 12, 1953, and the imposing brick edifice was opened on June 12, 1955 for its first Mass.Today the parish numbers about 1500 families and still retains its original Polish character.The church was designed by the firm of Leo Strelka who designed Providence of God in Pilsen and St. Bronislava on Chicago's Southeast Side The church, not completed until 1955 is a simplified Romanesque brick building, notable for its traditional design at a time when Modernism dominated sacred architecture.