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730 N. Wabash Avenue

148 N. Desplaines Street

E. Chicago Avenue and N. Rush Street

S. Clark Street and W. Polk Street

21 E. Van Buren Street

St. Ita parish was founded on June 25, 1900 by 53 Irish Catholic families in Edgewater. Reverend John H. Crowe was appointed by Archbishop Patrick A. Freehan to be the first pastor of this parish. The first mass was celebrated on July 1 of that year…

The Nativity of Our Lord parish was founded in 1868 to serve the area near the Union Stockyards. This area was heavily Irish Catholic due to the large number of unskilled immigrants entering Chicago to work first digging the canal, then in the…

The parish of St. Nicholas was started in 1906 with the purchase of a small wood frame church. As new members came in, the pastor started looking for land to build a bigger church and found a lot on the corner of Oakley Boulevard and Rice Street.…

In 1904, Archbishop James E. Quigley organized a new national parish in July 1904 within the boundaries of a predominantly Italian neighborhood. Holy Rosary Church was built at 614 N. Western ave. in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago.
In July…