Cardinal joins Catholic Charities in serving Thanksgiving dinner

On Thanksgiving Day, over 250 people, many of whom are without stable housing, came to Catholic Charities, 720 N. LaSalle St., to celebrate the holiday with a meal and fellowship.

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

On Nov 22, 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.

Parishes, organizations band together to provide food to those in need

Groups and organizations in Maywood provided food and turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner for those in need.

Gobble, gobble

Thanksgiving comes early this year, a full 10 days before Advent begins on Dec. 2 and more than a month before Christmas.

Renew My Church grouping gathers to help the poor

About 70 people, mostly parents with school-age children, made short work of sorting and packing food for Thanksgiving dinner for dozens of families on Nov. 18.

Bears' veteran gives out turkeys to St. Malachy students

Retired Chicago Bears defensive end Israel Idonije joined former Chicago Bears and Pro Bowl defensive end Adewale Ogunleye as he hosted his Goal Power Foundation Thanksgiving event at St. Malachy.

Catholics spend Thanksgiving with neighbors on the margins

Volunteers work in the kitchen preparing an ethnic Thanksgiving feast for those in need at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 2300 W Le Moyne St. on Nov. 23.

Calm before the storm

I think I’ve decided that my favorite part of Thanksgiving weekend is the weekend. Not that I don’t like the holiday. It’s a wonderful holiday, full of family and food and a remarkable lack of commercialism, at least if you don’t count its status as unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season.

Gathering with Cardinal Cupich in thanksgiving

One the evening of the first significant snowfall of the season, around 900 people filled Holy Name Cathedral to...

My first Chicago Thanksgiving

This first column for the Catholic New World happily coincides with our national Thanksgiving feast day. So, it only seems right to share with you my top 10 of things for which I am thankful:

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