Late last year, One in Christ Episcopal Church in Prospect Heights was awarded a Becoming Beloved Community-AAPI Grant of $9,450 by the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church. The funds, says the Rev. Indon Paul Joo, the church’s vicar, will help the congregation of Korean immigrants “address its own racial reckoning.” Using grants funds, One…
The Diocese of Chicago Antiracism Commission, in partnership with trainers from Chicago Regional Organizing for AntiRacism (CROAR), will offer two workshops this Spring. Introduction to Systemic Racism will be held via Zoom on Saturday, March 26 from 9 am – 5 pm. The workshop is designed for persons who want to better understand the systemic…
Last summer, in the wake of protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, Will Bouvel and Jen Holt Enriquez enrolled in an online class about talking with children about racism. The class was secular in approach, but Bouvel, director of children’s ministries at St. Chrysostom’s, Chicago, and Enriquez, director of…
by Rory Dean Smith How does our faith call us to lead in this pivotal moment? I am a Chicagoan. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago. When we moved into our house I was entering first grade and I made friends with the last white kid in the neighborhood. When his family…
Dear Friends in Christ, In making and renewing the vows of Holy Baptism, we commit ourselves to seek and serve Christ in every person, and to do so by striving for justice and peace among all people. In other words, we promise to put our faith into practice. Faith is not simply a matter of…
Dear People of God: Like many of you, I spend more time online these days. Recently, the hopeful face of a young black man named Ahmaud Arbery has appeared again and again in the newspapers I read and the social media feeds I scroll. In February, Arbery was jogging unarmed near his home in Georgia…
