title: Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester
text: # Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, Worcester
  
  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.
  
  ## 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)
  * Rev. Thaddeus X. Stachura (1993–2014)
  * Rev. Richard Polek (2014– )
  
  ## 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.)
  