My Polish Heritage

The Catholic school, built in 1927, the same year as my grandfather Stanley Bukaty.

This post will introduce some of my family history on my father's side, the Bukaty. They were immigrants from Grymajlov, Poland (now Hrymailiv, Ukraine). Just last week I took my grandfather, who was born in 1927, back to his old Catholic school and church in Kansas City, Kansas near Strawberry Hill. While there we asked the Father to get inside the church so I could take some pictures. We discovered a large stained glass window and a dedication plaque with my family name on them.

This is the old Catholic school that my grandfather Bukaty attended as a child. The plaque above the door says School of Saint Joseph, 1927, in Polish.

Steps of Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Kansas City, Kansas

I would love for someone to translate this for me.

Marble Alter

Dedication window from my great-great-great grandfather

Dedication window from the family of Wittek. Rose Wittek is my grandfather's grandmother.

This icon is fascinating to me because 1. This is a Catholic church, not an Orthodox church and, 2. The skin colors are dark like a Coptic icon.

Bell towers of Saint Joseph Church

This shotgun style home at 207 S. 8th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, was where my grandfather lived with his family until they moved to Sugar Creek, Missouri in 1939.