Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester
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Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish - designated for Polish immigrants
in Worcester, Massachusetts
, United States.
Name of the parish is linked with the cult
of Black Madonna of Częstochowa
.
The Polish immigrants of Worcester
for the most part, came from the northeastern Poland
, Podlaskie Voivodeship
counties, such as Lomza.
Polish American
A Polish American , is a citizen of the United States of Polish descent. There are an estimated 10 million Polish Americans, representing about 3.2% of the population of the United States...
in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
, United States.
- Founded in 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New EnglandPolish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England- Resources :# Dolores A. Liptak, "The Bishops of Hartford and the New Immigrants ", U.S. Catholic Historian, Vol. 1, No. 2 , pp. 37-53.# The Official Catholic Directory in USA# # # # # # # # # # # # # #...
in the Diocese of WorcesterRoman Catholic Diocese of WorcesterThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. The geographic boundaries of the diocese are the same as those of Worcester County, Massachusetts, the geographically largest county of the...
.
Name of the parish is linked with the cult
Cult (religious practice)
In traditional usage, the cult of a religion, quite apart from its sacred writings , its theology or myths, or the personal faith of its believers, is the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety. Cult in this primary sense is...
of Black Madonna of Częstochowa
Black Madonna of Czestochowa
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.-The icon:The origins of the icon and the date of its composition are still hotly contested among scholars...
.
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
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
for the most part, came from the northeastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...
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- )
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.Polish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
)