Outreach Partners

Community Christian Alternative Academy (CCA)

Community Christian Alternative (CCA) Academy is a high school on Chicago's west side. The school is located in the Lawndale neighborhood, one of the Chicago's most poverty and crime ridden communities, often topping the list for murders, prostitution and drug dealing. CCA Academy provides high school drop outs a last chance opportunity to get their diploma and placement into a college or technical training program. Against tremendous odds the CCA Academy has survived for over 25 years providing a stable environment and a road map for disadvantaged youth. To learn more click here .

Barb Bowers at Urban Garden CCA

Bishop Anderson House

A long standing Outreach Partner of St. Mary's is Bishop Anderson House, a member of Episcopal Charities.

The Mission of Bishop Anderson House is to advance healing by ministering to the sick and those who care for them.

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United Power for Action & Justice

How do we put our faith into action? How do we go from frustration about the difference between how things should be and the way things are to effective action to put things right? A major part of our answer is our work in Community Organizing through United Power for Action and Justice. UPAJ is a broad-based organization made up of dues-paying members, city and suburban, including 300 churches synagogues, mosques, unions, hospitals, businesses, community health care clinics and local community organizations.

Companion Ministry with the Anglican Diocese of Southeast Mexico

Our companion parish, San Juan Bautista, is a small but vibrant parish in the Diocese of Southeast Mexico. San Juan Bautista is in a remote Mexican village called San Filipé Cihualtepec. Driving the dirt roads to the town, you take in the sights of homes made of bundles of scrap wood. As you worship in the concrete block church, the songs of pigs and chickens mingle with human voices raised in praise. Since the inaugural trip made in May, 2005, St. Mary's members of all ages have been journeying south about twice a year to cultivate this budding ministry.