The Archdiocese’s multiple unsuccessful attempts to sell the building have been met with opposition from the former parishioners — and prayer.
Bronislawa Stekala speaks about preserving the closed St. Adalbert Church during a celebration of the feast of St. Adalbert, outside of the church on April 23, 2023.
Following the prayers, a band from Holy Trinity Polish Catholic Church and Mariachi La Barca Jalisco played in the street in front of the scaffolded church building as people danced along. Those gathered at the corner of West 17th and South Paulina streets ate paczkis and sernik, Polish doughnuts and cheesecake, as well as tacos and tamales.St. Adalbert closed its doors in 2019.
One group of former St. Adalbert congregants, the St. Adalbert Rosary Group, meets every Friday evening to pray the rosary outside the church with the intention of saving St. Adalbert. On Sundays, they pray the rosary outside the Holy Name Cathedral. She said one potential property buyer has turned a former synagogue in Miami into an event venue. If the same happened with the St. Adalbert building, cardinal law would be broken, she said.
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