Hi -- I noted with interest your question.. >>>Was there such an effort in Galicia to assist Polish Catholics? What was the situation of the Polish Catholics in Galicia? I know very little of their history. My great-grandmother Frances Czapkowicz came to Chicago from Galicia turn of the century because her parents wanted her to be a nun and she didn't want to. I don't know why she chose Chicago. Regards Michele Wucker (was Wukovits from Croatia via Burgenland til my great-grandpa changed it)