OUTREACH - ASSISTANCE TO THE MATERIALLY POOR: COMMUNITY MEALS
Our community meal program provides a safe, healthy, and wholesome environment for the families in our neighborhood. Each community dinner, we invite neighbors in to join us for a prayer service in the main church, a nutritious, home-cooked meal served in the beautiful dining space in the church basement, and an opportunity to foster healthy family and community relationships based on Christian values. We are slowly re-starting our community meal program after the pandemic. Keep checking the volunteer calendar and email newsletters for updates about upcoming community meals!
Check out pictures from our community dinners on on October 26, 2019, September 28, 2019, February 20, 2019, October 17, 2018, December 18, 2017, October 30, 2017, February 20, 2017, November 13, 2016, April 13, 2016, February 12, 2015, October 30, 2014, October 15, 2014, October 16, 2013, October 30, 2013.
Please see the calendar page for upcoming dates for community dinners! Sign up for our e-mail list HERE to get reminders of when the community dinners will be.
WHAT HAPPENS AT COMMUNITY MEALS?
| January 27, 2026 - Volunteer Communities help with Community Lunch |
Thanks to the great help of our friends from St. Francis Xavier/ St. Joseph’s (Wilmette) and seminarians from St. John Vianney Seminary we had a great community lunch on January 27, 2026! Bishop Bob started us off with a great prayer service followed by a delicious chili lunch with activities for our neighbors. Here are the 2 groups that helped! Thank you.
The seminarians were at the Mission all week helping with pantries, manual labor, the seniors’ program, and our afterschool programs. |
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| March, 2025 - St. Patrick's Day Lunch |
We had a great St. Patrick’s community lunch! We had shepherd’s pie, salad, and cake. It was delicious. Thank you to St. Paul of the Cross (Park Ridge) for sponsoring this community lunch! |
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| May 11,2024 - Mother's Day Brunch |
We had a great Mother's Day Lunch for about 250 of our neighbors on 5/11! We had a prayer service to pray for all our moms, we ate lunch, and then all moms got flowers and gifts on the way out! It was a lovely day for all! Thank you to St. Paul of the Cross (Park Ridge) and Notre Dame (Clarendon Hills) for your support! |
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February 10, 2024 - Valentine's Community Lunch |
We had a great Valentine's themed community lunch for about 200 of our neighbors on 2/10! Thank you especially to St. Joseph/ St. Francis Xavier Parish (Wilmette) for sponsoring the meal. |
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September 30, 2023 - Community Lunch |
We had a lovely community lunch for about 200 of our neighbors on 9/30! We are really looking forward to getting our community meals back on a regular schedule. Thank you especially to St. Paul of the Cross Parish (Park Ridge) for their help with this event! |
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