A community effort hopes to preserve a 108-year-old church in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Ashland Avenue is scheduled to close for good later this month.

Parishioners gathered Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church for its final mass. The church has been in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood for more than 100 years. It is closing after the parish merged ...

Ellicott Development has submitted plans to the City for the renovation of the former Our Lady of Lourdes Church into a mix of uses. The church is located at the southeast corner of Best Street ...

The church was clearly visible from the bedroom window of our house on Ellicott Street; it was only a block away. Our Lady of Lourdes was more than a house of worship; it was the neighborhood ...

For many years there was a statue of Our Lady Lourdes in the center of the church’s altarpiece. In mid-2011 it was removed from its niche or base to be restored and is currently located at the ...

In 1862 Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions and authorized the cult of Our Lady of Lourdes for the diocese. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes became worldwide in 1907.