Statements

The second phase of targeted restructuring in the Diocese of Joliet began July 1, 2023, and includes all sixteen parishes in the Joliet Deanery. The sixteen parishes have been grouped into smaller clusters to facilitate the restructuring process.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the faithful to pray the litany of the Sacred Heart and make an act of reparation—an act offered to the Lord with the intention of repairing the spiritual damage inflicted by sin.

Benedictine University, along with St. Procopius Abbey and the Diocese of Joliet, announced today that the University will now be deemed an independent Catholic university within the Diocese of Joliet.

The Illinois attorney general’s office today issued a final report on clergy sexual abuse of minors in the six Catholic dioceses in the state. This report is the result of our four years’ cooperation with the Attorney General’s office, beginning in 2019.

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet has accepted the unanimous recommendation of his targeted restructuring committee regarding St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bensenville.

The following statement outlines the final step on the path of Benet Academy seeking to retain its Catholic identity and Benedictine tradition without St. Procopius Abbey.

I pray for the soul of Pope Benedict XVI, who today joined our Lord in eternal life. He served God as a priest, archbishop, cardinal and pope, and enlightened Catholics worldwide with his thoughtful theological writings. May he rest in peace.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision issued today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion across the country. Today’s decision is an answer to decades of prayer and upholds the protection of the most innocent of all human life – the child in the mother’s womb – which has long been a tenet of Catholic social teaching.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) yesterday issued the following statement on a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the Diocese of Joliet offers the following words as its own homage to the lives lost.