Anawim Center A Native American Interfaith Spiritual Center

Intergrating Christian and Tradional

Anawim's vision is to integrate the Christian and Traditional way of prayer and life.

Catholic. We celebrate the Catholic sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Marriage, Reconciliation, and Anointing of the Sick.

Traditional. And Anawim provides traditional prayer services in an All Nations Indian Prayer Circle with a feast that follows.

For Indian people visiting the community, Anawim is a place to practice their traditional spiritual ceremonies. A variety of Natvie spiritual/religious people use Anawim for seremonies. Typical among these are traditional seasonal feasts of the Woodland and Great Lake Tribes.

Anawim is the present home of the Ministry of Presence (Methodist). Anawim also works with the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). We have helped the Conference in creating a yearly interfaith calendar and interfaith handbook. In the past, we also participated in an AIDS task force.

What We Do !
Catholic Mass at the Anawim Center, we celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist,
Reconciliation and other Sacraments also the Anawim Center provides a safe haven for our Seniors, Youth,
Native Men and Women to practice their spiritual traditions. We attempt to assist all Native Americans in
everyday life struggles, through referrals to Chicago's Public Services and Local Ministries