Photos

Remembering the OLA fire

Father Gary Graf, pastor of San José Sánchez del Río Parish and chaplain for the Chicago Fire Department, celebrated a Mass in memory of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire at Holy Family Church, 1080 W. Roosevelt Road, on Nov. 29, 2020. The fire occurred on Dec. 1, 1958, and killed 92 students and three teaching nuns. The fire also resulted in sweeping changes to fire safety in schools across the country.

St. Luke hosts annual ‘Turkey Sunday’ at St. Agatha

On Nov 22, 2020, parishioners from St. Luke in River Forest hosted their annual “Turkey Sunday” food giveaway at St. Agatha Parish in North Lawndale. Those who came to the drive-thru giveaway received turkeys and all the trimmings to make a holiday meal.

St. Bede School receives donation of office, school supplies

Students and teachers at St. Bede the Venerable School have some extra gifts to be thankful for this year. The school, 4440 W. 83rd St., got two vanloads of school supplies, playground and gym equipment and other goods from Enchanted Backpack Nov. 12.

Notre Dame College Prep students make ‘blessing bags’ for homeless

Notre Dame College Prep students and their families took advantage of unseasonably mild weather Nov. 7, 2020, to gather outside and pack blessing bags to give to Catholic Charities for distribution to homeless people.

Bishop Birmingham: He has a ‘very pastoral approach’

When Bishop Kevin Birmingham received word that Pope Francis wanted him to be an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago, he was surprised, to say the least.

Bishop Grob: from Wisconsin farm boy to auxiliary bishop

Bishop Jeffrey Grob was on vacation in Madison, Wisconsin, when he received the call from the apostolic nuncio telling him Pope Francis had named him a bishop. He and his mother, Bonnie Grob, had gone up to their hometown for some appointments and time off.

Bishop Lombardo: Following in the footsteps of St. Francis

When Bishop Robert Lombardo received the call from the papal nuncio telling him he was named a bishop, he was engaged in a mundane task.

Catholic Cemeteries holds 29th burial of indigent, unborn

Catholic Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of Chicago hosts the burial of one unidentified person, 48 unborn persons and 114 cremated indigent remains from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office at Mount Olivet Cemetery on Nov. 12, 2020. Since 2012, Catholic Cemeteries, the Archdiocese of Chicago and Cook County have worked together with help from the Cook County Funeral Directors Association, Worsham College of Mortuary Science and Malcolm X College to bury the indigent, unborn and unidentified persons. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Parish holds Thanksgiving food drive

Parishioners at St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr Parish in Tinley Park collected food for Catholic Charities to give to families in need for Thanksgiving.

Three new auxiliary bishops ordained for archdiocese

On the Nov. 13, 2020, feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Cardinal Cupich ordained three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago — Bishops Kevin Birmingham, Jeffrey Grob and Robert Lombardo, CFR — during Mass at Holy Name Cathedral.
1 2 3 4 5 >

Advertising