News Releases

Chicago, (May 6, 2025) – Fifteen permanent Catholic deacons will be ordained at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago. Bishop Lawrence Sullivan, vicar general of the Archdiocese 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 Blue Island, Chicago, Cicero, Des Plaines, Flossmoor, Inverness, Lake Forest, Mundelein, Niles, Oak Lawn, River Forest, Skokie, Wadsworth, Wauconda and Waukegan.

Chicago, (April 28, 2025) – The Archdiocese of Chicago’s 14th Annual Prayer Service for Child Abuse Prevention and Pinwheels Planting will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at the Healing Garden at Holy Family Parish, 1080 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago. The outdoor service will be led by Bishop Lawrence J. Sullivan, vicar general, and Greg Richmond, superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago. 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 21, 2025) – Today, Cardinal Cupich addressed the Catholic community and all people of good will mourning the death of the Holy Father with a video message.

Chicago (Feb. 26, 2025) – Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, will ordain five new auxiliary bishops – Timothy J. O’Malley, Lawrence J. Sullivan, José María Garcia-Maldonado, Robert M. Fedek and John S. Siemianowski – at 2 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2025

Chicago (Feb. 25, 2025) – The Archdiocese of Chicago today announced the appointment of Dennis P. Kelleher as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his role, Kelleher will oversee all accounting and financial reporting for the archdiocese, lead financial planning and analysis, and oversee day-to-day financial operations and the operations of the internal savings and loan bank for parishes. Kelleher reports to Betsy Bohlen, chief operating officer, and serves as a member of the senior leadership team for the archdiocese.

Chicago (Feb. 20, 2025) – The Archdiocese of Chicago will host its 47th annual African American Heritage Prayer Service on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St. (between State and Superior) in Chicago. Reverend Thulani Magwaza, pastor at St. Sabina Parish, Greg Richmond, superintendent of Catholic Schools, and archdiocesan priests and deacons will join hundreds of students from across the archdiocese for this Black History Month celebration. In addition, the Archdiocese will welcome Esther Debrah as a special guest speaker. Debrah is a graduate of Loyola Academy in Wilmette and the recipient of the 2024 student leadership award.

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.