Saint Mary of the Angels

Saint Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic church in Chicago. The church is often used as a snactuary from supernatural threats.

It's located at the corner of Bloomingdale and Wood, down by Wicker Park.

Description
Harry describes St Marry's as "more that a church. It is a monument". It has a huge dome about seventeen stories high tha is covered in every kind of accessory, including angelic statues all over the roof and ledges. Its artistry, size and beauty are impressive. Harry senses a quiet power, deep, warm and reassuring  (Ch. 30,  Proven Guilty ).

In the series
It is the church of Father Anthony Forthill.


 * In "Something Borrowed", Georgia and Billy Borden got properly married in St. Mary by Father Forthill, after their planned big wedding in the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort Hotel had been invaded by Jenny Greenteeth.
 * In Proven Guilty, Harry Dresden, Thomas Raith and Mouse help Charity Carpenter bring the children to the church after an attack by phobophages. Harry had already sent Nelson Lenhardt there earlier that evening. When Nelson had called, he seemed extremely frightened, saying that something was following him. While there, Harry uses his Sight on Nelson and Daniel Carpenter and finds that both have been psychically attacked by the phobophages. He also Sees that Nelson has two tiny, neat round holes in his temples just like Rosanna Marcella .  Harry puts things together and deduces that Molly Carpenter is responsible for the tiny, neat holes in Nelson and Rosanna in order to help them with their addictions. And that Molly is responsible for the phobophages. Harry struggled with his guilt over unknowingly diverting the phages back at Molly. Father Forthill (savvy to the supernatural) lends an ear and offers consolation. Way up in the top pew of the empty Chapel's balcony, Harry has a long discussion with Charity, Molly's mother, where it is revealed that she once had magical talent that she let wither and die. The magic has passed on to Molly. A Fetch (a particularly strong phobophage) from the Winter Court has Molly in Faerie. Harry and Charity plan how to rescue Molly (Ch. 30, 31, and 32, Proven Guilty).