Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester

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Country United States Website Parish website Phone +1 508-755-5959		Denomination Roman Catholic Founder(s) Polish immigrants Province Boston

Location 34 Ward Street Worcester, Massachusetts Founded November 29, 1906 (1906-11-29) Address 34 Ward St, Worcester, MA 01610, USA Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester Dedication Black Madonna of Częstochowa Profiles Facebook

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

Rev. John Z. Moneta (1903-1907)

Rev. Peter C. Reding (1907-1911)

Rev. Joseph Tomikowski (1911-1913)

Rev. Msgr. Bolesław A. Bojanowski (1913-1956)

Rev. Msgr. Charles J. Chwałek (1956 - 1976)

Rev. Msgr. Chester J. Janczukowicz (1976-1993)

Rev. Thaddeus X. Stachura (1993-2014)

Rev. Richard Polek (2014- )

Grade School

St Mary's Grade School

High school

St Mary's Jr & Sr High School - is a college preparatory school sponsored by Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish in the Diocese of Worcester, MA.

Polish language school

Polish language school (Szkoła j. polskiego im. Jana Pawła II pol.)

References

Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester Wikipedia

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