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Dax House provides home to DePaul University’s housing-insecure students

Dominique Coronel wasn’t a stranger to housing insecurity before he arrived at DePaul University. By the time he was in high school, he was having trouble finding a secure place to live. He lost the care of his parents when he was young, he said, his mother to addiction and his father to incarceration.

Help for the homeless

In the cold winter months, our thoughts often turn to the homeless. A local school group recently asked me what they could collect to help the homeless. My response was warm wool socks, waterproof gloves, hats, scarves and coats and boots designed to withstand extremely cold temperatures.

Helping the homeless is seeing face of Jesus

For a group of parishioners at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, ministering to people who are homeless is all about building relationships and sharing the love of Jesus.

A home for students who are homeless

Tierra Jackson reads a prayer blessing the entryway of Phoenix Hall on July 27. Phoenix Hall is a residence for eight students at North Lawndale College Prep who are homeless.

Pope Francis offers shelter to homeless during freeze

VATICAN CITY — Rome is in the grip of a deep freeze with its famous fountains such as Gian Lorenzo...

New study shows homeless assistance works - State budget impasse reduced funds for needy in Chicago by $1 million

When homeless prevention funds are available, a person’s chance of becoming homeless within six m...

Lynch, Cupich honor wager to benefit the poor

The leaders of the home Catholic dioceses for the Chicago Blackhawks hawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning decided June 17 that charity and generosity should be the final result of their wager — so that the poor in both cities might win.

She went from living on the streets to having her own keys

Trudy Jackson knows what it’s like to be a guest at Franciscan House, the homeless shelter operat...

Feeding the poor for 20 years, one sandwich at a time

Twice a month for the past 20 years, the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Zachary Parish in Des Plaines has made sandwiches for the hungry and homeless. Why? “Because you have to feed the homeless,” said Dave Mueller, the society’s treasurer and the designated shopper for sandwich preparation nights. Mueller has been part of the sandwich making since the beginning. No one is sure exactly how it started.

Homeless Jesus sculpture a ‘visual ambassador’

When people line up in front of Catholic Charities headquarters on 721 N. LaSalle St. for the agency’s free evening suppers they have some new company as they wait: the Jesus the Homeless sculpture created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz.
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