Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester

History
Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish

Location	34 Ward Street Worcester, Massachusetts
Country	United States
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	home.catholicweb.com/ourladyofczestochowa
Founded	November 29, 1906 (1906-11-29)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	Our Lady of Czestochowa
Administration
Diocese	Worcester
Province	Boston
Division	Cluster 42
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Robert Joseph McManus
Vicar(s)	Rev. Ryszard Polek
Pastor(s)	Rev. Thaddeus X. Stachura

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.

1 History
2 Pastors
3 Schools
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links

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)^[1]
Rev. Thaddeus X. Stachura (1993- )

Schools

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.)^[2]

References

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

Bibliography

Proko, Barbara; Baniukiewicz Janice (2003). The Polish Community of Worcester (MA).

Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish – Celebrating our Hundredth Anniversary 1903-2003. Worcester, Massachusetts. 2003.

Kruszka, Waclaw (1998). A History of the Poles in America to 1908; Part III: Poles in the Eastern and Southern States. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.
The Official Catholic Directory in USA