Special Worship Service on Homelessness with Author Diane Nilan

Diane developed her passion for social justice while training to be a nun with the Joliet Franciscan Sisters. She focused her efforts on homelessness after working at Joliet Catholic Charities and later at Hesed House in Aurora. But as foundational as those experiences were, Diane Nilan didn’t fully understand the realities of homelessness until setting out by herself in a motorhome with the mission of “giving voice and visibility to homeless children and youth” across the country. Fifteen years and more than 400,000 miles later, the one-time Aurora resident continues to advocate for change by sharing the often heartbreaking stories of the homeless through lectures, films and books, including her most recent work, Dismazed and Driven — My Look at Family Homelessness in America.