Chicagoland

Ministries of care recovering after blow from pandemic

For more than 45 years, Nancy Lou Kelly has been bringing the Eucharist to sick parishioners and praying with them.

Catholic Relief Services urging local Catholics to contact Congress to reverse aid cuts

Leaders in the Archdiocese of Chicago’s efforts to be in solidarity with and serve poor and marginalized people are imploring local Catholics to give generously to Catholic Relief Services’ Lenten Rice Bowl collection this year and to reach out to Congress to reverse termination of lifesaving aid.

Archdiocese files suit to stop false abuse claims

The Archdiocese of Chicago filed a countersuit March 24 against two people who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Daniel McCormack as well as five other people, alleging that the individuals were part of a yearslong conspiracy to fraudulently obtain financial settlements from the archdiocese.

Pope Francis Global Academy, parish pray for pontiff’s health

Dozens of people gathered at St. Paschal Church and Pope Francis Global Academy in the early evening of March 13 to pray for Pope Francis on the 12th anniversary of his election.

Ministry highlights women altar servers at cathedral

When Cardinal Cupich first arrived in the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2014, he made a change that was immediately visible during services at Holy Name Cathedral: He instituted a ministry to recruit women altar servers.

‘We give people their life back’

Ten years ago, St. Mary of the Woods parishioners Bob Shea and the late Ed Kane were just getting Devices 4 the Disabled off the ground, picking up mobility devices like wheelchairs and walkers from families who no longer needed them and storing them in the basement of St. Philip Neri Church before lending them out to others who needed them.

Local Muslims and Catholics find hope and solidarity at annual iftar

Many similarities exist between the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Christian liturgical season of Lent. During Ramadan, Muslims are called to fast, participate more actively in prayer and increase charitable giving, as Catholics and other Christians are asked to do during Lent. In an uncommon alignment of calendars, Ramadan and Lent overlap this year, each falling mostly in the month of March. As the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue stated in its annual “Message for the Month of Ramadan,” “This proximity … offers us a unique opportunity to walk side-by-side, Christians and Muslims, in a common process of purification, prayer, and charity.”

Students with disabilities welcomed at Nazareth Academy prom

Smiles were the order of the evening during Nazareth Academy’s seventh prom for teens with disabilities on March 8 at the school’s La Grange Park campus.

Assisted suicide bills moving forward in Springfield

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, the Illinois Senate and House committees were slated to hear bills that would make it legal for a physician or advanced practice nurse to prescribe an array of drugs to someone diagnosed with a terminal illness who wants to end their life.

Ukrainian Catholics, Cardinal Cupich mark anniversary of war

Ukrainian Catholics gathered in Holy Name Cathedral on Feb. 24 to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to pray for the dead from the ongoing war.
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