St. Adalbert's Church
25 St Adalbert Place | also 337 Morningstar Road | Port Richmond | built 1961
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- 1901
Staten Island's Polish Catholics found St. Adalbert's on land given by John Mojecki
Before St. Adalbert's existed, most Polish Catholics on Staten Island traveled to St. Stanislaus in Manhattan's East Village. Disputes over where to build stalled the effort until John Mojecki donated land in Port Richmond. The parish was incorporated in June 1901, with Rev. Michael Slupek as first pastor saying Mass in St. Mary's parish hall. His successor, Rev. Joseph Brzoziewski, led the parish from 1902 to 1965.
“The matter was effectively resolved when John Mojecki donated land in Port Richmond.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1968
St. Adalbert's dedicates a new church after three years of Masses in the school
The parish had used a combined church and school on Morningstar Road, dedicated on November 13, 1921. By 1965 that building was in such poor condition that Mass moved to the school auditorium until a replacement could be built. St. Adalbert's new church was dedicated in 1968, under Monsignor John S. Felczak, pastor from 1965 to 1974.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2001
By 2001 St. Adalbert's, founded as a Polish parish, is as much Italian as Polish
St. Adalbert's school, staffed by the Felician Sisters until 1997, taught Polish until the 1960s. By 2001 the parish was roughly 40 percent Polish, 40 percent Italian and 20 percent other backgrounds, including Filipino; two years earlier it had been named the CYO Parish of the Year on Staten Island.
“In 2001, the ethnic heritage of the parish was about 40 percent Polish, 40 percent Italian and 20 percent others, including Filipino.”
Source: Wikipedia
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