Holy Innocents Church (Chicago)

Holy Innocents Church
Holy Innocents Church from the southwest
Holy Innocents Church
Coordinates: 41°53′43.4″N 87°39′55.6″W / 41.895389°N 87.665444°W / 41.895389; -87.665444
Location	743 North Armour Street Chicago, Illinois
Country	USA
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	Holy Innocents Parish
History
Former name(s)	St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Founded	1905 (1905)
Founder(s)	Polish immigrants
Dedication	Holy Innocents
Dedicated	December 10, 1905 (1905-12-10)
Consecrated	()
Associated people	Rev. Francis X. Lange
Architecture
Status	Church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	For Polish immigrants
Architect(s)	Worthmann and Steinbach
Architectural type	Church
Style	Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking	()
Completed	1912 (1912)
Specifications
Materials	Brick

Holy Innocents Church, (Polish: Kościół Świętych Młodzianków), is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 743 North Armour Street in the East Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.

History

Founded in 1905 as a Polish parish, the church was one of a network of Polish churches within the old Polish Downtown. The first school and church were in buildings bought from the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church that had been built in 1867. Holy Innocents remained an ethnic Polish parish until 1975, when it was assigned territorial boundaries. From 1999 to 2009, the former school served as the home of Bishop Alfred Abramowicz Seminary.^[1]

The parish retains its strong identification with Chicago Polonia while welcoming Hispanics and Catholics of other ethnic groups. Although there has been much recent gentrification in the neighborhood, the parish continues to minister in English, Polish and Spanish.

Architecture

The church was designed by the architectural firm of Worthmann and Steinbach who built many of the magnificent Polish Cathedrals in Chicago.^[2] Completed in 1912, the church is built in a Romanesque Revival style with Byzantine flourishes. One distinguishing feature of the building is the six cupolas covered in brown tile. The crossing is capped by a large dome with cupolas at the exterior corner of each trancept and one atop each of the bell towers on the west façade. The stained glass windows are imported from Austria and Poland. The structure is constructed of red brick with limestone accents. It sits on a short base of darker brownish brick. The interior was redesigned after a 1962 fire and restored for the Parish centennial in 2005. Words of welcome are engraved in three languages over the triple entrance doors- Welcome, Witamy and Bienvenidos.

The campus includes a rectory and school buildings which have been occupied since 2007 by Golder College Prep School.

Church in architecture books

McNamara, Denis R. (2005). Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago. Liturgy Training Publications.
Kantowicz, Edward R. (2007). The Archdiocese of Chicago: A Journey of Faith. Booklink.
Lane, George A. (1982). Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage. Loyola Press.
Kociolek, Jacek (2002). Kościoły Polskie w Chicago {Polish Churches of Chicago} (in Polish). Ex Libris.

External links

PGSA - Holy Innocents Church History

References

↑ "Bishop Abramowicz Seminary finds new home". Catholic New World. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110714043111/http://www.marybrush.com/KleinHoffman/Eng_HolyInnocentsChurch.htm. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Archdiocese of Chicago

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Bishops	William Quarter James Oliver Van de Velde Anthony O'Regan James Duggan

Coadjutor bishop	Thomas Patrick Roger Foley

Archbishops	Patrick Feehan James Edward Quigley George Mundelein Samuel Stritch Albert Gregory Meyer John Cody Joseph Bernardin Francis George Blase J. Cupich

Churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago

Cathedral	Holy Name Cathedral

Basilicas	Basilica of St. Hyacinth Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica Queen of All Saints Basilica

