{"id":16384,"date":"2015-08-05T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jh.southloophvac.com\/?p=16384"},"modified":"2015-08-05T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T21:35:00","slug":"a-better-part-of-chicago-cantius-juventutem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/a-better-part-of-chicago-cantius-juventutem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Part Of Chicago – Cantius"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having lived in Chicago for four years now, I can honestly say after all the bars and beaches, festivals and forest preserves, ethnic cuisine and enthusiastic government workers that my favorite place is Saint John Cantius Church.<\/p>\n

I heard about the parish when I was a freshman at Franciscan University and thought, “If I ever move to Chicago, I know where I’ll be going to Mass.” It turned out to be especially true because within a few months we had gathered the young professionals of the parish together for Wednesday low Masses, what would become\u00a0Quo Vadis-Juventutem.<\/a>\u00a0(now called Quo Vadis)<\/p>\n

Though I certainly can’t identify my friendships in Chicago with only the parish or Catholics, it became clear that anyone I became friends with, once invited there, quickly became so.<\/p>\n

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Before I left\u00a0for Houston, the group\u00a0had a going away party<\/a> — people that I will never forget and hope to see again soon.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a history of the group in photos:<\/p>\n