Wheeler Kearns Architects
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06/01/2026
Thrilled to share images of the recently completed Catholic Charities Summit Community Center, alongside a recent feature in the Chicago Tribune.
The article highlights how the project's adaptive reuse and trauma-informed design create a welcoming hub for food access, counseling, job training, and community gathering in Summit, Illinois.
In the article, architecture critic Edward Keegan writes:
"The late Pope Francis spoke of the need to “to encounter people where and as they are,” a charge that Catholic Charities embraces every day as part of its mission. But by rejecting the wanton destruction of old buildings that is the unfortunate norm in Chicago, Wheeler Kearns’ new Summit Community Center demonstrates that we can approach buildings in a similarly generous manner and encourage both human and architectural flourishing through thoughtful design."
Read “Catholic Charities’ new center in Summit allows for human and architectural flourishing” in the Chicago Tribune here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/opinion-column-chicago-catholic-charities-summit-community-center-keegan/
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