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175th anniversary: Old St. Mary’s, the archdiocese’s first parish

In April 1833, Chicago wasn’t much more than a small frontier settlement, a collection of houses and commercial buildings surrounding Fort Dearborn. It was not yet a town, let alone a city.

St. Stanislaus Kostka: Once one of the largest parishes in nation

Founded in 1867 as the first Polish parish in Chicago, the Resurrectionists have administered St. Stanislaus Kostka since 1869, and founded many other North Side Polish parishes from St. Stanislaus such as St. John Cantius and Holy Trinity Mission. At the end of the 19th century it was one of the largest parishes in the city and country.

Archdiocese of Chicago is home to three basilicas

Chicago-area pilgrims are lucky because they can visit not one, but three basilicas in their own backyards.

Renew My Church summit encourages leaders to make new disciples of Jesus

More than 2,000 parish and school leaders from the Archdiocese of Chicago gathered for the first Renew My Church summit Oct. 1 and 2 at the Rosemont Convention Center. The goal was to inspire Catholics to go out and make new disciples for Jesus Christ and move parishes “from maintenance to mission.”

Pets get blessings in honor of St. Francis

Priests at St. Symphorosa Parish blessed parishioners' furry friends in front of the church Oct. 6, 2018. Pet parents bring their animals to celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, around his feast day on Oct. 4 each year.

Archdiocese of Chicago announces new parish structures

As part of the archdiocese’s revitalization initiative, Renew My Church, the leadership of parishes in the Brighton Park and Calumet City groupings have been meeting to discuss the future church, parish and school structures for their areas. They submitted their feedback to the Archdiocese of Chicago and the final structures have been approved.

St. Florian Parish dedicates adoration chapel

Bishop Joseph Perry was the principal celebrant at the dedication of a new adoration chapel in honor of Cardinal Francis George and himself at St. Florian Parish, 13145 S. Houston Ave., on Sept. 16, 2018.

Holy Family Parish donates $103,000 to violence-prevention programs

The population of Inverness doesn’t have much in common with the populations of the city’s Austin and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods, but they are all part of the Chicago area and all brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Newly combined parish celebrates inauguration

One of the archdiocese’s new parishes formed through Renew My Church celebrated its inauguration with a “fiesta week” Aug. 26-Sept. 2. San José Sánchez del Río Parish, which includes the churches of St. Philomena, 1921 N. Kedvale Ave.; Maternity BVM, 3647 W. North Ave.; and St. Francis of Assisi, 932 N. Kostner Ave., kicked off the week with a Mass inaugurating the new parish on Aug. 26.

Parish tends garden to feed those in need

A garden is a growing thing, developing and changing and bringing new life to its environment and to the people who tend it year by year. That’s certainly been the case with the parish garden at St. Paul of the Cross, Park Ridge, where more than 100 volunteers work together to raise close to 1,000 pounds of vegetables that are distributed through the parish food pantry and the Catholic Charities food pantry in Des Plaines.
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