News Releases

Chicago (Jan. 17, 2025) – The Archdiocese of Chicago will join other local Christian churches in praying for unity during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, beginning on Saturday, Jan. 18. Started in 1908, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated annually around the world. Those eight days form an “octave” from the traditional feast day of the Confession of St. Peter to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.

Chicago (Dec. 24, 2024) – Today, Pope Francis will open the holy door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and mark the official start of Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will begin the local celebration of the jubilee year with an opening Mass at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29 at Holy Name Cathedral.

Chicago (Dec. 20, 2024) – Today, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed five new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago: Bishops-elect Timothy J. O'Malley, Lawrence J. Sullivan, José María Garcia-Maldonado, Robert M. Fedek, and John S. Siemianowski. The episcopal ordination of the bishops-elect will take place at Holy Name Cathedral in early 2025 at a date to be announced. The bishops-elect will remain in their present assignments for the time being. Changes in their archdiocesan roles are announced in due course.

Chicago (December 16, 2024) --Thirty-five financially under-resourced students are attending Catholic schools this year because of the generosity of the Illinois Club for Catholic Women (ICCW). The organization recently pledged its support to Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago by establishing the ICCW Scholarship for Girls. The scholarship funds were awarded for the first time in the 2024-25 school year.

Chicago (Dec. 12, 2024) – Cardinal Blase J. Cupich has appointed Rev. Jeremiah Boland as interim vicar for Vicariate I, effective Dec. 23, 2024. Boland, who has served as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish (OLPH) in Glenview since 2014, will succeed Archbishop-designate Jeffrey Grob who will be installed as Archbishop of Milwaukee on Jan. 14, 2025.

Chicago (Dec. 12, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago will celebrate its annual Simbang Gabi novena starting on Sunday, Dec. 15 through Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. Sponsored by the archdiocese’s Asian Catholic Initiative office, Simbang Gabi is one of the oldest and most revered Filipino Christmas traditions. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will preside over Simbang Gabi Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Parish, 6401 Gages Lake Road in Gurnee, on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 5 p.m.

Chicago (Dec. 12, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago will host the 19th Annual Posada for Immigration Reform on Friday, Dec. 13 beginning at 11 a.m. outside the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Center, 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr. in Chicago. The theme for this year’s Posada for Immigration is “God with us, hope along the journey.” The posada will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/pastoral.migratoria.

Chicago (Dec. 5, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Immigration Ministry will host its 12th annual Keep Hope Alive benefit at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 at St. Ignatius College Prep, 1076 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Chicago. Keep Hope Alive is the annual fundraiser to support Pastoral Migratoria, local and national immigrant-led ministries and to recognize community leaders who have responded to the needs of immigrant communities. This year’s theme is Accompanying Our Neighbors.

Chicago (Dec. 3, 2024) – The Archdiocese of Chicago announced the appointment of Leah Heffernan, MSW, LSW as senior director of the Office for the Protection of Children and Youth (OPCY) and Compliance, effective December 3, 2024. Heffernan returns to the Archdiocese of Chicago where she spent 18 years as the director of the Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review in OPCY. She most recently served as director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection for the Diocese of Joliet.

Chicago (Nov. 15, 2024) – Holy Name Cathedral announces a year-long celebration marking its 175th anniversary as a parish starting with two notable events: on Monday, Nov. 18 at 12 p.m., Alderman Brendan Reilly will present a city resolution to Fr. Greg Sakowicz, rector of the cathedral, proclaiming the day as Holy Name Cathedral Day in Chicago, and on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12:30 p.m., Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago and pastor of the cathedral, will be the main celebrant and homilist of the opening Mass of the anniversary year. During this liturgy, Sakowicz will offer remarks congratulating Cardinal Cupich for his 10-year anniversary as Chicago’s archbishop.