Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Easthampton

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Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
Coordinates: 42°16′4.4″N72°39′36.3″W / 42.267889°N 72.660083°W / 42.267889; -72.660083
Location 34 Franklin Street
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded 1909 (1909)
Founder(s) Polish immigrants
Dedication Sacred Heart of Jesus
Administration
Diocese Springfield in Massachusetts
Province Boston
Division Region 5
Clergy
Bishop(s) Most Rev. Timothy A. McDonnell
Pastor(s) Rev. James A. Sipitkowski

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1909. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. It closed in June 2010.

Easthampton, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts, United States

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History

"The Johnny Appleseed" of Polish parishes in western Massachusetts, said Rev. Wladyslaw Kielbasinski, on November 10, 1907, while celebrating Mass in the Easthampton Town Hall, referring to the first parish collection of $9.97, as the beginning of parish fund for the construction of a new church.

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November 18, 1909, Rev. John Mard becomes the first Resident Pastor. August 31, 1919, the new, Sacred Heart School open to 400 students and 8 Felician Sisters from Enfield, Connecticut.

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