Skip to Content
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago
News
Chicagoland
U.S.
International
Vatican
The Good News
Around The Archdiocese
Commentary
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
Clergy Appointment
Father Leslie Hoppe, OFM
Father Donald Senior, CP
Voice of Catholic Charities
Michelle Martin
Bishop Robert Barron
Father James F. Keenan, SJ
Don Wycliff
Kerry Robinson
Cardinal George's Column Archive
Kate Oxsen
Other Authors
Reviews
Photos
Videos
Events
Obituaries
Classifieds
Católico
Donate
Trending:
Pope Leo Xiv
Pope Leo Xiv Celebration
Priests
More
Current Issue
Past Issues
Subscribe
Trending
Pope Leo Xiv
Pope Leo Xiv Celebration
Priests
More
Pope Francis
Auxiliary Bishops
Catholic Schools
Deacons
Parishes
Conclave2025
Ordinandi
Laudato Si
Bishops
Saints
News
Chicagoland
U.S.
International
Vatican
The Good News
Around The Archdiocese
Commentary
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
Clergy Appointment
Father Leslie Hoppe, OFM
Father Donald Senior, CP
Voice of Catholic Charities
Michelle Martin
Bishop Robert Barron
Father James F. Keenan, SJ
Don Wycliff
Kerry Robinson
Cardinal George's Column Archive
Kate Oxsen
Other Authors
Reviews
Photos
Videos
Events
Obituaries
Classifieds
Católico
Donate
Current Issue
Past Issues
Subscribe
Pope Francis
Auxiliary Bishops
Catholic Schools
Deacons
Parishes
Conclave2025
Ordinandi
Laudato Si
Bishops
Saints
Art
Misericordia
Carlo Acutis
Ordination
Cardinal Cupich
Scripture
Religious Life
Priest Ordination
Pope Leo Celebration
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
Jubilarians
Clergy Sexual Abuse
Women Religious
Pope Francis (1936-2025)
Catholic Charities
Content with tag
archdiocese of chicago’s office for racial justice
.
archdiocese of chicago’s office for racial justice
Looking back on work for racial justice
The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Racial Justice is to close after 14 years on July 1. The office was created to address the sin of racism in 2000, in the wake of the racially motivated beating of Lenard Clark, a young black boy who ventured out of his neighborhood, by white teenagers who had attended Catholic schools, according to an interview the director, Sister Anita Baird, gave the Catholic New World in 2010.
Sign up for our email newsletter
Advertising