Vacation Bible School TREASURED: Discovering You Are Priceless to God
Vacation Bible School is happening this summer at St Benedict Parish. Your children will joyfully learn about God’s love for them through fun songs, bible stories and activities. “Treasured” will be a five day affirmation of the truth, We Are Priceless to God. Find out more…
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Diversity and Inclusivity Group is hosting a Book Drive
Being exposed to and reading stories about other people's lives can impact our own life by helping us better understand our world. Books can help us know people who are different than us.
Kids also need to see people who look like them and who face challenges, overcome obstacles and make a difference in the world. It's validating for kids to meet a character in a story who has hair that resembles theirs or wears glasses just like they do.
For these reasons and others, Parents for Diversity and Inclusivity: United for Change are hosting the,
“Diversity is Inspiring” Book Drive. read more…
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Pathways Toward Peace ~ Continuing the Conversations
Racism, discrimination, white privilege …What does diversity in the St. Ben's community mean to you? It is a complicated conversation but one that is the starting point to contributing to change in our world. We want to come together in a safe place and have honest and open discussions about our own relationship with race and racism…
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Pathways Toward Peace ~ Continuing the Conversations
Racism, discrimination, white privilege …What does diversity in the St. Ben's community mean to you? It is a complicated conversation but one that is the starting point to contributing to change in our world. We want to come together in a safe place and have honest and open discussions about our own relationship with race and racism…
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For Families~ An Event Celebrating God's Gift of Diversity
Sunday, March 28th at 4:00 p.m.
Building a Beloved Community at Home is hosting a ZOOM event for families. This event will promote conversation about the importance of diversity and equality.Our Mystery Reader will lead us in reading a book and we'll enjoy a short video celebrating the beauty of our diversity…
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For Families~ An Event Celebrating God's Gift of Diversity
Sunday, March 28th at 4:00 p.m.
Building a Beloved Community at Home is hosting a ZOOM event for families. This event will promote conversation about the importance of diversity and equality.Our Mystery Reader will lead us in reading a book and we'll enjoy a short video celebrating the beauty of our diversity…
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Pray for the canonization of Blessed Augustus Tolton
Join all throughout the Archdiocese as we intentionally pray for the canonization of Blessed Augustus Tolton.
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KABABAYAN: A Celebration of Filipino Identity
Saturday, January 30th at 8PM CST
This Saturday! Hearing in Color, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to sharing music, stories, and composers that have been historically excluded from musical spaces, is excited to present KABABAYAN. A free live stream, KABABAYAN is a multimedia event that celebrates the unity and diversity of Filipinos, and the complex connection to the Filipino identity through art and music…
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Renew My Church: Final Decision on Wrigley Field Grouping
Effective July 1, 2021, St. Mary of the Lake and Our Lady of Lourdes will unite to form a new parish called St. Mary of the Lake and Our Lady of Lourdes Parish with one pastor and pastoral team. Fr. Dorantes will serve as pastor of the united parish. St. Andrew and St. Benedict will remain separate parishes while establishing a covenant for ministry between the two parishes, with particular emphasis on spiritual renewal and the Five Strategies of Building the New Reality…
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Building the Beloved Community at Home
St Benedict Parish Ministry; Families Talk about Racism, is hosting this virtual event. All are invited.
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Pathways Toward Peace ~ Continuing the Conversations
Racism, discrimination, white privilege …What does diversity in the St. Ben's community mean to you? It is a complicated conversation but one that is the starting point to contributing to change in our world. We want to come together in a safe place and have honest and open discussions about our own relationship with race and racism…
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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Today’s Attack on Democracy at the U.S. Capitol
We pray for peace at this bracing moment in U.S. history, a history that has been marked by one of democracy’s greatest virtues—the peaceful and orderly transition of power. May our elected officials heed the counsel of their better angels to stand up for the Constitution they swore to defend, to speak the truth, and to recognize threats to democracy, no matter their source…
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Talking about racism for families
Join the conversation that hopes to answer this question: “How can we better equip our children to work toward equality and justice for all?” read more
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Parish Town Hall - Renew My church
Sunday, November 1st at 1pm in Church
Please join us for a town hall discussion about the Renew My Church process. We are specifically seeking feedback about the proposed scenarios for the re-configuration of parishes within our grouping. This feedback will aide the Cardinal and his team in making the final decision regarding our grouping…
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More S'More Nights~ Sunday, November 1st
Bring your chair and a mask and visit with friends. Everyone must sign up to attend.
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Renew My Church: Update and Proposed Scenarios
The Archdiocese of Chicago is undergoing a process called Renew My Church, which calls for both a spiritual and structural renewal of our parishes. Originally, our parish was scheduled to begin this process in fall of 2021. However, we received word last week that the Archdiocese of Chicago has decided to accelerate this process, and it began last month. Fr. Steve explains how the process has progressed, where we are now, and the proposed scenarios for reconfiguring our grouping…
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