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(DEC. 30) DePaul University teacher is an award-winning broadcast reporter, profoundly deaf.
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(DEC. 30) Member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection dies.
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(DEC. 30) Tribune editorial: More on the cardinal’s “bizarre” analogy.
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(DEC. 30) LGBT rights group taking out full-page ad in Chicago Tribune calling for Cardinal George’s resignation.
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(DEC. 30) Diocese of Gary partners with the American Red Cross for annual blood drive.
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(DEC. 30) Members of the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches challenge Cardinal George.
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(DEC. 29) Board member of the Saint Vincent DePaul Center, president of the Saint George Alumni Association and Queen of All Saints usher dies.
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(DEC. 29) Laborers’ Local 149 provides toys for Provena Mercy Medical Center.
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(DEC. 29) Catholic bishops say rules on gay parents limit freedom of religion.
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(DEC. 29) Pet food at Holy Angels Food Pantry is “sort of hit and miss.”
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(DEC. 29) Cardinal George defends comparing gay parade to KKK.
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(DEC. 29) St. Peter Catholic Church centennial makes Fox Valley’s top stories of 2011.
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(DEC. 29) More on the Rev. Gery W. Stefanski, former chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston.
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(DEC. 29) Alexian to join largest Catholic health system.
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(DEC. 29) Friars: Thefts won’t change Marytown operations.
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(DEC. 29) Statement from Cardinal George regarding Gay Pride Parade, Ku Klux Klan comments.
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(DEC. 29) Celebrate new year at World Peace Day Interfaith Prayer Service in Naperville.
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(DEC. 29) St. Scholastica students learn about the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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(DEC. 28) Priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago who served in Evanston, Chicago and River Forest dies.
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(DEC. 28) Trinity reaches deal to acquire Mercy on Near South Side, pledges to invest $150 million.
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(DEC. 28) St. Sabina Catholic Church parishioners, others brighten Christmas for people in need.
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(DEC. 28) Eviction of retired Chicago nun may be at hand.
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(DEC. 28) “The Cardinal, the Klan and the Governor.”
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(DEC. 28) Volunteers with the Diocese of Joliet perform mission work in Navajo Nation.
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(DEC. 28) Joliet Diocese sued over Roselle molestations.
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(DEC. 28) Forest Park merchant once donated fabric to the Dominican University fashion department.
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(DEC. 28) Catholic church secretary charged with embezzling from Wisconsin parish.
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(DEC. 28) “Why do LGBT Catholics pay their own clergy to treat them this way?”
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(DEC. 28) St. Norbert’s commencement speaker, Cardinal George, draws protests.
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(DEC. 28) Former nurse has traveled the world, met Mother Teresa.
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(DEC. 28) Catholic school teacher in Chicago to enter the March 20 Democratic primary.
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(DEC. 28) Knitters help keep students at a South Side Catholic school warm.
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(DEC. 28) Chicago Protestant finds unexpected grace at communion at Catholic church.
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(DEC. 27) Cardinal George backtracks on KKK comments.
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(DEC. 27) Are you used to saying “And with your spirit?”
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(DEC. 27) Suburban Chicago man, orginally from Poland, collects ornate Polish crèches.
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(DEC. 27) Education literally a journey for Brother Rice senior.
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(DEC. 26) Member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 59 years served as a minister of prayer and presence at Resurrection Life Center in Chicago.
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(DEC. 26) Chicago’s Steve Dahl talks Christmas songs.
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(DEC. 26) Dominican Literacy Center helps immigrant women learn English.
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(DEC. 26) Cardinal George praises Quinn over stance on gambling expansion, death penalty.
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(DEC. 26) “Art and Faith of the Creche” comes to Loyola University Museum of Art.
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(DEC. 26) Homeless enjoy hot Christmas meal at Chicago Catholic Charities.
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(DEC. 26) Priest at Chicago’s Midway Airport charged with sexual abuse.
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(DEC. 26) Chicago-based founder of Coalition Ecclesia Dei named one of “ten amazing Catholics of the year.”
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(DEC. 26) Dominican University to hold winter commencement Jan. 14.
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(DEC. 26) Cardinal George not ready to retire.
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(DEC. 26) As new church building rises, Sacred Heart beats stronger.
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(DEC. 26) Illinois LGBT rights group calls for apology from Cardinal George.
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(DEC. 26) Cardinal George celebrates Christmas Mass at at Cook County Jail, visits hospitalized children.
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(DEC. 26) Chicagoland Catholic Philippine community reaches out to help the poor.
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(DEC. 23) Catholic Charities event at Royal Melbourne Country Club raises money for families in need.
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(DEC. 23) Cardinal George on Christmas and public policy disputes in Chicago.
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(DEC. 23) Football coach takes St. Xavier University to high-water mark.
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(DEC. 23) Cardinal George: GOP in “impossible bind” on immigration.
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(DEC. 23) Loyola University Health System celebrates the season through giving.
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(DEC. 23) Columnist meets family at shelter located in old convent.
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(DEC. 23) Catholic stay-at-home dad describes pre-Christmas festivities.
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(DEC. 23) Priest marks 10th year at St. Billart.
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(DEC. 23) Catholic priests talk about the changing neighborhood of Belmont Cragin.
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(DEC. 23) St. Thomas the Apostle Church to give refresher on Catholicism.
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(DEC. 22) Joliet Catholic Academy announces placement exam workshop.
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(DEC. 22) Catholic Diocese of Gary worries vouchers could cause reverse migration.
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(DEC. 22) Cardinal George’s Christmas letter.
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(DEC. 22) Baking up sweet treats at Misericordia.
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(DEC. 22) Letter: Rhetoric on Catholic hospitals misleading.
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(DEC. 22) Mexican Christmas tradition alive and well in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood.
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(DEC. 22) Cardinal George warns Chicago Gay Pride Parade might “morph into Ku Klux Klan.”
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(DEC. 22) Cardinal George to celebrate Simbang Gabi Mass with Filipino Catholics.
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(DEC. 22) Loyola nursing professor recognized for innovative teaching model.
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(DEC. 22) Archbishop of Portland recalls Christmas stories in Chicago.
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(DEC. 22) Chicago-based Rainbow Sash Movement challenges archbishop of New York to debate on gay marriage.
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(DEC. 22) Lake in the Hills man is DePaul’s first openly gay student president.
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(DEC. 22) Chicago Pride organizers agree to move parade time after Catholic church complains.
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(DEC. 22) Catholic Charities “cannot compromise on values.”
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(DEC. 21) Longtime resident of North Riverside, minister to the sick and incarcerated of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(DEC. 21) Jesuit priest served in the provincial office in Chicago for many years and was also a professor of sociology at Loyola University.
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(DEC. 21) Christmas, Hanukkah overlap — letting Jews, Catholics reflect on commonalities.
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(DEC. 21) Girls Catholic Athletic Conference announces Hall of Fame inductees.
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(DEC. 21) “Rooster Mass” brings Christmas from the Philipines at St. Bernardine Catholic Church.
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(DEC. 21) Letter: “Since all of the holidays at this time of the year are religious in origin, how can we risk offending the non-religious?”
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(DEC. 21) Former Jesuit priest, Chicago native dies.
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(DEC. 21) Beaten priest, 80, returns to South Side parish, cracks jokes.
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(DEC. 21) Mundelein resident helps raise funds for Catholic Charities.
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(DEC. 21) On Rep. Walsh’s Christmas mailing idea: “This isn’t about making sure everyone’s religion is respected.”
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(DEC. 20) Rep. Walsh on crusade for “Merry Christmas” mailing.
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(DEC. 20) Sally and James C. Dowdle family of Wilmette honored by Loyola Academy.
