Saturday, November 1 - People’s Mass at Broadview Detention Center
DATE: Saturday, November 1, 2025
TIME: Please arrive by 9:45 AM as we will start promptly at 10 AM
Broadview Detention Center, 1930 Beach St, Broadview, IL 60155
Pictures of those detained, deported, or disappeared, and white flowers or marigolds for All Saints Day.
Bring folding chairs, rosaries, and water.
Dress warmly and wear your yellow CSPL t-shirts! If you don’t have one, we will have extra on site.
Please check the weather in advance: bring umbrellas and ponchos.
Parking: Lots have been secured on Lexington St. and Beach St. Drive toward the detention center and look for marshals, who will guide you into a lot.
Safety: Please note that we will have marshals and the Illinois State Police will be present. Please stay with a buddy who knows your name and birth date.
We invite all clergy, religious, and lay people to come together in prayer, song, and sacred resistance. You do not need to be a baptized Catholic to join this liturgy. As we share in the Body of Christ, we will proclaim our call to dismantle the systems that so deeply harm our communities, and proclaim that Christ is present at Broadview.
We have arranged buses to the Mass:
Bus 1:
8:30 AM from St. Gertrude Catholic Church, 1420 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
8:50 AM from Saint Teresa of Ávila Church, 1950 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Bus 2:
8:30 AM from St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 1953 West 48th St, Chicago, IL, 60609
9 AM from St. James Catholic Church, 2907 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Bus 3: 9 AM from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1101 23rd Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160
Regional meeting on 10/29
RSVP HERE: bit.ly/Cspl-1101
About the People’s Mass
The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado of the Archdiocese of Chicago, along with concelebrants: Fr. Paul Keller, CMF, Provincial Superior of the Claretians, and Provincial Fr. Karl Kiser, SJ of the Jesuits of the Midwest Province and Fr. Giovanni Bizzotto, Provincial of the Scalabrinians.
We are also deeply honored to be joined by Sr. JoAnn Persch, a Mercy Sister, who has been a source of inspiration for us and who for many years provided pastoral care to immigrants inside of the ICE facility in Broadview.
On All Saints Day, Saturday, November 1, at 10 AM, we invite you to gather with us for a second People’s Mass, this time at the Broadview Detention Center, which remains a central base of the reckless operations by ICE/DHS, and a place where our immigrant siblings face inhumane conditions, separation from their families, and impending deportation. We will again attempt to bring communion to our loved ones who are detained on the inside. All who are present will be invited to receive communion and blessings.
On this Feast Day, as we remember the saints who embodied love, courage, and justice, we will also honor the everyday saints among us today who carry the Gospel into our struggle for liberation.
A People’s Mass, or misa popular, is a Eucharistic celebration that centers the voices of the marginalized and proclaims God’s presence dwelling in all who struggle. Throughout history, outdoor Masses have been held as a sacred and powerful act of solidarity and resistance in moments of severe oppression. This Mass will continue this tradition rooted in the call of our faith to take courageous, nonviolent action when faced with injustice.
