The 2026 Congress theme is Holy Resistance, which illustrates our collective work this year. If you are a CSPL member interested in joining us, please register!

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting for action planning. And we wish to thank the members who have provided leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

Are you a current funder of CSPL, or interested in funding our work? Join us for this funder briefing, where we’ll share about an effort to scale some of the most effective spiritually-rooted organizing across Chicago and the broader Midwest. We’ll share more about the strategy, early successes, and opportunities for further advocacy.

This event is intended for grant funders and other foundations.

Since returning to office, Trump’s regime has attempted to spread fear, separate families, and force our communities to comply in advance with his agenda of hate. In response we took to the streets, joined together with our neighbors, and kept each other safe in Chicago and across Illinois. 

This May Day we are asking you to join us once again to take the streets, demand an end to ICE’s terror, and show that the people are more powerful than those in power. 

Consagrando el Barrio

CSPL has been working with the seminarians at Mundelein Seminary for the past few months! They have developed their own Mundelein Migrant Ministry group and through this effort they have been hosting Marian processions to consecrate certain neighborhoods to Mary for her protection and prayers for our migrant sisters and brothers. In early April, they hosted one at Santa Maria del Popolo Parish in Mundelein and had almost 200 faithful attend!

We invite you to join us this Wednesday for another Marian procession beginning at Mother of the Americas in Little Village. We will process to all three Little Village parishes praying the Rosary and singing. Join us!

Consagrando el Barrio / Consecrating the Neighborhood
Wednesday, April 49
5:30PM Mass, 6:15PM Procession, 7:30PM Exposition
Start at Mother of the Americas:
2226 S Whipple St, Chicago, IL 60623

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting for action planning. And we wish to thank the members who have provided leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting for action planning. And we wish to thank the members who have provided leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

On Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Melrose Park will host an outdoor Mass, with Cardinal Blase Cupich as the Presider. This liturgy will be a moment of prayer, encounter, and solidarity with immigrant families in our local Church.

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting on Zoom for action planning. We wish to thank the members who provide ongoing leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting on Zoom for action planning. We wish to thank the members who provide ongoing leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

During this Advent season, we affirm the sacred right of those who are detained to receive Communion and pastoral care, and we invite you to join us in making this request once more. Bring your Catholic and Christian signs, religious symbols and banners.

CANCELLED — Due to increased ICE activity.

Learn how to accompany community members to court to help keep our community members safe in this critical time.

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting for action planning. We wish to thank the members who provide ongoing leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

On Sunday, November 1, CSPL will celebrate a misa popular at the Broadview Detention Center, where a delegation will again attempt to access the facility to provide Communion to the people being detained there. All attendees will be provided communion and blessings.

Join our next joint Regional Table meeting on Zoom for action planning. And we wish to thank the members who have provided leadership to direct the work of CSPL.

To process, reflect, and discern next steps in our struggle for justice and protecting our immigrant community, please join us for this post-Eucharistic Procession Discernment and Theological Reflection.

On Saturday, October 11, CSPL will gather at St. Eulalia Catholic Church—the birthplace of CSPL—and then process the one-mile walk to the Broadview Detention Center, where a delegation will attempt to access the facility to provide Communion to the people being detained there under overcrowded and inhumane conditions.

Join us to honor the life of Silverio Villagas Gozalez, who was shot and killed by ICE on September 12, 2025, and to demand an investigation into the operation that ended in his death.

Jesus used nonviolence in resistance to the Roman Empire, and movement leaders throughout history have followed his example. Together we will explore the theology of nonviolence that accurately embraces Jesus’ actions. We will then learn the practical skills we need to apply this theology to the actions we take in this critical moment.