Our Mission,  Vision,  Core Values

As the disciples eagerly awaited the gift of the Holy Spirit, “with one accord they devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus.”  (Acts 1:14)   

The parish of St. Stanislaus Kostka, The Sanctuary of The Divine Mercy is a quiet refuge from the labor of life's journey where the soul is opened to the transforming power of God's ever-abiding presence.

We, too, under the patronage of St. Stanislaus Kostka and together with the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Mother and Queen, prayerfully receive the Holy Spirit and aspire to build a unified people, faithful to the summons of the Mother of God that we be a Sanctuary of The Divine Mercy focused on Jesus Christ present in the Holy Eucharistand attentive to the will of God the Father.

We hold close to ourselves the need for silence and beauty in this sanctuary and we actively call others to encounter Jesus Christ, come down from heaven, in the Eucharistic Bread.  His peaceful, merciful, and transformative presence will satisfy and satiate one’s inborn hunger and thirst for God who alone gives life to the full as Jesus declared:  “I am the bread of life.  Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”  (John 6:35)

Through participation in the Sacred Mysteries of the Church and through adoration of the Holy Eucharist, enveloped in the iconic monstrance, Our Lady of the Sign-Ark of Mercy, humanity will be restored to its rightful identity, as conceived and created in the image and likeness of God - an identity clothed in dignity, nobility, and grace.  The grace of the Blessed Sacrament will assist a covenant people on its return to childlike trust in Jesus and inspire enthusiasm for the work of life.

• The need for sacred silence that God’s voice be heard.

• The Holy Eucharist as God’s unique and perfect presence among us.

• The Blessed Virgin Mary’s solicitous care and concern for her children.

• The sacrificial and sacred character of the Church’s mission and that of her members.

• Connection to the Jewish roots of our faith and the religious and spiritual traditions of the Catholic faith as exemplified in the lives of the Saints.

• Humility, modesty, and hospitality to safeguard the sacred in the space of sanctuary.

• Detachment from many good things in life in order to be single-minded in our devotion to Christ.

• The fulfillment of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. 

• Humble recognition that we are sinners and always in need of conversion.

• Joy in the incomprehensible desire of God to transform us through His mercy.

• Vigilance and perseverance in prayer in preparation for the Second Coming of Christ.