St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Wilmington, Delaware)

They worked together and formed St. Hedwig's Parish in the late eighteen hundreds, with the supervision and guidance of Monsignor John S. Gulcz, who was born in Poznan, Poland, and arrived in Delaware in 1896 to serve the Polish community.

[1] As time went on, the Polish population began to expand into the East Side of Wilmington, attracted by the shipbuilding and leather works industries.

The immigrants requested Monsignor Gulcz to establish a new parish on the East Side of Wilmington where they could worship closer to their homes.

On November 8, 1912, Monsignor Gulcz obtained permission from Bishop John James Joseph Monaghan to build a new Polish parish on the East Side of Wilmington.

Searching through the history of the parish, there was no special grant of any large sum of money or donations made in order to build the Church.

Money had to be collected in small increments and for the most part the parishioners built the church themselves with their own talents, time, and resources.

The church was originally called "Holy Spirit", but during Supinski's brief tenure it was renamed at the request of the parishioners "St. Stanislaus Kostka".

[5] The present church building, which was deconsecrated, adjacent school, hall, and convent remain on the block East 7th, 8th, Locust and Buttonwood Streets in Wilmington, Delaware.