Holy Spirit church in Wieruszów, Baroque monastery in Wieruszów, Poland

The Holy Spirit Church features classic baroque design with brick walls, pointed arches, and a four-sided tower. The structure was built as a monastery complex and combines elements from different construction periods.

Bernard Wierusz, a judge from Wieluń, founded the monastery in 1401 beside a wooden church of the Holy Spirit near the gates of Wieruszów. A fire destroyed it in 1612, and the rebuilt church was consecrated in 1680 by Bishop Mikołaj Oborski. The Pauline Fathers left in 1864 under a tsarist decree and returned in 1983, after about 120 years.

The monastery's identity centres on the image of Jesus of Five Wounds, which survived the 1612 fire and was placed in the rebuilt church in 1632. Devotion to it led to the founding of the Five Wounds Brotherhood in 1701. Since 18 April 2009 the church has been a diocesan sanctuary of Jesus of Five Wounds, the first in Poland under that name.

The church is accessible through multiple entrances, including a molded portal on the western tower side and a stepped portal on the south side. Visitors should be aware that access to certain areas may be limited.

The monastery was founded in 1401 by Bernard Wierusz, a judge from Wieluń, beside a wooden Holy Spirit church by the Prosna, and the Pauline Fathers had to leave in 1864 under a tsarist decree. They returned only in 1983, about 120 years later, and in 2001 the 600th anniversary of their arrival was marked.