St. Anthony Parish celebrates patron, jubilee year

Under large mosaics depicting the miracles of their patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua parishioners gathered to celebrate their patron’s feast on June 8, Pentecost, with a bilingual Mass and fiesta in the parking lot.

St. Julie Billiart Parish uses art to engage students with their faith

For the past five months, young people at St. Julie Billiart Parish in Tinley Park have grown closer to God while creating art for the parish and the community.

Well-wishers, the curious flock to Pope Leo’s home parish

During the papal conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost was on the radar of people at Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland because he was one of them.

Parishioners join rosary procession through Chinatown

On a crisp Monday afternoon, when the bite of winter cold lingered, 10 people — including two Missionaries of Charity sisters and one novice — made their way through the streets of Chinatown praying two decades of the rosary.

St. Moses the Black pantry expanding to meet increased need

When the St. Columbanus Parish opened its food pantry in 2004, it served about 50 households each week. Now part of St. Moses the Black Parish, the food pantry regularly serves more than 700 households each week, distributing more than 2 million pounds of food and clothes each year.

Replica of beloved Michoacán image of Jesus installed in Mundelein parish

In Huandacareo, Michoacán, nearly half a million devotees process with the image of “El Señor del Amparo” (“The Lord of Protection”) through the streets on Holy Thursday night, from the end of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper until about 5 a.m.

Homeless, hungry focus of first ‘Carlo Fest’ event

Students preparing for confirmation and first Communion at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish spent the morning of March 23 imitating their parish’s patron by making bag lunches for hungry people.

Pope Francis Global Academy, parish pray for pontiff’s health

Dozens of people gathered at St. Paschal Church and Pope Francis Global Academy in the early evening of March 13 to pray for Pope Francis on the 12th anniversary of his election.

Parish’s commitment to migrant families continues in face of fear

The political climate has not changed Old St. Patrick’s Parish’s longstanding ministry of helping immigrants resettle in the Chicago area. That was clear when the parish held its annual collection of household goods on Feb. 16.

Lake Zurich parish sends supplies to Tampa, Asheville

On two consecutive weekends in October, members of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Lake Zurich loaded supplies for victims of Hurricanes Milton and Helene, shipping over 40 pallets of water, diapers, garbage bags and other nonperishable items.
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