The temple stands on Świętojańska Street [pl], adjacent to St John's Cathedral, and is one of the most notable mannerist-style churches in Warsaw.

[2] In 1627 the church was encompassed with three chapels,[3] and in 1635 Urszula Meyerin, a great supporter of the Society of Jesus, was buried within.

[5] An icon of Our Lady of Graces (Matka Boża Łaskawa), a gift from the Pope Innocent X, was introduced to the church and crowned in 1651.

During World War II, after the Germans suppressed the Warsaw Uprising, they razed the Jesuit Church to the ground.

A painting of Our Lady of Grace brought to Poland in 1651 by bishop Juan de Torres as a gift from Pope Innocent X is also displayed, along with a preserved wooden crucifix from 1383, a baroque sculpture of Our Lady of Grace, from the beginning of the 18th century, and a stone sculpture of a laying bear from the half of 18th century.