Our mission
A Polish Catholic community in San Diego since 1971.
Since July 1971
Mass in Polish in San Diego
The community began with a Mass in Polish in July 1971. More than fifty years later, Mass is still celebrated in Polish every Sunday and Friday at the church on Grand Avenue in Pacific Beach, and Polish Catholics come to it from across the San Diego area.
The mission is named for St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan who gave his life for another prisoner in Auschwitz in 1941. A painted portrait of him and one of his relics are kept in the church.
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Polish roots
Our Lady of Częstochowa
The original icon has been kept at the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa since the fourteenth century, and Poles honor Mary under this image as Queen of Poland. A copy hangs beside our altar.
Relics in our church
The church keeps relics of Polish saints and blesseds, and of saints honored throughout the Church.
