2022-07-09 - Church exterior; facade (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
2024-07-09 - Sanctuary interior with organ facade in front (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
2024-07-09 - Altar with organ facade behind (Church Facebook page/Jim Stettner)
2025-02-07 - This entry represents the rebuilding and installation of an existing organ. Identified through information from the parish website which states: "Some of the old cathedral’s artifacts were removed and placed in the new complex, including the beautiful stained glass windows of the saints, the magnificent pipe organ, some altar appointments, and the original cornerstone. The six original Cathedral bells were more recently installed in a beautiful bell tower, and an office and rectory were added in 2012." -Jim Stettner
2025-03-11 - This is not the Estey from Queen of the Most Holy Rosary (Roman Catholic) [in Buffalo]. Instead, this is a Tellers instrument from Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral (Polish National Catholic Church) [in Buffalo]. Information received online from Eric Miller on 2025-02-19 -Paul R. Marchesano
2025-03-11 - By 1895, an ongoing and at times violent struggle at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church had come to a head. A great number of the parishioners at the church were upset with Dean John Pitass, the man the Roman Catholic Bishop put in charge of the Polish parishes, installed an unpopular priest at St. Adalbert’s. This would prove to be the tipping point and in August of 1895, the first Mass of the parish was held in a field near the corners of Sobieski and Sycamore streets. The congregation chose the name Holy Mother of the Rosary for their parish, J. Przybysz was elected chairman of the church, while Father Klawlter became the first priest. The early years for the new parish were ones of growth. A combination church and school facility was built on the site of the first Mass and the second priest of the parish, Father Stephen Kaminski was elected Bishop at the Synod of Independent Parishes held in Buffalo. Starting in 1900, plans were laid out to build a proper cathedral for Holy Mother of the Rosary. It would take six years but the finished medina sandstone edifice was blessed by Bishop Kaminski on June 10, 1906 in front of 2,000 people. In time, the bishop would establish a cemetery for the church. -- from Polonia Trail, historical website -Paul R. Marchesano
2025-03-14 - From Our History parish web page: Land had been previously purchased in Lancaster on Broadway a few years prior as a possible site for a “new” cemetery. This purchase was providential in providing a new site for the parish. A vote was taken by the congregation to move from the East Side of Buffalo to Lancaster. Plans were formulated for a new church complex and work was begun. The multimillion dollar complex, located on Broadway near Schwartz Road in Lancaster, NY was opened in 1995 in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the parish. Some of the old cathedral’s artifacts were removed and placed in the new complex, including the beautiful stained glass windows of the saints, the magnificent pipe organ, some altar appointments, and the original cornerstone. The six original Cathedral bells were more recently installed in a beautiful bell tower, and an office and rectory were added in 2012. -Paul R. Marchesano
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