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Saint Agatha's is located next to Interstate 55, and is just south of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, seen here in the background left. As this church has a very small natural parish, it is now home to the Polish-language apostolate. For many years, this was the location for the Archdiocesan's Indult Latin Mass.
I took this first photo in November, 2005. The rest were taken on October 29th, 2006.
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The parish dates from 1871; the church from 1885.
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The rectory dates from 1896.
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Window of Christ as the Good Shepherd, over the "Western", or main doors.
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Nave of the church.
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The altar, featuring a painting of the patroness, Saint Agatha, a 3rd-century martyr.
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About ten minutes before Mass. Parishioners were saying the Rosary in Polish.
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Masses:
Sundays 8AM (English) 10AM (Polish)
Monday-Friday 8AM (English)
Holy Days 12:10PM (English) 7PM (Polish)
Confessions:
Saturdays 4:00PM
Sundays 7:30AM and 9:30AM
Archdiocesan web site: http://www.archstl.org/parishes/127.shtml
Address:
3239 S. 9th Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
Thanks for the photos -- I'm getting married here in September of 2009.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the photos -- I'm getting married here in September of 2009.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was married at St. Agatha's Church in 1996 because her great-great-grandfather was one of the original parishioners. Two of the church's beautiful windows were donated by our family "Haneklau", name located on bottom of window.
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