GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Illinois: IL-13

St. Kateri Center of Chicago 
3938 North Leavitt Street 
Chicago, IL 60618

Phone: 773-509-2344

 

History: The St. Kateri Center of Chicago has been a predominantly Native American ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago (Archives: Chicago, Illinois).

1952	The Archdiocese of Chicago began its first apostolate to Chicago-area Native Americans (e.g. Ojibwa, Navajo, Dakota-Lakota) in Uptown
1982	Local Native American elders, with assistance from two Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary (Sinsinawa, Wisconsin), established the Anawim Center in Uptown as an outreach ministry to its diverse Native American population representing 250 tribes
1982-2011	The Dominican Sisters administered the center and were followed by a Franciscan sister and successive Native American lay directors; sacramental records were recorded at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church
2012-present	Renamed the St. Kateri Center of Chicago, it relocated to the campus St. Benedict parish where subsequent sacramental records have been recorded

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1982-ongoing

Volume: Less than 1 cubic foot

Description: The St. Kateri Center holds memorabilia about its history and a copy of sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) from St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, 1982-2011.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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