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(DEC. 20) A talk with survivors of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago.
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(DEC. 20) Catholics learn Jewish traditions through website for interfaith families.
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(DEC. 20) A former Catholic bishop among those to write letters on behalf of convicted elections official.
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(DEC. 20) Cardinal George: Bishops should be able to lobby.
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(DEC. 20) Huntley Catholic church gets blessing to build addition.
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(DEC. 20) Beaten Chicago priest inspires toy drive.
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(DEC. 20) Rockford Diocese reassigns controversial parochial administrator to St. Charles.
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(DEC. 20) Father Barron’s “Catholicism” series hits over 1,000 broadcasts.
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(DEC. 20) Daley to attend Mass at the Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in Bridgeport in honor of the death of his father.
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(DEC. 20) City clerk Susana Mendoza gets married at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Joliet.
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(DEC. 19) St. Mary Catholic Community School among “angels” providing gifts for children.
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(DEC. 19) Religious, business leaders join DePaul University Board of Trustees.
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(DEC. 19) “Our Lady of the Underpass” by the Kennedy Expressway hasn’t faded away, according to Evangelical Catholic Church.
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(DEC. 19) Cardinal George weighs in on Christmas tree vs. holiday tree debate.
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(DEC. 19) Is it still OK to elect Catholics?
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(DEC. 19) St. Monica’s Catholic Church hosts Christmas party for needy children.
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(DEC. 19) Former Little Flower parishioner recalls Christmas memories.
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(DEC. 19) Cardinal George, Catholic bishops — again — clash with Gov. Quinn.
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(DEC. 19) Former Chicago Bear visits students from St. Raphael Catholic School.
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(DEC. 19) Chicago-based SNAP “is not without controversy.”
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(DEC. 19) Notre Dame football underdog “Rudy” sacked for stock fraud.
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(DEC. 19) Quinn, Cardinal George sit down privately after public disputes.
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(DEC. 19) Jesus Christ missing from Chicago Christmas decorations.
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(DEC. 19) St. Francis club holds event for seniors.
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(DEC. 19) Priest to return to St. John Neumann Parish in St. Charles.
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(DEC. 16) St. Juliana students place 2nd in math competition.
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(DEC. 16) St. Anastasia Catholic School students watch lesson in surgical technology with the Da Vinci Robot.
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(DEC. 16) Hyde Park parishioner gives to Catholic appeal because she was helped herself.
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(DEC. 16) Does new “Twilight” movie deliver pro-life message?
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(DEC. 16) “God doesn’t care who wins the Republican primary. … She doesn’t care who wins the Super Bowl, either.”
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(DEC. 16) Chicago man seeking papal blessing “getting the runaround from the pope.”
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(DEC. 16) St. Xavier University raises money for study abroad scholarship.
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(DEC. 16) Sex offender tries to deliver stuffed animals to St. Damian School in Oak Forest.
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(DEC. 16) No more Irish Fest at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Parish.
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(DEC. 16) DePaul alumnus running for 6th subcircuit judge.
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(DEC. 15) Mass. hospital chief to take over leadership of Provena Mercy Medical Center.
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(DEC. 15) Mayor Emanuel visits beaten priest.
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(DEC. 15) Univision/Chicago donates television broadcast equipment to Lewis University.
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(DEC. 15) Loyola University covers up Joe Paterno quote on athletic center.
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(DEC. 15) Chicago Catholics to celebrate the Posada at Holy Name Cathedral.
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(DEC. 15) “Though I’m a bacon-eating Catholic, on Christmas Eve I like to think of myself as an honorary Jew.”
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(DEC. 15) Spirit of Saint Nicholas Ball aidschildrens programs of Catholic Charities.
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(DEC. 15) St. Joseph Hospital plans to upgrade emergency department.
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(DEC. 14) “Cardinal George is faced with major decisions regarding the financial health and vitality of Catholic education.”
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(DEC. 14) Founder of Medjugorje Magazine opened DuPage Marian Center and Catholic Shoppe in Westmont.
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(DEC. 14) Family holding bone marrow drive at Carmel Catholic High School.
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(DEC. 14) Bishop Thomas Doran celebrates 50 years in Rockford.
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(DEC. 14) Mark Frey to lead Alexian Brothers Health System of Chicago.
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(DEC. 14) “‘Rapping Priest” a graduate of St. Mary of the Lake seminary in Chicago.
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(DEC. 13) Groups of worshippers from many Chicago churches walk through Niles toward Our Lady of Guadelupe Shrine.
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(DEC. 13) San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, who was active in immigration issues as an auxiliary bishop in Chicago, publishes letter to support immigrants.
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(DEC. 13) Catholic Charities kicks off Christmas season with Spirit of Saint Nicholas Ball.
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(DEC. 13) Franciscan scholar from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago explains the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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(DEC. 13) Inspirational speaker, author talks in Hinsdale about guardian angels.
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(DEC. 12) Saint Joseph Auxiliary raises funds at gala.
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(DEC. 12) Condo building’s lobby now off-limits to religious symbols of the season.
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(DEC. 12) Loyola students dive deep into business.
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(DEC. 12) Cardinal George visits church on centennial.
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(DEC. 12) Thousands flock to shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.
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(DEC. 12) How Catholic colleges are responding to sexual assault.
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(DEC. 12) St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church raises funds with annual Cookie Walk.
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(DEC. 12) Teens, some from Aurora Catholic schools, honored with Brattin Awards.
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(DEC. 12) Cops: Man held for stealing religious statue from Far South Side church.
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(DEC. 12) Reward increased in Chicago priest’s beating.
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(DEC. 12) For Chicago nun in the spotlight, politicking a necessary evil in doing the Lord’s work.
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(DEC. 12) Shaking off tragedy, Our Lady of the Angels Church to reopen.
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(DEC. 9) Supporters come to St. Margaret of Scotland to show love for beaten priest.
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(DEC. 9) Joliet Catholic grad killed in I-80 crash.
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(DEC. 9) Proud usher of St. Eugene Church for over 40 years dies.
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(DEC. 9) Joliet Catholic grad returns stolen bicentennial flag — 35 years later.
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(DEC. 9) Student council elected at Marian Catholic.
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(DEC. 9) Linda Brubaker named dean of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
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(DEC. 9) Tinley Park parish toy drive aims to deliver joy to Joplin.
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(DEC. 8) Architect who designed Our Lady of Loretto Church in Hometown dies.
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(DEC. 8) Joliet Catholic Academy sending 34 students to “March For Life 2012” in D.C.
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(DEC. 8) Could college sports scandals happen at faith-based schools?
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(DEC. 8) “The Archdiocese of Chicago showed the way in 2005 with codified guidelines.”
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(DEC. 8) Bishop Thomas Paprocki, formerly of Chicago, “known for damning torpedoes.”
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(DEC. 8) Priest to return to services after beating.
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(DEC. 8) $5,000 reward in brutal attack of South Side priest.
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(DEC. 8) Filipino tradition offers nine days of Mass.
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(DEC. 8) Faith Calendar: Christmas carols to cookie walks.
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(DEC. 7) Member of the Congregation of Mantellate Sisters Servants of Mary worked at several parishes in Chicago.
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(DEC. 7) Past president of St. Walter Womens Club and Marist High School Mothers Club dies.
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(Dec. 7) “Church teaching on gay and lesbian people must reflect their dignity as God’s daughters and sons.”
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(Dec. 7) Catholic Charities calling for 450 donors to help needy Lake County families during holidays.
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(Dec. 7) After beating 80-year-old priest, robber asked for prayers.
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(Dec. 7) Archbishop of Portland, formerly of Chicago, talks about his life in the priesthood.
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(Dec. 7) Basketball: Two Chicago Catholic universities play first game since 1980.
