Images: Relic of St. Faustina at St. Ita church (5500 N. Broadway) If you were born well before the year 2000, you know the feast of Divine Mercy has not always been celebrated in the Church. In the early 1900s, a young Polish nun began receiving private revelations. Jesus appeared to her during her times of prayer, speaking a message of mercy and love for the world. She received a set of prayers — the Divine Mercy Chaplet — and the request to have a feast day established to remind the Church of the mercy of God. St. Faustina died in 1938, on the cusp of war and amid one of the most violent centuries in the history of the world.
Her story and her diaries began circulating in Poland and beyond. It quickly became apparent that this was a holy young women, and the cause for her canonization opened. In the year 2000, she was canonized by the first-ever Polish pope, St. John Paul II. On her canonization day, he established the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday, “a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind with experience in the years to come.” (©LPi) 
Palm Sunday
Masses*Photos courtesy of parish volunteers Luana Lienhart, OFS; Silvia Tellez, OFS; and Mitch Legan Holy TUesday
TenebraeWatch the video to see and hear the final procession!
*Photos and video courtesy of Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan Holy Wednesay
Covered Statues & Images*Photos courtesy of Communications Coordinator Stephanie Held Holy Thursday
Mass of the Lord's SupperAt the end of Mass, the Eucharist was processed out of St. Ita church and taken to St. Gregory the Great church for Adoration.
Eucharistic Adoration*Photos courtesy of parish volunteers Luana Lienhart, OFS; Silvia Tellez, OFS; and Communications Coordinator Stephanie Held Good Friday
Private Prayer with the Statue of Christ's Body*Photo courtesy of parish volunteer Steve Mosklain and Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan
Stations of the Cross*Photos courtesy of Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan
Celebration of the Lord's Passion*Photo courtesy of parish volunteer Luana Lienhart, OFS and Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan Holy Saturday
Blessing of the Easter Baskets*Photos courtesy of Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan
Easter Vigil*Photos courtesy of parish volunteer Luana Lienhart, OFS Easter Sunday
Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord*Photos courtesy of Communications Coordinator Stephanie Held
*Photos courtesy of parish volunteer Steve Moskalin and Communications Coordinator Mitch Legan 
The St. Frances Cabrini Council was honored to provide much needed disposable bowls to the parish’s Soup Kitchen as part of a continuing mission to assist those in need as set forth by their founder, the Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney. Any Catholic male over the age of 18 can join the Knights of Columbus. The Knights are a Catholic men's fraternal organization dedicated to serving God, the parish and the community. Anyone who wants to learn more should contact the parish office at 773-561-5343 or via email.  Pictured: Worthy Brother Lionel Osaghe, Soup Kitchen Director Walker Nelson, and Grand Knight Paul Solitro under the painting of St. Francis Cabrini. (March 2026)
 🌼Be part of our Easter Flower collection! 💐This parish tradition invites parishioners to donate in honor of someone they know or in memory of a loved one who has passed. All donations are used to purchase flowers to decorate the altars of our churches during the Easter Season. 📨 Envelops for donations are available in the back of all three of our parish churches. Your gift bring beauty to our parish as we celebrate the Risen Christ! Flores de Pascua🌹¡Forme parte de nuestra colección de flores de Pascua! 🌷Esta tradición parroquial invita a los feligreses a realizar una donación en honor a alguien que conocen, o en memoria de un ser querido que ha fallecido. Todas las donaciones se destinan a la compra de flores para adornar los altares de nuestras iglesias durante el tiempo de Pascua.
📩 Los sobres para las donaciones están disponibles en la parte posterior de las tres iglesias de nuestra parroquia. ¡Su generosidad aporta belleza a nuestra parroquia mientras celebramos a Cristo Resucitado!  Pope Leo has asked our parish to support the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which helps Christians in the Holy Land, where they are now less than 2% of the population. Your support is essential to help the Church minister in parishes, provide Catholic schools, and offer religious education. The collection also helps to preserve the sacred shrines of Christianity, including in Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, to name only a few. First the pandemic and now the Iranian conflict have made the situation even more dire for Christians. In these times of crisis, the Pontifical Good Friday Collection is necessary to meet the basic needs of the People of God and to maintain a Christian presence where the Church was born. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection, you join with Catholics around the world in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land. PLEASE BE GENEROUS! Click here for more information about Christians in the Holy Land. El Papa León ha solicitado a nuestra parroquia que apoye la Colecta Pontificia del Viernes Santo, la cual ayuda a los cristianos en Tierra Santa, donde actualmente constituyen menos del 2% de la población. Su apoyo es esencial para ayudar a la Iglesia a ejercer su ministerio en las parroquias, mantener las escuelas católicas y ofrecer educación religiosa. Esta colecta también contribuye a preservar los santuarios sagrados del cristianismo, incluyendo los de Jerusalén, Nazaret y Belén, por nombrar solo algunos.
Primero la pandemia y ahora el conflicto con Irán han hecho que la situación sea aún más crítica para los cristianos. En estos tiempos de crisis, la Colecta Pontificia del Viernes Santo resulta indispensable para satisfacer las necesidades básicas del Pueblo de Dios y para mantener una presencia cristiana en el lugar donde nació la Iglesia. Al contribuir a la Colecta Pontificia del Viernes Santo, usted se une a los católicos de todo el mundo en solidaridad con la Iglesia en Tierra Santa. ¡POR FAVOR, SEA GENEROSO! Haga clic aquí para obtener más información sobre los cristianos en Tierra Santa. |
