Parishioners of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church are observing Las Posadas. It’s a Catholic tradition that commemorates the journey Joseph and Mary made seeking refuge where Mary could give birth to the Christ child. The parish adapted the tradition with a procession through the church’s neighborhood.
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In the dark days early in the pandemic, Father Manuel Dorantes was part of a group of young priests asked to be an anointer to give last rites to people dying alone in Chicago hospitals.
Known as Father Manny to his congregants, he estimates he did so for 40 to 50 people one last friendly face before they died. One of those deaths has stayed with him a 52-year-old Latino father, the family s provider, left alone with the priest by an overwhelmed nurse last May.
Father Manny used his phone to FaceTime the man s wife and children so they could pray together and say goodbye. But before getting off the phone, one of his kids asked for the phone to be put by their father s ear.