News Releases

The Feast of St. Patrick is March 17 and this year it falls on a Friday during Lent.  Catholics age 14 years of age or older honor an obligation to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent.  

The Catholic Education Foundation of the Diocese of Joliet is proud to announce the Kazma Family Foundation is increasing its four-year, high school scholarships by $2,000 each, beginning with the current 2021-22 academic year.

Bishop Ron Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet will celebrate Midnight Christmas Mass at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet has accepted the unanimous recommendation of his targeted restructuring committee regarding St. Dennis Catholic School and St. Joseph Catholic School in Lockport.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet has accepted the unanimous recommendation of his targeted restructuring committee regarding Sacred Heart Catholic School and St. Pius X Parish School in Lombard.

Carol Burlinski, principal of St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School in Hinsdale, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Bishop Roger L. Kaffer Outstanding Principal Award from Lewis University.

Bishop Ron Hicks will ordain 16 men to the permanent diaconate at 11 a.m. on Sat., Aug. 20, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.

Bishop Ron Hicks will inaugurate the 2022-23 academic year by celebrating a Mass of the Holy Spirit on Fri., Sept. 9 at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.

Bishop Ron Hicks will ordain three men to the priesthood at 11 a.m. on Sat., May 21, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.

The Diocese of Joliet Catholic Schools Office today announced St. Dominic Catholic School in Bolingbrook will close at the end of the current academic year on May 27.