Light overcomes darkness.
You are not alone.

Magdalene House Chicago, Inc. (MHC) is a home and enterprise for positive, personal change for women survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction in the Chicagoland area. For women survivors, MHC promises the flexibility, advocacy, and humanity they need to heal and become leaders through its residential program, Find Your Way Home, and justice social enterprise, Off The Streets.

Our Mission

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Magdalene House Chicago, MHC, was founded in 2015 by a group of dedicated women in the Chicagoland area. Inspired by the successful stories of healing and transformation that came out of Thistle Farm’s Magdalene House in Nashville, these women pledged to bring the same hope to women survivors of sex trafficking living in Chicago. In August 2016, Magdalene House Chicago, Inc. was officially incorporated as an independent nonprofit. In early 2018, MHC’s Board began a strategic planning process to help guide its growth.

Inspired by these principles, MHC dedicated itself to helping women survivors recover by providing safe housing, case management, education and employment for two years - free of charge. With open doors and hearts, MHC began welcoming their first women survivors to a home and community of healing in 2022. Throughout the Magdalene House Chicago residential program, Find Your Way Home, and justice social enterprise, Off The Streets, there is the belief that love is the most powerful force for change in the world.

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Our History

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Our Core Values

  • Lead With Love

    Lead with love for self and others. You can't pour from an empty cup. Knowing our worth and taking care of ourselves allows us to continue our personal growth and better serve others.

  • Growth in Grace

    This is a safe place to learn, to make mistakes, to find your way back, and to grow. Through it all, we never give up on each other. We lift each other up and gracefully hold one another accountable to do our best.

  • We Are Stronger Together

    In the Circle, there is no "us" or "them." Only us. And we will go so much further together than any one person can go alone. It is by walking alongside one another that we can fully experience how love heals.

  • Radical Hospitality

    We offer love and respect to everyone as they are, putting aside assumptions and expectations. We honor the story of every person, accepting each other as equal.

  • Quality Matters

    We believe in the value of every person who is touched by our work. That's why every product, program, and service we create and offer will be of the highest quality possible. Offering the world our best is an outward sign of our inner gratitude for all that has been given to us.

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The MHC Team

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Board of Directors

Rev. Amity Carrubba

Rector, Grace Episcopal Church

Board Chair

Mary Lawrence

President, Richards Graphic Communications, Inc.

Treasurer

Gwen O’Loughlin

Retired Educator

Director

Tom Mendoza

Systems Engineer, Alpha Business Solutions, Hyatt Account

Secretary

Rose Cicero

Retired Educator

Director

Dr. Lois Garland-Patterson

Retired

Director

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Young Professionals Board

  • Erin Suchy

    Chair

  • Alexandra Perry

    Vice Chair

  • Kathryn King

    Liaison

  • Colleen O’Brien

    Secretary

  • Nicolina Falcone

    Director

  • Francesca Sallinger

    Director

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”

- Thomas Merton