St. Rita of Cascia Parish

CTL-E-0983 · Institution · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Augustinian parish and all-boys high school founded 1905 (Congressional Record, July 27, 2005); anchors Catholic life near 63rd in Chicago Lawn. Current church building dates unconfirmed.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-071; source research type(s): faith institution. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://www.midwestaugustinians.org/news/2020/7/10/st-rita-parish-officially-unites-with-st-clare-of-montefalco-w2r3h (primary source)
https://www.tiktok.com/@chicagiensis (summary)
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-151/issue-104/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1643-1
https://www.tiktok.com/@chicagiensis/video/7507439752539327790
https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2026/03/18/chicago-new-twin-city-for-home-of-st-rita-of-cascia

Record CTL-E-0983 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 5 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: PLACE-001.
Directory: all entity records · the knowledge graph

Cite this record

Cite as: CultureTechLens, “St. Rita of Cascia Parish (CTL-E-0983),” CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph, October 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0983/

Chicago: CultureTechLens. “St. Rita of Cascia Parish (CTL-E-0983).” CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0983/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). St. Rita of Cascia Parish (CTL-E-0983) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0983/
MLA: CultureTechLens. “St. Rita of Cascia Parish (CTL-E-0983).” CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph, 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0983/

Citation guidance for teachers, journalists, and funders: How to Cite Us.

From the Archive

The archive in pictures

The people, places, and institutions this work documents. Photographs from the CultureTechLens research record — rights-cleared, credited, and cited like everything else here.

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Trust & evidence

Evidence before authority. CultureTechLens publishes its methods, its limits, and its corrections alongside its findings. Claims carry grades — VERIFIED, SUPPORTED, PROVISIONAL, DISPUTED, UNRESOLVED — and unknowns are never reported as zero.

Every claim graded. Every source named. Every correction public — none to date.