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Franciscan Father Bob Lombardo greets Mary Coty and Keith Jutkins prior to the blessing and dedication of the Kelly Hall YMCA, a new youth outreach and neighborhood center housed in the former Our Lady of the Angels parish center at 824 N. Hamlin (at Chicago Avenue). Renovated at a cost of $2.5 million dollars – and established in partnership with the Archdiocese of Chicago, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and the Greater Chicago Food Depository – the Kelly Hall YMCA will offer classes, a computer lab and sporting opportunities to young people and seniors.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World