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Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

June 5, 2020

2 TM 3:10-17; Psalm 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168; MK 12:35-37

Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

June 6, 2020

2 TM 4:1-8; PS 71:8-9, 14-15AB, 16-17, 22; MK 12:38-44

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

June 7, 2020

EX 34:4B-6, 8-9; DN 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 COR 13:11-13; JN 3:16-18

Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

June 8, 2020

1 KGS 17:1-6; PS 121:1BC-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; MT 5:1-12

Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

June 9, 2020

1 KGS 17:7-16; PS 4:2-3, 4-5, 7B-8; MT 5:13-16

Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time

June 10, 2020

1 KGS 18:20-39; Psalm 16:1B-2AB, 4, 5AB AND 8, 11; MT 5:17-19

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Exquisite works of art reflect black spirituality to inspire worship

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"You should take care of your church like you take care of your home. Your church is God's home and He lives in us."

-Mrs. Rowell, Parishioner

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History

Celebrating 30 years of the new building, many more of the patronage of St. Benedict the African in Chicago. This parish is the culmination of almost a decade of prayerful discernment during the 1980s of Roman Catholic presence in the Englewood neighborhood: what it would look like, how it would evolve, what values it would incarnate through its faith community.

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