Covenant News

Services Scheduled Wednesday for Dennis Cadieux

CHICAGO, IL (July 21, 2003) - Memorial services are set for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., for Covenant pastor Dennis Cadieux of Jesus People USA (JPUSA) Evangelical Covenant Church. Cadieux died Sunday afternoon of a massive heart attack.

A wake will be held preceding Wednesday's memorial at 5:30 p.m. at 939 W. Wilson Avenue in Chicago. Pastors from JPUSA will officiate at the services. The building where the memorial service will be held is at the corner of Wilson and Sheridan avenues. It is across the street from the Friendly Towers, where JPUSA is located. Parking is just east of Arai Middle School, located on the same block.

The 67-year-old Cadieux was ordained last month at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church. He had served at JPUSA in ministry since 1972 and had given his life and resources to the church. A physically fit person, Cadieux's heart attack shocked those who knew him well.

Born January 2, 1936 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cadieux was baptized in a Baptist church in Aurora at the age of seven. He came to JPUSA in November 1972, according to the Covenant's Department of the Ordered Ministry. His willingness to give up all he had to follow his faith was well documented.

Cadieux met Jesus People in the 1970s through JPUSA's Resurrection Band, which had been performing a Christmas concert at a suburban Aurora church. Cadieux, who had long dreamed of being a foreign missionary, was so taken with the group that he decided to sell his family's home and printing business to join full time. He moved to Chicago with his family to live at JPUSA. He also donated printing presses and JPUSA used them to start some printing-related ventures.

A noted community leader, Cadieux was once the head of a neighborhood association that helped keep low-income housing in the Uptown area during the mid 1980s. Pastors at JPUSA stated that Cadieux was involved in a policeman's prayer breakfast and that he was socially conscious and was especially helpful to young adults in his neighborhood throughout his ministry. He spent the past 13 years ministering to senior citizens who lived at the Friendly Towers.

Survivors include wife, Bette, sons Michael and Josh, and daughters Jennifer and Cathy. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Cornerstone Community Outreach for the Homeless, 920 W. Wilson, Chicago IL 60640. For more information about the services, call JPUSA at 773-561-2450.

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