St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
- Architect
- Patrick Charles Keely
- Year
- 1881
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Chicago, IL
Founded in 1867 as the first Polish parish in Chicago, St. Stanislaus Kostka is the mother church of every Polish parish in the Archdiocese - the Resurrectionist Order that has run it since 1869 went on to found many of the others. The current building, designed by Patrick Charles Keely and completed in 1881, is a Polish Cathedral-style landmark visible from the Kennedy Expressway, and it carries the Archdiocese's designation as the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy.
the building
Round-the-clock Adoration. Since 1999 the church has stayed open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for Eucharistic Adoration, with the Blessed Sacrament exposed at all times except during Mass.
the style
Keely worked in the Renaissance Revival mode that Chicago's Polish parishes favored for their "Cathedral style" churches - buildings sized and decorated to match the opulence of the parishes' European homeland.
More on Renaissance Revivalthe architect
Patrick Charles Keely was a prolific American church architect responsible for St. Stanislaus Kostka's design, one of many Catholic parish churches he built across the country in the 19th century.
significance
St. Stanislaus Kostka holds the Archdiocese of Chicago's designation as the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, and as the first Polish parish in the city, founded in 1867, it is considered the mother church of Chicago's Polish Catholic community.
nearby
- Polish National Alliance Building
- Holy Trinity Church
- Elizabeth Peabody Public School
- Polish Museum of America
- John Lathrop Motley Public school
- Holy Innocents Church