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(Dec. 7) Dominican celebrates 50th anniversary of ELS language centers.
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(Dec. 7) Catholic bishop to be honored at St. Xavier University winter commencement.
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(Dec. 6) Controversy arises after iPhone’s virtual assistant, Siri, is unable to locate abortion clinics.
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(Dec. 6) Ad targets Obama on religious-liberty issues.
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(Dec. 6) Priest beaten, robbed at South Side church.
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(Dec. 6) Owner of Roundy’s grocery company a graduate of Loyola Academy.
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(DEC. 6) St. Xavier University student from Chicago shot dead during Thanksgiving break.
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(DEC. 6) Chicago Catholic Charities celebrates the season of giving.
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(DEC. 6) “Advent is a time of awaiting the arrival of the most precious of gifts.”
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(DEC. 6) Chicago’s St. Elizabeth Church turns 130.
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(DEC. 6) Former Park Ridge alderman, volunteer at Mary Seat of Wisdom Catholic Church dies.
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(DEC. 6) 46th Ward alderman was once a Franciscan friar.
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(DEC. 6) Retired chief of obstetrics and gynecology department at Resurrection Medical Center dies.
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(DEC. 6) Cardinal George jokes with Pat McCaskey while watching Bears game.
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(DEC. 6) Wilmette teen center, near St. Joseph Catholic Church, gets a makeover.
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(DEC. 6) Woman, 93, struck by Loyola University shuttle bus on North Side.
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(DEC. 6) Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary plans to open a Women’s Care Center.
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(DEC. 6) Thousands asking for help paying their heat bill, according to data by Chicago Catholic Charities.
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(DEC. 6) Marian Catholic High School students named Illinois State Scholars.
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(DEC. 6) A nun is among those who wrote letters to judge on behalf of Blagojevich.
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(DEC. 6) Archdiocese of Chicago elementary school students exceed national test norms.
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(DEC. 5) Member of Chicago Accordion Club, Polish American Club, Catholic War Vets, 50-year volunteer at Millerwoods Fire Department, St. Joseph Holy Name Society.
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(DEC. 5) Students at St. Francis Xavier School help feed the poor, clothe the needy, entertain the elderly.
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(DEC. 5) Alexian Brothers Health System names new president and CEO.
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(DEC. 5) Book features life examples from Father Pacwa on the streets of Chicago.
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(DEC. 5) Lake Forest-based Mothers Trust Foundation partners with Catholic Charities.
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(DEC. 5) Letter: Pride Parade changes could have been handled better with Mt Carmel.
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(DEC. 5) “They’ll know we are Christians by our love, not by our phrasing.”
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(DEC. 2) Mayor Emanuel takes a ribbing from a nun and priest — no joke.
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(DEC. 2) Benedictine University Student Senate “a powerful influence on campus.”
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(DEC. 2) Catholic church upset with Pride Parade reroute, may have to close.
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(DEC. 2) Mercy Health, Trinity Health sign letter of intent.
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(DEC. 2) Chicago priest visits inmates at Cook County Jail.
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(DEC. 2) Dominican priest of the Central Province of St. Albert the Great in Chicago dies.
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(DEC. 2) Watching a classmate become a bishop.
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(DEC. 1) Devoted Irish-American Catholic matriarch raised 6 children.
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(Dec. 1) Former Rockford priest installed seventh bishop of Bismarck.
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(Dec. 1) Catholic Church Extension Society in Chicago helps fund school on Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona.
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(Dec. 1) Park Forest theater to stage holiday play about interfaith family, with one side of parents as devout Catholics.
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(Dec. 1) Cardinal George on new Mass translation: “I tripped up a couple of times.”
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(Dec. 1) Homosexual group “encouraged” by San Francisco archbishop’s inaction on Rainbow Sash Movement, which has been shunned in the past by Cardinal George.
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(Dec. 1) Elgin says “thank-you” to Sister June.
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(Nov. 30) Cardinal George given communion — by Rev. Pfleger.
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(Nov. 30) Schools, including St. Patrick Catholic School, plan for best ways to handle the worst.
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(Nov. 30) Society of Jesus official denies Loyola connection in arrest of Jesuit for alleged sex abuse.
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(Nov. 30) Mystery remains in student’s killing last year after dedication of church’s Lady of Fatima statue.
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(Nov. 30) Churches, including St. John Cantius in Chicago, struggle to strike appropriate balance with social media.
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(Nov. 29) San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, formerly of Chicago, spends first year reaching out to flock.
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(Nov. 29) Fr. Cameli proposes five-minute Advent challenge.
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(Nov. 29) Maggie Daley celebrated, then laid to rest.
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(Nov. 29) Music at Maggie Daley’s funeral included work by Liam Lawton, an Irish Roman Catholic priest.
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(Nov. 28) Dominican University appoints new dean of Graduate School of Social Work.
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(Nov. 28) Chicago pays tribute to Maggie Daley at Old St. Pat’s.
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(Nov. 28) Priest, scholar to explain new Roman Missal at Dominican University.
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(Nov. 28) St. Martin de Porres High School students travel to federal detention centers in Chicago.
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(Nov. 28) Loyola University to open new Gentile Arena on Saturday.
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(Nov. 28) Report on homelessness unveiled at Catholic Charities office in South Holland.
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(Nov. 28) “The alternative high school moved from one of the Chicago Archdiocese Catholic schools … under ‘mysterious’ circumstances.”
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(Nov. 28) Mourners gather for wake of noted Chicago Catholic Maggie Daley.
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(Nov. 28) Public Mass to be held in honor of Maggie Daley at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
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(Nov. 28) New Catholic Mass translation launches in parishes.
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(Nov. 25) Organist, singer, music teacher and choir director through the years at various local Catholic churches dies.
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(Nov. 25) Homewood woman graduated from St. Xavier University in her 80s.
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(Nov. 25) Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley, who held an honorary degree from Catholic Theological Union, dies.
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(Nov. 25) More on the new words of Mass.
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(Nov. 25) Resurrection University appoints new president.
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(Nov. 25) “If Catholic Charities has the will, there now appears to be a way.”
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(Nov. 25) American Catholics, led by Cardinal George of Chicago, celebrate Thanksgiving in Rome.
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(Nov. 25) Holocaust survivor speaks at Loyola University.
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(Nov. 24) Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, formerly of Chicago, celebrates first anniversary in San Antonio.
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(Nov. 24) Thanksgiving triplets, who grew up in Glenview and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic school, mark 50 years of sisterhood.
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(Nov. 24) Annual nativity scene returns to Daley Plaza.
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(Nov. 24) St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church to offer special Thanksgiving Day Mass.
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(Nov. 24) President marks 40 years at Providence St. Mel, “the school that refused to die.”
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(Nov. 24) Catholic Worker artist, who painted a mural in Chicago, dies.
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(Nov. 24) SNAP: Priest arrested on sexual assault charges lives at Loyola University.
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(Nov. 24) Catholic Charities among recipients of Help Them To Hope campaign.
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(Nov. 24) “In the hours I waited to have Doug come home, I prayed a lot and told God I would say thank you every single day.”
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(Nov. 23) NIU student, who attended two years at Marian Catholic, was shot dead at off-campus party.
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(Nov. 23) Loyola LGBT group gives pep talk to students before the holiday.
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(Nov. 23) Catholic women to create national network against domestic violence.
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(Nov. 23) St. Bernardine’s celebrates 100 years with visit from Cardinal George.
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(Nov. 22) Former Christmas tree farm owner organized annual Northwest Indiana migrant workers’ Mass.
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(Nov. 22) More on priest arrested in Chicago on charge of sexual assault.
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(Nov. 22) Catholics get ready for new translation of Mass.
