St. Hedwig's Church (Chicago)
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| Coordinates: 41°55′17.8″N 87°40′50.7″W / 41.921611°N 87.680750°W | |
| Location | 2226 North Hoyne Chicago, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | St. Hedwig's Parish |
| History | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder(s) | Congregation of the Resurrection |
| Dedication | St. Hedwig |
| Dedicated | October 27, 1901 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Adolphus Druiding |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Renaissance |
| Groundbreaking | June 18, 1899 |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Construction cost | $160,000 |
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| Materials | Brick |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Chicago |
| Province | Chicago |
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| Pastor(s) | Rev. Tomasz Wojciechowski, CR |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Maryna Shutovich |
St. Hedwig's Church (Polish: Kościół Świętej Jadwigi) is a historic parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois. Constructed in the grand Polish Cathedral style, it is one of the many monumental Polish churches visible from the Kennedy Expressway. The church is located at 2226 North Hoyne Avenue.
Founded in 1888 by the Resurrectionist Order who administered St. Stanislaus Kostka, the first Polish parish in Chicago. In the 1890s a group of parishioners who resented the dominance of the Resurrectionists culminating in the so-called “Pepper Riots”, where a crowd of 3,000 protesters broke into the foyer and assaulted the resident priests inside. When the police intervened, the protesters threw red pepper into their eyes. The end result was that shots were fired and dozens were injured, including one policeman who was struck by a hammer. The disgruntled anti-Resurrectionists broke off from the parish to form an independent church, which became All Saints Cathedral of the Polish National Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II visited the parish as Bishop of Cracow in 1977, just one year before his election as pope. St. Hedwig's is still administered by the Resurrectionists, though it now has a large Latino and Filipino population. The surrounding neighborhood of Bucktown has in recent years become newly prosperous and gentrified. Mass is now celebrated in English, Polish and Spanish.
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