News Releases

Des Plaines, Ill. (June 26, 2024) – The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the Archdiocese of Chicago welcomes the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Thursday, June 27th. The day will feature multicultural celebrations in multiple languages from noon to 9 p.m., inviting faithful of all ethnic backgrounds to participate. Hundreds of pilgrims are expected to gather at the Shrine for a day of Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, joined by clergy members from the Archdiocese of Chicago, including two auxiliary bishops, the Most Reverend Jeffrey Grob and the Most Reverend Robert J. Lombardo.

Chicago, (June 21, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago welcomes the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) starting on Wednesday, June 26 through Sunday, June 30, 2024. The pilgrimage is travelling across the United States and the Archdiocese of Chicago will host five days of special events, volunteer opportunities and Eucharistic celebrations at parishes, shrines and missions.

Chicago, (May 16, 2024) – Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will ordain four priests for the Archdiocese of Chicago at 10 a.m., on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago.

Chicago, (May 7, 2024) – Twelve permanent and two transitional Catholic deacons will be ordained at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will be the main celebrant at the ordination and will offer the homily. The newly ordained deacons will be assigned to parishes in Argo, Arlington Heights, Burbank, Chicago, Orland Park, Summit and Waukegan.

Chicago, (April 23, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago’s 13th annual prayer service for child abuse prevention and pinwheel planting will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at the Healing Garden at Holy Family Parish, 1080 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago. The outdoor service will be led by Rev. Aaron Bohr, SJ. As part of the prayer service, students, staff, parishioners and community members will pray, sing, plant pinwheels and tie blue ribbons on to trees in the Healing Garden, both symbols of child safeguarding efforts.

Chicago, (April 4, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago, the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein and St. Clement Parish in Chicago each received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to be used for projects funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative. The aim of the initiative is to encourage the flourishing of congregations by helping them deepen their relationships with God, enhance their connections with each other and contribute to the vitality of their communities and the world.

Chicago (March 21, 2024) – Today, Rev. George Koeune, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and St. Bede School in Ingleside, Ill. announced that St. Bede School will be closing at the end of this school year due to low registration for next school year. As of March 19, 119 students had registered for next year whereas the parish and school had set an enrollment target of 182.

Chicago (March 11, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago will join with the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) to mark a day’s fast at the 24th Annual Muslim-Catholic Iftar dinner and program on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 5 – 8:15 p.m. at the Islamic Foundation North (IFN), 1751 S. O'Plaine Rd., in Libertyville. Sponsored by the CIOGC, the annual interfaith iftar commemorates breaking the Ramadan fast, observing maghrib prayer and sharing a festive dinner and program. The iftar is a private event.

Chicago, (March 6, 2024) -- Today, the pastor at St. Frances of Rome School in Cicero announced that the school will remain open—reversing the announcement made in January that the school would close at the end of the current school year.

Chicago, (Feb. 29, 2024) – The 27th Annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture will take place at North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe, on Monday, March 4, 2024 from 7 – 8:15 p.m. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will deliver opening remarks and Rabbi Wendi Geffen, senior rabbi at NSCI, will provide the introduction of speakers and serve as emcee. Professor Mary C. Boys, SNJM, of Union Theological Seminary in New York, will be the keynote speaker. The lecture is part of a longstanding series that maintains dialogue between Jewish and Catholic communities on the theological issues affecting their relationship.