Statements and Resources

Polish National Catholic Church – Roman Catholic (PNCC/RC) Dialogue

With the encouragement of Pope Saint John Paul II, a dialogue between the Polish National Catholic Church and  the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was established in 1984. Its purpose was to promote healing following the division which had occurred in the late nineteenth century and to work for the restoration of full and visible unity. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops joined this dialogue in 2008.

 

Dialogue Participants
Polish National Catholic Church – Roman Catholic (PNCC/RC) DialogueOne meeting per year
Founded in 1984
Catholic participants: 6, one appointed by the CCCB
Term: 3 years, renewable		 Catholic Members
The Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Bishop of Springfield, MA (Co-chair)
The Most Rev. Joseph Kopacz, Bishop of Jackson, MO
The Rev. Michael Pierz, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Agawam, MA
Rev. Scott Sterowski, Diocesan Coordinator for Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations in the
Diocese of Scranton, PA,
Rev. Wojciech Kowal, O.M.I., Associate Professor, Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul
University, Ottawa (CCCB appointee)

Staff Person
Rev. Russell McDougall, CSC, Executive Director the USCCB Bishops Committee on
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

Polish National Catholic Church Members
The Rt. Rev. John Mack, Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral, Lancaster, NY (Co-chair)
The Most Rev. Anthony Mikovsky, Bishop Primate, Scranton, PA
Rt. Rev. Bernard Nowicki, Scranton, PA
Rt. Rev. Paul Sobiechowski, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Manchester, NH
The Very Rev. Robert M. Nemkovich, Jr., Fall River, MA
The Rev. Charles Zawistowski, South Bend, IN
Rev. Jason Soltysiak, Parma, OH
Charles Zawistowski, from South Bend, IN

Documents

Joint Declaration of Unity (2006)

Journeying Together in Christ: The Journey Continues. The Report of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue 1989-2002. Edited by The Most Rev. Robert M. Nemkovich and The Most Rev. James C. Timlin. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2003. (Only in print form)

Journeying Together in Christ: The Report of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue (1984-1989). Edited by Stanislaus J. Brzana and Anthony M. Rysz. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1990. (Only in print form)