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323 W Illinois St, Chicago Holy Name Cathedral: 735 N State St, Chicago Immaculate Conception & St. Joseph (Near North Side) 1107 N Orleans St, Chicago Our Lady of Mount Carmel 708 W Belmont Ave, Chicago St. Alphonsus 1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago St. Bonaventure Oratory 1641 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago Founded in 1911, closed in 2024 [29] St ...
He served as chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority from 1938 to 1942 [2] and was given the Catholic honor of Knight of St. Sylvester by Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago in 1924. [3] He died in 1965 at the age of 81.
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine .
Logan Square is named after General John A. Logan, an American soldier and political leader.The square itself is a large public green space (designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney, landscape architect Jens Jensen and others) formed as the grand northwest terminus of the Chicago Boulevard System and the junction of Kedzie and Logan Boulevards and Milwaukee Avenue.
Saint Sylvester or Silvester may refer to: Sylvester I (285–335), pope and Christian saint New Year's Eve, Saint Silvester's feast day; Saint Silvester Marathon, street running competition in Brazil; San Silvestre Vallecana, street running competition in Spain; St. Sylvester, Schwabing, a church dedicated to the saint; Saint Sylvester Gozzolini
Church of the Holy Family was founded in 1857 by Fr. Arnold Damen, SJ, at the behest of Bishop Anthony O'Regan.Damen wanted to build a large complex with multiple buildings to serve the needs of the local Catholic immigrants, but many were concerned about raising the funds for a grand church in the wake of the Panic of 1857.
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 spurred the first wave of development, as homeless Chicagoans looked to build new houses. Before the end of the 19th century, Germans and Norwegians tended to live in the area's north and northwestern sections. Wicker Park became the abode of Chicago's wealthy Northern European immigrants.
Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica is a Catholic basilica on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, which also houses the National Shrine of Saint Peregrine.Located at 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, within the Archdiocese of Chicago, it is, along with St. Hyacinth and Queen of All Saints, one of only three churches in Illinois designated by the Pope with the title of basilica.