The 67-year-old church was once a thriving parish. But the Archdiocese of Chicago decided to close the church due to a lack ...

St. Thomas More Church was built in the late 1950s. Now, because of what the Archdiocese of Chicago has deemed declining membership, the church is closing its doors to parishioners.

St. Thomas More Church was built in the late 1950s. Now, because of what the Archdiocese of Chicago has deemed declining ...

The 67-year-old St. Thomas More — a striking example of modernist Catholic ecclesiastical design — will hold its last liturgy on May 25 and will no longer function as a church after that.

Parishioners of the former St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, 2825 W. 81st St., are bracing for the church’s final Mass.