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Catholic hospitals take stock following shooting at Mercy

The morning after a gunman killed a doctor, a pharmacy resident and a Chicago police officer at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, more than 300 members of the hospital staff gathered for a Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph Perry.

Advent: The season to encounter Christ, the Coming One

One of the most ancient titles of Jesus in the liturgical tradition of the church is He Who Is to Come. It captures the essence of the Resurrection, rightly portraying Jesus not only as someone raised from the dead 2,000 years ago, but as someone who is in our midst, active and bringing about something new in the world.

Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the Mercy Hospital shooting

Once again violence has struck our country. This time close to home at a place founded in 1852 to provide care for Chicago’s sick and dying.

Religious leaders call for unity following Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Cardinal Cupich joined Jewish leaders and representatives of the Protestant tradition and of Islam in condemning the anti-Semitism that led to the killing of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27. The Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago hosted the event.

Pope, bishops condemn shooting at synagogue, all 'acts of hate'

The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with "our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue, described as a hub of Jewish life in that city.

Black deacons hold annual Mass for peace

Participants pray to end violence and promote peace during the ninth annual Sunrise Prayer Service and Mass at Oakwood/41st Street Beach, 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive, on Aug. 25.

Englewood school celebrates first responders

Members of the Chicago Police Department joined the Academy of St. Benedict the African, located in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood, for its third annual end-of-summer barbecue Aug. 8, 2018 to thank the first responders.

Peaceful protest shuts down northbound Dan Ryan

In the tradition of the Twelve Apostles, Gandhi and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Parish, 1210 W. 78th Place, led more than 1,000 people in an act of civil disobedience July 7 that shut down all four northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway from 79th Street to 67th Street.

Parkland students kickoff national tour with rally at St. Sabina

For the past 10 years, at the start of summer, Father Michael Pfleger and St. Sabina parishioners have held a rally to kick off weekly marches for peace in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.

Yo-Yo Ma holds second Concert for Peace at St. Sabina

When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Place, a second time on June 10, there was a special feature – five original works written with family members who lost loved ones to gun violence as tribute to the people who died.
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