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Jhordy Reynoso may not have grown up at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, but when he learned about it a few months ago, he saw immediately what it could have done for him. “I thought it was a really cool resource,” he said. “Something that could have helped my mom and me. I wish […]

I pray you had a blessed Easter Sunday and during this joy-filled Easter Season you find peace, comfort, hope, and blessings as you worship with our Parish of the Airwaves. What a wonderful month this is as we continue to celebrate the miracle of Christ’s resurrection and rebirth!   After Jesus’ resurrection, the Apostles began […]

Cooper didn’t want to tell his grandmother about the suspension. She warned him the last time he got in trouble at school that he might get kicked out of her house if it happened again. And he intended to stay out of trouble. But since his mom died, anger seemed to erupt out of him […]

A visit from a family member of a former Mercy Home president gives us head start on next year’s observance of our 140th anniversary. Retired Chicago librarian Rose Powers was working on completing a history of Dominican University that was left unfinished following the death in 2018 of its first author and university archivist Sr. […]

Once every quarter at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, an important meeting brings together a youth and the people who support them: a therapist, an advocate, a program manager, an education coordinator, and the youth’s guardians or family members. This is known as a care planning meeting (CPM). But for those in the room, […]