The 6-foot tall cross was originally built in 1895 and was perched for more than 100 years on the roof of St. Mary of Perpetual Help High School, Geoff Pautch, parish business manager said.

A copper cross, more than 100 years old, that sits in front of the rectory at St. Mary of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Bridgeport was “bent in half” by vandals.

A recent Sunday, my family and I attended the final traditional Latin Mass at St. Mary of Perpetual Help in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood. Our priest broke the news gently: Cardinal Blase ...

St. Mary of Perpetual Help-All Saints-St. Anthony Parish (photo: Courtesy photo / St. Mary of Perpetual Help) Catholic News Agency Nation November 10, 2020 CHICAGO, Ill.

All Saints-St. Anthony Parish in Bridgeport held its final services in late June. It is now scheduled for demolition. Its faith community will combine with St. Mary of Perpetual Help Parish.

A Catholic Church in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood has seen two straight days of graffiti to its over 100-year-old facade as of Sunday. The south exterior of St. Mary of Perpetual Help ...

“Old St. Mary’s runs along without the Holy Name society, the Altar & Rosary society, and the young people’s sodalities that help the pastor in most parishes,” a 1955 article reported.

Parishioners at St. Mary of Perpetual Help - All Saints St. Anthony Parish, located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, noticed the graffiti around 11 a.m. Nov. 8.