PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: A bagpipe player steps out of the church following the St. Patrick’s Day Mass.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: Two West Side Irish American Club members prepare to go down the steep steps of St. Colman Church following the St. Patrick Day Mass.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: Young women from the West Side Irish American Club emerge from the church after Mass ready to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: Lawry Family – Mom, Dad, and children- pose for a picture after attending morning mass on St. Patrick’s Day. Mom, a Kilbane, has roots in St. Colman Parish.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: A fifer from the West Side Irish American Club’s drum and fife group emerges from the church after Mass.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Monday, March 17, 2025, St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65^th Street: A drummer from the West Side Irish American Club’s drum and fife group emerges from the church after Mass.