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Migrant families expected to move into former school in May
The first of about 300 migrants are expected to move into the former St. Bartholomew school building in early May, according to Eric Wollan, chief capital assets officer of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Melrose Park parish celebrates St. Joseph Table
While many parishes in the archdiocese were celebrating St. Patrick on March 17, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Melrose Park turned its attention to a figure important to Italians and Italian Americans: St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19.
Former St. Edmund School to house migrant families in Oak Park
More than 100 migrants who had been staying at the Carleton of Oak Park Hotel and West Cook YMCA were expected to move into a temporary transitional family shelter in the former St. Edmund School building at the end of February.
Immaculate Conception School home to city’s oldest bowling alley
The basement of Immaculate Conception School, 7211 W. Talcott Ave., is home to a 100-year-old bowling alley that is the oldest continuously operated alley in the city of Chicago. It earned that distinction when Southport Lanes closed in 2021.
Seminarians learn about poverty through immersion program
Three seminarians from St. Paul Seminary in Minnesota spent three weeks at St. Mary of the Lake-Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 4220 N. Sheridan Road, helping migrant families as part of an immersion program with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
Holy Name Cathedral hosts Mass, outreach to migrants
Holy Name Cathedral hosted a Mass for migrants living in hotels around the River North neighborhood on Dec. 17, 2023, followed by a reception attended by over 600 migrants, including many families with small children.
Cardinal Cupich visits with migrants at Oak Park parish
The number of migrants coming to the St. Catherine-St. Lucy campus in Oak Park for help with basic needs has swelled so much that it has outgrown the former rectory on the site and will move to the first floor of St. Edmund School starting this month.
Giving trees a part of Christmas charity at parishes
Fifty years ago, Margaret Hilliard, a parishioner at St. Gilbert Parish in Grayslake, read about giving trees in a magazine and thought it would be a good thing for her church to try.
St. Paul VI parishioners give back during service day
Close to 150 people gathered Nov. 4 at St. Paul VI Parish with the express purpose of helping their neighbors.
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.
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