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Next group of parishes beginning Renew My Church

Following a pilot wave this spring and summer, five groups of archdiocesan parish and school communities are beginning the local-level Renew My Church discernment and planning process.

Renew My Church and vocations

In planning the Renew My Church process, we identified seven markers of parish vitality. One of them is the promotion of vocations to the priesthood and vowed life. Historically, vocation recruitment was left to the religious orders and the archdiocese. Yet studies show that the most effective vocation programs are parish-based and benefit from the active involvement of priests

Renew My Church, abridged version

It’s always helpful to have a complex idea summarized in an easily digestible way. In my day, that meant reading the Cliffs Notes rather than the assigned novel (please don’t tell my teachers). Renew My Church is a complex process, of course, but reduced to its simplest terms, it is about (1) disciples taking personal responsibility for the mission of Christ (2) by joining together to build a community of faith that nourishes, prepares and sustains one another (3) so that together as church we become, in the words of Pope Francis, “a field hospital in the world,” bringing healing and hope.

Accompaniment unique, important part of Renew My Church

One of the major things that sets Renew My Church apart from similar efforts in other dioceses is accompaniment.

Renew My Church pilot programs begin work

For more than a year, Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago have been learning about and prepar...

Parishes form groups for Renew My Church process

Catholics across the Archdiocese of Chicago learned Jan. 21 and 22 who their parishes’ partners w...

Latino Catholics prepare for fifth major national Encuentro gathering

About 50 Hispanic Catholic leaders gathered Oct. 29 and 30 to prepare themselves to lead discussions in their parishes and other organizations about the challenges and...

To Teach Who Christ Is campaign surpasses $350 million goal

The To Teach Who Christ Is capital campaign has surpassed its $350 million goal, the largest capital campaign ever conducted by...

Discernment key to understanding ‘The Joy of the Gospel’

After reflecting on “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation following the Synod on ...

St. Agnes block Masses an example of parish vitality

It rained the evening that St. Agnes of Bohemia Parish held a Mass on the 2400 block of South Tru...
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