About our community
The Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago are a Catholic religious community living and serving among the poor in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood with branches for men and women. Our life centers upon our relationship with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Out of our life of prayer flow our community life and our apostolates: service to the poor, Evangelization and teaching. In our apostolates we emphasize providing opportunities for encounters with Jesus in the Eucharist both at Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration. We believe that if you can’t see Jesus in the Eucharist, you can’t see Him in the poor.
Latest news
Congratulations Sr. Stephanie, Sr. Maggie, Anna, and Team OLA 2024!
On Oct. 13, Sr. Stephanie, Sr. Maggie, Anna, and the rest of Team OLA were blessed with beautiful weather and a number of personal records and first-time-finishes in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. With 160 runners, this was Team OLA’s biggest year yet! We also officially met our fundraising goal of $300,000 the day after the race! Thank you to all who donated and supported our runners! Check out this blog post for more highlights from the day.
St. Hyacinth Convent Update
The renovation of the St. Hyacinth convent as the Franciscan’s new formation house is moving forward! Thank you all so much for all of your inquiries and offers for help after the initial announcement. Check back here for highlights as this exciting new project continues to move forward.
We are working on meeting with the architect and finalizing building plans. Many more updates will be shared soon! If you have not already done so, click here to read Bishop Bob’s original announcement about the building project.
Please email Sr. Stephanie at olamission@gmail.com if you are interested in getting involved or helping with the project.
Keep an eye out for our special St. Hyacinth Convent page, coming soon, to see all the progress on this exciting new project!
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Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago 3808 W. Iowa Street, Chicago, Illinois 60651 773-486-8431 FEVocations@gmail.com
Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves, that He who gave Himself totally for you may receive you totally.
St. Francis of Assisi