St. Mary Parish, Ware

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Location of St. Mary Parish
42°15′22.7″N72°14′26.7″W / 42.256306°N 72.240750°W / 42.256306; -72.240750
Location60 South St.
Ware, MA 01082
CountryUnited States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website http://www.stmarysware.org/
History
Founded1905 (1905)
Founder(s) Polish immigrants
Dedication St. Mary
Administration
DivisionRegion 8
Province Boston
Diocese Springfield in Massachusetts
Clergy
Bishop(s) Most Rev. William Draper Byrne
Pastor(s) Rev. Piotr S. Calik

St. Mary Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Ware, Massachusetts, United States.

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Founded 1905, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts.

History

On December 22, 1904, there came to this settlement two missionary Fathers. Fr. Joseph Fux M.S. and Fr. Oswald Loretan M.S. Then Fr. Joseph Fux M.S. was named the first pastor of the local parish.

The first religious service for the Poles was conducted on January 1, 1905, in the lower part of All Saints Church. The first collection for this purpose netted $300, the second campaign brought in $2,000 for the new structure. In 1907, the church structure, built in the Romano-Gothic style, was completed.

In 1923 there were three large bells purchased and installed in the central tower. In the same year the lower church was remodeled and made into eight class rooms.

The Polish immigrants of Ware at present number about 2700 people, for the most part, came from the Southern part of Poland, from the counties of Dabrowa, Tarnow, Rzeszow and Jaslo.

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