Ludwik Górski was the head of the church building committee, along with Aleksandra Potocka and Count Franciszek Czacki, among others.

Despite the official closure of the church, the home parish priest, Father Franciszek Garncarek and vicar Leon Więckowicz (or Więckiewicz) continued to live there.

[1]: 278  Więckowicz was arrested on 3 December 1942 and deported to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, where he died on 4 August 1944.

One source claims that Więckowicz was deported for aiding Jews, another for openly supporting some Christian Poles condemned to death.

During the Warsaw Uprising the church tower was a vantage point and German machine gun nest.

On 5 August 1944 the tower was damaged during the assault on the nearby Gesiowka Prison by soldiers of Battalion Zośka.

By 1947, with funds for the purpose of restoration by the Council of Churches of Warsaw Reconstruction, a facility was opened to the faithful, while renovations were still taking place.

The church was built of red clinker brick with stone architectural details in brown-red and beige.

Flanking it are a couple of annexes with narrow antechambers: the north vestry and the south chapel.

It was a reliable way of stopping the widespread rumors of a miraculous appearance on the ball of the Virgin Mary which caused a gathering of the faithful at the church.

On August 28, 2002 there was a dedication to the victims of the Pawiak prison by Father Monsignor Wiesław Kądziela.

In the church basement a "Tea Room" hosts various cultural events, concerts, lectures and multimedia presentations.