“Saint Clement serves as the cornerstone of our family. The community has become an integral part of our weekly routine, and we eagerly anticipate attending Mass in its beautiful space each week. Saint Clement is the spiritual foundation upon which Paula and I have built our marriage, raised our daughters, and envisioned our future. It is the primary reason we chose to make our home in Chicago, despite numerous reasons to consider leaving the city. We felt it was our duty to contribute to the LCF campaign to ensure that Saint Clement endures for our family and others for generations to come.”

“Saint Clement has provided such an incredible way for me to explore and grow my relationship with God over the last three years. I’ve been able to engage in small group discussions, serve my community and other young adults in the parish, and have been able to experience the Holy Spirit at work during prayer ministry. I feel so blessed to be a part of this community and to be surrounded by so many others navigating the busyness of city life with faith at the forefront. I’m looking forward to seeing the parish continue to grow and flourish through this campaign, and in the years to come!”

“My first experience of Saint Clement was in the summer of 1997 during an eight-week internship in Chicago. I was impressed by how welcoming the Saint Clement community was. I returned to Lincoln Park and St Clement in the fall of 2009.  While I had been a member of several parishes in the intervening years, I never felt like I truly belonged. After the first mass back at Saint Clement, I remember thinking, ‘I’m home!’ 

As Saint Clement has been blessed with tremendous growth in the past few years, I’m thrilled to see so many new people experience that same sense of belonging. Every day there are so many opportunities to engage with the Saint Clement community. You can feel the energy and excitement! I am grateful for the opportunity to support the Saint Clement community through my family’s commitment to the Legacy. Community. Future. campaign. I can’t wait to see what God has planned for us!”

“We felt so inspired to give to the Legacy. Community. Future. campaign because we have seen the direct impact of this community in our lives, our children's lives and in those around us. As we don't have family in the city, Saint Clement has become the nucleus of our community here. Not only have we been blessed by the opportunity to grow in our own faith but also have experienced so many pivotal life moments here - like our son's baptism (and daughters soon!) and new friends coming to faith in Jesus through Alpha. This community has been there for us through life's highs and lows... like the outpouring of love and support when my mom passed - the cards, prayers, meals, check-ins, and when we had over 40 people from Saint Clement make the drive on a weekday to attend the funeral service in Kalamazoo. We have witnessed so many ways that the Holy Spirit is working through Saint Clement Parish to bring people closer to the Lord and we feel blessed that God has invited us to play a part in the plans that He has for our neighborhood and our city. By giving to the campaign, we want to help fuel the ministries that invite others to explore what a life of faith in Jesus and in His Church can mean for them.”

"The question before us is what can we do to ensure that the Saint Clement we know today will be here for future generations. I really believe Saint Clement will be desperately needed in the future in ways we probably don’t fully understand, just like past generations did not understand what we would need today. It is not the quantity of what is given to the campaign, but rather the spirit in which you are willing to participate.”