Ambassadors Of Mary/Pilgrim Virgin Apostolate
The Ambassadors of Mary has been in existence for 62 years and was founded by Father James Mary Keane, O.S.M. to promote devotion to our Blessed Mother. Through this apostolate and with the help of many volunteers, we are able to provide First Saturday Retreats, the Pilgrim Virgin Apostolate, Two All Night Vigils, Rosary Making, and an annual celebration of Our Lady of Fatima at Holy Name Cathedral.
It is through this long standing organization that we continue to honor Mary and promote devotion to her during the year. Many have benefited from this ministry and it continues to draw people to the different devotions that are offered.
Pat Hackett
President
Phone: 847.640.0950
Mother Mary’s Children Lay Ecclesial Team of the International Apostolate for Family Consecration (AFC) holds a Family Holy Hour that meets the third Monday of every month at Queen of the Rosary Church, 750 West Elk Grove Boulevard, in Elk Grove Village, from 7–8:30 p.m. A priest blesses the attendees and administers the Sacrament of Reconciliation while we watch a one-hour DVD of teachings on some aspect of our Catholic faith, Rosary, teaching on the AFC Catechism by Cardinal Arinze and messages from Pope St. John Paul II and Mother Teresa. Families evangelize families through reparation, grace, personal holiness and Consecration to Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph.
The mission of L’Arche Chicago is to build a community of belonging and friendship by providing lifelong homes for adults with intellectual disabilities who live together with those without disabilities. L’Arche, French for “the ark,” provides a place of refuge and lifelong support for the individuals with intellectual disabilities we serve. In L’Arche, persons with intellectual disabilities, are known as “core members,” from the Latin cor meaning “heart.” Those who come to share life with them are “assistants” who accompany core members in their activities of daily life: creating home and sharing their gifts within the house and the larger community. Assistants work to build a relationship of mutuality where core members and assistants are each transformed through their encounter with the other. L’Arche Chicago currently serves ten adults 24 and 71 years of age with intellectual disabilities in three family-style homes on Chicago’s Westside. 
Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a movement of the Holy Spirit. Renewal is a sovereign act of God, who touches our lives by the power of his Holy Spirit and changes us. Renewal is both a state-of-being and a process. Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a movement of the Spirit, offered to the entire Church and destined to rejuvenate every part of the Church. When we say that the Charismatic Renewal is for the whole Church, we mean that it, indeed, is for all: the clergy, religious, and laity.
Christian Family Movement (CFM) helps establish and support small discipleship groups for couples and families. CFM discussion guides bring topics that families deal with every day into a Christian, faith-based discussion. Discipleship is accomplished through teaching one to use the methodology of observe, judge, act in their daily lives—observing the situations around us, judging them in the light of Christ’s teaching and acting to make a difference. CFM is a life-changing ministry for families of all shapes, sizes and stages.
Communion and Liberation (CL) is a Catholic lay movement which began in 1954, when Monsignor Luigi Giussani—a priest of the Archdiocese of Milan, Italy—sparked an unexpected friendship among the students he was teaching at a prestigious public high school there. Now an international movement, CL reawakens the Faith in Christ in men and women of all age groups, cultures and walks of life. CL is present in numerous cities in the United States. We focus our attention on an educational method to Christianity based on the religious sense present in the heart of every person, and on the reasonableness of Faith as the recognition of the Presence of the Lord here and now, which can be verified in an ecclesial companionship as a network of friendships.
Couples for Christ (CFC) is an international Catholic lay ecclesial movement recognized by the Vatican and intended for the renewal and strengthening of Christian family life. The members have committed themselves to the Lord and to one another so that they may grow as mature men and women of God and fulfill their primary vocation of raising up families under the lordship of Jesus Christ. Couples for Christ raises Christian couples and establishes Christian families committed to the work of evangelization, winning the world for Christ and total human liberation through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL) is a private association of lay faithful committed to the work of evangelization and family and life renewal. Together with its different family ministries: Handmaids for Family & Life (HFL), Servants for Family & Life (SvFL), Singles for Family & Life (SFL), Youth for Family & Life (YFL) and Kids for Family & Life (KFL), CFCFFL works with the parishes in promoting the Live Christ, Share Christ (LCSC) Movement which focuses on re-evangelizing nominal or lapsed Catholics with the goal of bringing them back to Christ and to an active life in the parish.
