Ash Wednesday Access to Broadview, Mass and Procession with Cardinal Cupich
“This is a day that speaks to those who live in the shadows,” Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, told more than 3,500 faithful at a Mass attended by members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership. Some 2,000 sat and stood in the courtyard outside Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, with 1,500 more inside the Sanctuary on Wednesday evening.
Earlier that afternoon, a small delegation of two priests and one sister had been granted access to the Broadview ICE facility, where they offered communion and ashes to detainees and guards inside. They noted the visible distress of the detainees when they interacted with them.
Media Coverage:
Fox 32 Video: Faith leaders allowed inside Broadview ICE facility for Ash Wednesday
National Catholic Reporter: 'God does not need papers': Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families
Chicago Tribune: Faith leaders get access to ICE facility on Ash Wednesday
Chicago Sun-Times: Faith leaders enter Broadview ICE facility on Ash Wednesday after judge's order
OSV News: Pastoral care is finally allowed inside Chicago-area ICE facility — on Ash Wednesday
Reuters: Catholic leaders bring communion to immigration detainees near Chicago after court win
WTTW: After Court Ruling, Clergy Members Given Access to Broadview ICE Facility on Ash Wednesday