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(Nov. 22) Brass concert to be held at Dominican University.
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(Nov. 22) Religion-related lobby groups, including U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, thrive in Washington.
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(Nov. 21) President accused of breaking Notre Dame “conscience” pledge.
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(Nov. 21) Detroit priest arrested in Chicago for charges of sexual assault on a child.
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(Nov. 21) Couple donates $10 million to DePaul University.
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(Nov. 21) Letter: “Catholic Conference contradicts itself.”
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(Nov. 21) Letter: “Gov. Quinn’s a Catholic sellout.”
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(Nov. 21) Former Chicago priest used “horseplay defense” like former Penn State football coach.
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(Nov. 21) Pro-life sketch of newborn gets Illinois inmate in trouble.
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(Nov. 21) Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church provides food pantry on Saturdays.
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(Nov. 21) Catholic priest leads march for peace in Back of the Yards.
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(Nov. 21) Questions surface in Joliet Diocese’s handling of priest now imprisoned for child abuse.
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(Nov. 21) Priest to speak Nov. 29 on Catholic Church changes.
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(Nov. 21) “I don’t know if our esteemed governor actually practices his faith.”
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(Nov. 21) Cardinal Bernardin’s lasting memory — 15 years after he died.
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(Nov. 18) St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago buys Massachusetts church.
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(Nov. 18) Cardinal George, bishops ask for face-to-face meeting with Quinn.
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(Nov. 18) Quinn gets standing ovation at abortion-rights event despite protest.
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(Nov. 18) Chicago-based SNAP says Chicago church leaders “should be held accountable” in McCormack case.
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(Nov. 18) Naper Chamber Players to put on holiday show at Wheaton Catholic church.
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(Nov. 18) EWTN Global Catholic Network to broadcast unaired episodes of Father Robert Barron’s “Catholicism.”
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(Nov. 17) Former pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church dies.
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(Nov. 17) Nurse managed Back to Work Center at St. James Hospital in Chicago Hts.
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(NOV. 17) PADS shelter coordinator at Aurora Catholic church used to cooking for large groups.
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(NOV. 17) Cop handcuffs Loyola journalism professor, deletes video for story.
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(NOV. 17) Family frustrated with rules, delays at Aurora Catholic cemetery.
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(NOV. 17) Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in Crete growing after merger.
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(NOV. 17) Catholic Charities of Joliet readies for transition of foster care cases.
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(NOV. 17) What the Catholic Church can teach us about the Penn State scandal.
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(NOV. 17) New subcommittee succeeds task force on health care issues once established by Cardinal George.
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(NOV. 17) Former Archdiocese of Chicago seminarian says new Roman Missal is “a gift.”
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(NOV. 17) Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School places second at Scholastic Bowl.
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(NOV. 17) St. Raphael Catholic School honors veterans.
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(Nov. 15) Gold Coast high-rise, owned by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, files for bankruptcy.
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(Nov. 15) Archdiocese of Chicago to pay $3.2 million settlement in priest sex abuse case.
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(Nov. 15) Dominican investment adviser guilty of money laundering.
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(Nov. 15) A look at the diversity of Catholic churches in the Chicago area.
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(Nov. 15) Catholic Jordanian immigrants sue school system in beating, bullying of son.
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(Nov. 15) Retired nun, residents protest to keep Beverly clinic open.
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(Nov. 15) Marian Catholic preachers sponsor well construction.
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(Nov. 15) Questions arise for former misconduct officer for the Diocese of Rockford.
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(Nov. 15) St. Mary of the Annunciation to offer screenings of “Catholicism.”
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(Nov. 15) Catholic Charities ends legal battle over Illinois civil unions, halts social service contracts.
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(Nov. 15) Geneva Catholic school evacuated after bomb threat.
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(Nov. 15) Catholic women gather in Chicago, work to end death penalty.
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(Nov. 15) Chicago-based SNAP advises parents to talk to kids about abuse.
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(Nov. 15) University of Chicago grad student, Catholic: Penn State scandal “my final loss of faith.”
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(Nov. 14) For Oak Park man, Penn State scandal has echoes of clergy’s failings.
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(Nov. 14) The story of Chicago’s saint: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini.
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(Nov. 14) Memorial mass to be held for Archdiocesan priests.
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(Nov. 14) Jeff Ward: It’s time to “occupy” the Catholic Church.
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(Nov. 11) Chicago Catholic Charities to host 22nd annual Spirit of Saint Nicholas Ball.
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(Nov. 11) Muslim woman on new reality show engaged to Irish-American Catholic from Chicago.
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(Nov. 11) Dominican University to open Theatre Arts Lab Series with student performances of “Gypsy.”
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(Nov. 11) Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois splits from diocese, will offer same-sex adoptions.
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(Nov. 11) Loyola-Chicago administrator named new president of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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(Nov. 11) “Such as the warning from a stern, ultra-Catholic aunt that it’s possible to drown in a teaspoon of water.”
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(Nov. 11) Is religion tied with weight gain?
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(Nov. 10) Longtime parishioner, religious education teacher and Eucharistic minister at St. Michael Church.
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(Nov. 10) Former assistant dean at DePaul University’s School for New Learning dies.
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(Nov. 10) Historical Sandwich church finds new home.
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(Nov. 10) Author, Evanston native to speak at Catholic Citizens luncheon.
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(Nov. 10) Catholic Citizens of Illinois joins boycott of the Annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development Collection.
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(Nov. 10) New allergy clinic opening at Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge.
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(Nov. 10) Missionaries of St. Pius X honored for giving 25 years of service to the city.
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(Nov. 10) Maria High School to close after 100 years in Chicago Lawn.
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(Nov. 10) Why the Fighting Irish? A look into the origins of Notre Dame’s mascot.
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(Nov. 10) DePaul ranks dead last in sexual health resource survey.
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(Nov. 10) Fr. Pfleger to speak during Benediction leadership presentation.
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(Nov. 10) Educational tour focusing on treatment of immigrants to stop at University of St. Francis.
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(Nov. 9) “We need more — not fewer — deacons.”
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(Nov. 9) “But is Loyola’s Jesuit, Catholic identity also to blame for the Wellness Center’s after-the-fact policies and apparent lack of proactive sexual health programming?”
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(Nov. 8) President of Mothers Club at St. Wenceslaus Parish, owner of Mabel’s Grocery store in Chicago and Stanley’s West Irving Liquor store dies.
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(Nov. 8) Marian Catholic reaches national band championships.
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(Nov. 8) Chicago-based Call To Action hosts conference focused on ministering to the marginalized.
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(Nov. 8) Quinn: Cardinal George, bishops “made a mistake.”
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(Nov. 8) “My spirit of Faith took a giant leap forward on that day, 49 years ago, on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.”
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(Nov. 8) Mount Assisi Academy names new president.
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(Nov. 8) Catholics Come Home commercials to air on prime-time network TV.
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(Nov. 8) Marian Catholic Dominican Preachers to raise money for clean water in Kenya.
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(Nov. 8) WLUW to carry Loyola basketball games.
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(Nov. 7) Taste of St. Walters: “It’s not just about food.”
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(Nov. 7) Illinois Holocaust Museum honors Catholic priest who helped Jews escape Nazis.
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(Nov. 7) Cardinal says he did not have all facts in dispute with governor.
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(Nov. 7) Holocaust survivor devoted herself to Catholicism during war.
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(Nov. 7) Lewis University honors businessman at banquet.
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(Nov. 7) Students form atheist groups at religious campuses, including DePaul.
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(Nov. 7) CFO of Edward Hospital has two daughters in Catholic schools.
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(Nov. 7) Chicago-based Interfaith Worker Justice publishes prayer service guide for occupation protests.
