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Highland Park parish holds listening session to help people heal

Immaculate Conception and St. James Parish in Highland Park holds a listening session on July 26, 2022 for parishioners and the public to come and speak to a priest or deacon about the tragic mass shooting on the Fourth of July and to receive a blessing. The event was a way for people to find a safe and supportive environment and to begin to heal from the traumatic event. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Hernan Cuevas, pastor at Immaculate Conception and St. James Parish, welcomes people to the listening session. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Tim McPike and Jan Tratnik from St. Athanasius Parish in Evanston pray the Our Father. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Cuevas leads participants in the Lord’s Prayer. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Radley Alcantara, associate pastor at Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest, listens to a participant. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Deacon Bill Gibbons prays with Jan Tratnik. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Angie Nutter, right, talks with another resident in the church. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Jason Malave listens to Claudia Ennessy at his station. Ennessy was one of about two dozen parishioners who walked in the parade alongside the parish float. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Cuevas listens to a couple at his station. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Deacon John Haderlein prays with a parishioner. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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