Church of St. Josaphat in Detroit

St. Josaphat’s was historically the third Polish parish founded in Detroit, after St. Albertus and St. Casimir. In 1889 a committee was established and the preparations for the construction of the church began. One of the parishioners donated a large plot of land for this purpose. The first building housed a church, a convent and an elementary school run by the Polish Felician Sisters. The church was constructed at the end of 1889 and the beginning of 1890, but after 10 years a new church had to be built; its construction was completed in 1900.