SPRED (Special Religious Development) is a program, created in the Archdiocese of Chicago, which trains and guides parishes to provide faith formation to persons with developmental disabilities and/or learning problems and become integrated into parish life. This is accomplished through small communities of faith at the parish level.

This website was created to provide information to those interested in offering spiritual enrichment to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 


​Welcome Visitors
Our new name is Queen of Apostles SPRED (formerly Queen of Angels).


We , in SPRED,  celebrate the unique gift and beauty of each person and all that brings us together.

In Loving Memory of our SPRED Founder, Rev. James McCarthy, we present The Spirit of SPRED.


​SPRED Program at Queen of Apostles Parish


​​The SPRED program at Queen of Apostles offers the opportunity to grow in faith to young adults and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in three small faith communities.   

To learn more, please click here or use the navigation menu above. 
Julia Hess, SPRED Coordinator
The ​SPRED Resource Satellite housed at ​Queen of Angels is a satellite of the Archdiocesan SPRED Center (see below) and supports the quality and development of SPRED programs in Vicariates I,  II, and parts of III and IV in the Archdiocese of Chicago. 
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Please feel free to explore and click here  
​or use the navigation menu above. 
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SPRED Catechists are parish volunteers who receive training in the symbolic progression used by SPRED. .

​To explore what is involved in being a catechist and information about training, please click here or use the navigation menu above. 

SPRED in the Archdiocese of Chicago  

To learn more about the SPRED Program in Chicago, please click ​​here. 
Additional information can also be found by visiting the SPRED Chicago website located at:

SPRED - Archdiocese of Chicago
2956 S. Lowe Chicago, IL 60616
Phone:  312-842-1039
email: info@spred.org
www.spred-chicago.org​