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.
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.
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.