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(Nov. 7) Cardinal George’s retirement may not be so imminent.
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(Nov. 7) Joliet Diocese says man’s priest sex abuse claims credible.
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(Nov. 7) George says criticism was aimed at Quinn, not rape victim.
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(Nov. 7) Carol Marin: Catholic Church should show compassion.
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(Nov. 7) Five things to know about the new Roman Missal.
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(Nov. 7) Woman caught in Cardinal George-Gov. Quinn spat speaks out.
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(Nov. 7) Resurrection opens express care clinic inside North Side Jewel.
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(Nov. 7) Dominican University a victim of fraud scheme.
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(Nov. 7) Winfield photographer wins prize for picture of bell tower at St. Michael Catholic Church.
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(Nov. 7) St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Woodstock works on a five-year plan, evangelization.
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(Nov. 4) Member of the School Sisters of St. Francis of Christ the King dies.
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(NOV. 4) More from DePaul’s gay student body president.
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(NOV. 4) St. Sabina Catholic Church, Loyola University holding bone marrow drives this month.
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(NOV. 4) Design winners announced for Mallinckrodt in the Park, a former convent.
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(NOV. 4) Chicago’s St. Ignatius College Prep a “feeder” for Georgetown University.
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(NOV. 4) DePaul-area sex abuse cases may be linked.
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(NOV. 4) St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church to host Veterans Day eve prayer service.
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(NOV. 4) Friday fish frys, most popular during Lent, show dwindling numbers.
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(NOV. 4) D.C. police force recruiter later became a priest in Illinois.
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(NOV. 4) LGBT Catholic group in Chicago celebrates 40th anniversary.
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(NOV. 4) Catholic Charities golf fundraiser gets $30,000 for homeless services in western Cook County.
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(NOV. 4) Trinity Health seeks to acquire Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
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(NOV. 4) Quinn: Taking part in abortion-rights group event the “proper, Christian thing to do.”
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(NOV. 3) Local clergy to offer blessing at 50th anniversary celebration of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.
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(NOV. 3) DePaul: Woman inappropriately touched by stranger near campus.
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(NOV. 3) Former auxiliary bishop of Chicago to speak at Black Catholic History event.
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(NOV. 3) Edgewater grandma with 50 tattoos once spent time in a convent.
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(NOV. 3) Chancellor of the archdiocese asks aldermen to reconsider plan to start charging nonprofits for water.
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(NOV. 3) SNAP protests outside Diocese of Joliet over priest’s placement.
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(NOV. 3) Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery introduces new cremation garden.
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(NOV. 3) 16-year-old Latin whiz from Evanston finds new liturgy language lacking.
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(NOV. 3) St. Mary Catholic Church’s St. Vincent de Paul Society to host Feather Party fundraiser.
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(NOV. 3) Dalai Lama to speak at Loyola University next spring.
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(NOV. 3) Many top private schools in city, suburbs affiliated with Catholic Church.
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(NOV. 3) Cardinal George slams Quinn for plans to give award at abortion rights event.
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(NOV. 3) Resurrection Health Care opens clinic in North Side supermarket.
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(NOV. 3) Service becoming big part of learning at Dominican, DePaul.
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(NOV. 3) Art museum collections vital to universities, including DePaul, Benedictine.
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(Nov. 2) The Rev. Richard J. Valker served at several parishes in Chicago and the suburbs.
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(NOV. 2) Priest, scholar to lecture on changes to Catholic liturgy at Dominican University.
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(NOV. 2) Joliet Catholic Academy grad finds his niche as a Hollywood sound artist.
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(NOV. 2) Priest sued in Joliet for molesting boy reassigned to Missouri.
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(NOV. 2) Spring Grove native named bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck.
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(NOV. 2) Loyola radio station encounters obstacles with university.
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(NOV. 2) Loyola’s Madonna della Strada chapel a popular wedding spot for alumni.
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(NOV. 2) DePaul University’s first gay student body president talks about homosexuality and the Catholic Church.
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(NOV. 2) Mayor addresses crowd at anti-violence vigil at St. Sabina Church.
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(NOV. 2) More on lawsuit against Archdiocese of Chicago counselor.
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(NOV. 2) Springfield bishop, who has a law degree from DePaul University, to speak on exorcisms.
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(NOV. 2) Homeless shelter group hosting breakfast fundraiser at Benedictine University.
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(NOV. 2) Cardinal George marks St. James’ century of service.
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(NOV. 1) Provena, Resurrection close on merger, form largest Catholic health care system in Illinois.
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(NOV. 1) “He’s an atheist; I’m a cradle Catholic. He’s a redneck; I’m a Democrat. … But we’ve been together for 16 years.”
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(NOV. 1) New version of 13th-century hymn laments Chicago’s slain children.
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(NOV. 1) Wright State basketball coach was close to Northbrook priest who recently died.
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(NOV. 1) Arts gala aids Catholic Charities’ emergency services.
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(NOV. 1) More Catholics choosing cremation.
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(NOV. 1) Crete Catholic school wins $50K from U.S. Cellular.
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(NOV. 1) Man sues Chicago Archdiocese over alleged abuse.
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(NOV. 1) Cardinal George to celebrate St. James Hospital’s 100th year.
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(NOV. 1) Illinois’ “war” against religious child services continues.
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(NOV. 1) Is Mary Alice Quinn Chicago’s “unofficial” saint?
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(NOV. 1) Wisconsin bishops to parishioners: Keep concealed weapons out of church.
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(NOV. 1) Women religious to give interfaith dialogue at North Park University in Chicago.
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(NOV. 1) Does Loyola University’s drag show betray Catholic values?
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(OCT. 31) Former vice president of the Italian American Womens Organization, past president of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Womens Club dies.
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(OCT. 31) Dominican University to host holiday performances of “The Gift of the Magi.”
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(OCT. 31) Catholic Charities Lake County Services to host Winter Garden Brunch.
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(OCT. 31) St. Mary School brings medieval times to life.
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(OCT. 31) San Miguel Schools Chicago raised a record $300,000 at benefit concert.
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(OCT. 31) The Devil You Don’t Know: A book by the cardinal’s delegate for formation and mission.
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(OCT. 31) Student loan debt haunts Loyola University grad.
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(OCT. 31) Suburban Catholics prepare for Mass changes.
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(OCT. 31) Local Catholic leads haunted bus tours in Chicago.
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(OCT. 31) Bishop Conlon reads excerpts from the Gospel of St. Luke.
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(OCT. 31) Non-profit to hand out 10,000 coats, with any leftovers going to Catholic Charities.
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(OCT. 31) Booze and Bibles? Archdiocese of Chicago launched Theology on Tap three decades ago.
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(OCT. 31) Hampshire woman, who attended Catholic schools, reflects on family, farm life, history.
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(OCT. 31) Former Lake Zurich pastor dies.
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(OCT. 28) Active parishioner, Eucharistic minister at St. Mary Immaculate Parish was an officer of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Council #5573.
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(OCT. 28) Student talks about alleged sexual assault at Marquette.
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(OCT. 28) Office of Immigration Affairs of the Archdiocese of Chicago recognizes Lake County sheriff his support of immigration reform.
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(OCT. 28) The Catholic Community of St. Jude to host Polka Mass.
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(OCT. 28) Downstate retreat ministry is “a hidden Catholic treasure.”
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(OCT. 28) Pullman artist creates altars for Día de los Muertos, which coincides with the Catholic observance of All Souls’ and All Saints’ Day.
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(OCT. 28) Archdiocese of Chicago employs a number of Loyola students.
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(OCT. 28) An interview with the bishop of Tulsa, a Chicago native.
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(OCT. 28) “Whatever you do this Halloween, don’t go as a pregnant nun.”
