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Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrates centennial

Cardinal Cupich celebrated a special Mass in honor of the centennial of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Glenview on Sept. 14, 2019. The theme for their celebration was “100 Years of Grace” which parishioners plan to honor by initiating a year of practical and spiritual acts of service to the community.

Catholics welcome icon of Mary as ‘we would all like to be welcomed’

On a cloudy Thursday morning, more than a hundred people gathered near the northwest corner of Humboldt Park to welcome the statue of the Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos to Chicago.

St. Mother Teresa parishioners come together to celebrate their patron’s life

Parishioners at the new St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish came together on Sept. 5, St. Teresa’s feast day, to thank her for her example and to ask her continued intercession as they work to unite the former St. Therese Chinese Catholic Parish in Chinatown and St. Barbara Parish in Bridgeport.

Church of St. Mary holds service day

The Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest hosted a service day on June 8, 2019. Parishioners lent their time and talents to do yard work, paint, make blankets, write operation gratitude cards for soldiers, make name tags for Camp Hope, clean up parks, work at food pantries and volunteer at Feed My Starving Children.

In spirit of Renew My Church, parishes come together to provide a home for two families in need

Even though they won’t be activated as part of the Renew My Church process until 2022, seven churches in Tinley Park, Orland Park, Crestwood and Orland Hills came together in the spirit of the process and built part of a duplex that will house families in need.

Notre Dame de Chicago Parish takes up collection for Paris cathedral

Notre Dame de Chicago Parish, 1334 W. Flournoy St., had a special Mass and took up a collection for Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and the homeless in that city during a June 2. The Chocago parish has roots in French culture, and the consul general of France and a delegate to Chicago of the government of Quebec spoke.

Three local parishes dedicate new parish spaces

When parishioners at St. Edna in Arlington Heights began considering the need for a new parish center during the creation of a parish master plan in 2010, they had no idea how long the process would take.

St. Josephine Bakhita statue dedicated

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry blessed a statue of St. Josephine Bakhita following a Mass at the St. Adrian site, 7000 S. Washtenaw Ave., of Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish on Feb. 17, 2019. Born in Sudan to a prosperous family, Bakhita was kidnapped and forced into slavery for more than 12 years. She eventually ended up in Italy, where she encountered some religious women and joined their community.

Mass to thank altar servers

Auxiliary Bishop Alberto Rojas was the main celebrant during a Mass at St. Hubert Parish in Hoffman Estates to thank altar servers who serve in parishes in Vicariate 1 on Feb. 10, 2019.

Director of operations position emerges through Renew My Church

When lightning struck the bell tower at Sacred Heart Church in Winnetka in the early hours of Aug. 25, 2018, it did more than send chunks of concrete crashing to the ground.
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