Although many immigrants came to this area in a very poor condition their faith spurred them on and led them to the construction of several churches, the largest being St. Adalbert.

On August 7, 1905, the St. Adalbert Fraternal Aid Society was officially organized.

The new parish was to be named after St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr, with the settlement called “Krakow”.

The nickels and dimes amounted over a period of time until $402.10 was collected to purchase two lots on Warren and Huron Streets.

Valentine Czyzewski, to purchase land on Olive between Huron and Grace in 1907as the site of construction.

By the fall of 1909, the foundation for the building was laid and the present school had its beginning.

The first mass was celebrated on October 16, 1910, in the open air, upon special permission for all parishioners to attend, between the two walls of the new church by Rev.

Kubacki, the men and women voluntarily continued to erect the new Church - Parish School building.

The entire building later became the present Parish School and Heritage Center.

John Wroblewski was the first resident assistant coming to St Adalbert's on June 23, 1912.

His forte was being responsible for so many souls and he concerned himself at all times with making them conscious of daily progress in Christian virtue.

Therefore, a parish meeting was held in 1923 to discuss the renovation of the original building for a school and the erection of a new church.

The new church, considered the largest and most beautiful in the Diocese was completed in spring of 1926 at a cost of $23,000 and was blessed by Bishop John F. Noll.

It originally was built to be the diocese's cathedral, but a new building was then designated, in what was considered a slight to the polish community.

In May 1931, a temporary parish hall was erected because the depression caused deep financial stress.

Gapczynski introduced English sermons on Sundays for the benefit of younger Poles and people of other nationalities.

In June 1972 the parish Hall burned down presenting the first major challenge to the new pastor.

In April 1974, the Harvest House Program was started and has become to this day a focal point for many senior citizens.

With the merger, the parish was entrusted to the pastoral care of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

With the retirement of Sr. Dian Majsterek, SSJ-TOF, a lay principal was appointed for the first time in parish history.

The school, troubled with financial issues and declining enrollment, had a resurrection with the combined parishes.

The interior was decorated and financed later than the building itself, as was the case for many churches of the time.

Jarka passed away in 1943, however, he is seen in the original photos of the completed murals standing next to Mallin.

The painted works included the North and South Walls of the church, and six murals in the sanctuary surrounding the high altar.

In the mural, Polish immigrants are shown constructing and beating their swords into plowshares.

Industrial development can be seen in the form of factories in the distance and above the whole scene the people's pastor is pointing to a cloud with the fallen Christ under his heavy cross struggling along.

This struggle of Christ exemplifies what the Polish people have endured in establishing St. Adalbert's.

Above the picture of Christ is a Polish inscription which is translated "By the sweat of your brow you have received the bread of life."

The murals in the sanctuary depict the Immaculate Conception and classic saints of Poland commonly depicted at the time: St. Andrew Bobola, a Jesuit martyred by the Russian Cossacks during the fights for Polish independence in the 18th century, and canonized as a saint in 1938, St. Hyacinth, St. Casimir, St. Hedwige, and Saint John Cantius.

Murals in the rear section of the church depict St. John the Baptist, which at on point was the baptistery and is now a confessional font, and St. Stanislaus Kostka.