Community Shared Event - We continue to ask our Blessed Mother to help us during these difficult times the world is experiencing. On the second Saturday of the month, the Knights pray the rosary at 8:00 to 8:30 AM at Ascension Campus. Also, the rosary is prayed at 8:00 AM before daily Mass.
The St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Appalachia Service Project (ASP) invites Teens and Adults to register to spend a week in July 2026 on a Mission Trip, working to inspire hope through service making homes warmer, safer, and drier for the people of Appalachia - It is a service project built on relationships!
Support the St. Giles School 8th Graders through their Double Good Fundraiser - Order from Double Good from October 21 through October 25 and 50% of your purchase goes to supporting the 8th Graders and you receive a delicious reward!
Community Shared Event - Everyone is invited to an hour of Eucharistic Adoration held every Thursday at 7:00 PM in St. Giles Church. This is your time to receive the actual grace and mercy of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Community Shared Event - Join Deacon Kevin and Marci Morgan (St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles) on Zoom to pray the Rosary on Friday evenings at 7:00 PM.
Community Shared Event - We practice the Christian meditation prayer on Saturdays at 8:30 AM at Ascension Church or via Zoom. Various tools include centering prayer, the Jesus prayer, the breath prayer, lectio divina, and labyrinth walking.
Community Shared Event - We hold the Rosary for Peace in Honor of Our Blessed Mother every Saturday after the 8:00 AM Mass at St. Giles Church. Join us and pray for peace.
Community Shared Event - This Mass is geared toward Young Adult Community Members on the 4th Sunday of each Month at 5:00 PM at St. Edmund Church with hospitality / fellowship (except for the Season of Lent) and community building activities afterwards - All are welcome!
Spirit and Light Shared Event - Join Mercy Associates from Honduras to learn about The Women’s Forum (Foro de Mujeres) - "Safety for Those Who Stay: Honduran Women’s Struggle Against Violence" - Sunday, October 26, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at St. Giles Campus - McDonough Hall.
Community Shared Event - The Young Adult Women’s Bible Study meets each Monday at 8:00 PM to reflect on the scriptures of the week and supports each other in their walk of faith - Text for location!
Community Shared Event - Join us on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM at St. Edmund Church to deepen your relationship with God; learn how to handle distractions while praying; find support and nourishment for your prayer life; experience community and share spiritual insights.
Community Shared Event - At this GriefShare group, you’ll find understanding, guidance, relief, and a safe place to navigate the challenges of grief. Come join us on Tuesdays from September 16 through December 9 at St. Giles Campus in McDonough Hall.
Spirit and Light Shared Event - If you are looking for a place to share a meal, watch an interesting video and wrestle with questions at the core of faith and life - come and see! At Alpha, you can ask anything - It's a safe space to question life, faith, and meaning. You're invited no matter your background or beliefs.
Interested Women of St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Parish gather in the St. Giles Parish Center at 7:00 PM for book discussion and socializing - Our next book will be Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry.
The St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Wednesday Night Bible Study started a new series on the Psalms! - Come when you can to the St. Giles Parish Center at 7:00 PM - All are welcome from any parish or community - It is NOT necessary or required to attend each week.
Community Shared Event - Everyone is invited to an hour of Eucharistic Adoration held every Thursday at 7:00 PM in St. Giles Church. This is your time to receive the actual grace and mercy of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Spirit and Light Shared Event - Are you searching for light? Come to a Candle Service at 8:00 PM at St. Edmund Church on Thursday, October 30 to reflect on how we can be hope, peace, and light to the world.
Community Shared Event - Join Deacon Kevin and Marci Morgan (St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles) on Zoom to pray the Rosary on Friday evenings at 7:00 PM.
St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Parish has their Food First Collection on the First Weekend of the Month at St. Giles Church - Please bring your donations of canned or shelf-stable food and paper products with you to any of the first weekend Masses.
All are welcome to St. Giles Church at 4:30 PM Mass and at Ascension Church at 5:00 PM Mass on All Souls' Day to celebrate and hold dear the memories of all our loved ones who have died in the past year, and to pray for all the faithful departed.
Women of St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Parish have committed to provide five volunteers on the first Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM - As Shopping Assistants we gather food items and pack them in large boxes for valets to deliver to clients.
