[caption id="attachment_67347" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Pope St. John Paul II and Sister Faustina relics are prominently featured at the center.[/caption]

Name of Church Saint John Paul II Polish Center

Address 3999 Rose Drive, Yorba Linda CA 92886

Phone number 714-996-8161

Website www.polishcenter.org

Mass times Saturday vigil, 4 pm. Sundays, 7:15 am, (Latin Tridentine), 9 am, 10:30 am (Polish). First Friday Mass and Adoration, 8:30 am and 7:30 pm (Polish).

Confessions Before Masses.

Names of priests/homilies Father Zbigniew Fraszczak, director. He is a Divine Word Missionary who previously served in the San Bernardino diocese.

School No, although there are Polish language classes, if you wish to learn Polish.

Music Congregation sings, sometimes a choir.

Special groups/activities The center’s best known annual event is its Harvest Festival (Dozynki) in September (September 21 & 22 in 2024) which features Polish folk dance groups and singers, colorful costumes, and ethnic cuisine. Additionally, Eucharistic adoration on first Fridays, recycling program, Knights of Columbus.

Fellow parishioners The Polish Center was established to serve the Polish community living in the diocese.
Parking Ample parking around the church.

Cry room No.

Additional observations The Polish Center was established in 1983 to serve the Polish community of the Diocese of Orange. Its first director was Father Joseph Karp, who was appointed by the first Bishop of Orange, William Johnson. Special features of the center include a memorial plaque dedicated to Polish martyr, Father Jerzy Popieluszko. Pope St. John Paul II and Sister Faustina are prominently featured at the center; relics and artwork of Polish saints are all throughout the center.