St. Stanislaus Kostka Reopens Among Community Support

By Cherise Leclerc
CBS 3
April 2, 2012

http://www.cbs3springfield.com/story/17307434/st-stanislaus-kostka-reopens-among-community-support

ADAMS, (WSHM) - Parishioners at one Berkshire County church are thankful after their church re-opened.

The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams has been closed for three years.

During that time the parishioners held round-the-clock vigils.

That story may sound familiar.

The embattled Mater Dolorosa Church parishioners in Holyoke have been holding round-the-clock vigils for the past seven months since their church doors were officially closed.

Around 60 of their parishioners headed out to Berkshire County on Sunday morning to help celebrate the grand re-opening of St. Stanislaus.

"They all thought back to the time they got married, the time they were baptized, their families were baptized, funerals. And a lot of the older people look back at their church and say this is where my ancestors were buried, this is the church I want to go to until I die," said Victor Anop of the Friends of Mater Dolorosa.

There were more than 700 parishioners in attendance of the re-opening Palm Sunday mass.