About the Parish and the Pastor

Our Parish

St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church in Bandera, Texas has been involved in a complete restoration of our church and its grounds. Our old wiring, carpeting, wood floor, pews, confessional, sacristy, adoration room, choir loft, air conditioning/heating system, and sound system have been totally renovated and updated. This work was not hired out to contractors, but done almost entirely by volunteers under the supervision of a handful of parishoners and our parish priest. These individuals, who have special skills in the various areas of expertise, have organized and carried out various projects with dedication and devotion to not only our church and our faith, but to each other as brothers in Christ.

Our Pastor

Father Stanislaw Oleksy, S.D.S.

Ordained May 8, 1982

Fr. Stanislaw J. Oleksy was born to Stanislaw Oleksy and Czeslawa Smolen Oleksy on September 17, 1956 in Borzencin, Poland. He was the second of three children, including his older sister, Danuta, and younger brother Fr. Kazimierz. Fr. Stanislaw grew up in Biskupice, Radlowskie, Poland and completed high school in 1975. He then entered the Salvatorian Fathers Seminary in Bagno, Poland. He studied for seven years, and was ordained a priest on May 8, 1982 in Trzebinia, Poland by Bishop Jan Pietraszko. Interestingly, his ordination day coincided with the Feast of St. Stanislaus.

Fr. Stanislaw Oleksy's first assignment as a Catholic priest was to a large parish of 36,000 parishoners in Krzyz Wielkopolski. He was Assistant to the Pastor for two years. He then moved to another parish in Trzebinia, Poland and worked as an assistant. In 1985, Fr. Stanislaw came to the U.S. He supported several parishes in Chicago by serving the Polish people. Three years later, he moved to a monastery in Merrillville, Indiana and stayed for one year. From 1989 to 1994, Fr. Stanislaw moved to a monastery in Verona, New Jersey. There, he helped in Polish parishes while studing English at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. Then, in 1994 he was assigned to Rodgers, Arkansas as a Chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital and as Administrator at St. John's parish in Huntsville, Arkansas.

Fr. Stanislaw Oleksy on June 1, 2000 was appointed as Pastor of St. Stanislaus Church, Bandera, Texas and St. Victor's Chapel, Lakehills, Texas. He is currently in charge of the restoration of the historic church.

Our Deacon

Deacon Robert Stein

Ordained June 11, 2004

Deacon Robert Stein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stein, was born January 29, 1941 in Bandera, Texas.

He attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Bandera and high school at St. John's Seminary in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Assumption Seminary until second Philosophy (four years). He received his B.A. degree from St. Mary's University in 1969.

He began his teaching career in St. Joseph's Catholic School, where he taught the third and fourth grades until the school closed in 1968. The next thirty years were spent teaching at Bandera High School. He taught world history, world geography, English, Latin I and II, and also worked with the gifted and talented program.

In August of 2000, he began to study for the Deaconate and was ordained a Permanent Deacon on June 11, 2004 at St. Brigid's Catholic Church in San Antonio by Bishop Thomas J. Flanagan. He is currently ministering as Deacon to St. Stanislaus Church.