My Bittersweet Return to Joliet

Calling attention to family homelessness

My van/home parked outside the former Joliet Franciscan Motherhouse, now part of the University of St. Francis. (Photo Diane Nilan)

Hey, Joliet! I’m coming back. You might not know what I did before I left in 1990. My return needs to get your attention.

I’m coming back to call attention to family homelessness in Joliet. When I left decades ago, family homelessness…