The Sacred Heart Retreat Center is coming to life this summer with youth camps that could attract hundreds of children to the former St. Francis Friary property.
Fr. Richard Munkelt wrote libretto about trouble in ancient Rome. After a chance meeting, David Hughes set "Gracchus" to music. World premiere is this weekend.
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A community Carols and Candles event at the Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 16, 2017. / Marc Monaghan via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Denver Newsroom, Aug 4, 2022 / 17:19 pm (CNA).A prominent Chicago church which is home to a Traditional Latin Mass religious institute announced the end of all public Masses, as of last Sunday."As of August 1, 2022 the celebration of public Masses is suspended," said a message on the website of the Shrine of Christ the King. The shrine, in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Chicago s South Side, forms the U.S. headquarters of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. The institute is a society of apostolic life that celebrates the traditional form of the Roman rite, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass.Members of the non-profit community group Save the Shrine told the Chicago Sun-Times they are concerned the changes will endanger the church, a historic landmark.One member of the group, Jennifer Blackman