With much pomp and circumstance including a procession in the streets of Chicago's Ukrainian Village, Most Reverend Benedict (Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk)
A victim of sexual violence at the age of 11 in 1902, Maria Goretti forgave her murderer with her last breath. Beatified in 1947 by Pope Pius XII, he canonized her in 1950. A symbol of mercy, the youngest canonized saint in the Catholic Church, Maria Goretti's relics are on tour in the United States.
Release your inner karaoke at Care-A-Oke on June 6
Date:
06/05/2014
Release your inner karaoke or get your friend(s) on stage in the Wicker Park Field House, 1425 N. Damen, Fri., June 6, between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.at Care-A-Oke and help send local kids to Mosaic Kids Summer Camp.
Taste of St. Al's Pig Roast first fundraiser since 2005 Fundraising efforts re- started with a bang at Wicker Park's St. Aloysius Parish with St. Al's Pig Roast on Sun., Aug. 4, in the parking lot at Claremont and LeMoyne Streets after an eight-year break.
In honor of the fifth anniversary of St. Nicholas Eparchy, the Parish of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral, 2238 W. Rice St., will have the privilege of exhibiting the fourteen foot by three and a half foot linen reproduction of the original Shroud of Turin.
Following the vibrant religious traditions in the Eastern Catholic faith, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral also establishes itself as part of a larger community.
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in the Ukrainian Village has served as a bulwark against the loss of Ukrainian religious and cultural identity for over a century.
