November 3rd, 2024
A Concise History of Holy Family, Part 1 By the mid-1980s the Archdiocese of Chicago identified two needs for this area. The first was a new parish to feed people moving into Palatine, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and parts of Barrington. St. Anne was established in 1884, St. James in Arlington Heights in 1902 and St. Theresa in Palatine in 1930, but forty years ago the need for a new parish was evident. The second need, voiced by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, was for a unique and more vibrant experience of church, one that would feed people in the Catholic tradition the way Willow Creek was feeding a growing number of people, primarily through a vibrant, uplifting form of worship. We hold firm to this founding mission today. As is always the case when founding a new parish, one of the first tasks is to select a pastor. Priests always apply for