Tychy Cathedrals and Churches

We have visited all the twenty churches and cathedrals in Tychy. We attended a liturgy at several of them, first of all, at St.Mary Magdalene Cathedral that became our favorite one. Here is a list of the city cathedrals:
1. St.Mary Magdalene's Cathedral;
2. Holy Spirit Cathedral;
3. Holy Cross Cathedral;
4. Holy Family Cathedral;
5. Our Lady Queen of Angels Cathedral;
6. Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral;
7. Lord’s Mercy Cathedral;
8. Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus;
9. Nativity of St.John the Baptist Cathedral;
10. St.John the Baptist Cathedral;
11. St.Benedictus Opat Cathedral;
12. St.Francis and St.Clare of Assisi Cathedral;
13. St.Joseph the Worker Cathedral;
14. St.Christopher’s Cathedral;
15. St.Maximilian Kolbe Cathedral;
16. St.Padre Pio Cathedral;
17. St.Hedwig of Silesia Cathedral;
18. Blessed Karolina Kozkowna Cathedral;
19. St.Peter and St.Paul’s Evangelic Cathedral
20. Chapel of the Religious Congregation of Friars Minor (Franciscans).
St.Francis and St.Clare of Assisi Cathedral has been under construction for about twenty years. Four huge towers seen from afar were built, and they did not complete the fifth one.

St.Mary Magdalene's Church, Tychy

St.Mary Magdalene's Cathedral, Tychy

At St.Mary Magdalene's Cathedral in Tychy

Holy Cross Cathedral, Tychy

Holy Spirit Cathedral, Tychy

The monument to St.John Nepomucene in the courtyard of Holy Spirit Churh, Tychy.

Holy Spirit Church, Tychy

Holy Spirit Church, Tychy

These characteristic crosses can be seen on the top of the church and on the wall of a church building in the courtyard. They are in the style characteristic of Stanislaw Nemczyk (1943-2019). The architect had insisted on the special form of these crosses, and his design was accepted even by the highest church authorities. Stanislaw Nemczyk is known as the Polish Gaudi. He designed and built the church in the style of the postmodern architecture in 1978-1982. According to the architect's plan, the temple is shaped like an ark.

Holy Family Cathedral, Tychy

St.John the Baptist Cathedral, Tychy

St.Peter and St.Paul’s Evangelic Cathedral, Tychy

St.Hedwig of Silesia Cathedral, Tychy

St.Hedwig of Silesia Cathedral, Tychy

Visiting St.Hedwig of Silesia Church in Tychy

St.Christopher's Cathedral, Tychy

St.Christopher's Cathedral, Tychy

St.Christopher's Cathedral, Tychy

St.Christopher carrying Jesus, a bas-relief at the church building, Tychy

St.Benedictus Opat Cathedral


Stained glass windows at St.Benedictus Opat Cathedral, Tychy.

St.Father Pio Cathedral, Tychy

Church of St. Padre Pio is a complex of three buildings, built in the Neo-Romanesque style. The roof of the church was designed so that it does not have pillars, supports or extensions within the nave. Everything is made of brick. Architect Niemczyk loved this construction materials. This material is an extremely labor-intensive task for contractors, therefore construction takes a lot of time. It is still to be completed. Fingers crossed!

We saw this interesting structure from afar, and one day decided to come closer and to have a look. This edifice has been under construction since 2000. The construction has been ongoing for 22 years, which is influenced by many factors, including the enormous extent of the construction, the cost of the materials, as well as the accuracy and precision with which the building must be created to fulfill the plan of the great architect. It is going to be a church and a monastery at the same time.

The project was made by Stanisław Niemczyk (1943-2019) in cooperation with Anna and Robert Wojtecki, and Marta and Leszek Weszke. Porcjunculula Chapel was the first building erected on the site of the future temple. It was a symbol of the beginning - the history of the Franciscans began 800 years earlier with the small chapel of the Portiuncula near Assisi. Thus, the chapel was like the cornerstone of the entire church. The architect adopted the concept of a vertical composition - a two-story church, high towers, a multi-story monastery building. The architect included such symbolic elements important for Franciscan spirituality as:

• the Porcjunculula chapel;
• the symbolic tomb of St. Francis that is placed in the lower church;
• the cross of San Damiano, outlined on the ceiling of the lower church.

The church and monasteries complex of St. Francis and Clare of Assisi designed by Stanisław Niemczyk is commonly known as "Little Assisi". The church is designed on the plan of the Franciscan cross. It has five towers in reference to the five wounds of Christ and the five stigmas of St. Francis. The character of the entire complex refers to medieval architecture, especially to St. Francis of Assisi.

A street was built between the church and the monastery walls, its atmosphere resembling the narrow streets of medieval Assisi. The appearance of the sacred complex is also unique due to the material from which it is made - blocks of light dolomite mined and imported all the way from Libiąż. The concrete is another important building material used here. It is partly colored in red, graphite-black and brown (like umber - the color of the land of Umbria, in which Assisi is located). The author of the design, Stanisław Niemczyk, died in 2019 without seeing the completion of the construction of the temple.

At the entrance door to St.Francis and St.Clare of Assisi Church (under construction), Tychy

A pond in St.Francis and St.Clare of Assisi Park, Tychy

Blessed Karolina Kózkówny Church, Tychy

Blessed Karolina Kazkowna Cathedral at night, Tychy

Blessed Karolina Kózkówny Church, Southern Park, Tychy.

According to the memorial plaques at the entrance, St.Maximilian Kolbe Church was built on the southern outskirts of the city in 1988-1996. Its cornerstone was consecrated by Pope John Paul II on June 20, 1983.

The church was consecrated on December 22, 1996. The design was made and implemented by architects Bożena and Janusz Włodarczykowie.

We saw a Coalminers' Memorial at St.Joseph the Worker's Church. There is a representation of a coalmine with coal miner's lamps and an image of St.Barbara, the patron of all coal miners, s well as a coal miner's sign above it.

St.Joseph the Worker Church, Tychy

St.Joseph the Worker Church_the belfry, Tychy

Church of the Most Holy Heart of Lord, Tychy

The entrance statue at the Church of the Most Holy Heart of Lord/Fr.Pawel Konty memorial plaque at the outside wall of the church

We attended a Sunday liturgy at Our Lady the Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral in Urbanowice District. We saw it was the only church that had Greek letters Alfa and Omega at the entrance.

Inside Mother of God, Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral, Tychy

Visiting Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Tychy

At Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, Tychy

Revisiting Our Lady the Queen of Angels Cathedral, Tychy

Revisiting Our Lady Queen of Angels Cathedral, Tychy

Another visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels Cathedral, Tychy

The saying on the coat-of-arms of Wilkowyje, church pavilion, Tychy

We liked this saying on the coat-of-arms of Wilkowyje that is attached to the entrance to the parish pavilion in the courtyard of Our Lady Queen of Angels Cathedral in Wilkowyje: "The wolf is not to blame for the fact that God created him a wolf."

Nativity of St.John the Baptist Cathedral, Tychy