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(OCT. 28) St. John Cantius Church in Chicago offers impressive collection of art, relics.
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(OCT. 28) Monee woman remembered for giving nature, volunteerism at St. Damian Catholic Church.
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(OCT. 27) Long-time employee of Catholic Charities was an active member of St. Cornelius, the Ladies Guild, SCORE and the Morton Grove garden club.
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(OCT. 27) Active member of St. Joseph Church dies.
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(OCT. 27) Father of Notre Dame student who died says family never considered suing.
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(OCT. 27) Catholic Theological Union, DePaul form an “educational alliance.”
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(OCT. 27) Former Chicago cleric who left priesthood for a woman remained “a true priest.”
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(OCT. 27) Curtail Call Theatre to stage comedic dinner-theater show about growing up Catholic.
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(OCT. 27) “The Fighter” visits Chicago’s Leo High School.
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(OCT. 27) People outside Holy Name Cathedral tell what makes a Catholic.
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(OCT. 27) Survey: A good Catholic doesn’t have to follow all of the rules.
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(OCT. 26) Host greeter at St. Margaret Mary Church in Naperville was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels.
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(OCT. 26) Pope declares “Year of Faith” for 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.
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(OCT. 26) Catholic chaplains serving in the military refuse to participate in any same-sex ceremonies.
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(OCT. 26) Notre Dame protests change to health insurance policies.
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(OCT. 26) High-ranking Catholic official to speak in Crystal Lake.
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(OCT. 26) Gay student body president at DePaul finds “welcoming and accepting atmosphere” at the university.
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(OCT. 26) Bob Newhart credits Loyola’s Jesuit education with giving him curiosity.
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(OCT. 26) “Either go to the neighborhood Catholic school and get bullied by the racist Italians or attend the public school and get bullied by the kids in the projects.”
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(OCT. 26) “But how does faith call us to respond to war and warlike actions in our midst?”
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(OCT. 25) City’s oldest church doors back at Holy Family.
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(OCT. 25) “The evil one wants to derail our relationship with God.”
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(OCT. 25) Benedictine ranked among top 20 percent of universities nationwide.
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(OCT. 25) Lemont High School to host open house for local Catholic, other elementary schools.
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(OCT. 25) A look at different generations in the Catholic Church, divided by Vatican II.
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(OCT. 25) Survey highlights struggles of young Hispanic Catholics.
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(OCT. 25) Loyola professor named “Illinois Outstanding Nurse Leader.”
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(OCT. 24) Minister at St. Mary Margaret Catholic Church joins “Occupy” effort in Naperville.
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(OCT. 24) Former DePaul University president talks about his memoir.
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(OCT. 24) Water fees could cost Archdiocese of Chicago $1.5 million extra per year.
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(OCT. 24) Chicago Catholic Charities’ food pantries short on supplies as need for aid soars.
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(OCT. 24) Huntley’s St. Mary Catholic Church plans expansion.
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(OCT. 24) Montini Catholic senior creates inspiring videos for community.
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(OCT. 24) Notre Dame psychology professor discusses teen risk-taking at Marian Catholic.
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(OCT. 24) “Cheering for a team that hasn’t won the World Series in 103 years requires a special blend of loyalty, faithfulness and hope familiar to any Catholic.”
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(OCT. 24) Peruvian pioneers Catholic migrant ministry in Chicago.
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(OCT. 24) Chicago Catholic Charities raises $150,000 at Gala of the Arts.
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(OCT. 24) Doctor accused of viewing child pornography gives up medical license, ordered to community service at St. Sabina Catholic Church.
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(OCT. 24) Should Holy water be free?
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(OCT. 24) St. Giles teacher surprised with free office supplies and school materials.
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(OCT. 24) Local priests to present variety show to raise funds for crisis line.
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(OCT. 21) Our Lady of Grace finds a new Waukegan home.
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(OCT. 21) Robert Gibbs relays White House stories during talk at St. Xavier University.
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(OCT. 21) Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago gives talk in Milwaukee.
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(OCT. 21) Marian Catholic announces Advanced Placement scholars.
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(OCT. 21) “A special free-water benefit for religion only isn’t a constitutionally acceptable answer.”
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(OCT. 20) High winds blow glass from downtown Loyola University building.
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(OCT. 20) Ald. Burke opposes Emanuel on charging religious schools for water.
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(OCT. 20) Illinois Catholic Charities alleges harassment for asserting rights.
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(OCT. 20) New president appointed at Resurrection University.
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(OCT. 20) Curtain Call Theatre stages “Holy Curtains Parish Reunion.”
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(OCT. 20) Massive doors of Holy Family Catholic Church getting overhaul.
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(OCT. 19) Owner of Rudy’s Bike Shop in Chicago was a member of the VFW and St. Mary’s Parish.
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(OCT. 19) Aldermen raise concern over mayor’s plan to cut-off free water at churches.
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(OCT. 19) Many Hispanics leaving Catholicism, Chicago’s New Life Covenant Church membership booms.
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(OCT. 19) Msgr. David Kagan of the Diocese of Rockford named bishop of Bismarck Diocese.
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(OCT. 19) Former Catholic school teacher from Chicago devotes life to peace activism.
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(OCT. 19) Future of Holy Cross, Nativity schools are unknown.
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(OCT. 19) Cardinal George talks about Catholic social teaching at North Park University.
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(OCT. 19) Alexian Brothers affiliate sues women’s health practice.
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(OCT. 19) Resurrection Medical Center named one of America’s best hospitals.
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(OCT. 18) A pastoral response to domestic violence against women.
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(OCT. 18) Why Catholics should build beautiful churches.
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(OCT. 18) Charity briefs in the Southland, including fundraiser for St. Christopher School.
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(OCT. 18) A look back at the early stages of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in Chicago.
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(OCT. 18) Co-author of Steve Bartman book attended Catholic schools.
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(OCT. 17) Former campus minister at Loyola University, former director of campus ministry at Xavier University.
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(OCT. 17) “Even in a nation founded on faith, taking religion out of the fray would appeal to some voters.”
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(OCT. 17) Emanuel budget takes free water service from some Catholic hospitals.
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(OCT. 17) Former “sorority girl” joining Chicago-area convent.
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(OCT. 17) Chicago-based group calls indictment of Catholic bishop unprecedented in sex abuse scandal.
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(OCT. 17) Roselle man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting two boys he befriended through St. Walter Catholic Church.
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(OCT. 17) Joliet man was dedicated to faith and family.
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(OCT. 17) Naperville’s St. Raphael Catholic Church to give program on heroin abuse.
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(OCT. 17) Catholic leaders talk best practices at Chicago business summit.
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(OCT. 17) Former writer-in-residence at U of C pens “heavenly” book.
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(OCT. 17) Documentary screened at Loyola contrasts real women religious with their image in pop culture.
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(OCT. 14) Father Barron’s “Catholicism” series premieres tonight in Chicago.
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(OCT. 14) Chicago group offers support for priests struggling with celibacy.
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(OCT. 14) Coalition of labor, religious and civil rights groups stage “die-in” at Chicago bank.
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(OCT. 14) Halloween: How did a Catholic holy day become a horror fest?
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(OCT. 14) “Now the Church has been lumped in with bigots and haters.”
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(OCT. 14) Study finds divide exists in how Catholics read church news.
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(OCT. 14) Suit against Vatican claims sexual misconduct at Lisle orphanage in ’50s.
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(OCT. 14) Nonprofits bear burden of Illinois’ unpaid bills.
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(OCT. 14) Cantor at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Naperville sings with rock band Chicago.
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(OCT. 13) Member of the Sisters of Mercy for 74 years dies.
