In 1927, a wooden chapel was erected and three years later, the construction of a brick temple began, designed by architect Łukasz Wolski. By 1940, the work had been completed but during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, the church - in which an underground hospital for insurgents operated - was destroyed and it was not rebuilt until the 1960s. At the beginning of the 1980s, the church became known all over Poland: it was here that religious-patriotic sermons were delivered by a priest named Jerzy Popiełuszko. His masses became true patriotic demonstrations and gathered crowds not only from Warsaw, but from all Poland. The priest also became deeply involved in helping people persecuted during the time of martial law. All of his activities made him a target for the Communists; he was bullied, repeatedly interrogated and even arrested. On October 19, 1984, he was murdered by the communist authorities. His funeral at the church of St. Stanisław Kostka gathered thousands; his tomb is located next to the church, and there is a museum dedicated to the priest in the church itself.