And if you want more insights into Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, especially this Holy Week, I commend the words of an Italian mystic from the 14th century. Her name is Saint Catherine of Siena.

The Diocese of Avila recently announced that the sixteenth-century tomb of St. Teresa of Avila, which had been opened in 1914, had been reopened and found in remarkable condition.

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St. Catherine of Siena merged with St. Lucy Parish of the Austin neighborhood in 1974. In 2022, the parish joined St. Giles Parish as part of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Renew My Church initiative.