Photo Gallery St. Moses the Black provides holiday dinners St. Moses the Black Parish on Chicago's South Side distributed 600 turkeys, with traditional Thanksgiving meal fixings, and winter clothing to neighbors in need at their annual Thanksgiving outreach on Nov. 22, 2023. Winter clothing included coats, hats, gloves and scarves in children and adult sizes. Volunteers from the parish came to help as well as parishioners from Divine Mercy Parish in Winnetka. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland Tips for enriching the Advent experience Sometimes the meaning of Advent can get lost in the parties and preparations for Christmas, but it is a time to draw closer to Christ in the quiet, according to Kevin Pease, director of the Scripture School at the Institute for Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago.
Vatican Pope planning to withdraw Cardinal Burke’s Vatican salary, sources say Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke a monthly salary and questioned why the Vatican should be providing him with a free apartment in Rome, various sources have confirmed.
Chicagoland Third orders secular offer laity alternative to religious life People who have a strong attraction to the charism of a particular religious community but feel that religious life is not for them might want to investigate whether belonging to a “third order secular” is part of their vocation.
U.S. How a game designer turned Jesuit ended up writing about space religion Life was good for Shane Liesegang in the early 2000s. In his 20s, he had a good job, plenty of friends, and lived in sunny Los Angeles. “Things were pretty terrific,” he said. And yet they weren’t.
Chicagoland Resurrection Project implementing effort for migrants to receive work permits Some of the migrants currently staying in shelters in Chicago could get expedited work permits with the help of the Resurrection Project, a not-for-profit community organization that counts several Chicago parishes among its partners.
Photo Gallery Remembering loved ones on Day of the Dead Families created traditional altars on the grounds surrounding the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines in honor of their deceased loved ones, with photos, memorabilia, their favorite foods and the traditional pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, on Nov. 2, 2023. Priests and deacons from the shrine blessed the altars and prayed with participants following a Mass for All Souls' Day in the chapel. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Chicagoland Two parishes receive architecture awards for recent projects Projects at two parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago this year received awards from the Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
Chicagoland Catholic Campaign for Human Development awards grants Each year, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development awards grants to projects aimed at changing the structures that perpetuate poverty in society. Some grants are awarded locally and are paid for with money collected in the archdiocese; others are awarded by the national CCHD office.
Vatican Faith is a call to dialogue and peacemaking, pope tells rabbis Christians and Jews are called to bear witness to God’s word through dialogue and “to his peace with our actions,” Pope Francis said in a message to the Conference of European Rabbis.
Vatican Pope calls for ‘contextual theology’ that responds to modern questions Calling for a major push toward developing a “fundamentally contextual theology, capable of reading and interpreting the Gospel in the conditions in which men and women live each day,” Pope Francis has approved new statutes for the Pontifical Theological Academy.