The broad ethnicity of parishioners that we rejoice in today, emanated from the Polish people who began to settle in Danbury in the late 1800's. Families from Massachusetts and New Jersey began to join them and by 1920, there were well over one hundred families. Pressed by the need to educate their children, they opened a school in 1924. Realizing that it would be very difficult to manage the school without the support of the Church, these families obtained permission from the Bishop of Hartford to organize a Church for the Polish community. Their first masses were held in the basement of what was then the town's city hall. In the spring of 1925 the property where the church now stands was purchased for one dollar and other valuable considerations. Within four months over twenty thousand dollars was collected and construction of the new church began almost immediately. On October 18, 1925, two thousand people witnessed the laying of the corner stone. On April 8 1926 the dedication of the church was celebrated. The same drive, desire, sacrifice and religious fervor to serve The Lord that our founders displayed has not waned through the years. It was noted at the parish's silver anniversary, which coincided with the completion of church renovations, that the parish was debt free. With the parish on sound financial footing, the then pastor undertook building a convent for the sisters and a school for the children who had been meeting in the basement of the church. During the mid 1970's a new floor, new pews and a confessional were added. In 1982, the men of the parish came together, painted the church and along with other improvements, air conditioning was installed. In October and November of 1996, the tired pipe organ was removed, the choir loft renovated and a new digital organ was set in place. We continued to repair and upgrade our church with roof work, canopies over the front doors to protect the entries from rain and proceeded to put a kitchen in the basement to support church functions. During these past 75 years various religious organizations flourished with an emphasis on spirituality. Each time a Franciscan Friar came to us as a pastor, they brought with them their vision for parish revitalization.