
Parish Mass Times
NOTE NEW MASS TIMES ON SUNDAY’S
Sunday Vigil Mass Saturday: 4:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM (Polish) and 5:30 PM
Weekdays
Monday: Novena with Mass at 7:00 PM
Tuesday: Morning Mass at 7:00 AM in English
Wednesday: Novena with Mass at 7:00 PM in Polish
Thursday: Morning Mass at 7:00 AM in English
Friday: Morning Mass at 7:00 AM in English
Saturday: Morning Mass at 8:00 AM in English
First Friday: 7:00 AM Mass in English followed by the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
7:00 PM Mass with Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Every Monday (Rosary at 6:45 PM) in English.
7:00 PM Mass with Novena to our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Every Wednesday (Rosary at 6:45 PM) in Polish.
Divine Mercy Devotions: Every third Sunday at 3:00 PM – Be sure to check the bulletin for more information.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confession is heard before Weekday Mass and on Saturdays at 3:30 PM

Lenten Regulations & Schedule
ASH WEDNESDAY. Catholics must fast from meat on Ash Wednesday (March 5) and again on Good Friday (April 18). Fasting permits one full meal and two smaller meals and is obligatory from age 18-59. Ashes will be distributed at the 7:00 am and 5:30 & 7pm Masses.
ABSTINENCE from eating meat on Fridays in Lent is binding upon Catholics aged 14 and onwards. Those excused from fasting and abstinence include the physically or mentally ill, those suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, and pregnant or nursing women. Common sense prevails.
CONFESSIONS. In addition to the regular schedule of confession times, confessions will also be heard every Monday evening from 6 to 6:45 pm prior to the Mass and Novena.
MASSES AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON THE FRIDAYS OF LENT will take place in English at 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm in Polish.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO 7:00 AM MASS ON FRIDAYS DURING LENT.
GORZKIE ZALE will take place after the 11am Mass on Sundays.
HOLY WEEK
2025 SCHEDULE
CONFESSIONS
Monday, April 14, 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 to 7:00AM
Wed., April 16, 6:00 to 7:00 PM
HOLY THURSDAY – April 17
Mass at 7:00 PM in English and Polish
Adoration until 10:00 PM
GOOD FRIDAY – April 18
3:00 PM – Good Friday Liturgy -English
7:00 PM – Good Friday Liturgy -Polish
8:15 PM – Lamentations
HOLY SATURDAY – April 19
9:00 AM – 12 noon – Blessing of food, Church Hall.
7:00 PM – Holy Saturday Liturgy and Mass – English
EASTER SUNDAY – April 20
6:00 AM – Resurrection Mass – Polish
9:00 AM – Mass – English
11:00 AM – Mass – Polish
NO MASS AT 5:30 PM ON
EASTER SUNDAY
CHRIST IS RISEN ALLELUIA!
WIELKI TYDZIEŃ 2025
PLAN SPOWIEDZI
WIELKI PONIEDZIAŁEK, 14 kwietnia 2025, od godz. 18:00 do godz. 19:00
WIELKI WTOREK, 15 kwietnia 2025, rano od godz. 6:30 do godz. 7:00
WIELKA ŚRODA, 16 kwietnia 2025,
od godz. 18:00 do godz. 19:00
PLAN NABOŻEŃSTW
WIELKI CZWARTEK, 17 kwietnia 2025 Godz. 19:00 Msza św. Wieczerzy Pańskiej w j. angielskim i polskim. Adoracja do godz. 22:00
WIELKI PIĄTEK, 18 kwietnia 2025
Godz. 15:00 Liturgia Męki Pańskiej w j. angielskim
Godz. 19:00 Liturgia Męki Pańskiej w j. polskim
Godz. 20:15 Gorzkie Żale (trzecia część) i Nowenna do Miłosierdzia Bożego
WIELKA SOBOTA, 19 kwietnia 2025
Od godz. 9:00 do godz. 12:00, święcenie pokarmów i możliwość adoracji przy Bożym Grobie w kościele.
Godz. 19:00 Wigilia Paschalna w j. angielskim
WIELKANOC, 20 kwietnia 2025
Godz. 6:00 Msza św. rezurekcyjna w j. polskim
Godz. 9:00 Msza św. w j. angielskim
Godz.11:00 Msza św. w j. polskim
Nie bedzie Mszy sw. o godz. 17:30
CHRYSTUS ZMARTWYCHWSTAŁ ALLELUJA
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Saint of the Day – 16March2025 – Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer’s Story
Clement Mary might be called the second founder of the Redemptorists, as it was he who carried the congregation of Saint Alphonsus Liguori to the people north of the Alps.
John, the name given him at Baptism, was born in Moravia into a poor family, the ninth of 12 children. Although he longed to be a priest, there was no money for studies, and he was apprenticed to a baker. But God guided the young man’s fortunes. He found work in the bakery of a monastery where he was allowed to attend classes in its Latin school. After the abbot there died, John tried the life of a hermit, but when Emperor Joseph II abolished hermitages, John again returned to Vienna and to baking.
One day after serving Mass at the Cathedral of St. Stephen, he called a carriage for two ladies waiting there in the rain. In their conversation they learned that he could not pursue his priestly studies because of a lack of funds. They generously offered to support both John and his friend Thaddeus, in their seminary studies. The two went to Rome, where they were drawn to Saint Alphonsus’ vision of religious life and to the Redemptorists. The two young men were ordained together in 1785.
Newly professed at age 34, Clement Mary, as he was now called, and Thaddeus were sent back to Vienna. But the religious difficulties there caused them to leave and continue north to Warsaw, Poland. There they encountered numerous German-speaking Catholics who had been left priestless by the suppression of the Jesuits. At first they had to live in great poverty and preach outdoor sermons. Eventually they were given the church of St. Benno, and for the next nine years they preached five sermons a day, two in German and three in Polish, converting many to the faith. They were active in social work among the poor, founding an orphanage and then a school for boys.
Drawing candidates to the congregation, they were able to send missionaries to Poland, Germany, and Switzerland. All of these foundations eventually had to be abandoned because of the political and religious tensions of the times. After 20 years of difficult work, Clement Mary himself was imprisoned and expelled from the country. Only after another arrest was he able to reach Vienna, where he was to live and work the final 12 years of his life. He quickly became “the apostle of Vienna,” hearing the confessions of the rich and the poor, visiting the sick, acting as a counselor to the powerful, sharing his holiness with all in the city. His crowning work was the establishment of a Catholic college in his beloved city.
Persecution followed Clement Mary, and there were those in authority who were able for a while to stop him from preaching. An attempt was made at the highest levels to have him banished. But his holiness and fame protected him and prompted the growth of the Redemptorists. Due to his efforts, the congregation was firmly established north of the Alps by the time of his death in 1820.
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