On Aug. 26, the Black Deacons of Chicago held their eighth annual Sunrise Prayer Service and Mass at Oakwood / 41st Street Beach, 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive. Worshippers gathered to pray for nonviolence, the healing of families, schools and communities.
St. Sabina unveils statue of Jesus weeping over gun violence victim Just days before the Easter Triduum, Father Michael Pfleger and St. Sabina Parish unveiled a bronze statue of Jesus weeping over the body of a man with bullet holes in his back on March 25.
Jesus’ message to followers is nonviolence, speaker says The heart of Jesus’ message to his followers is nonviolence, Father John Dear told an audience at St. Patricia Parish in Hickory Hills on March 7, and those who would be followers of Christ must also commit themselves to opposing a culture of violence.
Parishes, schools answer pope’s call to pray for peace Catholics at parishes and schools across the Archdiocese of Chicago observed Oct. 27 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace, heeding Pope Francis’ call “for all those who have at heart the cause of peace in the world” to join him in light of the conflict in the Middle East.