Paczki Day at Holy Mother of Rosary Cathedral is February 11, 2024 from Noon to 4pm at 6298 Broadway, Lancaster. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and Kids 12 and under are $2.
Special Delivery will be playing all your favorite polkas from 12-4 PM. The Polish Heritage Dancers will take the stage at 2 PM. Our Polish kitchen will be open with a limited Polish menu. Polish Beer will also be available.
A pączek (sing., pohn-check) is a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with jam or other sweet filling. A traditional filling is marmalade made from fried rose buds. Fresh pączki are usually covered with powdered sugar, icing or bits of fried orange zest. Pączki have been known in Poland at least since the Middle Ages. It is the feast of plenty before the Lenten fast begins.It is the last day of gaiety in Karnawal time, the period between Christmas and Lent. It is to mark the last moments of excess before the austerity of Lenten sacrifice.
