Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester explained

Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish
Location:34 Ward Street
Worcester, Massachusetts
Country:United States
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Website:Parish website
Founder:Polish immigrants
Dedication:Our Lady of Czestochowa
Diocese:Worcester
Province:Boston
Division:Cluster 42
Bishop:Most Rev. Robert Joseph McManus
Vicar:Rev. Edward Michalski
Pastor:Rev. Richard Polek

Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish – designated for Polish immigrants in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Worcester.

Name of the parish is linked with the cult of Black Madonna of Częstochowa.

History

Assumption of parish is counted from the assignment of the first pastor, Fr. John Z. Moneta in 1903, however plans and the land purchase ware made many years earlier.

The Polish immigrants of Worcester for the most part, came from the northeastern Poland, Podlaskie Voivodeship counties, such as Lomza.

Pastors

Schools

Grade School

High school

Polish language school

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Fr. Chester J. Janczukowicz was born in the parish and served as a curate from 1954 until 1966.
  2. http://www.jp-szkolapolska.org/