Saint Stanislaus Church (Chicopee, Massachusetts)

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St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish was founded and financed by farsighted, hard-worked, and devout Polish immigrants who had arrived in Chicopee in the 1880’s. The young Poles were determined to establish and finance their own church in which they could worship in their own native language, espouse their Polish customs and traditions which they valued highly, and enjoy a sense of acceptance and security. Devotion to God, family, country, the work ethic, and church was the hallmark of the Poles. The parish Polish roots are deep while the branches, which have been growing for more than a century have become widespread. Even a cursory perusal of the parish roster confirms the wide diversity of the ethnic backgrounds of the parishioners.