Parishes	Chicago Holy Cross Church Holy Family Catholic Church Holy Innocents Church Holy Trinity Church Church of the Immaculate Conception Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church Notre Dame de Chicago Old St. Patrick's Church Sacred Heart Church St. Barbara Church St. Clement Church St. Hedwig's Church St. Ita's Church St. John Cantius Church St. Josaphat Church St. Joseph Church St. Jerome Croatian Church St. Ladislaus Church St. Mary of Perpetual Help Church St. Mary of the Angels Church St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church St. Michael's Church, Old Town St. Michael the Archangel Church, South Shore St. Pascal Church St. Stanislaus Kostka Church St. Thomas the Apostle Church Church of St. Vitus St. Wenceslaus Church Cook County St. Anne Church, Barrington St. Mary of Częstochowa Church, Cicero Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Glenview SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Lemont St. James Church, Lemont St. Martha Church, Morton Grove St. John Brebeuf Church, Niles St. Joseph Church, Wilmette

Chapels	Madonna Della Strada Chapel

Education in the Archdiocese of Chicago

Higher education	DePaul University Dominican University Loyola University Chicago Saint Xavier University Stritch School of Medicine

Seminaries	Catholic Theological Union Saint Joseph College Seminary University of Saint Mary of the Lake

High schools	Chicago Brother Rice High School Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School Cristo Rey Jesuit High School De La Salle Institute DePaul College Prep Hales Franciscan High School Holy Trinity High School Josephinum Academy Leo Catholic High School Marist High School Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Mount Carmel High School Notre Dame High School for Girls Our Lady of Tepeyac High School Resurrection High School St. Benedict High School St. Francis de Sales High School St. Ignatius College Preparatory School St. Patrick High School St. Rita of Cascia High School Cook County St. Viator High School, Arlington Heights Queen of Peace High School, Burbank St. Laurence High School, Burbank Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights Nazareth Academy, La Grange Park Mount Assisi Academy, Lemont Notre Dame College Prep, Niles Fenwick High School, Oak Park Trinity High School, River Forest Guerin College Preparatory High School, River Grove Seton Academy, South Holland St. Joseph High School, Westchester Loyola Academy, Wilmette Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette Lake County Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest Carmel High School, Mundelein St. Martin de Porres High School, Waukegan

Former	Higher education Barat College Lexington College St. Viator College High schools Academy of Our Lady, Chicago Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago Immaculata High School, Chicago Maria High School, Chicago St. Gregory the Great High School, Chicago St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago Saint Louise de Marillac High School, Northfield Grade school Our Lady of the Angels School, Chicago

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Auxiliary bishops	Alfred Leo Abramowicz Edwin Michael Conway William Edward Cousins Michael Dempsey Gustavo García-Siller John R. Gorman Raymond E. Goedert Thomas Joseph Grady Wilton Daniel Gregory Nevin William Hayes Raymond Peter Hillinger Edward Francis Hoban Thad J. Jakubowski Francis J. Kane Gerald Frederick Kicanas Jerome Edward Listecki Timothy Joseph Lyne John R. Manz Alexander Joseph McGavick William Edward McManus William David O'Brien John L. May George Murry Cletus F. O'Donnell Thomas J. Paprocki Joseph N. Perry George J. Rassas Plácido Rodriguez Alberto Rojas Bernard James Sheil John George Vlazny Andrew Peter Wypych

Priests who became bishop elsewhere	Peter Joseph Baltes Robert Emmet Barron Romeo Roy Blanchette Stanislaus Vincent Bona Edward Braxton Maurice Francis Burke Edmund Michael Dunne Edward Joseph Dunne Edward Egan James Aloysius Griffin William Richard Griffin John Richard Keating James Patrick Keleher Moses E. Kiley Francis Joseph Magner Paul Marcinkus John McMullen Martin Dewey McNamara Peter Muldoon William Aloysius O'Connor Thomas Joseph Murphy Ernest John Primeau Paul Peter Rhode Patrick William Riordan Edward James Slattery Raymond James Vonesh Aloysius John Wycislo

Priests	John George Alleman Donald Martin Carroll George Clements Daniel Coughlin John Joseph Egan Andrew Greeley George G. Higgins Reynold Henry Hillenbrand James Timothy O'Meara Michael Pfleger Jeremiah J. Rodell

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