Góralei Miłośnicy Podhala
Polish highland culture, food and music — in Brooksville, Florida.
Polish highland culture, food and music — in Brooksville, Florida.
ABOUT US
Founded in 2026
We are a Florida non‑profit formed to promote, preserve and celebrate the culture and traditions of the Podhale region and the Góral community.
We meet through the year — for New Year, for the holidays, and whenever there is a good reason to cook for a crowd. What ends up on the table depends on the occasion and on who is doing the cooking: kiełbasa z kapustą one time, pierogi or placki ziemniaczane the next, somebody’s cake, usually a Polish beer to go with it. There’s Polish music, there’s dancing, and by the end of the evening it feels like one large Polish family.
We are a Polish community in Hernando County, Florida, and the only Góral organisation in this part of the state. People come from Brooksville, Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee and across the Tampa Bay area — some for the Polish Mass, some for the food, some just to hear the language spoken.
You don’t need a ticket and you don’t need to sign up. Come to whichever gathering suits you, whether your family came from the mountains or you simply like the food and the company.
AT THE CHAPEL
Twice a month we gather for Mass at the historic St. Stanislaus chapel, built by Polish families in 1915. Everyone is welcome.
First and third Sunday of every month
Kościółek św. Stanisława14249 Citrus Way, Brooksville, FL 34601
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GÓRALE I MIŁOŚNICY PODHALA
After Mass, come up to the farm. It’s a few minutes along the same road, and there’s no need to bring anything.
Nasza Farma · 15263 Citrus Way, Brooksville, FL 34601
WHAT’S ON
Nothing scheduled at the moment. Our Facebook page has the latest.
WHERE TO FIND US
The 1929 chapel and the old cemetery beside it. This is where Mass is held.
14249 Citrus Way, Brooksville, FL 34601
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Our farm, where we gather, cook and celebrate.
15263 Citrus Way, Brooksville, FL 34601
Get directionsSINCE 1915
A small group of Polish farming families bought land here in Hernando County and built the first St. Stanislaus in 1915, so they’d have somewhere to go to Mass in their own language. A priest came out from St. Leo Abbey once a month. Fire destroyed that first church in 1929 and the community rebuilt it the same year — the plain clapboard building that still stands today.
Poor soil and the Depression eventually scattered the settlement, and for years afterwards Mass was said here only once a year. That’s changing. Our community has brought the little church back to life, and Mass is celebrated here twice a month again.