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(OCT. 13) Former priest helped others transition out of priesthood.
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(OCT. 13) Deaf Catholics prepare for new missal.
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(OCT. 13) State board approves Provena-Resurrection merger.
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(OCT. 13) Man robs four women, including a nun, at gunpoint in Waukegan.
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(OCT. 13) Rep. Joe Walsh still in question over child support, including payments to Loyola Academy.
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(OCT. 13) Hundreds attend 5-year-old shooting victim’s funeral at Catholic church in Elgin.
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(OCT. 13) Organist at Holy Name Cathedral to play concert in Holland.
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(OCT. 13) Archdiocese of Chicago named in lawsuit alleging sexual abuse.
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(OCT. 12) St. Gerald Parish honors late Oak Lawn man.
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(OCT. 12) Cardinal Francis George to speak at Sustainable Investments Conference in Chicago.
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(OCT. 12) Resurrection High School in Chicago recognized for health program.
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(OCT. 12) St. Xavier University opera singer publishes first novel.
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(OCT. 12) Religious leaders among those in Chicago protesting the financial industry.
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(OCT. 12) Resurrection College Prep High School hosts open house.
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(OCT. 12) Piece of turf missing from football field at Marian Catholic High School.
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(OCT. 11) Lifelong Chicago-area resident and 1972 graduate of the first Deaconate class of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(OCT. 11) Retired industrial psychologist and founder of WEORC, an international organization to assist priests, ministers and religious men and women who transition from full-time church ministry, dies.
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(OCT. 11) Miguel Briones ordained as deacon at St. Mark’s in Glen Ellyn.
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(OCT. 11) Wisconsin bishop asks priests to save communion wine for special occasions.
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(OCT. 11) Joe Gentile, who gave $3.5 million to help Loyola build sports center, dies.
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(OCT. 10) Eight Chicago Heights students elected to Marian Catholic Council.
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(OCT. 10) Archdiocese unveils new iPad app on local churches.
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(OCT. 10) Priest served more than 30 years at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
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(OCT. 10) Regular Tribune letter writer is a Eucharistic minister at St. Scholastica Parish in Woodridge.
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(OCT. 10) Students from St. Richard Catholic School in Chicago were on hand for the unveiling of the World’s Largest Chocolate Bar.
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(OCT. 10) Members of the Marian Catholic cross-country team run Chicago marathon.
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(OCT. 10) Video shows superintendent of Catholic Schools in Joliet talk about benefits of Catholic education.
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(OCT. 10) Marathon runner helped raise $19,000 for the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels.
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(OCT. 10) Joliet Diocese continues legal fight with state.
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(OCT. 7) Carmelite priest from Chicago held degrees in library science, Latin and ecclesiastical history.
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(OCT. 7) Barrington woman attended daily Mass at St. Anne’s, volunteered for more than 40 years at the Catchpenny resale shop.
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(OCT. 7) More on Father Barron’s “Catholicism” series.
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(OCT. 7) U.S. Catholic priests happy with life and ministry, says study.
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(OCT. 7) St. Nick’s teacher wins $1,000 worth of school supplies.
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(OCT. 7) Reporter, whose father grew up in an Irish-Catholic Chicago neighborhood, becomes weekly churchgoer.
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(OCT. 7) Peoria Diocese drops out of court battle over civil unions, foster care.
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(OCT. 7) Archdiocese of Chicago archives well-maintained, according to Catholic research group.
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(OCT. 7) Chicago’s Maria High School to convert to public charter school.
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(OCT. 7) Nun: Catholic bishops’ voting guide hardly throws curve.
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(OCT. 6) Bucktown Catholic church needs millions in repair.
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(OCT. 6) Local Catholic schools announce reunion dates.
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(OCT. 5) Girls Catholic Athletic Conference celebrates 37th anniversary.
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(OCT. 5) “There seemed a dichotomy between being Black and being Catholic.”
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(OCT. 5) Groups from Chicago to lead pilgrimages to International Eucharistic Congress.
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(OCT. 5) Catholic Campaign in Chicago raises half-million for poor.
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(OCT. 5) Should marriage have a sell-by date?
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(OCT. 4) Graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep, Loyola University of Chicago named new director of development for Northwest Jesuits.
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(OCT. 4) Catholic bishops up the ante in fight with Obama.
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(OCT. 4) Cardinal George to speak at UIC on legacy of Vatican II.
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(OCT. 4) Active volunteer cooks up meatloaf for St. Joseph’s Church food pantry in Waukegan.
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(OCT. 4) Catholic from Chicago criticizes new Walter Payton book.
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(OCT. 4) Pastor of Old St. Pat’s recalls first opera in Chicago.
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(OCT. 4) Montini Catholic High School students inducted into National Honor Society.
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(OCT. 3) October is Respect Life Month for U.S. Catholic Church.
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(OCT. 3) Pope outlines principles for Catholic voters.
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(OCT. 3) New rules allow chaplains to perform same-sex “marriages” on military property.
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(OCT. 3) Executive director of Joliet Catholic Charities: “Cohabiting, gay or straight — that’s not that sacred bond.”
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(OCT. 3) St. Christopher School revamps social studies curriculum.
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(OCT. 3) New York archbishop follows up on Cardinal George’s letter to Obama to end campaign against marriage, religious freedom.
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(SEPT. 30) New auxiliary bishop of Chicago visits Nativity BVM Parish.
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(SEPT. 30) Father Barron: “The Catholic story is being told by the wrong people in the wrong way.”
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(SEPT. 30) Saint Joseph Hospital physician first in Chicago to perform new bariatric surgery.
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(SEPT. 30) Marian Catholic Marching Spartans to host 30th annual Oktoberfest.
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(SEPT. 30) Archdiocese of Chicago Office for Hispanic Catholics to celebrate 13th annual Noche de Gala.
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(SEPT. 30) Illinois Catholic Conference launches ‘Defense of Marriage’ department.
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(SEPT. 29) Cardinal George pressures Chicago’s 8th Day Center for Justice over women’s ordination.
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(SEPT. 29) DePaul University opens art museum.
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(SEPT. 29) Will former Chicago priest Mike Ivers dress as Swampman again at conference?
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(SEPT. 29) Nun-to-be, former Illinois track star to run Chicago Marathon.
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(SEPT. 29) Society of St. Vincent de Paul seeks indoor, permanent food pantry site.
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(SEPT. 29) South Loop hospital in talks to join with Trinity Health.
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(SEPT. 29) Sisters of St. Francis cuts ties with Guardian Angel Home.
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(SEPT. 29) Former Catholic woman, now Jewish, finds inspiration through Hannah’s story.
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(SEPT. 29) Catholic Charities: How to make the most of pantry-supplied food.
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(SEPT. 28) Opus Dei training center in Chicago tied to lawsuit alleging abusive treatment of young people.
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(SEPT. 28) Member of St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church volunteered at Misericordia.
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(SEPT. 28) Suburban Catholic schools net blue ribbon awards.
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(SEPT. 28) Western Springs residents help raise $30,000 for Catholic Charities.
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(SEPT. 28) Chicago mom supplements kid’s Catholic education.
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(SEPT. 28) The Rev. Run, of Run-DMC, speaks at DePaul University.
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(SEPT. 28) Elk Grove Village Catholic school wins national education award.
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(SEPT. 28) Professors at Catholic universities in Chicago, elsewhere call for an end to the death penalty.
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(SEPT. 27) Enrollment holding steady at Woodridge’s only Catholic school.
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(SEPT. 27) “Sex is sacred and holy only when directed towards its intended purpose as established and designed by God.”
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(SEPT. 27) “For many colleges, schools and charities, it is a fight for the right to be Catholic.”
