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Christa Rooks is the Communications Coordinator at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Christa was previously the editor of a weekly newspaper on the North Shore of Chicago, where she covered everything local news. When not writing, she can be found declaring her love for Diet Coke to anyone who will listen.
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Rita Clubs: Supporting the City’s Young Women
July 13, 2017 /0 Comments/in 130th Anniversary archbishop, archbishop mundelein, building, building located, club opened, each club, housed 150, issue of the waifs, issue of the waifs messenger, mercy, mercy home, opened, rita, rita club, rita club opened, rita clubs, waifs messenger, women, working women, young women /by Christa RooksAlthough our girls campus didn’t open until 1987, Mercy Home began its tradition of serving young women long before that through its Rita Clubs.
Mercy Home Alum Comes Full Circle
July 12, 2017 /2 Comments/in Stories began, decided, excel, give back, high school, hr manager, human, human resources, illinois, illinois state, mercy, mercy home, mother, new york, resources, returned home, robert, robert struggled, target, took a job /by Christa RooksRead about Mercy Home alum, Robert, and how his time living at the Home inspired his future career and desire to give back.
Young Hearts 4 Life Provides Heart Screenings
June 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home Updates 4 life, board members, cardiac, donating, event, hearts 4, hearts 4 life, marek, medical, members, mercy, mercy home, opportunity, organization, tested, young hearts, young hearts 4, young hearts 4 life /by Christa RooksYoung Hearts 4 Life, a nonprofit committed to cardiac health, visited our Hay Campus to provide free heart screenings for 60 of our young men and women.
Spring Break Filled with Learning Opportunities
May 11, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home Updates century, learning, moreno, office, practice, spring break, transunion, value /by Christa RooksA break from school didn’t mean a break from learning for the kids at Mercy Home! Their week of Spring Break was filled with enriching activities every day.
Helping Make Lent Matter to Your Kids
April 4, 2017 /0 Comments/in Parenting, Sunday Mass activity, aware, better or the world, better or the world better, can be difficult, choosing, details, difficult, kids be more aware, make lent, meaningful, mercy, mercy home, people, potato, potato activity, season, velasquez, what are you choosing, world better /by Christa RooksParents may find that it can be difficult to help make Lent matter to their kids. Learn how we help make the season meaningful for our kids at Mercy Home.
Honoring Our Young Women
March 30, 2017 /1 Comment/in Home Updates campus, could relate, coworkers, description, each young, elizabeth, history, history month, important, inspirational women, labrie, learning center, relate, walsh campus, woman, women, women's, women's history, women's history month, young women /by Christa RooksChapels of Mercy Home: Tichenor Chapel
March 16, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home Updates, Sunday Mass campus, chapel, chicago, designed, expansion, family, family chapel, mercy, mercy home, prayer, tichenor, tichenor family, tichenor family chapel, tiffany, tiffany dome, windows /by Christa RooksNestled at the entrance of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls’ Hay Campus in Chicago’s West Loop is the Tichenor Chapel, which provides a sacred space in the city.
Celebrating Black History Month
March 8, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home Updates activities, background during dinner, black history, black history month, campus, civil rights, dinner, dinner featuring, each home, food dinner, hay campus, history, history month, played in the background, put together, slave trade, soul food, soul food dinner, together, walsh campus /by Christa RooksCelebrating 25 Years of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home
February 9, 2017 /2 Comments/in Home Updates, Sunday Mass 25 years, broadcast, catholic, celebrants, faithful, mass at mercy, mass at mercy home, mercy, mercy home, sunday, sunday mass, sunday mass at mercy, sunday mass at mercy home, unable, viewers /by Christa RooksUseful Links
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