Mission OLA

Entries for Team OLA 2026 in the @ChiMarathon are going very fast! Info and sign up here: missionola.com/marathon.html

Grateful to be in @RockfordDio yesterday to help prepare some great students for their confirmations :) !

HUGE CONGRATS to Team OLA 2026 with over $605,000 raised to support @Missionola! We are SO GRATEFUL! Registration is open for the 2027 @ChiMarathon, info here: missionola.com/marathon.html, entries going very fast!.

Join us at the official Team OLA cheer station at 1938 W. Adams! Featuring Pope Leo cardboard cut outs and Franciscans! Next Sunday- October 11 from 8:30 am to about noon! Parking on the 2000 blocks of Adams and Jackson/ take the Damen stop on the blue or green lines!

15 days until the @ChiMarathon! Donation/ support the 192 runners supporting Mission OLA! We are almost to our $500K goal! fundraisers.hakuapp.com/even…

We were so blessed that Archbishop Sorrentino, the Bishop of Assisi, brough relics of St. Carlo Acutis, St. Francis and St. Claire to visit us at the Mission! We were so grateful for this great gift.

We continue to feed over 3000 families a month here at @Missionola! We are so grateful to the many people that make this possible each and every day. Pictures are our friends from the HHS Garfield Park community farm.

Team OLA has raised over $315,000! Almost 1 month until race day!!! All funds will go to support Mission OLA + the 3000 families they serve each month. Donate: events.hakuapp.com/c033059d0…

We had 1000+ people attend our back to school block party where 700 kids got backpacks filled with school supplies, 400 people saw doctors and dentists, and EVERYONE got pumped for a great school year! Thank you to ALL who made this amazing event possible! God bless!

We had 1000+ people attend our back to school block party where 700 kids got backpacks filled with school supplies, 400 people saw doctors and dentists, and EVERYONE got pumped for a great school year! Thank you to ALL who made this amazing event possible! God bless!

Congrats to Sr. Maggie on her first profession of vows! Temporary vows are 3-5 year stage of formation that are a prep for perpetual profession. Prayers for you, Sr. Maggie!

We are looking for a few more people to TRANSLATE English to Spanish at the clinic at our back to school health fair on August 8th! 9 am to 2:30 pm Mission OLA- 3808 W. Iowa St If you can help, please email Sr. Stephanie at [email protected]. Thanks!

We are gearing up to distribute 900+ backpacks filled with school supplies at our back to school block party and FREE CLINIC on 8/8! Can you help us be 100% ready to pack backpacks by purchasing items off the wish list? a.co/0fGR8aCg Thanks for your consideration! Peace

Team OLA and Sr. Stephanie was featured on WGN this week! youtube.com/watch?v=_e3YC6oL…

Our food pantry continues to feed 3000+ families per month. We are out of bags to pack food in. Can you buy a pack of bags for our food pantry? See the Amazon wish list to do so: a.co/0bKs6UiO

Congrats Sr. Eleanor and Br. Leo on your entrance into the novitiate! Please pray for them! More about the Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago's formation here: fechicago.org/formation

Sr. Jess was blessed to be part of the @archchicago group that met @Pontifex last week! Go @whitesox and God bless!

The St. Hyacinth renovation project is officially started! Please check out our new webpage tracking the progress here: fechicago.org/projects/hyaci…

Thank you all to helped make the floor replacement in the outreach center possible! We no longer have a giant crater in the floor, horary! Special thanks to @StClement 's service day for helping us clean up yesterday.

Thank you to all who made Easter so special to those who attended our Easter-time pantries! We distributed over 700 Easter bags to our neighbors.