Post card of St. Adalbert Church, Grand Rapids MI

This postcard is from 1936, the year my mother was born. It is celebrating the Silver Jubilee of St. Adalbert Church which was several blocks from where she lived. It was printed in Polish so this shows that Polish was still spoken quite a bit within this area. St. Wojciech, or St. Adalbert as we know him, was the first patron saint of Poland. He was born in a noble family, ten years before Poland became a Christian country. He was pledged to the Virgin Mary as a child because his parents feared for his health. He was a bishop by age 27. He discovered many people were not Christians so worked on converting them and was martyred and beaten to death. By the year 1000 he was canonized as a saint. Many churches in the U.S. that were established by people immigrating from Poland were named after this saint. BACK OF THE CARD: POLISH: Kosciol sw. Wojciecha Konsekrowany 22. Czerwca, 1913 przez Najprzew Ks. Biskupa Pawla Rhodego, D. D. Biskupa Djecezji Green Bay Wisconsin ENGLISH: Church of St. Wojciech, Consecrated on June 22, 1913 by Najrzew, Fr. Bishop Paul Rhode, D. D. Bishop of Green Bay Wisconsin POLISH: Srebrny Jubileusz. Pontyfikalna Mszw sw. 19-go Czerwcz, 1938. przez Najprzew. Ks. Biskupa Jozefa G, Oubtebm /d, D, Biskupa Djecezji Grand Rapids Michigan ENGLISH: Silver Jubilee. Pontifical Mszw St. 19 June, 1938. by Najrzew. Fr. Bishop Jozefa G, Oubtebm / d, D, Bishop of the Grand Rapids Diocese of Michigan https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/author/thesearemypeople/