Sr. Stephanie was recently featured on the Frontiers of Faith podcast to share about her experience as a religious sister and the many unexpected ways that the Lord used her passion for running to transform lives through the work of the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels. Check out the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-long-runs-with-sr-stephanie-baliga/id1696335589?i=1000683428845
Category: Apostolate
2024 Christmas Round-up
Merry Christmas! 2024 was another incredible Christmas season here at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels! Thanks to thousands of benefactors and hundreds of volunteers, we were able to help bring Christmas to over 2,000 families here on the Westside. Check out the galleries below to see highlights from all of our Christmas…
Franciscan Zeal for Christmas!
It is now a long-standing Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago tradition that the Saturday after Thanksgiving is “Christmas set-up day”. Typically, 45-60 volunteers join us to assemble the Nativity sets, haul Christmas trees to their stations, shimmy-up ladders to place the lights, and trim the ceilings, trees, and church with Christmas decorations. One may…
Kicking Off Another Year of Samuel Group
For the past four years, Sr. Jaime, Sr. Laura, and Br. Matt have been assisting with an Archdiocesan apostolate sponsored by the Vocations Office called Samuel Group. Samuel Group is an 8-month program designed to support young adults in growing in their life of prayer and learning to hear the voice of God in both…
2024 Summer Highlights – August
Back-to-School Block Party On August 17th we had our annual Back-to-School Block Party! This year was our biggest party yet, with well over 1000 neighbors coming to join us for the fun, fellowship, and of course, school supplies. Thanks to the generosity of so many, over 800 brand new backpacks packed with school supplies were…
2024 Summer Highlights – July
National Eucharistic Congress Almost our entire community and all of our summer volunteers and seminarians made the trip down to Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress. Our community was very blessed to be heavily involved with this incredible event. Bishop Bob spoke on panels and presided and preached at one of the large youth Masses,…
“It’s not over!” Reflections on the National Eucharistic Congress
Our community was extremely blessed to attend and serve at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. We’ll be sharing more pictures and reflections on the experience in the coming weeks. For now, please enjoy Sr. Alicia’s reflections on the event, originally shared in the Heart of the Revival Newsletter on July 25th… Wow. Words cannot…
2024 Summer Highlights – June
Summer 2024 is flying by here on Iowa Street! Keep an eye out for blog posts throughout the summer sharing monthly highlights. June Arrival of Summer Volunteers Each summer we are so blessed to have a number of OLA “summer students” come on board to help us serve at the Mission during June and July….