Historical outline
In the past Radenice was also known as "Radynice", "Radymicze" or "Radymycze". The village was first mentioned in 1439, when Mikolaj Stadnicki bought the village from the sons of Duke Hurtek. Forty years later, the first Roman Catholic parish was established here. In the 16th century the village still belonged to the Stadnickis. Later it passed to the royal estates, and during the Partitions of Poland, among others, to Count Ignacy Cetner. At the beginning of the 20th century Radenice returned to the Stadnickis again.

In 1724, Franciszek Pułaski, the Podlasie huntsman, founded the Brotherhood of Divine Providence at the parish, which soon began to generate an important cult centre. As Piotr Krasny writes in his study of the site, in the 18th cent. this cult stood in opposition to the increasingly popular deism. At that time, the parish included such villages as Burczyce, Chliple, Czyżowice, Jatwięgi, Knihinice, Kościelniki, Kropiwniki, Laszki Zawiązane, Lipniki, Mistycze, Nichowice, Ostrożec, Pakość, Podliski, Radenice, Sanniki, Sudkowice, Viszenka and Wola Sudkowska. At the end of the next century it also included Kornice. It was not until the 20th century that the number of dependent villages was reduced for the sake of their development. In other words: many of them already had their own churches and their own parishes.

The history of the physical building, as always in such cases, is much more complicated. The oldest church in the village is said to have existed as early as the time of Casimir the Great. Interestingly, it was most likely a wooden structure, not a brick one. However, these are only speculations. According to researchers, it is safer to connect the date of the first temple with the erection of the parish in the 15th century. Another building (also wooden) was erected two centuries later and actually suffered heavily during the Turks' and Tartars' invasions shortly afterwards. The next church was built in 1754 and it is this church that has survived to the present day. Since then, the only historical enemies of the building have been the passage of time and... a certain unpleasant regularity that only came to light in the inter-war period. The temple underwent numerous modernisations and renovations, adding a bell tower, altars and an organ. In this respect, the 19th century was the most important, when several innovations were introduced and more thorough elements were taken care of at the same time. The First World War brought no major losses, despite battles taking place almost in the immediate vicinity of the church. The Austrian authorities did seize two bells in 1916, but overall the building remained intact. Between 1924 and 1925, the roof was covered with sheet metal and ad hoc repairs were carried out. However, the overall geometry of the building seemed to be wrong. It turned out that the strange sloping angle was not an optical illusion. The church was decided on a soggy basin, and extensive work (and I mean literally) had to be done to prevent the temple from simply toppling over. The soil in the churchyard was therefore drained. By 1933, the geometry had been corrected and further work was carried out. Among other things, the bell tower was repaired and new bells were installed.

The Second World War brought minor damage, which was repaired fairly quickly. The church continued to function until 1956, when the last pastor left the parish. The USSR authorities closed the building and renamed it a fertiliser warehouse. Fortunately, the Roman Catholic community regained the church in 1989. It also succeeded in restoring items stored during the communist years in a nearby church.

Architecture
The building is oriented (i.e. facing east, by default Jerusalem). It was built of wood, but on a foundation of stone and brick. The body is three-nave, pseudo-basilica and five-bay. The chancel is of elongated rectangular shape and maintains the proportions of the nave. It is closed trilaterally. A chapel adjoins the façade to the south and a vestry to the north. The main entrance leads through a small porch.

Most of the windows in the building are rectangular in shape. The elevations have been protected with foxing (this term refers to special reinforcements characteristic of wooden architecture) and covered with shingles. Gabled roofs were used over the basic parts, and multi-gabled roofs over the apse and chapel. All roofs are covered with sheet metal. On the ridge of the body there is a turret for a bell, topped with an onion-shaped cupola.

Inside, the wall paintings, which date to before 1757, are worthy of note. Other than that, the interior is very interestingly furnished. The inter-nave arcades are supported by slender pillars, and the nave, chancel and apse are surrounded by a beamed cornice.

Highlights of the church furnishings and surroundings include:

• A set of four altars dating from between the wars, the construction of which used elements from the 18th century;
• The main altarpiece, the oldest elements of which date to the 18th century;
• St Anthony Altar;
• Altar of Our Lady of the Rosary;
• Altar located in the Chapel of Divine Providence, with the painting Adoration of the Holy Trinity from the 18th century;
• Sculptures: "Christ Crucified" - dating to the 18th century, "Christ Crucified" - dating to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, angel sculptures dating to the 18th century;
• A wooden belfry of pole structure.

According to Piotr Krasny, the building is the only surviving example of an 18th century wooden church in the area that has survived in relatively original condition. Most buildings of this type either burnt down or were demolished when they were replaced by brick versions.