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Renovated school rededicated as outreach center in West Humboldt Park

The former Our Lady of the Angels School, the site of a tragic fire that killed 92 students and three religious sisters on Dec. 1, 1958, was blessed and rededicated an outreach center for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels on Oct. 2, 2022. Cardinal Cupich celebrated Mass and blessed the building. The three-story, 70,000-square-foot building will be used to accommodate a weekly food pantry, ground-level storage for donations, a new kitchen and dining room, a chapel for perpetual adoration, offices and classroom space for neighborhood programs for adults and a new 45-bedroom volunteer residence and retreat space. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
About 400 people attend the rededication Mass with Cardinal Cupich. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Franciscan of the Eucharist of Chicago Sister Kate O'Leary plays the cello during Mass. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cardinal Cupich leads a prayer at the start of Mass. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Auxiliary Bishop Robert Lombardo, founder of the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, follows along in the program book during Mass. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Donors, volunteers and friends participate in Mass. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Gary Hutchinson and Angel Mayoski from The Home Depot Corp. bring up the gifts during Mass. The Home Depot donated many materials and volunteer hours to renovate the school and spruce up the grounds around the school. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cardinal Cupich celebrates the Eucharist in Our Lady of the Angels Church. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
The procession makes its way from the church to the outreach center for the blessing and rededication. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
The newly renovated outreach center for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cardinal Cupich begins the blessing and rededication on the steps of the center. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cardinal Cupich leads the blessing and rededication on the steps of the center. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cardinal Cupich blesses the center with holy water. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Supporters watch the rededication and blessing. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)

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