Polish refugees who immigrated to Dwight Township in the 1840s to escape Prussian domination first worshipped at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Port Austin. In 1903, seeking to retain their Polish identity, they established their own parish and built St. Mary of Czestochowa Church, named for the Queen of Poland, on land purchased from Frank and Rosa Koroleski. Father J. Trzetrzynski was the first pastor. After the original wood-frame church burned on May 29, 1932, construction began on the present cobblestone and brick building, which was dedicated on May 28, 1933. Father Henry Podsiad directed construction of the church, which is reminiscent of Polish Romanesque churches.