Creation Care
Respond to the call to care for our common home through education, prayer, and practical action.
Creation CareHuman Concerns
Find ways to serve, advocate, receive support, and connect with ministries that respond to real human needs with compassion, dignity, and hope.
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Justice, Outreach & Service
Explore ministries focused on creation care, food security, racial justice, inclusion, housing support, and welcoming our neighbors.
Lenten Social Justice Project
Support Holy Family’s annual Lenten outreach efforts focused on justice, compassion, and concrete response.
Lenten Social Justice ProjectDisability Access
Learn how Holy Family works to make parish life more welcoming and accessible for all.
Disability AccessFaith Feeds Food Pantry
Support local families through Holy Family’s food pantry efforts and related outreach partnerships.
Faith Feeds Food PantryFaith & Racial Justice
Join efforts that foster learning, dialogue, prayer, and action for racial justice and reconciliation.
Faith & Racial JusticeOne in Love LGBTQ+
Find a welcoming ministry space for accompaniment, conversation, and belonging.
One in Love LGBTQ+PADS
Support parish outreach that serves neighbors facing housing insecurity and homelessness.
PADSWelcome The Stranger
Connect with Holy Family’s efforts to accompany immigrants, refugees, and newly arrived families.
Welcome The StrangerWelcoming Ministry
Help others feel seen, received, and invited into parish life through hospitality and volunteer service.
Hospitality Ministry
Serve in one of the most visible ministries of welcome by helping parishioners and guests feel at home.
Hospitality MinistryVolunteer
Explore service opportunities across Holy Family and find the ministry that best matches your gifts.
VolunteerWelcoming Ministry
Help build a culture of invitation and belonging for new parishioners and returning members alike.
Welcoming MinistrySupport Groups
Practical, compassionate support for addiction recovery, grief, emotional healing, job transition, and financial hardship.
Al-Anon
Support for those affected by another person’s drinking through shared experience, strength, and hope.
Al-AnonGetting Through It Together
A grief support ministry offering companionship and care for those walking through loss.
Getting Through It TogetherJob Support
Resources and encouragement for those navigating job transition, unemployment, or career discernment.
Job SupportTo Be Joyful Again
Support for widowed men and women as they move through grief and toward renewed life.
To Be Joyful AgainEmergency Assistance
Information about parish outreach for urgent individual needs and emergency situations.
Emergency AssistanceAdditional Resources
Partner organizations and specialized support resources for mental health, marriage healing, men’s health, domestic violence, and more.
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Alexian Brothers Counseling
Call 855-383-3653 for counseling support.
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GCFD Produce Mobile
Access current information about the Greater Chicago Food Depository Produce Mobile resource.
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Archdiocese Commission on Mental Illness
Open the resource PDF provided through Holy Family.
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L.O.S.S.
Support for survivors of suicide loss and those seeking help after a sudden loss.
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Marriage Encounter National Marriage Encounter
Visit the national Marriage Encounter site.
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Visit Worldwide Marriage Encounter for more information.
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NAMI
Find Holy Family’s NAMI-related support resource page.
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Retrouvaille
Help for marriages in distress through the official Retrouvaille site.
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Us TOO International
Support and information related to prostate cancer education and care.
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WINGS
Domestic violence support and services through WINGS.
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