Holy Family Church- Chicago, IL

A few weeks back, I went to mass with my neighbor at Holy Family. It was pretty neat going to a church that she grew up around. She hadn't been back in 40 years. The church is in Little Italy- South Chicago. It's right around the corner from the University of Illinois. The church is one of the few buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
 

A shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and 7 candles lit because the church was spared by the Great Chicago Fire

After mass, we went around the corner to a well known Italian lemonade stand to the locals in the little Italy neighborhood. It opened in 1954 and has been open ever summer since then.  

We sat on the steps to a building across the street and people watched while we had our lemonade. It was awesome!! I felt like a local!!