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St. Agatha Church - Polish Roman Catholic Parish

3239 South 9th Street (at Utah) St. Louis , MO 63118-2629

Telephone: (314) 772-1603 Fax: (314) 772-3979

parishoffice@polishchurchstlouis.org

Archdiocese of St. Louis

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ST. AGATHA Polish Roman Catholic Parish 3239 South 9th Street (at Utah) St. Louis, MO 63118-2629 Telephone: (314) 772-1603 Fax: (314) 772-3979 www.polishchurchstlouis.org parishoffice@polishchurchstlouis.org Parish Office Hours Mondays and Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rev. Stan Poszwa, S.Chr. Pastor
HOLY MASS SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. (EN) 10:00 a.m. (PL) SATURDAY 4:30 p.m. (EN) WEEKDAYS 8:00 a.m. Mon- Thur (EN) 7 p.m. Fri (PL) HOLY DAYS DURING WEEK 8:00 a.m. (EN) 7:00 p.m. (PL) CONFESSIONS SUNDAY 7:30 a.m. (EN) 9:30 a.m. (PL) SATURDAY 4:00 p.m. (EN)
St. Agatha Parish exists primarily to serve the spiritual needs of those of the Polish language and ethnicity living in the St. Louis area. We live our faith in union with the Supreme Pontiff and the Archbishop of St. Louis. While living in American society, we celebrate our heritage of rich cultural traditions. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Częstochowa, the Queen of Poland, and St. Agatha, the patron of our Parish, we seek to fulfill our calling in Jesus Christ by living out our Catholic faith in love, justice and peace.  CELEBRATING 155 YEARS OF GOD'S GRACE AND THE INTERCESSION OF SAINT AGATHA Anchored in Christ with faith, hope, and love. 1. Special Devotion and celebrations: Feast Day of St. Agatha began the yearly observance of our significant 155th Anniversary. 2. Historical Reflection: Each month we will explore and highlight significant events of the 1871–2026 journey. 3. Anniversary Banquet - We are planning to host a formal 155th Anniversary Banquet. 4. Donation Drive: To All: A special encouragement to consider a memorable 155th-Anniversary donation, to memorialize a family or a person on St. Agatha Church’s Donor Tree. 5. Gratitude, honor and renewed purpose For Parishioners, Benefactors, Friends and everyone who calls St. Agatha Church home. FEAST OF ST. AGATHA IS CELEBRATED ON FEB. 4 & 5
LENT – TIME FOR INCREASING OUR PRAYER & SACRIFICES, HUMBLE ACCEPTANCE TO GOD’S WILL Each year, Lent appears to us as a time favorable to intensifying prayer and penance. We are called to open our hearts to humbly accepting God's will. During this period, we are shown a spiritual path that is a preparation for reliving the great mystery of Christ's death and resurrection. Above all, we are challenged to listen diligently to the Word of God and practice discipline more vigorously. Through these works, we can more generously come to the aid of our neighbors in need. ASH WEDNESDAY - A DAY OF PENANCE, ABSTAINING FROM MEAT, FASTING, PRAYER & ALMSGIVING – MASSES AT 8:00 AM IN ENGLISH AND 7:00 PM IN POLISH Ash Wednesday begins the forty-day period of preparation for the greatest Christian celebration - Easter WAY OF THE CROSS EVERY FRIDAY AT 6:30 PM, FOLLOWED BY MASS AT 7:00 PM The path of contemplation with Jesus leads through the narrow streets of Jerusalem: Jesus carries a cross on His shoulders. The cross is heavy because it is saturated with the sins of generations of all humanity. Stations of the Cross devotion are on Fridays of Lent at 6:30 p.m. followed by Holy Mass. BITTER LAMENTATIONS ON SUNDAYS The Bitter Lamentations devotion was initiated by the Missionary Friars of Vincent de Paul from the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. There, at the entrance to the temple, Christ carrying the cross reminds everyone always: Lift up your hearts! We will pray and sing individual parts of the Lamentations in Polish on Sundays of Lent after Holy Mass at 10:00 a.m. ALMSGIVING Fasting, Prayer, and Almsgiving - these are three penitential practices. Almsgiving means help given to a needy person out of love for God and neighbor. It has the power to make amends (reparation) for sins and obtain graces for the donors (cf. Sirach. 29:12-13). LENTEN RETREAT The faithful will have the chance to participate in the Lenten Retreat in Polish at St. Agatha’s. More information will be published in the Church Bulletin. MARCH 19TH – FEAST DAY OF ST. JOSEPH Masses will be at 8:00 a.m. in English and 7:00 p.m. in Polish. Here at St. Agatha’s, the celebration of this solemnity consists of St. Joseph celebrations, fervent prayer, and the blessing and distribution of the Bread of St. Joseph. MARCH 25TH – THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD Masses are at 8:00 a.m. in English and 7:00 p.m. in Polish. This feast day is important as it is both a Marian Feast Day and Solemnity and celebrates the Incarnation of Our Lord. In the Church, it is a special day that reminds us of the dignity of human life, especially the unborn. POPE INVITES CATHOLICS TO 'DISARM' LANGUAGE AND BUILD KINDNESS, RESPECT FOR LENT In his first message for Lent, Pope Leo XIV asked the faithful to "cultivate kindness and respect in our families, among our friends, at work, on social media, in political debates, in the media and in Christian communities. In this way, words of hatred will give way to words of hope and peace." Lent is a time to "place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith and keep our hearts from being consumed by the anxieties and distractions of daily life," the Pope Leo wrote.