David Thompson explored the area with the westward expansion and establishment of the North West Company's Spokane House in 1810. The first people to live in the area, the Spokane tribe (their name meaning "children of the sun" in Salishan), lived off plentiful game. A 2021 estimate sets the population of the Spokane Metropolitan Area at 593,466. At the 2020 census, Spokane's population was 228,989. According to the 2010 census, Spokane had a population of 208,916, making it the second-largest city in Washington, and the 101st-largest city in the United States. The city and the wider Inland Northwest area are served by Spokane International Airport, 5 miles (8 km) west of Downtown Spokane. Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of Hooptown USA, due to Spokane annually hosting Spokane Hoopfest, the world's largest basketball tournament. It is known as the birthplace of Father's Day, and locally by the nickname of "Lilac City". Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the Spokane metropolitan area, the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, and the Inland Northwest. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18 miles (30 km) west of the Washington– Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 km) east of Seattle, along I-90. Spokane ( / s p oʊ ˈ k æ n/ ( listen) spoh- KAN) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. He is a State Chaplain of the DC Knights of Columbus and Moderator of the Sodality Union of the Archdiocese of Washington. He serves as a member of the Seminary Formation Board. Sass loves street evangelization and outreach to the community. Sass was appointed a pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Washington, DC until July 8, 2020.įr. Martin of Tours in Gaitherburg, MD – 2009-2013 and for nine months at the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Lexington Park, MD. Pawel was ordained priest on Jat the Basilica National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC by Archbishop Donald Cardinal Wuerl. (Sacred Theology License) in Liturgical Studies (specialization in Early Christian Liturgy). Sass graduated Catholic University of America with S.T.L. Sass was working as a missionary with the Neocatechumenal Way in Portland, OR, and Phoenix, AZ.įr. Michael the Archangel in Silver Spring, MD. Ambrose, Cheverly, MD., Holy Redeemer, Kensington, MD., and St. Sass was sent to the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Seminary in Washington, DC., associated with the Neocatechumenal Way (lay postbaptismal catechumenate and faith formation). Two sisters Katarzyna (five children) and Urszula (four children). Piotr Sass is a pastor and vice-rector of the Seminary Redemptoris Mater in Luxembourg. Pawel has three siblings: one brother (is also a priest) Fr. He speaks Polish, Russian, English, French, Spanish and Italian.įr.
Sass worked as a radio reporter for Radio Plus Poznan. He received Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Françoise from the French Ministry of Education.
After graduating High School Fr Sass pursued a college education at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and graduated with Masters of Arts in Theology and Journalism in 2002. He was baptized one month later in the Roman Catholic Faith.