Auxiliary Bishop Alberto Rojas was the main celebrant during a Mass at St. Hubert Parish in Hoffman Estates to thank altar servers who serve in parishes in Vicariate 1 on Feb. 10, 2019. More than 100 altar servers attended the Mass and a pizza party afterwards.
Migrant families expected to move into former school in May The first of about 300 migrants are expected to move into the former St. Bartholomew school building in early May, according to Eric Wollan, chief capital assets officer of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Melrose Park parish celebrates St. Joseph Table While many parishes in the archdiocese were celebrating St. Patrick on March 17, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Melrose Park turned its attention to a figure important to Italians and Italian Americans: St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19.
Former St. Edmund School to house migrant families in Oak Park More than 100 migrants who had been staying at the Carleton of Oak Park Hotel and West Cook YMCA were expected to move into a temporary transitional family shelter in the former St. Edmund School building at the end of February.