Parishioners at St. Joseph, 4821 S. Hermitage Ave., welcomed a statue of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Talpa Sept. 29, 2019. Bishop Robert Casey celebrated the installation Mass. The statue joined its sister statue, of Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos, earlier in the week.
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.
Immaculate Conception School home to city’s oldest bowling alley The basement of Immaculate Conception School, 7211 W. Talcott Ave., is home to a 100-year-old bowling alley that is the oldest continuously operated alley in the city of Chicago. It earned that distinction when Southport Lanes closed in 2021.