Welcome to St. Columba Episcopal (Anglican) Church
About Us St.
Columba’s is within, and part of, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. We are located in Hanover Park, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan and Chicago’s downtown area. The surrounding communities include Bartlett, Elgin,
Hoffman Estates, Roselle, Schaumburg, and Streamwood. This entire area is a
mix of older, established communities, burgeoning with new developments. We are home to a small but diverse group of people from the communities listed
above. Our church family welcomes all people to our warm, lovely church, and strive to integrate all visitors into our
parish family. At St. Columba’s, we celebrate all the important occasions of our lives including baptisms, confirmations,
marriages, and funerals. Worship is the central activity of the church and an active outreach and social life have strengthened
the bonds of the parish family. We work together to maintain the church building as well as the grounds outside.
Multiple flea markets are held throughout the year with each drawing hundreds of people from all situations in
life and many of the nearby community areas. The flea markets are both a fundraiser and means of outreach for our church,
introducing ourselves to the community at large and aiding the economically disadvantaged. Additionally, our parishioners
contribute to a local food pantry and a women’s crisis center. Parishioners donate flowers for the church in remembrance
of special occasions, and have planted trees on our vast park-like grounds, as memorials to loved ones.
Our
expansive grounds and beautiful exterior of our church are inviting to all. The interior offers a traditional worship setting,
with stained glass windows throughout the sanctuary and community rooms, including the office, library and Sunday school classrooms.
Our beautiful church seats approximately 100 people. We strive for and welcome growth, as we seek to draw from our surrounding
communities to help all people grow in faith and love. Today our church is debt-free. Our current priest is Fr. Mathew P. Idicula serving as
vicar since April of 2007.
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your mind." Mathew 22:37