sentences:  Stanislaus Bona was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Catherine (née Smigiel) Bona, who had immigrated to the United States from Poland in 1881.He attended St. Stanislaus College in Chicago, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1905.He continued his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, there earning a Doctor of Divinity and Licentiate of Canon Law.