Bishop Bob was recently featured on the Faith ND Podcast to kick off their “Everyday Holiness” series. In the episode, Bishop Bob shares about his vocation to be a Franciscan, the ways he has served over his lifetime, and his current role as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. It is a beautifully…
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Another FE Sister featured on the Hallow App!
Over the years, our community has been blessed to have a close friendship with the folks over at the Hallow prayer app. Many Hallow employees have been generous supporters of and volunteers at the Mission, and Sr. Jaime has served on Hallow’s religious leader advisory board for several years. Recently, Sr. Alicia became the latest…
Article Highlighting a Future Postulant’s Discernment Journey
Those of you who live near by and are regulars at the Mission may remember Anna, one of the Notre Dame students who served with us over the summer in 2023. Anna’s time with us helped her to more clearly hear the call of God in her life, and she is now planning to enter…
St. Clement Service Day
We were blessed to be a host site for another year of St. Clement Parish’s Annual Service Day. This year, about 40 volunteers came in on a Saturday in late April to help us bag food for our food pantry and prepare the gardens for spring planting. Check out this article from Chicago Catholic for…
Beautiful Light – Youtube series featuring Sr. Alicia
This Easter season, Sr. Alicia will be helping to lead a 7-week video series aimed at helping people to enter more deeply into the mysteries present in each and every Mass. The series, “Beautiful Light: A Paschal Mystagogy”, is produced by the National Eucharistic Revival. You can tune in via livestream on the Eucharist Revival’s…
Triduum Reflections with Bishop Bob
Happy Easter! Please enjoy these short video reflections from Bishop Bob, produced by the Archdiocese of Chicago for the Triduum 2024!
Sr. Jaime featured on podcast
Sr. Jaime visited the diocese of Wichita this past summer to speak at a young adult event. While she was there, she shared her vocation story and many other fun stories with our friend Fr. Garret on the About 4 O’clock vocations podcast. Check out the episode here: https://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/about4/a-historic-moment-guest-sr-jamie-mitchell-joins-the-show/
Rising from the ashes: the 65th Anniversary of the OLA school fire
The Phoenix has long been a symbol of new life rising from the ashes of death. This symbol was memorialized in the restoration of the Kelly Hall YMCA mural, blessed by Bishop Bob on December 3rd. At a location that is known for tragedy, heartbreak, and death, there is now the story of new life…