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Original church destroyed in Chicago Fire. Closed in 1994; reopened; saved by protest of Latino community in 1996.
W. Lexington Street and South Clinton Street

Original church known as St. Aloysius. Closed as unsafe in 1969. Construction date of 1869 as approximate.
1713 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL

St. Michael's Church in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago is a Roman Catholic church staffed by the Redemptorist order of priests. The parish was founded to minister to German Catholic immigrants in 1852 with its first wooden church completed that…

This is the second location. At the time, the parish was predominantly Irish. Rev. Timothy O'Meara built this church.

Chicago’s first Archbishop was Patrick Augustine Feehan. Feehan was born in Killenaule, County Tipperary in Ireland in 1829. After moving to the United States, Feehan served as a bishop in Nashville before accepting the Archbishop position in the…

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…

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653 W. 37th Street

Nativity of Our Lord Parish is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and is located in the city's Bridgeport neighborhood. Prominent church members include former Chicago Mayors Richard J. Daley and Richard M. Daley, as well as William M.…

The St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (pol. Kościół Świętego Stanisława Kostki) is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 1351 West Evergreen Avenue in the Pulaski Park neighborhood of Chicago Illinois.