The 2019 Greater Chicago Food Depository Hunger Walk returns to Jackson Park on Saturday, September 7, 2019. More information and online registration will be available beginning in June. The event is a great fundraiser for the Food Pantry, so please support us in whatever way you can.

God and Father of all creation, we come before you today with humble hearts. You are our model of a loving father. When we fail and fall short of your expectations, you are always there at the end of the day with open arms, ready to heal the cuts and scrapes of the day and to encourage us to try again and not to give up. We hold up these men in our midst who act in the world as fathers to the children or models of fathers for others. Bless them in their moments of doubt and frustration with their children. Give them warm and open hearts to forgive failures. Provide them with the words needed for encouragement and perseverance. We ask all this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

My deepest thanks to you and your parishioners for contributing to the special collection for Catholic Charities on Mother's Day. Thanks to you and your parishioners, vulnerable people who come to Catholic Charities will receive the guidance they need to work towards a more promising and stable future. The compassion generated by your parish community will enable us to surround them with our strong network of supportive services. May God Bless you and your parishioners abundantly for reaching out and giving hope. Sincerely, Monsignor Michael Boland

From the Chicago Catholic - Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, who was the first African American diocesan priest in the United States and founder of the first black Catholic parish in Chicago. Signing decrees issued by the Congregation for Saints' Causes June 11, Pope Francis also formally recognized the martyrdom of three Catholic laywomen who were nurses for the Red Cross and were killed during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. The decree for Father Tolton's cause makes him "venerable" and recognizes that he lived a life of heroic virtue