I remember...going to school when the building was located on the Van Buren side and the convent was right across the street. I remember the Parish hall, I remember watching a film in 5th grade called "Big Brother Watching You'' ( I thought to myself, that's impossible ). I remember the cloak room, I remember in White Castle ...
My childhood memories are of this church. I started there in kindergarten. I still remember the student desk bolted to the floor and the hole in the upper desk for the ink jar. I am currently an artist and thinking back of a drawing I did of an ant farm and the teacher posting it on top of the chalk board, I think it was what inspired me to become ...
I spent a great deal of time at Our Lady of Sorrows. I was in grammar school there and I can remember spending a lot of time in the church. It was an awesome experience. I have never been so fasinated with a place the way I was with that church. The inside is something that you have to experience for yourself because words can not describe it. ...
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sacred to us
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 01/05/07
My parents married there. Their children were baptized there. My godmother was a nun there before the convent had to be destroyed for reasons I'd rather not discuss here. The place is a true architectural beauty. I hope it stays in place forever.
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we are going back
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/13/06
I love the atmosphere and the look of the basilica, the healing mass is that what I was looking for in Chicago area, besides I am glad that I know now about the St. Peregrine so I can pray to him for healing for my mother.
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CHICAGO OLS BASILICA
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/30/05
THE OUR LADY OF SORROWS BASILICA IN CHICAGO IS BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS . UNFORTUNATLY THE PICTURES IN THIS PRESENTATION HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BASILICA ON JACKSON AVENUE IN CHICAGO YOU MUST GO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF IT IS BEAUTIFUL
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A Surprise away from the Loop
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 01/04/05
This is a huge, beautiful church, dating to around 1905. The ceiling is elaborately molded plaster, in squares and rosettes, giving an almost op-art effect. There are multiple side-chapels, each one different. One chapel contains a full-size white marble replica of Michaelangelo's Pieta. Particularly interesting is the multicolored altar of ...
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