Thank you to all who supported our Giving Tuesday matching funds campaign! We met our goal of $100,000 by 10 pm on Giving Tuesday night. All funds raised will go directly towards renovating St. Hyacinth’s convent to serve as a formation house for our sisters. The matching campaign might be over, but you can still offer your support to the project! Click on the button below to donate or subscribe to the Mission’s email list here to stay updated on this exciting project and learn about more ways you can help in the future.
Our little community is growing! We will soon be out of space for new sisters at our current convent. We are renovating the dilapidated convent at St. Hyacinth’s to be our new house of formation. This new convent will give us the space we need to follow the Church’s request that all religious communities work towards establishing separate houses for those in initial formation to help provide an environment conducive to contemplative prayer and study.
St. Hyacinth needs about $2,000,000 worth of renovations to be livable. The building currently has no heat, no electricity, and no running water in most of the building. The location and building size is perfect for our needs. Help us make this project a reality today!
Please donate online by clicking on the “Donate Now” button above! If you would like to write a check, please make it out the Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago. Please mail to Mission OLA, 3808 W. Iowa St., Chicago, IL 60651. Thanks!
More info about the project: https://missionola.com/ChristmasMessage2024.html
Email Sr. Stephanie with any questions- olamission@gmail.com
