Saint John Cantius Parish in Chicago created Eucharistic images on its front steps for the solemnity of Corpus Christi and the procession that followed. #CorpusChristi @SaintJohnCantius #Chicago #StreetArt

Chicago-based Catholic charity Misericordia has been working to expand its campus that provides housing for those with developmental disabilities. In 2018, Misericordia bought the adjacent former Chicago Town & Tennis Club facility, and later announced plans to raze the nearly 100-year-old building to make way for new housing. Last week, the tennis club building was added to the list of the “most endangered” Chicago buildings. #Chicago #Illinois #CatholicCharity #Misericordia

The exhibition “El Greco: Ambition and Defiance” has opened at the Art Institute of Chicago, which partnered with the Louvre and the Grand Palais for the show. #ElGreco #Louvre #SacredArt #Chicago #Illinois

The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced another round of parish mergers that will close more than a dozen parishes across Chicagoland. In total, the archdiocese announced 23 parishes would be consolidated into nine parishes, in what is the latest fallout from the archdiocese’s Renew My Church plan. #RenewMyChurch #Catholic #ChurchClosings #Chicago #Illinois

The Archdiocese of Chicago is closing Saint Colette in Rolling Meadows, Saint Jane de Chantal in Chicago, Saint Joseph in Round Lake, Saint Louise de Marillac in La Grange Park, and Saint Maria Goretti in Schiller Park to save money. #Catholic #SchoolClosings #Chicago #Illinois

Saint Matthias Church in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois has racked up $4.6 million in debt and will merge with Queen of Angels to form a new parish this summer. #Chicago #Illinois #RenewMyChurch #Catholic #ChurchClosings

The Society of Saint Adalbert recently filed a request to consider a landmark designation for the former convent next to the Church in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The developer slated to redevelop the property, CityPads, supports landmarking the convent in addition to the other buildings. #Pilsen #Chicago #Illinois #Catholic #Church #HistoricLandmark #Preservation

The Illinois Chicago Commission on Landmarks voted to grant preliminary landmark status to the Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church Complex. Originally a synagogue, the building was sold to the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1944 and became Corpus Christi High School. From 1957 to the year it closed in 1963, it was an all-boys school. #Chicago #Illinois #Landmark #Preservation

Two sets of 140-year-old Tiffany stained-glass windows from Saint James Church in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago have been auctioned off in McHenry County, Illinois. #TiffanyGlass #ArtAuction #Bronzeville #Chicago #Illinois #McHenryCounty

City Pads Chicago, a residential development firm, won a bidding war to buy Saint Adalbert from the Archdiocese for a reported $4 million. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez has requested that the shuttered church Church be designated a Chicago, Illinois landmark. #Pilsen #Chicago #Illinois #HistoricLandmark #SacredArchitecture

Henry J. Schlacks’ Shrine Church of Christ the King (formerly the Church of Saints Clara and Gelasius) along Honorary Carmelite Way in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois is entering a new phase in its restoration. With work on the roof complete, preparation of the interior for occupancy is now set to begin. #Catholic #Church #Woodlawn #Chicago #Illinois

Former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic and active photographer, writer, lecturer, and consultant Lee Bay has recently released Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side. Among the buildings featured in this book is Saint Gabriel’s Church near the Old Stockyards in the Canaryville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. #Catholic #Church #Canaryville #Chicago #Illinois