Mary of the Angels has undergone a gradual change from an exclusively Polish parish to one that is multicultural and multiracial. In recent years, the ethnic character of St. Today, open from dawn to dusk, seven days a week, Sunday Masses are celebrated in English, Polish and Spanish. By 1999, the 100th anniversary of the parish, the church's interior decorations had been fully restored. But members of the parish, local citizens and historians rallied to save the historic structure.
The church was closed and scheduled for demolition in 1988 due to unsafe conditions.
It is visible in the cupola for a considerable distance. In 1973, the extensive repairs were made on the exterior of the dome and the blue "Guiding Light" was added. Kimball pipe organ was installed in 1923. The imposing brick and terra cotta edifice with its twin bell towers and magnificent dome was constructed at a cost of $400,000. Peter's Basilica in Rome and has been acclaimed as one of the finest specimens of Roman Renaissance architecture in the United States. Completed in 1920, with a capacity of 2,000 and a dome that is 125 feet in height, it was modeled on St. Located at 1850 North Hermitage Avenue in the city's Bucktown neighborhood, it is an example of the Polish Cathedral style of churches and is visible from the Kennedy Expressway. Mary of the Angels is an historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
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