XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wecloming the “Servant of God” Fr. Agustus Tolton
On Sunday, April 7th, at 1:00 p.m. the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe will jubilantly celebrate the arrival of the image of a “Servant of God” and a significant intercessor for the Church in Chicago. I am referring to the welcoming of the image of Fr. Agustus Tolton who will [...]
Cardinal Blase Cupich’s Letter to all Catholilcs
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Anger, shock, grief, shame. What other words can we summon to describe the experience of learning about the devastating revelations of sexual abuse — and the failures of bishops to safeguard the children entrusted to their care — published in the Pennsylvania grand jury report, released Tuesday? This catalogue [...]
Solemnity of the Mosty Holy Trinity
Dear Friends: Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity, a moment in which we are called to reflect on the reality of God in our lives. However, as I prepare to write this simple reflection, I must admit that recent events have made me realized that the audience I am writing to [...]
Inauguration of the St. Joseph Chapel
Dear friends: This past week has been amazing since the inauguration of our new St. Joseph Chapel; a project that has been long in the making. The tears of so many of our parishioners indicated the extent of which they had sacrifice to achieve this important day. Even Bishop John Manz, Auxiliary Bishop of [...]
The New Evangelization
Dear Friends: A couple of years ago I had an opportunity to participate in a conferences whose main theme was “The New Evangelization according to St. John Paul II.” The main focus of my graduate studies and research focused on the theological writings of Pope John Paul II and his call for a New [...]
Palm Sunday
During these last forty days of Lent we have we have been preparing for Holy Week that helps us see more clearly our need for a savior. Indeed, there seems to be a plethora of news stories about terrorism, social unrest, poverty, hunger, false mercy, violence and death. We do not even need to [...]
Mass of Thanksgiving for Landscapers and Gardeners (Spanish)
El Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe invita a todos los jardineros y paisajistas a celebrar la Eucaristía en acción de gracias por nuestros trabajos en esta nueva temporada que el Señor nos concede en el 2018. Cordialmente invitados al terminar la santa misa al taller formativo presentado por ECHO Incorporated sobre "mantenimiento comercial": [...]
Healingh of the Leper
Dear Pilgrims: The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a special place where, with regularity, is filled with people who come with stories of great gratitude for Our Lady’s intercession. An untold amount of individuals and families come to this sacred place with “impossible” medical cases that physicians had told them were incurable [...]