Chicagoland

Parishes, schools to observe ‘Season of Creation’ Sept. 1-Oct. 4

Parishes and schools across the Archdiocese of Chicago will join with churches around the world in observing the “Season of Creation” from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4.

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.

Little Village’s Padres Angeles changing hearts, promoting peace

On Nov. 17, 2012, Doris Hernández’s son Freddy, 20, died after being shot in the face and chest while standing in an alley in Little Village. Following the shooting, she attended a vigil for him held at the scene and where his blood was being washed off the pavement. About 80 people were there.

Campuses prepare to help freshmen keep the faith in college

As college students across the country head off to school, whether for the first time or as returning students, campus ministers say they are ready to welcome them to a new phase of their faith lives.

Shrine hosts annual Guadalupe Day

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines hosts its fifth-annual "Guadalupe en Verano" or “Guadalupe Summer Celebration” on Aug. 17, 2019.

Polish Catholics make annual 33-mile pilgrimage in honor of Mary

Thousands of Chicago-area pilgrims fill the Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine at the Salvatorian Fathers Monastery in Merrillville, Indiana, for the closing Mass of their 33-mile pilgrimage Aug. 11, 2019.

St. Catherine-St. Lucy school blesses its first playground

On Aug. 7, 2019, students, staff and officials welcomed the first playground on the campus of St. Catherine-St. Lucy School in Oak Park. Donations from Big Shoulders and Enchanted Backpacks and other groups enabled the school to build its first playground in its history.

St. Ethelreda School students stage 'Lion King'

Students at St. Ethelreda School, 8734 S. Paulina St., performed “The Lion King” as part of their summer camp on July 25, 2019.

Hundreds attend St. Anne novena

Hundreds of people attended novena services at the Shrine of St. Anne, Our Lady of Fatima Church, 2751 W. 38th Place. The novena concluded on the feast of St. Anne, July 26.

Anointing of the sick not just for those facing imminent death

“Many people think that anointing of the sick is just for people on their death beds.” That’s what a priest friend said to me just before he gave me the sacrament. I had asked for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick because I was facing the biopsy of a lump that would later turn out to be breast cancer.
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