Catholic Chicago

Catholic Charities was recently awarded a grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services to be one of eight service providers implementing the new Service Coordination and Navigation (SCaN) program to reduce violence in Chicago. Catholic Charities work will be in the Austin community where our Tolton Peace Center opened in 2018. Join Marie Jochum and Brigid Murphy as they welcome Associate Vice-President Laura Kuever to discuss how SCaN recognizes the importance of a caring adult in a youth’s life, and is structured accordingly, to help lead youth toward safer, successful lives.  

Host Bob Gilligan welcomes Tony Cube of the USCCB's Justice for Immigrants initiative.  They talk about the actions President Joe Biden has taken in favor of immigrants since assuming office in Late January, including the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. 

Host Bob Gilligan welcomes Rabbi Shlomo Soroka of Aguduth-Israel.  They discuss the importance of the Tax Credit Scholarship program to Jewish schools as the scholarship program for nonpublic schools faces a cut proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. 

Host Bob Gilligan speaks to Bill Woolf, a human trafficking expert who has done trainings for the USCCB, about the link between parental notice of abortion and raising a red flag about trafficking victims.

Megan interviews Fr. Mark Weber, a Divine Word Missionary priest who is currently Rector of the Divine Word Theologate in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Fr. Weber shares some wonderful stories and memories of the Society of the Divine Word as they are celebrating 125 years of mission in North America. He describes ways that SVDs have ministered right here in the Archdiocese of Chicago and highlights how North American priests and brothers, and Divine Word Missionaries from all over the world, have continued the good work of Christ's Mission to proclaim the Gospel all over the globe. 

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Juan 3, 14-21, del domingo, 14 de marzo de 2021. Viernes, 12 de marzo de 2021

Lectura y reflexión del Evangelio según San Juan 2, 13-25, del domingo, 7 de marzo de 2021. Viernes, 5 de marzo de 2021

The Board of Trustees at Saint Patrick High School, Chicago’s oldest all-boys Catholic high school, announced the appointment of Daniel A. 

Santucci ’02 as the school’s next president. Santucci, a former National Football League (NFL) 

player and experienced development director at the University of Notre Dame, becomes the 

third president in Saint Patrick’s 160-year history after the president/principal model was 

adopted in 1987.  Hosted by Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi.

Co-hosts Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi spend time talking to New York Times best-selling author Mark K. Shriver about his new book, 10 Hidden Heroes, an exciting seek-and-find book with a message. Featuring everyday heroes at home and in our neighborhoods, this vibrantly illustrated book helps children develop counting skills and learn how they too can be heroes in day-to-day life.

Host Clarissa Aljentara speaks with Fr. Charles Dahm about teen dating violence. The Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Outreach is facilitating a teen dating violence program at various parishes in the Archdiocese.