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Bp. Barron's Advent Reflections
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Friends, today’s Gospel challenges us to act on the Good News. On what precisely is the whole of your life built? Your heart or soul is the center of you, the place where you are most authentically...
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Our Vision
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church envisions a fruitful communion of missionary disciples who are both boldly living in the freeing power of the Gospel, and zealously proclaiming the life-giving ransom purchased by Jesus Christ.
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Are you looking to be free?
We are a Roman Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago serving the Niles-Park Ridge community and surrounding suburbs.
We take our name from Mary, under her unique title of Our Lady of Ransom. We believe that Jesus Christ offers us the power to be free of anything that inhibits us from becoming the sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father that God longs for us to be. From sin to suffering, from addiction to anger - a personal relationship with Jesus Christ offers freedom that no outside power can take from us.
We invite you to learn more about our patroness, Our Lady of Ransom.
The Story
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"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free."
- Galatians 5:1
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Our Mission
The mission of Our Lady of Ransom has been given to her by Jesus Christ: “Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” (Mt 28:19-20) As the local manifestation in Niles, Illinois of the universal Church, we will serve this mission by:
- engaging seekers through the works of mercy, proclaiming the Gospel, and inviting others to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ;
- enlivening believers with catechesis faithful to the Magisterium, formation in a life of prayer and virtue, and beautiful and sacred liturgical celebrations;
- empowering disciples to exercise their baptismal vocation by living from their charisms and engaging the world with a missionary spirit.
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