2019 Events
Child Safeguarding Liturgy
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.
Holy Name Cathedral
735 North State Street, Chicago
Michael Hoffman, chairman of the Hope and Healing Committee of the archdiocese, will offer insights to families, and to all who care for children. After Mass, parishioners are invited to participate in “planting” blue and white pinwheels throughout the grounds of the cathedral.
8th Annual Prayer Service for Child Abuse Prevention and Pinwheel Planting
Friday, May 3, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.
Holy Family Parish
1080 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago
Please RSVP by April 26 to mflores@archchicago.org.
Flyer: English | Español | Polski
Pinwheel planting will take place in the Healing Garden adjacent to Holy Family Parish in Chicago.
As part of the prayer service, Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic School students will plant pinwheels in the Healing Garden to raise awareness for all the efforts that archdiocesan principals, priests, teachers, staff and volunteers make to support and protect all children in our schools, parishes, and communities. The pinwheel is the national symbol of child abuse prevention efforts.
Additional details on the Pinwheel for Prevention prayer service here.
From the Perspective of the Victim
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 6 p.m.
Holy Name Cathedral
735 North State Street, Chicago
Panelists: Rev. Greg Sakowicz and Mike Hoffman, a victim-survivor.
Michael Hoffman, chairman of the archdiocese’s Hope and Healing Committee, a clergy abuse survivor and the author of “Acts of Recovery,” will be in conversation with Fr. Greg Sakowicz, Holy Name Cathedral’s rector. Michael approached Fr. Greg in his previous assignment and shared with him that he had been sexually abused as a boy back in 2006. They will discuss and answer questions.