People gathered at North Avenue Beach on Easter morning to celebrate a mass with Father Jim Donovan of St. Barnabus Church. The Easter mass on the beach has been a annual tradition since 1974. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

People gathered at North Avenue Beach on Easter morning to celebrate a mass with Father Jim Donovan of St. Barnabus Church. The Easter mass on the beach has been a annual tradition since 1974. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

People gathered at North Avenue Beach on Easter morning to celebrate a mass with Father Jim Donovan of St. Barnabus Church. Many hugged at the conclusion of the mass. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

On Easter morning, as the sun tried to poke through the clouds, the North Avenue pier is reflected in the waters of the beach. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

People gathered at North Avenue Beach on Easter morning to take pictures and greet the morning sunrise. It was a sunrise that was obscured by clouds on the lakefront. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

On Easter morning, as the sun tried to poke through the clouds, a bicyclist took a break on North Avenue pier to take in the new day. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

On Easter morning, as the sun tried to poke through the clouds, a runner gets in her exercise on North Avenue pier as a new day began. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times

On Easter morning, as the sun tried to poke through the clouds, on the beach sands, someone left a message to someone who might pass by. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times