Search results
Dec 21, 2008 · Between 1958 and 1965, 69 new grade schools, 15 new high schools, 2 seminaries (Quigley South and Niles College) were built, and 30 parishes established. He also was a supporter of the Second Vatican Council. The most compelling problems facing this leader of Chicago’s Catholics concerned civil rights.
She ministered in the culinary arts for 30 years; as a teacher’s aide and librarian for 16 years; and in pastoral and home care for 12 years. Sister Ladislas served in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, New York and Illinois. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Ladislas ministered in the culinary arts at Ss.
BVM Sister Agnes Jean Groff, 74, died Dec. 23 at Caritas Center, Dubuque, Iowa. Born in Kansas City, Mo., she entered the BVM congregation in 1948. Sister taught in Chicago at St. Charles, 1951; St. Jerome, 1965-70; and St. Eulalia in Maywood, 1955-61. She also taught in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas.
Taught for 41 years. Dominican Sister Dorothy (Louis Marie) Ferguson, 91, died May 21 at the Dominican Life Center, Adrian, Mich. She spent 41 years ministering in education in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Turbo, Kenya. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Columbanus (1931-32; 1933-34) and Regina High School, Wilmette (1960-69).
10/24/99 The New Evangelization and World Mission Sunday. This Sunday, all the dioceses of the world will celebrate World Mission Sunday. This annual celebration tries to deepen Catholics’ understanding of the Church’s mission and gives an occasion for Catholics to pray for missionaries and to help support them financially.
A Chicago native, she ministered for 27 years here, teaching at Presentation (1935 and 1966- 68), Annunciation (1962-63), Holy Family (1969-70) and St. Agatha (1970-78). She was youth minister at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, 1978-82, and executive director of TAPROOTS (Teen-age Parents Realizing Ongoing Orientation toward Success), 1982- 2002.
Publication History. Chicago Catholic traces its roots back to 1892, with the start of a newspaper called The New World. That paper became Chicago Catholic in 1977. It reverted to The New World in the late 1980s (which later became Catholic New World ), and resumed the name Chicago Catholic in 2017. It is still published today.
