 Casimir Sztuczko CSC, the long-time pastor of Holy Trinity who oversaw the building of the present church, wished to have an area set aside to venerate the holy relics of saints and the beatified.The result is one of the most distinctive and interesting aspects of Holy Trinity, the so-called "catacombs", inspired by the underground cemetery meeting places where early Christians met while the religion was still illegal in the Roman Empire.The catacombs are found beneath the area formerly occupied by the lower church, and consist of a winding path lined with niches containing saintly relics leading up to the chamber containing the grave of Christ.