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 [...]
Por favor, haga su donativo a la Campaña Católica Anual 2019 "Ven, sígueme... y comparte la Palabra" Muchas familias en nuestra parroquia recibirán por correo la solicitud de donativo para la Campaña Católica Anual que envía el Cardenal Cupich. En nombre de todas las personas atendidas por los distintos ministerios, parroquias [...]
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 [...]
The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe would like to invite all to recite the Holy Rosary with candle lit procession every Saturday beginning at 9:00 p.m. All are welcomed.
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 [...]
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 [...]
A friend of mine who is the Director of the Institute for Pastoral Leadership (Instituto del Liderazgo Pastoral) invited me to give a course to aspirants to the permanent diaconate and lay leaders on the subject of the liturgy. I informed her that I was not a liturgist in the since I do not [...]
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 [...]
