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Students celebrate back-to-back championships

Students at De La Salle Institute celebrated back to back basketball championships with a pep rally at the school on April 12, 2024. For the second consecutive season, the team comprised of students from De La Salle and Southside Occupational Academy in Chicago, won the championship of the IHSA/Special Olympics of Illinois Division II Unified Basketball State Tournament held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March. Many of Chicago's mascots joined in the fun as special guests and played a game against the unified team during the rally. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Archdiocese hosts gathering about different forms of prayer

Following last fall's Archdiocesan Day of Renewal, the archdiocese hosted Encountering Christ in Daily Prayer on April 13, 2024 at St. Raymond de Pentafort Parish in Mount Prospect. The day, facilitated by Josh Danis, director of diocesan and parish engagement for Hallow engaged participants in addressing many forms of prayer both personally and in a parish community. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Students in Lake Forest focus on science of solar eclipse

Students at the School of St. Mary in Lake Forest witness the solar eclipse and execute a variety of experiments such as building and racing solar cars, taking temperatures, examining animals and plants, measuring light and observing the wind speed before, during and after the eclipse on April 8, 2024. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Nurses dedicated to improving the health, wellness of priests

For advanced practice nurses Mary Kay Gawne and Cathlin Poronsky, a typical day can include everything from health presentations at meetings to unexpected trips to the emergency room. Gawne and Poronsky work out of the Vicar for Priests office, and are tasked with supporting the health of active and retired priests in the archdiocese.

The unlikely story of a sculptor and Father Tolton

This is the unlikely story of the connection between Tucker, a sculptor from the countryside of Hendricks County, Indiana, and Father Augustus Tolton, who was born into slavery and became a source of hope, humanity and Christ’s love, especially to Black Catholics in Chicago in the late 19th century.

Melrose Park parish celebrates St. Joseph Table

Our Lady of Mount Carmel celebrated the feast of St. Joseph on March 17, 2024, with Mass in Italian, a procession around the church and school and a traditional St. Joseph’s Table. Celebrations for the feast are popular in Italy and with Italian Americans. As part of the celebration, it is tradition to include youth portraying the Holy Family’s journey to Bethlehem with a donkey. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

St. Sabina unveils statue of Jesus weeping over gun violence victim

On March 25, 2024, St. Sabina Parish and Purpose Over Pain unveiled “Thou Shall Not Kill,” a life-sized sculpture by Timothy Schmalz. The statue is a depiction of Jesus kneeling over a modern-day victim of gun violence. The statue is in displayed in front of a wall of photos of children lost to gun violence in the church playground facing passersby on Racine Avenue. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Shaving heads to help kids with cancer

Students and families at Queen of Martyrs School in Evergreen Park had their heads shaved at a pep rally as part of a St. Baldrick's Day event on March 15, 2024. Schools and parishes around the archdiocese participated in the annual event usually around St. Patrick’s Day to raise money for pediatric cancer research. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Catholics celebrate Holy Week in archdiocese

Catholics throughout the archdiocese celebrated Holy Week in different ways. We covered six events through photos presented here. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Church of St. Mary holds Lenten service with adoration

Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest held a Lenten reconciliation service with candlelight reflection and adoration on March 8, 2024. Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob, vicar for Vicariate I, heard confessions with parish priests which followed Stations of the Cross. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
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