Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pittsburgh
- Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pittsburgh
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Pittsburgh, referred to in Polish as "Kościół Matki Boskiej," is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, one of the city's oldest and largest churches.[cite web | author=No Author Listed | title=A History of Polish Hill and the PHCA| format=HTML | url=http://phca.pghfree.net/history.html | accessdate=2006-12-22] Located on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral' style of churches in both its opulence and grand scale.]History of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Immaculate Heart of Mary was founded in 1897 as a Polish ethnic parish. Beginning in 1885, Polish immigrants began settling on Herron Hill in Pittsburgh. Eventually so many immigrants settled there that the area was renamed Polish Hill. At first the residents attended St. Stanislaus parish in the Strip District, but by 1895, the population of Polish Hill grew to the point that a committee of local citizens petitioned the bishop for their own parish. Permission was granted and the cornerstone of a combined church, school and convent was laid in October of 1896. The completed building was dedicated in August of 1897.
The first floor of the building served as a school and the second floor served as the church. In 1899 the parish purchased land for a larger church. The cornerstone was laid on July 31, 1904 and the completed church was dedicated on December 3, 1905. Like a number of other Polish churches in the so-called Polish Cathedral style such as St. Mary of the Angels in Chicago or St. Josaphat's Basilica in Milwaukee, the architectural plans for the church were intentionally modeled on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. This church still serves the community of Polish Hill today.
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ee also
*Jozef Mazur
*Polish Americans
*Polish Roman Catholic Union of America
*Roman Catholicism in Poland
*Tadeusz Żukotyński
*Sr. Maria Stanisia
References
*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | origyear=1986 | year=1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6
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