Pastor Victor Rodriguez Way
Linda Zabors
Victor Rodriguez was pastor of the La Villita Community Church, in the Little Village neighborhood. His church keeps kids off the streets by serving as the center for the Chicago Youth Boxing Club. Under his leadership, his church also hosted chili cook-offs and tattoo removal sessions. Pastor Vic was well known for peace keeping and for establishing positive relations between the North Lawndale and South Lawndale communities.
Everyone wants to save the world.
But nobody wants to do the dishes.
- Pastor Vic
Pastor Vic was a huge White Sox fan. His place in the community is immortalized in a mural on 22nd Street which bears his portrait and his mission. From age 9, he lived his entire life in the Little Village neighborhood; as an adult he dedicated himself to God and to the community.
Love God. Love people. Nothing else matters.
- Pastor Vic
Alumni: Christian Life College, Whitney Grade School, Farragut
Honorary Pastor Victor H. Rodriguez Way
West 23rd Street between South Central Park Avenue and South Lawndale Avenue
Approved: April 2019
Ward: 22
Alderman: Ricardo Munoz
Neighborhood: Little Village, South Lawndale
Born in Mexico 1967
Chicago, age 9
d. 2018. age 52
Near La Villita Community Church
2300 S. Millard Avenue