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Jesuit Father Arnold Damen provided critical aid after Great Chicago Fire

The efforts of Jesuit Father Arnold Damen and his confreres in the Society of Jesus in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire were neither the first nor the last word in the Jesuits’ efforts to provide social services to the immigrants who populated the West Side of Chicago in the late 19th century, but they do provide a remarkable illustration, according to Chicago historian Ellen Skerrett.

Holy women, men focus of series by longtime iconographer

Joe Malham is well known for his work as an iconographer. The artist-in-residence at St. Gregory the Great Church at Mother of God Parish, 5545 N. Paulina St., has created a new series featuring modern holy women and men who did great things during their lifetimes.

Local historian compiling history of St. Ignatius Prep

Ellen Skerrett has taken over a table in the corner of the Brunswick Room on the top floor of St. Ignatius College Prep, pouring over the archives of the school and the Jesuit community in Chicago as she works on a book to be published in honor of the school’s 150th anniversary.

Choir immortalized in ‘Bells of St. Mary’s’ to sing final Mass

When the Paulist Alumni Chorale sings at the 5 p.m. Mass Sept. 9 at Old St. Mary’s Church, 1500 S. Michigan Ave., it will mark the end of more than a century of music.

Why are so many parishes turning 100 this year?

If you feel like you’ve been hearing a lot about parishes celebrating 100th anniversaries lately, ...

WTTW host shares tidbits about Chicago churches

TV personality Geoffrey Baer is best known for his many architectural and history programs that a...

Bell-ringing April 9 will mark anniversary of end of Civil War

Catholic parishes, schools and other institutions in Illinois are called on to ring their bells fo...

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