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The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot. Manna (Hebrew: מָן, romanized: mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.
Church of the Holy Family was founded in 1857 by Fr. Arnold Damen, SJ, at the behest of Bishop Anthony O'Regan.Damen wanted to build a large complex with multiple buildings to serve the needs of the local Catholic immigrants, but many were concerned about raising the funds for a grand church in the wake of the Panic of 1857.
St. Michael (Polish: Kościół Świętego Michała) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The current church is located at E. 83rd Street and S. South Shore Drive in South Chicago, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called "Polish Cathedral style" of churches in both its opulence and grand ...
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This content category includes all articles and subcategories related to Chicago religious organizations. These include organizations that are either formally or informally organized, chartered, or have headquarters in Chicago, Illinois as a religious organization having local, national, or international social, welfare, or denominational purposes.
In 1957, Fr. Ivan Kohut launched a campaign to build a new church. Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk of Stamford dedicated the new Church on 20 November 1960. The church building features stained glass windows and bells imported from Italy. A fresco of the Last Supper by Ukrainian-American painter Mychajlo Dmytrenko adorns the apse. [2]
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The church moved into a converted warehouse in Rolling Meadows, Illinois in 1995 [1] and grew to include as many as 8 campuses; [2] it added campuses in Elgin and Niles in 2004; Crystal Lake in 2007; downtown Chicago in 2009; Aurora in 2011; Deerfield Road in 2012; and Naples in 2018. The church's rapid growth led to its inclusion in Outreach ...