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.

Dates for Advent & Christmas Season 2023

 

December 1, Friday 8 am Mass (English) and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 6 pm/ 7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 2, Saturday Vigil Mass for First Sunday of Advent, 4:30 pm (English)

December 3, First Sunday of Advent, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

December 6, Wednesday, Feast of St. Nicholas, 8 am Mass (English) and 7 pm Mass (Polish)                                                                                               December 8, Friday, Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy day of obligation), 8 am Mass (English) and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 6 pm/7pm Mass (Polish)

December 9, Saturday Vigil Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent, 4:30 pm (English)

December 10, Second Sunday of Advent, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

December 12, Tuesday, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 8 am Mass (English) and 7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 15, Friday, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 6 pm/7 pm Mass (Polish), 8 am Mass (English) and 7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 16, Saturday Vigil Mass for Gaudete Sunday/Third Sunday of Advent, 4:30 pm Mass (English)

December 17, Gaudete Sunday/Third Sunday of Advent, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

December 19-22, Tuesday through Friday, Last week of Advent,7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 23, Saturday, Fourth Sunday of Advent, 4:30 pm Vigil Mass (English)

December 24, Sunday, Forth Sunday of Advent, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

December 24, Christmas Eve and Celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, 8pm Mass (English) and 10 pm Mass (Polish)

December 25, Monday, Christmas, The Nativity of Our Lord (Holy day of obligation), 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

December 26, Tuesday, Feast of St. Stephen the First Martyr, 8 am Mass (English) and 7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 27, Wednesday, Feast of St. John Apostle and Evangelist, 8 am Mass (English) and 7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 28, Thursday, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs

December 29, Friday, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 6 pm/7 pm Mass (Polish)

December 30, Saturday, Vigil Mass for Sunday,4:30pm Mass (English)

December 31, Sunday, The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph/ New Year’s Eve, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

 

2024

 

January 1, 2024, Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God, (Holy day of obligation) and New Year’s Day

8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

January 5, Friday, First Friday Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 6 pm/7 pm Mass (Polish)

January 6, Saturday, Vigil of the Epiphany of Our Lord, 4:30 Mass (English)

January 7, Sunday, The Epiphany of Our Lord, 8 am Mass (English) and 10 am Mass (Polish)

 

*Sacrament of Reconciliation during Advent every day 30 minutes before each Mass, ending 10 minutes before Mass begins.

 

 

St. Agatha Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Advent- December 2023

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Parishioners, and Friends of St. Agatha,

 

For this beautiful time of Christmas and New Year 2024, I would like to send everyone my best wishes and greetings! I would also like to commemorate in our local church, parish and Polish community, the 25th anniversary of the visit of Pope John Paul II in Saint Louis. I wish to mention and point to his great testimony about Jesus Christ and the Gospel. When asked about the tasks we should undertake during Christmas, Pope John Paul II encouraged everyone from his generation to do the following:

– Accept the great truth about mankind.

– Accept the full truth about man, spoken on Christmas night.

– Accept this dimension of man whose Savior opened Himself to all people on this holy night!

– Accept the mystery in which every person has lived since Christ was born.

– Respect this secret!

– Let this mystery work in every person!

– Let it develop in the external conditions of its earthly existence. In this mystery lies the power of humanity. A power that radiates onto everything that is human. Don't make this radiation difficult. Don't destroy it. Everything human grows from this power; without it, everything fades away, without it, everything goes to waste.

 

From the first moments of his stay on earth, God's Son fills humanity with peace.

Peace is so important that immediately after the birth of Jesus, it was the first gift mentioned by everyone. Likewise, after the Resurrection, the first words Jesus addressed to his disciples were "Peace be with you!"

We need peace! Peace within the family, peace with our friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and peace at the places of our work. Each of us needs peace of heart. Jesus gives us true peace! You can have peace within yourself even in the midst of war. Let Jesus be our light that illuminates all the darkness that remains in us!

Let peace help you renew family ties, build happiness and love.

May each piece of that special bread of the Christmas wafer (Opłatek), that we break on Christmas Eve, contain a part of peace radiating from our own hearts.  Let us bring peace everywhere; let us share peace. We already know of its gift and value.

 

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will!

Merry Christmas and Happy and Blessed New Year 2024!

 

Rev. Stanislaw Poszwa, S. Chr.