A Black church that emerged from Church of the Holy Communion (Maywood, Ill). When the Bishop closed it in 1956, the congrecation was invited to attend Holy Communion again.

Church of the Holy Communion in Maywood, Il became a parish and then went through challenging times over the next 40 years going from mission to parish twice before being able to finally establish itself as a parish in 1918. Saint Simon the Cyrenian (670.142) was a mission of Holy Communion started in 1937 when the Black congregants, not feeling comfortable in Holy Communion, wanted to start their own church. Holy Communion closed in 2004.