About Us

Polish Apostolate in Atlanta since July 4th 2002 is supported by 110-115 families.

Voluntary contributions amount from $10 to $100, in average $30. From this fund are financed: the priests salary, his housing rent, the fee for using the church's facilities and small general-administrative fees. We have an account in the Wachowia/First Union Bank. Cheks, please make payable to PCAAA - abbreviation of the full name: "The Polish Catholic Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Atlanta". Every, even small contribution counts. We are thankful to Every Generous Family thanks to whom the liturgy in Polish is possible in Atlanta.

Let's expand the Polish Catholic Apostolate in Atlanta. Every new family is welcomed.

Executive Committee of the PCAAA

Petition to Msgr. David P. Talley, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Atlanta to assign a new place of residence for Rev. Stanisław Drzał.

Letter of Most Reverend J. F. Donoghue Archbishop of Atlanta approving and specifying conditions of residence for Rev. Stanisława Drzała in the St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Church in Lawrenceville, GA.

Letter announcing the successful rescue of the Polish Mass in Atlanta. (in Polish)

Black Madonna from Jasna Gora surrounded by two crape myrtle bushes. Click to view full size.

Dear Father Doyle and parishioners of the St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Church in Lawrenceville.

On July 7th 2002, we celebrated our first Mass in Polish in the St. Marguerite d'Youville Church. Thank you for giving us a save harbor to celebrate Mass in Polish and having Father Stan Drzal S.Ch. as a resident of the Parish. Please accept a humble gift from the Polish Community: two bushes of crape myrtle, blooming always in July, to be planted in the church garden. On the pictures: Father Stanislaw Drzal S.Ch., Father Brendan Doyle, Pastor and two girls in folk costumes from Krakow region in Poland. Top picture displays copy of the "Black Madonna" from Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland, surrounded by flowering crape myrtle.

Father Stan Drzal, two girls in costumes from Krakow region in Poland, and Father Brendan Doyle. Click to view full size.

Thanks to the Pastor and Parishioners of the St. Marguerite d'Youville catholic church for hosting of our Holy Mass service in Polish. Photographs are from the first Polish Mass celebrated in the St. Marguerite d'Youville church on July 7th 2002.

Photos and text by Elizabeth Krawczynska.