Talk:St. Adalbert's in Chicago/Temp

The parish church of St. Adalbert in the Archdiocese of Chicago is a historic Roman Catholic parish in the Lower West Side community area in the neighborhood of Pilsen. It is one of the monumental Polish cathedral-style churches of Chicago.

World-renowned architect and church builder Henry J. Schlacks designed the imposing Romanesque church. The basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, a papal major basilica in Rome, was used as the model for the structure. Having been founded in 1874, it was the third Polish parish to be founded in the archdiocese. Its ministry has developed over the years to serve the vibrant and diverse neighborhood that Pilsen is today. The church is also home to a shrine in honor of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos as well as a a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe donated by the late auxiliary bishop Abramowicz - who made many efforts to save the church from deterioration.

In accordance with Archbishop Cupich's May 2016 'Decrees Suppressing and Joining Parishes and of the Reduction of a Parish Church to Use Other Than Divine Worship', St. Adalbert's parish is slated to be merged with the Parish of St. Paul. The church of St. Adalbert is to be reduced to uses other than divine worship with the fate of the historic structure unknown. The St. Adalbert Preservation Society seeks to prevent its closure and to raise funds for its restoration.