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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, has been given a new purpose as an outreach center for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels.

Statue with ties to tragic fire returns to Our Lady of the Angels

On May 31, a statue of Mary was mounted to the front of a Chicago Fire Department ladder truck and was the star of a six-mile long parade of three trucks — with sirens blaring and lights flashing — from Holy Family Church, 1080 W. Roosevelt Road, to the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels Outreach Center, 3814 W. Iowa St.

Food insecurity still high as pandemic continues, pantries say

When the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in West Humboldt Park reopened its indoor food pantry on July 13, people were lined up around the block to get in. The mission served 312 families, the highest ever for the indoor pantry.

Sister Stephanie breaks fundraising goal for treadmill marathon

Despite three false starts, three power outages and her legs cramping at mile 17, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist of Chicago Stephanie Baliga accomplished her goal on Aug. 23 of running a marathon on a treadmill to raise money for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels.

Franciscan sister hopes to break record for treadmill marathon

On Aug. 23, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist of Chicago Stephanie Baliga will run a marathon on a treadmill in the basement of her community’s convent in West Humboldt Park. Why? Because she promised. And because she is trying to break the world record for a women’s treadmill marathon.

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