In a diocesan reorganization instituted by Archbishop Allen Vigneron in 2013, Sweetest Heart of Mary joined with St. Josephat to form Mother of Divine Mercy Parish.

[3] In 1871, three hundred or so Polish families organized St. Albertus Parish and built a frame church at St. Aubin and Canfield Avenue.

Shortly afterward, the congregation added the school structure on Canfield, which still stands behind the church.

Kolasinski negotiated to bring his flock, numbering nearly 4,000 families, into the fold of the Catholic Church.

Jan Romuald Byzewski OFM, previously pastor of Detroit's Saint Francis of Assisi Parish.

Plagens added embellishments to the church interior and built a permanent convent for the Sisters of St. Joseph, who staffed the parish school.

Bohdan Kosicki joined Sweetest Heart, began a building restoration, and implemented a plan which revived church membership.

Other work included refurbishing the interior, repairing plasterwork and statues, and upgrading electrical wiring.

Mark A. Borkowski was pastor and continued the restoration and revival of Sweetest Heart of Mary.

The cornerstone-laying ceremony was held on June 5, 1892, and on December 24, 1893, after construction costs of over $125,000, the church was officially dedicated.

[4] Sweetest Heart of Mary is one of the largest Gothic Revival churches in the Midwest, and perhaps the most impressive.

The church is constructed of red brick in a cruciform shape with a cross gabled roof.

Two towers flank the entrance, topped with identical spires, which are capped with buttresses and detailed with crosses.