Over 100 volunteers from Caridades de la Cruz offered food, clothing, showers and haircuts to 125 of the area’s homeless at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 21, 2019. Caridades de la Cruz is a volunteer ministry that provides weekly assistance of food and clothing to area homeless.
COVID-19 doesn’t stop Catholic Charities toy drive at basilica For over 20 years, the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Queen of All Saints Basilica Parish, 6280 N. Sauganash Ave., has held its “Shared Christmas” program to collect toys, clothing and sundries during Advent for clients of Catholic Charities and other organizations in Chicago. The group would put tags on giving trees in the church with specific names and needs for parishioners to take home and purchase items to donate.
Archdiocese’s 'Twelve Days of Christmas’ extends holiday celebration Many people, when they wake up on the morning of Dec. 26, think Christmas is over. It’s time to put away the decorations and stow the wrapping paper for another year.
St. Damian students learn to sign Christmas songs When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in Oak Forest learned that her students wouldn’t be allowed to sing in class because of COVID-19 restrictions, she made a dream of hers into reality — teaching the students how to sing in American Sign Language.