Welcome to Our Parish
The Mission of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church is to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ by living our faith as a Catholic Community in worship, service, and support of one another. We believe that each member is called to discipleship, outreach, and evangelization to our parish and local community. We celebrate the gift of Jesus by growing in our faith and living out the mission of our fidelity to the Roman Catholic Church.
We ask that you share your gifts, your faith, and your love with us.
Respectfully yours in Christ,
Rev. Msgr. Frank Kurzaj
We ask that you share your gifts, your faith, and your love with us.
Respectfully yours in Christ,
Rev. Msgr. Frank Kurzaj
Our Pastor
Rev. Msgr. Frank Kurzaj
May God enrich our lives together as we worship and serve him.
~ Genesis 21:22
Mass Times
St. Stanislaus
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am, 11:30 am (Bilingual) and 4:00 pm
Tuesday 6:30 pm
Wednesday 12:15 pm
Thursday 7:00 am
Friday 12:15 pm
St. Victor
Saturday 7:00 pm
Sunday 9:45 am
Contact Information
P.O. Box 757
311 7th Street
Bandera, TX 78003
Phone: (830) 460-4712
Fax: (830) 796-7641
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-3:00 pm
Corpus Christi Procession at St Stanislaus
June 11th, 2023
Archbishop's Appeal for Ministries 2023
Message from Fr. Frank
Hostility can be observed everywhere: among children, in workplaces, on a national or international level. The origins of enmity, hostility, anger, malice, and hatred are many. Often the pain of being hurt or injured causes a hateful reaction toward the offender(s). Fear is another reason for hatred and malice and leads to hostile actions toward those of whom we are afraid. Sometimes hatred is born when trust is betrayed. In a marriage, for example, betrayal can very easily turn love to hatred. The explosion of hostility may be compared to a volcanic eruption with consequences of catastrophic proportions. The human heart is especially sensitive to the spark of hostility. Sometimes a few words can start a fire of hostility but months or years are needed to put the fire out. Experience proves that it is very difficult to extinguish such fire. The fire usually diminishes but very often it continues to flicker beneath a thick layer of ashes and all it takes is a soft wind to re-ignite the fire with even more intense flames of hostility.
Knowing that without Him we can do nothing, God sent us His only Son. The Son of God came to the earth and as Son of Man, decided to oppose hostility and to extinguish it. He did not do this with the waters of the Flood, He instead, by His death and resurrection, removes the causes of hostility and changes human hearts so that people are able to respond to hostility in the same manner as He does – with love and mercy. To the end He treated others, including those who killed Him, as His brothers and sisters. He prayed for those who killed Him, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). By rejecting the status quo and accepting death on the cross, He not only instructs his followers that love of enemies is the single noble, worthy way to peace, He also becomes for them the Living Water which extinguishes any hostile fire. The blood and water that flowed out from Jesus’ side (John 19:34), are the symbols of Baptism and Eucharist – means and sources of empowerment for those who oppose hostility and hatred.
Rejecting no one and never infringing on anyone’s freedom, Jesus hopes that people with some level of intelligence and goodwill will embrace His way; that in their hearts they will acknowledge that building mutual understanding between people, treating others with respect, and always forgiving as He forgives, is more creative and more dignified for human beings than feeding the fires of hostility. The followers of Jesus Christ, from the very beginning, treasured this new, meaningful, and powerful approach to hostility and evil. Saint Paul, at first filled with hostility toward those who were not his people, after conversion, after accepting Christ’s way, explains to the Ephesians that the only way to unite people into one family is to meet at Christ – our true Peace. “For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh” (Eph. 2:14). If, therefore, the way to put an end to enmity on earth goes directly through the heart of every human being, each and every one of us should embrace the cross of Jesus Christ, because from there flows to our heart the water which extinguishes the flickering flames of hostility. Our being in Him and His presence within us enables us to love others, even our enemies, as He loves them. Pray for me that I will always remember this truth.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Knowing that without Him we can do nothing, God sent us His only Son. The Son of God came to the earth and as Son of Man, decided to oppose hostility and to extinguish it. He did not do this with the waters of the Flood, He instead, by His death and resurrection, removes the causes of hostility and changes human hearts so that people are able to respond to hostility in the same manner as He does – with love and mercy. To the end He treated others, including those who killed Him, as His brothers and sisters. He prayed for those who killed Him, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). By rejecting the status quo and accepting death on the cross, He not only instructs his followers that love of enemies is the single noble, worthy way to peace, He also becomes for them the Living Water which extinguishes any hostile fire. The blood and water that flowed out from Jesus’ side (John 19:34), are the symbols of Baptism and Eucharist – means and sources of empowerment for those who oppose hostility and hatred.
