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Faith communities lead peaceful protest against racism

In the spirit of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., pastors from the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side marched peacefully through their community on June 12, calling for racial justice and unity. Hundreds of people joined them in the protest, which ended at the site where King once lived.

Moms, ministers spread message of peace on West Side

With a mural depicting peace activists Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez on the building behind them, a group of about 60 Latino and African American mothers and ministers from Little Village and Lawndale called for justice and peace at a rally at 2100 S. Lawndale on June 5.

Little Village’s Padres Angeles changing hearts, promoting peace

On Nov. 17, 2012, Doris Hernández’s son Freddy, 20, died after being shot in the face and chest while standing in an alley in Little Village. Following the shooting, she attended a vigil for him held at the scene and where his blood was being washed off the pavement. About 80 people were there.

Group ‘reclaims’ neighborhood around St. Rita of Cascia Parish

Cardinal Cupich called the results obtained so far by the Southwest Organizing Project’s Reclaiming Project a miracle.

‘Broken Mary’ focus of peace procession

On the evening of May 31, the feast of the Visitation of Mary, over 1,500 people walked out of St. John Cantius Church at Chicago and Ogden Avenues and processed — holding candles and reciting the rosary — to the historic Water Tower to pray for peace in the city.

Warriors for Peace: Helping youth combat violence in Gage Park

For the youth of Gage Park on the city’s South Side, the traumatic experience of witnessing gun violence is commonplace. But thanks to Warriors for Peace, the youth group of St. Gall Parish, 5511 S. Sawyer Ave., the neighborhood’s young people have a safe space to express themselves.

No ‘us and them’ is cure to violence, speaker says

The cure to violence in Chicago is simple, according to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, rabbinical student Tamar Manasseh and other speakers at the third “You Are My Neighbor” gathering April 11 at St. Barnabas Church in Beverly.

Little Village parishioners pray for victims of violence

Parishioners from Assumption, Epiphany, Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Tepeyac and St. Roman parishes in Little Village gathered for Mass and a street procession on Nov. 3, 2018, in remembrance of youth lost to gang violence this year. The event was sponsored by Padres Angeles and Imago Dei, two organizations offering support and accompaniment to families in the Little Village community.

Holy Family Parish donates $103,000 to violence-prevention programs

The population of Inverness doesn’t have much in common with the populations of the city’s Austin and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods, but they are all part of the Chicago area and all brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Parishes march to protest violence

Memorial Day weekend is often among the city’s most violent times. While churches throughout the Chicago area were encouraged to hold anti-violence marches on Memorial Day weekend, Holy Cross-Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood had specific reason: to mourn the death of 16- year-old Angel Cano, who was gunned down May 21, 2013. The march took place May 24, 2014.

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