This post-Vatican II church was dedicated in 1970. Spacious enough to accommodate a segment of the Northwest suburbs’ growing population, the building is low and sprawling, shaped like a shell, Christian symbol of resurrection and baptism.

Seating 800, it has a quintessential people-friendly design— just 15 pews deep in any section, with good sightlines and all on a single level. Simple face brick walls are accented with carved wooden statues of a few favored saints and a bas relief of Cecilia, Roman martyr and patron of church music.

Five years ago a $2.4 million renovation satisfied several parish needs: installing a hard ceiling made the church’s acoustics “sound like a church,” a meeting house was built that is also used for religious education classes, and making a large gathering space in the narthex area transformed it and helped neighbors meet neighbors in this multi-ethnic parish.

Pastor: Father Daniel J. Brady
Masses: Saturdays 4:30 p.m., English; 6:30 p.m., Spanish/ Sundays: 7:30, 9 and 10:30 a.m., English; noon, Spanish
Phone: (847) 437-6208
Parish founded: 1967