Religion

A life of faith was important to many residents of Libertyville; this was evident by the number of churches in town. Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Christian Science faiths were represented. All of the congregations hosted speakers, concerts, and events to enrich the spiritual lives of their members, and the town was also the richer for their involvement.

Just up the road in newly-named Mundelein, an event took place in 1926 that was world news. The town hosted the 28th International Eucharistic Congress at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary. Events began on June 20 in Chicago, and on June 24 the Congress ended in Mundelein. An estimated one million persons attended the mass in Mundelein.

Picture courtesy of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society.	Picture courtesy of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society
The original building located on East Church Street burned in a fire in 1927. The new building on Maple and Douglas Avenues was dedicated in 1928.	The Christian Science Society in Libertyville was formed in 1923.
The two churches pictured below, while they were built before the 1920s, were vibrant church communities in Libertyville during that decade. The Methodist church building was built in 1913 and St. Lawrence Episcopal was built in 1917. The images are from the 1920s.
Picture courtesy of the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society.	Image courtesy of Lake County (IL) Discovery Museum/Curt Teich Postcard Archives
St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery was established in 1923. Image courtesy of the Lake County (IL) Discovery Museum/Curt Teich Postcard Archives.	Marytown, Libertyville. Perpetual Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament has taken place here at Marytown since June 7, 1928. Image from private collection.