St. Pius V Parish

About this church

St. Pius V Parish serves Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood with Sunday Masses in Spanish at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. and an English Mass at 11:30 a.m. Spanish weekday Mass is celebrated at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday in the chapel behind the sanctuary. On Thursdays, English St. Jude Shrine Masses meet at noon and 6:30 p.m. Confession is available Saturdays from 5 to 6 p.m. or by appointment. The parish office asks visitors to schedule an appointment and directs them to enter on Cullerton Street just east of Ashland Avenue and ring the buzzer. Founded in the 1870s, the Dominican parish has offered Spanish Mass since 1963.

Parish life joins sacraments and religious education with extensive neighborhood support. Formation includes children, teenagers preparing for Confirmation, adults exploring Catholicism, and SPRED religious education for people with developmental disabilities. The emergency food program serves about 500 hot meals weekly in the church basement on Monday, Friday, and Saturday at 12:30 p.m.; a Tuesday pantry supplies groceries to roughly 65 families from 2 to 4 p.m. Other services include low-cost legal help, family and immigrant support, volunteer opportunities, and community celebrations. Its web pages leave several arrival questions unanswered: where to park, how to find a step-free route, whether hearing assistance or child care is offered, how long Mass ordinarily lasts, and whether services stream online.

Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed August 26, 2026. Sources: Official Mass schedule, Sunday languages and times, weekday chapel Mass, St. Jud · Official history, Dominican roots, Pilsen ministry, Spanish-language development · Official emergency-services page, soup-kitchen schedule and volume, food-pantry · Official parish homepage, sacraments, religious education, SPRED, social service

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