Peace! The March Food Give Away went so well! Students from the University of Chicago were in for an overnight service/learning retreat (Friday to Saturday), joining us for Mass before the Food Give Away and a Eucharistic Holy Hour with other young adult volunteers afterwards. A couple of discerners also joined us for a chance…
Category: Apostolate
Sr. Stephanie speaks @ NWU
Peace! On Wednesday January 22, 2014, Sr. Stephanie spoke at Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She shared about her passion for Christ and running. Check out the story in The Daily Northwestern here! Here is another fantastic article that was published on Spirituality and Health about Sr. Stephanie!
Christmas on the West Side!
Peace! When we planned for our neighborhood Christmas celebration, we trusted that the Lord would provide all we needed to help make Christmas beautiful for our friends. We also knew we needed to help bring the Gospel to life, so that all of us–Franciscans, volunteers and neighbors–would bear in mind the real reason why we…
October Food Give Away and Block Party
Peace! Enjoy this photo gallery of images from our Food Give Away and Block Party on October 5, 2013. Thanks to all our friends, including youth from buildOn and seminarians from Mundelein Seminary for all their help!
Bible Camp 2: The Commandments
Peace! We are in the midst of our second Bible Camp. With a little help from our friends from St. Stephen’s Parish in Minnesota, we’ve been spending the week learning, singing, praying, playing games, making crafts and eating healthy meals. Our teens and adult chaperones from St. Stephen’s (including newly ordained Fr. Joah) have done…
Bible Camp One: The Blessed Trinity
Peace! We just finished hosting our first Bible Camp for the summer, teaching the kids in our neighborhood about the Blessed Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! Although day two was canceled due to a power outage, we were still able to share with the kids, ages 5-12, about…
First Ever Community Prayer Service and Dinner
Peace! We will be doing more updating of this site over the summer months. In the meantime, we wanted to share some pictures from first Community Prayer Service/Dinner, which we hosted on Wednesday May 22. Over 125 neighbors and 40 volunteers joined us that day, including friends from Wisconsin and Michigan! Our hope is to…
Senior Program: 4 Years and Counting!
Peace! Each Tuesday we host a Senior Program, inviting senior citizens from our neighborhood to come together for exercise, a Bible Study, a healthy meal and other activities–including outings to parks and outdoor concerts during the summer months. January marked the 4 year anniversary of this weekly gathering which Fr. Bob started right after Kelly Hall,…