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The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa (or simply Czestochowa), known also as the American Czestochowa is a Polish-American Roman Catholic shrine near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1953. It houses a reproduction of the Black Madonna icon of Częstochowa, Poland.
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna z Częstochowy; Latin: Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte, lit. 'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the ...
It is held each year on the 170-acre (0.69 km 2) grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa (often referred to as “American Czestochowa.") in Doylestown, PA., a northern suburb of Philadelphia, PA. It is a five-day event that takes place during the first two weekends of September (including Labor Day).
Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Founded 1909, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. The architect for the church was Donat R. Baribault of Springfield, 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
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The Gothic style edifice of the church with a seating capacity of 400 was completed in the spring of 1907. As an expression of their great love and devotion to the Mother of God, the Polish immigrants named the church Our Lady of Czestochowa, in honor of Mary's most famous shrine in Poland. The church was blessed and dedicated by Bishop Harkins ...
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