ll have more details on the plans for the 2009 reunion, new reunion officers, and attendance numbers as we get the details.