Spring Breaks 2014 – Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago

Peace! It is just beginning to feel like spring in Chicago, but that didn’t stop students from Marian University, Marquette University, Hope College, the University of Tennessee and the University of Maryland from coming to spend time in prayerful service over Spring Break (in the frigid Chicago March!!)!

To see more pictures from Hope College’s visit and read about their impressions, click here.

Fr. Bob and our community with students from Marquette University

Students from Marquette and Marian join us and the kids from our after school programs for March Madness at the Allstate Arena!

Billy and some of our kids waiting for the game to start!

Marquette students with some of our neighbors at our March community dinner (St. Patrick’s Day themed!)

Our friend Carole brings some St. Patty’s Day cheer!

What’s St. Patrick’s Day without a bagpiper??

Thanks to Luke for sharing his talent with us!

Sr. Alicia with some of the neighborhood kids at our St. Patrick’s Day community dinner.

Mattie, Carole and Joyce spread the St. Patty’s cheer!

Sylvia (from Marian) with kids at our Kelly Hall after school programs.

Fr. Bob leads us in Stations of the Cross: a Lenten devotion very dear to Franciscans.

100_6998 — A little bit of an artistic look at Our Lady of the Angel’s Rose Window!

100_7006 — Simple tasks with lots of joy–thanks Hope College students!

100_7022 — Another artsy pic: the pillars in OLA Church colored the sun rays coming through the beautiful stained glass windows!

100_7024 — Sr. Stephanie reflects during a talk with Hope College students.

Our friends from University of Tennessee!