Rejecting no one and never infringing on anyone’s freedom, Jesus hopes that people with some level of intelligence and goodwill will embrace His way; that in their hearts they will acknowledge that building mutual understanding between people, treating others with respect, and always forgiving as He forgives, is more creative and more dignified for human beings than feeding the fires of hostility. The followers of Jesus Christ, from the very beginning, treasured this new, meaningful, and powerful approach to hostility and evil. Saint Paul, at first filled with hostility toward those who were not his people, after conversion, after accepting Christ’s way, explains to the Ephesians that the only way to unite people into one family is to meet at Christ – our true Peace. “For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh” (Eph. 2:14). If, therefore, the way to put an end to enmity on earth goes directly through the heart of every human being, each and every one of us should embrace the cross of Jesus Christ, because from there flows to our heart the water which extinguishes the flickering flames of hostility. Our being in Him and His presence within us enables us to love others, even our enemies, as He loves them. Pray for me that I will always remember this truth.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Beatification in Silesia
Rejoice Silesia,
God is always watching over you,
He constantly sends new patrons to you.
Respect their virtues,
Take their advice,
Follow their example.
(Based on the fifth verse of a song honoring Blessed Bronislawa).
On June 11th, 2022, in Wrocław, the Capital of Silesia (in present day Poland) at the request of Pope Francis, the names of ten new beatified were announced. On behalf of the Pope, this special event was presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation for Canonizations. The new Beatified for the Universal Church are Sisters from the Congregation of St Elizabeth who were killed in 1945. The majority of the Sisters were from Silesia. They took care of the elderly and sick in various places in the region of Silesia and in 1945 some were raped and all of them were killed by the Red Army soldiers.
God is always watching over you,
He constantly sends new patrons to you.
Respect their virtues,
Take their advice,
Follow their example.
(Based on the fifth verse of a song honoring Blessed Bronislawa).
On June 11th, 2022, in Wrocław, the Capital of Silesia (in present day Poland) at the request of Pope Francis, the names of ten new beatified were announced. On behalf of the Pope, this special event was presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation for Canonizations. The new Beatified for the Universal Church are Sisters from the Congregation of St Elizabeth who were killed in 1945. The majority of the Sisters were from Silesia. They took care of the elderly and sick in various places in the region of Silesia and in 1945 some were raped and all of them were killed by the Red Army soldiers.
The names of the new Beatified are as follows:
Sister S.M. Paschalis Jahn, 29 – killed May 11th, 1945
Sister S.M. Edelburgis Kubitzki, 40 – killed February 20th, 1945
Sister S.M. Rosaria Schilling, 36 – killed February 23rd, 1945
Sister S.M. Adela Schramm, 59 – killed February 25th, 1945
Sister S.M. Sabina Thienel, 35 – killed March 1st, 1945
Sister S.M. Adelheidis Töpfer, 57- killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Melusja Rybka, 39 – killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Sapientia Heymann, 70 – killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Felicitas Ellmerer, 56 - killed March 25th, 1945
Sister S.M. Acntina Goldberg, 62 – killed May 2nd, 1945
With the consent of Joseph Stalin, the Russian soldiers brought “the day of judgment and justice” to the territory and people of the Third Reich. Because at the time, Silesia was part of the Third Reich, the soldiers of the “liberating army” at the east of the Odra and Nysa rivers, burned, killed and destroyed cities and raped 1.4 million women (according to some statistics). Among those raped and killed were the Beatified nuns.
As a relic, the participants of the celebration brought a communion chalice that was used by the Sisters of St Elizabeth. In 1945 the chalice was desecrated by the soldiers who first used it during their libations and then used it for target practice. The new Beatified will be memorized by the Church on June 11th every year.
Sister S.M. Paschalis Jahn, 29 – killed May 11th, 1945
Sister S.M. Edelburgis Kubitzki, 40 – killed February 20th, 1945
Sister S.M. Rosaria Schilling, 36 – killed February 23rd, 1945
Sister S.M. Adela Schramm, 59 – killed February 25th, 1945
Sister S.M. Sabina Thienel, 35 – killed March 1st, 1945
Sister S.M. Adelheidis Töpfer, 57- killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Melusja Rybka, 39 – killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Sapientia Heymann, 70 – killed March 24th, 1945
Sister S.M. Felicitas Ellmerer, 56 - killed March 25th, 1945
Sister S.M. Acntina Goldberg, 62 – killed May 2nd, 1945
With the consent of Joseph Stalin, the Russian soldiers brought “the day of judgment and justice” to the territory and people of the Third Reich. Because at the time, Silesia was part of the Third Reich, the soldiers of the “liberating army” at the east of the Odra and Nysa rivers, burned, killed and destroyed cities and raped 1.4 million women (according to some statistics). Among those raped and killed were the Beatified nuns.
As a relic, the participants of the celebration brought a communion chalice that was used by the Sisters of St Elizabeth. In 1945 the chalice was desecrated by the soldiers who first used it during their libations and then used it for target practice. The new Beatified will be memorized by the Church on June 11th every year.
Update Concerning the Health of Father Frank - September 19th, 2022
Dear Parishioners and Friends.
My CT scan that they took on September 13th says "no definite evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease in the chest". My next visit with my Oncologist is scheduled for January 13th, 2023.
Thank you for your concern and your prayers.
Love Fr. Frank
My CT scan that they took on September 13th says "no definite evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease in the chest". My next visit with my Oncologist is scheduled for January 13th, 2023.
Thank you for your concern and your prayers.
Love Fr. Frank
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