Something big is happening with Scientology in Chicago today: But will Dave be there?

All week we’ve been getting ready for Scientology’s big event in Chicago today, but what exactly is going on there?

Well, we’re not really sure.

Of course we’ve been anticipating the return of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s “Ideal Org” program, especially since, at the New Year’s event, he promised that he’d open four new orgs in the first quarter of 2023. And at this point, that deadline is only a little more a month and a half away.

So when Mike Rinder, at his blog, noticed that “all Scientologists” were being called in this Saturday for some kind of event in Chicago — where a new Ideal Org has been ready for its grand opening for years — it looked like a big ribbon would be showing up on the building there on Clark Street.

However, our readers there tell us that they haven’t seen the building being prepared this week. So what is going on?

On Thursday, Mike found another clue: A flier that shows today’s big event will take place not at the Ideal Org building but at Chicago’s Union League Club in its Crystal Ballroom…

According to the flier, there will be a “special announcement about the Chicago Ideal Org.”

Does that mean David Miscavige is going to announce that the Ideal Org is open? And if he does so, will it be in person, or on a video feed from Clearwater, Florida?

We just don’t know! But we’re dying to find out. So we have some Chicago folks snooping around for us today, hoping to get the lowdown on Dave’s plans.

If you happen to go and want to tell us what is going on, please drop us a line!

While we wait, here’s one more look from the special website that was intended to bring new staff members to Chicago…

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