We are recruiting volunteers to serve as Advocates - trained companions who walk alongside families as they navigate services and pursue their goals. This unique role provides meaningful one-on-one support and connection. Please sign up for one of our monthly Bridge Breakfasts!
Spirit and Light Shared Event - "Seeing the Face of Christ in the Other: Grace and Courtesy in the Atrium and Beyond" with Laura Kelley and Mary Ellen Lesniak - This session is open to all adults: Catechists, Parents, and all from our community!
Community Shared Events - Join us for A Gathering for Clean Energy, a powerful and grounding workshop where residents, business owners, and people of faith come together to lead, listen, and share in the movement for clean, community-powered energy.
The Women of St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles Parish are sponsoring a Coat Drive to spread warmth this Winter from November 3 through November 9 - Please bring any gently used or new coats, jackets, hats, gloves, and scarves, and deposit them in the donation bins located at St. Giles Church and School Campus.
The Housing Forward Shelter is asking the Women of St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy and St. Giles to help by providing a continental breakfast for Housing Forward clients on the first Monday of each month. This is a great service opportunity for teens and families, and can be shared between households.
Spirit and Light Shared Event - Come to the next Spiritual Classics gathering on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM in the Ascension Parish Center Dining Room, when well discuss Myles Connolly's intriguing novel, Mr. Blue. Donna Ioppolo will lead the discussion. All Oak Park parishes are welcome.
Community Shared Event - Join us at Ascension Church at 7:30 PM for this monthly ecumenical prayer service of song, scripture, a service of light, an extended period of silence for meditation concluding with prayers for the world.
Spirit and Light Shared Event - Come check out our new Youth Ministry Room on November 9 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM in Murphy Hall of St. Edmund Campus - We're excited to open this special space created just for teens to gather, grow in faith, and build friendships!
The Prayer Shawl Ministers knit or crochet their shawls at home and then gather on the Second Monday of the month from 1:00 to 2:30 PM at the St. Giles Parish Center, to work on their shawls, pray for the recipients and enjoy each other’s company.
Spirit and Light Shared Event - Spirit and Light Lifelong Learning presentation with Dr. Vanessa White, D.Mi. - Co-sponsored by Dominican University - St. Catherine of Siena Center and Oak Park Catholic Parishes - Overcoming Racism as a People of Faith. Everyone is welcome!
Once a month on Tuesdays from 6:45 PM to 8:00 PM in the Ursuline Center at Ascension School, Paul Rubio, a dedicated catechist and faith-filled person, will hold a special session for 7th and 8th Grade Students to learn about faith and to encounter God in a transformative way!
Spirit and Light Shared Event - We invite you to join us in Murphy Hall at St. Edmund Campus and explore the mystery we celebrate every time we're around the Eucharistic Table. Come and reflect on what we see and hear when we are at Mass - signs, sounds, objects, gestures. Explore with us how these mysteries form and feed us as people of God.
Community Shared Event - Surviving Divorce was created to bring hope and healing to those who have experienced the pain and loneliness of a broken marriage. Meeting Twice Monthly on Thursdays at 7:30 PM starting November 13 at Saint Giles Campus.
Community Shared Event - “ARE YOU READY TO DO THE HARD THINGS?” - All are invited! Please join Faith and Film Ministry at St. Edmund’s Murphy Hall after the 5:00 Mass on some Saturdays to WATCH - LEARN - DISCUSS - Season 3 of The Chosen.
Community Shared Event - Join us for this GriefShare Holiday Seminar that provides encouragement, support, and valuable tools to navigate the season when you are grieving a loss. This seminar will be held at St. Giles Campus - McDonough Hall.
Community Shared Event - Join us at Ascension Church for Healing Prayer, Healing Song - The service includes scripture, healings songs and prayers from various traditions, shared silence, and the opportunity for individual prayer, laying on of hands, and anointing.
Community Shared Event - “ARE YOU READY TO DO THE HARD THINGS?” - All are invited! Please join Faith and Film Ministry at St. Edmund’s Murphy Hall after the 5:00 Mass on some Saturdays to WATCH - LEARN - DISCUSS - Season 3 of The Chosen.