On Sunday, September 1, 2019, the catholic community of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, together with the Greek Orthodox community of Chicagoland joined an ecumenical service in giving thanks to God for all the beauty of creation and to recognize and encourage all the conservation efforts of God’s disciples.

Seven Sisters (Sr. Rose Therese Nolta, and Sr. Dorota Maria Piechaczek from our Northfield community, Sr. Elwira Dziuk from the Waukegan community and Srs. Agathe Bramkamp, Monica Zhang, Rosalia Galmin, and Pre-Novice Yolette Dorce from the Grayslake community joined the OLPH parishoners and the members of the Greek Ortodox community in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Glenview IL to pray and reflect together in thanksgiving to God for all of creation and calling us to become more aware of the beauty and also the vulnerability of creation as well as our duty to protect, preserve, actively restore and bring healing where destruction and negligence has desecrated God’s gift to us. (Read more here)

October 11 has been honored around the world as a day to call attention to the injustices that young girls experience across the globe while celebrating the achievements and progress that has been made to advance gender equality. The 2019 theme is “Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable.” The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care and protection from discrimination, violence against women and forced child marriage. To learn more about this, please download our October 2019 US Province Bulletin (pgs.11-12)

On September 21, 2019 we celebrate International Day of Peace. As we approach this beautiful event, please take time to pray for our world. This will be a unique opportunity for all people to pray for global peace. If you would like more information about this initiative and how you may get involved please visit internationaldayofpeace.org