Archbishop Burke Moves Polish Masses Permanently

The decision Friday by the St. Louis Archdiocese to make St. Agatha's parish the permanent official Polish parish in St. Louis ratcheted up the continuing battle between parishioners at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church and the archdiocese.

The decision was made, according to an archdiocesan spokesman, to accommodate a group the archdiocese said was made up of 150 to 200 Polish Catholics who remained loyal to the archbishop in the struggle for control of St. Stanislaus.

"The archbishop decided it was necessary for them to have their own parish and, at the same time, help to save St. Agatha's," said Jamie Allman, the archdiocese spokesman. St. Agatha's was most recently used for the archdiocese's Tridentine, or Latin, Mass.

Robert Zabielski, a member of the St. Stanislaus board, said he was not surprised by Burke's decision to name another church as the official Polish church in the archdiocese. "We're still the Roman Catholic Polish church in St. Louis," said Zabielski. "It looks like he doesn't want to work this out. He's abandoned us. We have not abandoned him."

Mr Zabeielski is simply wrong! St. Stanislaus WAS the Roman Catholic Parish of Polish heritage....but that was BEFORE the board ABANDONED the Church and REJECTED the Archbishop.

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