POTENTIAL WIN: Our Lady of Victory Church Parishioners Challenge Closure in Vatican Court and Win! (Chicago 7 2021)

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2023

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30f00832a5a7d0748cc65eb0a135d193_xm6hop — Susanna Ernst, president of the Northwest Chicago Historical Society, fought to overturn the Archdiocese of Chicago’s decree ordering the deconsecration of Our Lady of Victory Church, where she is a parishioner. Photo credit: Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times

Victory — for now — at Northwest Side church after Vatican appeal; Parishioners were upset when the archdiocese decreed in 2022 that Our Lady of Victory would be deconsecrated and ‘relegated to profane use,’ but the Vatican took their side, Catherine Odom, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/24/23
Our Lady Of Victory Church Should Be A Protected Chicago Landmark, Northwest Side Group Says; A petition calls on elected officials to work with the city to grant the church landmark status, and it’s been suggested to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Block Club Chicago, 3/1/22

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