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St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Maspeth, Queens, New York City, whose parish was organized in 1872.Historically, it is one of only three churches in the area to have organized schools for its parishioners, known as the St. Stanislaus Kostka School.
As part of the Roman Catholic Church's ongoing downsizing campaign, the church was re-designated "a shrine to St. Stanislaus and all Polish martyrs" and a Polish cultural center on October 11, 2009, ostensibly due to the declining populace, which had impacted attendance at the church. In 2008, the school on Wilson street was closed after ...
St. Stanislaus Parish in Meriden, Connecticut, was the first Polish parish founded in the Archdiocese of Hartford. On January 1, 1889, John Damach and friends established a Society of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr , so named because they wanted from the beginning to have the help of a good Polish saint.
St. Stanislaus Parish (Polish language: Parafia św. Stanisława Kostki w Bristol)was originally built to serve Polish immigrants in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1919 and is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church is an independent Catholic church located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Formerly a parish belonging to the Catholic Church , it was established in 1880 to serve the Polish community in the Archdiocese of St. Louis .
This original structure was destroyed by fire in 1925. The church was relocated to the former location of the old church building of St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church on Clinton Avenue, with its rear facade abutting Perry Avenue. St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church then moved to a new location on Maspeth Avenue and 61st Street.
St. Stanislaus Kostka is one of five parishes in the Northeast Cluster. "Clusters" are groups of parishes that work together to assist each other in spiritual and educational work. The other parishes are St. Joseph’s in Millbrook, Immaculate Conception in Amenia, St. Charles Borromeo in Dover Plains and St. John the Evangelist in Pawling. [5]
In 1898, the parish of St. Stanislaus was established to relieve the overcrowding in the Polish congregation of at St. Albertus. [2] A church and school were purchased for the parish from the Protestant Bethel Church, [3] and in 1900 a new elementary school was constructed. Reverend F. G. Zella was assigned as the first pastor. [3]