St. Adalbert Cemetery at 150, important to Polish community

A woman reflects near a grave after leaving flowers as visitors to St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles visited the cemetery to remember loved ones in observance of All Souls Day Nov. 2, 2022. This year St. Adalbert marked its 150th anniversary with a special Mass on the cemetery grounds. Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago also hosted Cemetery Sunday with outdoor rosary and prayer services at all locations on Nov. 6 in observance of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Julie Peterson visits and prays at the grave of her parents and brother on Cemetery Sunday Nov. 1, 2020 is anticipation of All Souls Day on Nov. 2 at St. Adalbert Cemetery. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Stanislaw Jaracz prays near the grave of his longtime classmate from Poland at St. Adalbert Cemetery on Nov. 1, 2015. Catholics observed the back-to-back feasts of All Saints and All Souls with visits to the cemetery and prayers for family and friends who have died. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Parishioners from St. Thecla Parish, 6725 W. Devon Ave., recite the rosary and process through St. Adalbert Cemetery in celebration of All Souls Day on Nov. 2, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Parishioners from St. Thecla Parish, 6725 W. Devon Ave., recite the rosary and process through St. Adalbert Cemetery in celebration of All Souls Day on Nov. 2, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

A man prays on at St. Adalbert Cemetery on All Souls Day on Nov. 2, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Polish Cardinal Joseph Glemp greets Wojciech Dorula and his daughter Victoria following the blessing of the Katyn Memorial Monument at St. Adalbert's Cemetery on May 17, 2009. The monument honors the estimated 20,000 Poles who were executed by Soviets in the Katyn Forest Massacre during World War II. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Joseph Glemp, archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, concelebrates Mass with priests from the Archdiocese of Chicago prior to the blessing of the Katyn Memorial at St. Adalbert's Cemetery on May 17, 2009. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Joseph Glemp elevates the Eucharist during Mass on May 17, 2009. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Glemp presides at Mass on May 17, 2009. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Peter Kurylo joined a team of runners at the Katyn monument in St. Adalbert Cemetery for a prayer and blessing before a symbolic run for peace down Milwaukee Avenue on Feb. 25, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Peter Kurylo joined a team of runners at the Katyn monument in St. Adalbert Cemetery for a prayer and blessing before a symbolic run for peace down Milwaukee Avenue on Feb. 25, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Peter Kurylo joined a team of runners at the Katyn monument in St. Adalbert Cemetery for a prayer and blessing before a symbolic run for peace down Milwaukee Avenue on Feb. 25, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Krzysztof Oleksy and Andrzej Brach lower a flag at the Katyn Memorial at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles during a service on April 17, 2010. The memorial’s sculptor, Wojciech Seweryn, was among the 96 people killed in a plane crash April 10, 2010 near Smolensk, Russia, along with Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and Catholic clergy. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

A prayer service at the Katyn Memorial on April 17, 2010. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Irena and Walerian Kwiatkowscy join a prayer service at the Katyn Memorial at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery on April 17, 2010. The sculptor, Wojciech Seweryn, was among the 96 people killed in a plane crash April 10, 2010 near Smolensk, Russia, along with Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and Catholic clergy. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Traditional Polish honor guards, clergy and the faithful gather around the Katyn Memorial in St. Adalbert Cemetery in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II on Aug. 30, 2009. Cardinal George was the main celebrant for the Mass. The memorial remembers the massacre of 1940 where over 22,000 leads of the Polish military, leaders of the academic and cultural community and prisoners of war were executed in the Katyn forest. (Christopher Smith/Chicago Catholic)

Traditional Polish honor guards, clergy and the faithful gather around the Katyn Memorial Monument in St. Adalbert Cemetery during Mass on Aug. 30, 2009. (Christopher Smith/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal George raises the Eucharist during Mass at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles on Aug. 30, 2009. (Christopher Smith/Chicago Catholic)

The Gronik Children’s Polish Highlander Group performs before Mass at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles on Aug. 30, 2009. (Christopher Smith/Chicago Catholic)

Polish Catholics fill St. Adalbert's Cemetery for Mass in May 2009. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Jola and Mirak Herdszik, members of St. John Brebeuf Parish, pray with their sons Mathew and Michael on Nov. 1, 2009, near the grave of a family member. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Kate Wietrzak, a parishioner at St. Hyacinth Basilica, holds her son William’s hand on Nov. 1, 2009, near the grave of a family member. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

On All Souls Day on Nov. 2, 2008, Kristina Olceh, a member of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish, lights a candle near the grave of a priest who passed away. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Catholics visit a tribute to Pope John Paul II during All Souls Day at St. Adalbert Cemetery on Nov. 2, 2008. John Paul II’s cause for canonization commenced one month after his death in April 2005 with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. He was beatified on 1 May 2011 (Divine Mercy Sunday) after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed one miracle to his intercession, the healing of a French nun called Marie Simon Pierre from Parkinson's disease. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)