Quick link: Schedule for the coming weeks

Who we serve

You’re Catholic, you’re an English-speaker, you’re in Wrocław (Poland), and you want to practice your faith.

Problem: you don’t understand the Mass in Polish, and as for confession in Polish – forget about it! What do you do? Where do you go?

You’ve come to the right place: the Pastoral Centre for English-speakers was created in 2007 by a decree of the Archbishop of Wrocław, to meet the needs of English-speaking Catholics living in or visiting this diocese.

What we do

We offer Mass on Sunday and on all the Polish Holy Days of Obligation.  You can have confession before Sunday Mass or at another time by arrangement with the priest.

If you plan to marry in Poland and need your wedding celebrated in English – we can help with that, from advice if you live outside of Wrocław, to marriage preparation and celebrating the wedding Mass in our parish church.  If you had a civil wedding, and you want the graces of a sacramental marriage, you can discuss your situation with our priest and he’ll help you figure out what you need to do next.

If you’ve had a baby (congratulations!) and want your child baptized in English, let us know.

If you’re missing sacraments – First Communion, Confirmation – and want to complete them with instruction in English, we can help.

You are welcome!

Maybe you’re not Catholic, but you’re curious and want to find out what we’re all about. Introduce yourself to the priest after Mass and tell him where you are on your faith journey. You’re most welcome.

And if you just want to meet some nice, friendly people who share your faith and who know what it’s like to be a foreigner in Poland, feel free to come to our monthly social hour and/or board-games evening after Mass on Sunday during the academic year. We’ll be happy to see you!

2025-2026

The Pastoral Centre was organized in 2007 to serve the needs of English-speaking Catholics in the Diocese of Wrocław, specifically foreigners who do not speak Polish well enough to get their spiritual needs met in Polish. Our mission is to offer the Holy Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, make confession available in English regularly (by appointment or before the English Mass), and provide other sacraments for Catholics, in English (baptisms, weddings, first communion for children, confirmation of adults). We offer marriage preparation and catechesis for adult Catholics who have not completed their sacraments of initiation (first communion and/or confirmation) as well as instruction for English-speaking adults who are interested in conversion to the Catholic Faith.

This is a general overview of what we offer. Specific dates and other events are announced regularly on our Facebook page, this page and from the pulpit before the blessing at Mass.

Starting in October…

We ask people who need instruction in the Faith to get in touch with us so we can organize classes. This includes adults or late teens who are interested in learning about the Catholic faith; adult Catholics who have not had confirmation (or first communion) and children aged 8-9 who have not been prepared for First Holy Communion.

We will resume the peregrination of the image of Our Lady of Grace, patroness of Marriages and Families (her crowned image is in the chapel as you exit the church by the south side-door). You can sign up to take home the image for a week using the form in the sacristy after Mass. Along with the image, there is a booklet for guided prayer and a chronicle in which you and your family members can write down your thoughts, intentions and thanksgiving for prayers answered through the intercession of Our Lady. The image is passed on to new hosts every week at the end of Mass.

October 7th The Pastoral Centre organizes a multi-lingual Rosary for Peace. We invite other pastoral groups for foreigners (such as the German or Spanish Mass groups) as well as people from our community and the parish to pray the rosary in different languages, specifically for the intention of ending current wars and for peace in the world.

Also in October, there is an annual walking pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Hedwig of Silesia in Trzebnica (full details on this page). It’s a one-day event, and it is the custom of Pastoral Centre participants to bring and carry the flag of their home country as a sign of the universal Church present in Poland.

On November 1st, the Feast of All Saints, a holy day of obligation, we offer Mass for the repose of the souls of the departed family, friends and benefactors of PC members. We will offer yellow papers for you to write down their names in the weeks before the Mass.

In Advent, we organize a retreat: Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday is spent outside of Wrocław in a religious house, where we pause, reflect and renew our faith.

December 24th, we customarily have Midnight Mass in English at another church location in Wrocław.

In February and March, we have a six-session Marriage Preparation Course on consecutive Saturdays, for couples planning to marry within the following year. We only organize the course once a year, so couples heading toward marriage need to plan ahead if they want instruction in English in the Diocese of Wrocław.

In Lent, we begin with Mass on Ash Wednesday, and organize Stations of the Cross in English on Friday evenings and a Lenten Retreat. We offer the Easter Triduum (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) services before Easter Sunday in another church in Wrocław.

In June, we have our annual Garden Party to finish off the year’s activities.

In August, Pastoral Centre members can join the parish on an 8-day walking pilgrimage from Wrocław to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Jasna Góra in Częstochowa (full details on this page).

On a monthly basis…

• We have Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament immediately following Mass on the first Sunday of the month.
• The men’s group – the Men of Saint Joseph – meet usually on the first Sunday of the Month. Any man from late teens onward is welcome to join; there are no costs involved.
• The women’s group – the Women of St Gianna – meet usually on the last Sunday of the month. Any woman from late teens onward can participate; there are no costs involved.
• We have a social hour: everyone is welcome to go to the parish café after Mass for refreshments, conversation with the priest and others you see weekly at Mass. A voluntary donation to help pay for refreshments is welcome, but not required.
• We have a board-games event: everyone is welcome to go to the parish café and play board-games in English after Mass (plenty of variety of games). Serious board-gamers meet casually at other times and welcome new participants to join them.

If you want to volunteer to help others…

• We have food collections in Advent and Lent to help the parish charity BONUM distribute food to the poor of the parish (full details on this page).
• Pastoral Centre members volunteer to help make and serve meals for the poor on Sundays with the Soup on Freedom Square charity (full details on this page).
• Men and boys who are trained to serve at Mass or would like to be trained for that service can contact our priest, Fr Szymon, after Mass.

Holy Days of Obligation in Poland: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1), Epiphany (January 6), Corpus Christi (the Thursday after Trinity Sunday), Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), All Saints’ Day (November 1), and Christmas (December 25).

To have a Mass offered for your intentions, go to the sacristy after Mass for help. The intention book fills up quickly, so don’t wait until the day you want a Mass. Reserve early!