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Renew My Church: Developing an evangelization team
When Father Ryszard Gron, pastor of St. William Parish, asked Aida Rodriguez to be the parish’s evangelization lead, she wasn’t sure she was the right person for the job.
Real progress and a commitment to reform
At the conclusion of February’s Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church, Pope Francis promised concrete results, and they came with a swiftness rarely seen in society, let alone in the church. Within 90 days he issued four legislative documents designed, as he stated, to “reinforce the protection of minors by strengthening the normative framework.”
Holy Name Cathedral: then and now
As the mother church of the archdiocese, Holy Name Cathedral, at State and Superior streets, is the site of numerous major events in the life of the local church. Take a look back at some of the regular events, then and now.
‘Church Clips’ returns for anniversary issue
For many years, a favorite feature in our pages was “Church Clips” by Dolores Madlener, which offered a regular dose of “benevolent gossip.”
Special issue for 9/11
When four commercial airliners were used as the instruments of terror on Sept. 11, 2001, the Catholic New World was just getting ready to go to the printer with its Sept. 16-29 issue.
King’s assassination took center stage in 1968
Nearly 50 years ago, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “weighed upon the conscience of the world.” That was the headline on the cover of the April 12, 1968, issue of The New World.
St. Teresa of Kolkata often featured in our pages
Mother Teresa visited Chicago several times in her life and established a convent here in 1983. The sisters operate a soup kitchen at St. Malachy, and Mother Teresa visited the church several times when she came to Chicago — even acting as a godmother to one of their parishioners.
John Paul II’s visit dominates coverage for weeks
The visit of Pope St. John Paul II to Chicago in October 1979 dominated the coverage of the Chicago Catholic for weeks.
Our Lady of the Angels School fire never forgotten
Ninety-five people — 92 students and three teaching nuns — died in the fire that rampaged through the second floor of the north wing of the Our Lady of the Angels School near Hamlin and Chicago avenues, on Dec. 1, 1958.
‘Crusaders’ boosted subscriptions from 1939 to 1960s
Once upon a time, the New World had an army of salespeople on the streets every year.
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