St Stanislaus

Easily in my top 3 of most beautiful churches I have been to outside of the ones in Europe. The ornamentation and statues are impressive. What’s equally impressive is the attention to detail. For Palm Sunday Mass, select pews were adorned with palms and pussy willows. There is parking in an adjacent lot otherwise you are relegated to street parking. A quintessential old school Catholic church that also has services in Polish. Beautiful.

Those of you who have read any of my reviews have probably come to the realization that I must have had a strange and interesting childhood to become this kind of grown-​up kid. You would be absolutely correct… and part of that involved my attending a Catholic high school! and yes… I was on the field hockey team.
So, when I went to the Polish Festival to hang with some of my fellow countrymen and nosh down some pierogies, I was encouraged to go look at the church by the friendly Franciscan monks. Not that I needed much prodding to do so… I had brought along my good SLR just for that occasion. As my mom can well attest to, I am drawn to older churches, having dragged her into almost every single one we passed during our trip through Belgium and France.
Since it was a little later in the evening, the church was quiet and I was able to spend almost an hour inside taking pictures with little distraction. It was decorated beautifully for the Polish festival and the lighting inside was perfect for dramatic shooting… the stained glass must be something to behold in the early morning hours and I hope to get out there again prior to sunrise. I was also fortunate enough to catch some nice stories of the church by the gentleman doing small tours and learned some excellent history about when then Cardinal Karol Wojtyla came to visit in 1969.
They also hold frequent concerts with full orchestras… check out their website for updates.