This Christmas, we were once again so blessed to both witness and participate in God’s Divine Providence as He so lovingly and lavishly cared for the needs of the poor. Keep scrolling to see this year’s Christmas highlights! We hosted our 8th Annual Culinary Kids Christmas Luncheon, sponsored by IL Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s office, for…
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2022 Thanksgiving Highlights
This Thanksgiving we were blessed to distribute a record 1500 turkeys and all the trimmings needed for Westside families in need to prepare a beautiful Thanksgiving meal! The Saturday before Thanksgiving, we hosted our annual Thanksgiving Prayer Brunch, gathering with about 250 neighbors and 100+ volunteers for a beautiful prayer service in the church, followed…
Summer 2022 Highlights
Summer 2022 was a season filled with lots of activity for our Franciscan community! Check out some of our special summer projects and highlights below: June 2022 saw the long-awaited return of our beloved Seniors Program. Since 2009, Bishop Bob and the Franciscans have been gathering with our neighborhood senior citizens once a week for…
Helping babies and their families … with diapers!
We are so grateful for our partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository–with the growing need for diapers, they have helped us provide for so many more babies and their families! Check out the story on Fox News Chicago here.
People are still hungry … and we are still helping!
Thanks to the Catholic New World on the great articles about our food pantry and our partnership with the Alexian Brothers to continue delivering food to the elderly and homebound.
Bible Camp Week Two
Bible Camp 2019: Week One
Our week was full of fun as we learned about the Trinity–One in Three, and Three in One! Our neighborhood children began each day playing outside with the Franciscans and their friends from Michigan, Springfield, IL, Ohio and beyond! We were so happy to welcome our friends Fr. Kyle from the diocese of Grand Rapids,…
Back to School Block Party
Thanks to Alex Campbell from Medill New Services for the great story about our August 2018 Back to School Block Party!