A Call to Rebuild

To address the challenges of our time, we are called by Jesus to rebuild. Renew My Church is a vision and strategic plan guiding our response to this call for renewal. This spiritual revitalization will reclaim what is most central and sacred to our faith and breathe new life into our methods of sharing the Gospel. In this way, we can provide people a Church and a home for their faith that is marked by more faithful discipleship, a loving community, and an inspired source for witness. so that those for whom we pray are brought home to a Church that is marked by greater discipleship, loving community, and inspiring witness.

Our Lady of Africa is the result of merging together St. Ambrose, St. Anselm of Canterbury, Corpus Christi, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Holy Angels parishes through the Renew My Church process.

Our Lady of Africa was formed on 7/1/2021 as a result of this process by the merging  of 5 churches from the Bronzeville/Kenwood area in Chicago .   The worship site is housed at the former Holy Angels site and the former St. Elizabeth site is now called the Tolton Heritage Center. 

​All these churches had a rich history :

• Corpus Christi Church located at 4920 South Martin Luther King Drive
• Holy Angels Church located at 615 East Oakwood Boulevard 
• Saint Ambrose Church located at 1012 East 47th Street
• Saint Anselm of Canterbury Church located at 6045 South Michigan
• Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church located at 40 East 41st Street