Have you ever wanted to eat like the pope? As we visited the south suburbs to celebrate Pope Leo XIV’s first year leading the Catholic Church, a family friend shared Mrs. Prevost’s “Messy Josephs” recipe with us.
Pope Leo XIV grew up Robert Prevost on Chicago’s South Side and in the south suburbs. His mother Millie had her own special recipe for Sloppy Joes, which she called Messy Josephs.
Jean Koehler went to school with the pope when they were children, at St. Mary’s School on the South Side. While she didn’t know the pope, her parents and the Prevosts were friends, and sang in the choir together…