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| location               = 743 North Armour Street<br>[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| country                = USA
| denomination           = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
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| website                = [http://holyinnocentschicago.org/ Holy Innocents Parish]
| former name            = St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
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| founded date           = {{start date|1905}}
| founder                = Polish immigrants
| dedication             = [[Holy Innocents]]
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| people                 = Rev. Francis X. Lange
| status                 = Church
| functional status      = Active
| heritage designation   = For Polish immigrants
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| architect              = [[Worthmann and Steinbach]]
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| style                  = [[Romanesque Revival]]
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'''Holy Innocents Church''', ({{langx|pl|Kościół Świętych Młodzianków}}), is a church of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago]] located at 743 North Armour Street in the [[East Village, Chicago|East Village]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].  It is a prime example of the so-called "[[Polish Cathedral style]]" of churches in both its [[Wealth|opulence]] and grand scale.
==History==
Founded in 1905 as a [[Polish people|Polish]] parish, the church was one of a network of Polish churches within the old [[Polish Downtown (Chicago)|Polish Downtown]].  The first school and church were in buildings bought from the St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church that had been built in 1867. Holy Innocents remained an ethnic Polish parish until 1975, when it was assigned territorial boundaries. From 1999 to 2009, the former school served as the home of Bishop Alfred Abramowicz Seminary.<ref name=seminary>{{cite news| url=http://www.catholicnewworld.com/cnwonline/2009/0913/1.aspx |title=Bishop Abramowicz Seminary finds new home| date=13 September 2009| work=[[Catholic New World]]| access-date=2013-10-30}}</ref>
The parish retains its strong identification with [[Chicago Polonia]] while welcoming [[Hispanics]] and Catholics of other ethnic groups.  Although there has been much recent gentrification in the neighborhood, the parish continues to minister in English, [[Polish language|Polish]] and Spanish.
In 2021, the Chicago archdiocese combined Holy Innocents, St. Malachy + Precious Blood, and Santa Maria Addolorata to form the new parish, Blessed Maria Gabriella, with Fr. Matt Eyerman as pastor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archdiocese of Chicago Provides Updates on Three Renew My Church Groupings |url=https://www.archchicago.org/news-release/-/article/2021/01/23/archdiocese-of-chicago-provides-updates-on-three-renew-my-church-groupin-1 |website=Press Releases |publisher=Archdiocese of Chicago |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Parishes |url=https://www.renewmychurch.org/decisions/new-parishes |website=Renew my church |publisher=Archdiocese of Chicago |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref>
==Architecture==
The church was designed by the architectural firm of [[Worthmann and Steinbach]] who built many of the magnificent [[Polish Cathedral]]s in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marybrush.com/KleinHoffman/Eng_HolyInnocentsChurch.htm |access-date=December 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714043111/http://www.marybrush.com/KleinHoffman/Eng_HolyInnocentsChurch.htm |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |title=Mary Brush }}</ref>  Completed in 1912, the church is built in a [[Romanesque Revival]] style with [[Byzantine]] flourishes. One distinguishing feature of the building is the six cupolas covered in brown tile.  The crossing is capped by a large dome with cupolas at the exterior corner of each transept and one atop each of the [[bell tower]]s on the west façade.  The [[stained glass]] windows are imported from [[Austria]] and [[Poland]].  The structure is constructed of red brick with limestone accents.  It sits on a short base of darker brownish brick.  The interior was redesigned after a 1962 fire and restored for the Parish centennial in 2005.  Words of welcome are engraved in three languages over the triple entrance doors- Welcome, Witamy and Bienvenidos.
The campus includes a rectory and school buildings which have been occupied since 2007 by [http://goldercollegeprep.noblenetwork.org/ Golder College Prep School].
==Church in architecture books==
*{{cite book
|last = McNamara
|first = Denis R.
|title = Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago
|publisher = Liturgy Training Publications
|year = 2005
}}
*{{cite book
|last = Kantowicz
|first = Edward R.
|title = The Archdiocese of Chicago: A Journey of Faith
|publisher = Booklink
|year = 2007
}}
*{{cite book
|last = Lane
|first = George A.
|title = Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage
|publisher = Loyola Press
|year = 1982
}}
*{{cite book
|last = Kociolek
|first = Jacek
|title = Kościoły Polskie w Chicago {Polish Churches of Chicago}
|publisher = Ex Libris
|year = 2002
|language= pl
}}
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090930112214/http://www.pgsa.org/ArchChiPolPar/HolyInnocChi.htm PGSA - Holy Innocents Church History]
==See also==
*[[Tadeusz Żukotyński]], Catholic fine art painter and mural artist
*[[Sr. Maria Stanisia]], Polish-American fine art painter and restoration artist
*[[Jozef Mazur]], Polish-American painter and stained-glass artist
*[[Polish Cathedral style]] churches of Chicago
*[[Polish Americans]]
*[[Poles in Chicago]]
*[[Polish Roman Catholic Union of America]]
*[[Roman Catholicism in Poland]]
==References==
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{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Polish cathedral style architecture]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Chicago]]
[[Category:Polish-American culture in Chicago]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1912]]
[[Category:1905 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States]]