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(SEPT. 27) Catholic Citizens of Illinois to host Fr. Barron at annual dinner.
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(SEPT. 27) Graduate of Joliet Catholic Academy mourns wife killed days after wedding ceremony.
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(SEPT. 27) Women’s Board of Catholic Charities in Lake County welcomes over 75 women at New Member Tea.
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(SEPT. 27) Judge denies Catholic Charities’ request for reconsideration.
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(SEPT. 26) Notre Dame names academic hall after Lake Bluff woman.
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(SEPT. 26) Retirement home developed by Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, Loyola University remains mostly empty.
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(SEPT. 26) Does Jesus hate the Packers?
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(SEPT. 26) Marquette University the only Catholic school at LGBT college fair.
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(SEPT. 26) Vietnamese-American family gives thanks to Rockford parish.
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(SEPT. 26) Cardinal George to Father Barron: “I’d like you to convert Chicago.”
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(SEPT. 26) Veterans eat for free at Tinley Park Catholic church.
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(SEPT. 26) Barat College of DePaul University to be donated to Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart.
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(SEPT. 26) Several local houses of worship to open for educational tours.
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(SEPT. 26) Chicago priest to give invocation at Angels Ball.
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(SEPT. 26) Chicago-based Catholic Church Extension Society awards nun for efforts with migrant workers.
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(SEPT. 26) Priest with a master’s in religious education from Loyola University retires.
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(SEPT. 23) Pastor Emeritus of St. John Parish in Glenwood once taught math and chemistry at Quigley Preparatory Seminary.
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(SEPT. 23) Quinn puts hold on hospital tax exemption decision.
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(SEPT. 23) Notre Dame student-athlete accused of sexual assault cleared of wrongdoing.
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(SEPT. 23) Atheist takes Zion back to court over city seal.
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(SEPT. 23) Multisport standout at Joliet Catholic dies at 20 of heart attack.
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(SEPT. 23) Joliet Diocese, two others file emergency injunction to stop civil-union couples from adopting.
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(SEPT. 23) Priest who started diaper bank in McHenry has new calling.
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(SEPT. 23) Franciscan Sisters of Chicago default on multimillion-dollar debt for the Clare, a luxury retirement high-rise.
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(SEPT. 23) “Spirit was wonderful” at Aurora’s first-ever All City Mass.
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(SEPT. 23) Saturday’s Fashion Fetish Fete to help fund Catholic Charities’ veteran services.
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(SEPT. 23) Oak Park mystical scholar grew up with Muslim driver, Hindu cook, Catholic nanny and Protestant parents.
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(SEPT. 23) Cardinal George to be honored for contributions to Catholic education.
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(SEPT. 22) Lewis University to launch athletics website.
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(SEPT. 22) Why Father Robert Barron filmed “Catholicism.”
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(SEPT. 22) Cooking demo to showcase Asian carp at Christ the King Jesuit High School.
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(SEPT. 22) Catholic Church helps launch deportation hotline in Chicago.
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(SEPT. 22) School for problem kids moves into St. Clotilde Church.
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(SEPT. 22) Marian Catholic High School students become Eucharist Ministers.
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(SEPT. 22) Chinatown’s St. Therese Catholic School named one of nation’s best.
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(SEPT. 22) Batavia House Walk to highlight historic convent.
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(SEPT. 22) Archdiocese of Chicago launches new iPad app.
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(SEPT. 22) Two Park Ridge Catholic schools among more than 300 schools in the nation to receive Blue Ribbon Awards.
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(SEPT. 21) Jesuit priest spent many years working closely with mentally and physically challenged children in India.
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(SEPT. 21) Member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for the past 78 years.
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(SEPT. 21) Former teacher at Immaculata and Resurrection high schools, employee of the Niles Public Library.
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(SEPT. 21) The Rev. John J. Kobus, priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago for 34 years, dies.
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(SEPT. 21) Grade school reunions popular among former Catholic school students.
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(SEPT. 21) Prayer service held for Holy Angels student who was shot and killed while playing basketball.
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(SEPT. 21) St. Mary Catholic Church in Aurora to host first-ever All City Mass.
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(SEPT. 21) Pastor of St. Agnes talks about church’s history.
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(SEPT. 21) Six Archdiocese of Chicago schools win national awards.
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(SEPT. 21) Catholic Charities of Lake County begins anti-hunger drive.
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(SEPT. 21) Cardinal George to deliver homily at Illinois Conference of Churches annual assembly.
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(SEPT. 21) Memories still fond for St. George Class of ’61.
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(SEPT. 21) Fashion show in Lincoln Park to benefit Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(SEPT. 20) Member of Felician Sisters’ Community for 78 years dies.
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(SEPT. 20) Catholic Charities in Springfield will lose half of its revenue if state cancels contract.
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(SEPT. 20) St. Xavier prof: “The faculty, staff and all personnel do their jobs each day with the tenets of Catholic thought as background music.”
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(SEPT. 20) Pastors discuss divorce rate among Christians, non-Christians.
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(SEPT. 20) Gordon Tech football coach makes Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
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(SEPT. 19) Catholic Charities Hunger Action Month kicks off in Lake County.
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(SEPT. 19) Chicago priest’s series on Catholicism to air this month.
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(SEPT. 19) Marengo Catholic woman says conjoined twins are doing fine.
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(SEPT. 19) Nun on religious exemptions: “Not even Jesus would qualify.”
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(SEPT. 19) Gang member guilty of killing DePaul student.
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(SEPT. 19) Inaugural Conference on Islam in America to be held at DePaul University.
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(SEPT. 19) “Glee” star Jane Lynch grew up Catholic in suburban Chicago with Jewish “sisters.”
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(SEPT. 19) Do animals have souls? A local veterinarian’s perspective.
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(SEPT. 16) Part two on the story about racial tensions in a changing Chicago neighborhood that was once mostly Catholic.
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(SEPT. 16) DePaul University to open new art museum in Chicago.
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(SEPT. 16) “No Catholic college in the Chicago area meets all five benchmarks.”
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(SEPT. 16) Marmion priest returns from fourth tour of duty in Iraq.
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(SEPT. 16) Founder of Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl “saw potential in the hearts of young people” at Aurora churches.
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(SEPT. 16) Joliet Catholic Charities to spotlight work done by Senior Corps members.
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(SEPT. 16) Landlord charged with stealing from DePaul assistant coach’s home.
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(SEPT. 15) Roger Ebert, Martin Scorsese: “We memorized the Latin of the Mass, we were drilled on mortal sins, venial sins, sanctifying grace, the fires of hell.”
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(SEPT. 15) Pastoral associate at Northwestern describes four hallmarks of a good campus ministry.
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(SEPT. 15) Ascension, Chicago-area Alexian Brothers sign agreement to merge.
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(SEPT. 15) Cardinal George delivers homily before immigration forum.
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(SEPT. 15) Deacon of the Diocese of Joliet dies.
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(SEPT. 15) Chicago-based SNAP takes clergy sex abuse case to “the highest court in the world.”
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(SEPT. 15) More on St. Xavier’s union conflict.
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(SEPT. 14) Oak Park woman was a member of St. Edmund Church, Horticultural Club of River Grove, a volunteer at PADS and crocheter for Warm Up America.
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(SEPT. 14) Are financial advisers becoming “part psychologist, part priest?”
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(SEPT. 14) Crystal Bowersox to perform at Dominican University.
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(SEPT. 14) Trial begins for DePaul University student’s murder.
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(SEPT. 14) Geneva Catholic church gearing up for annual Barn Sale.
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(SEPT. 14) Indiana’s controversial private-school voucher deadline looms.
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(SEPT. 13) Campus minister at Northwestern’s Sheil Catholic Center answers, is it OK to be single?
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(SEPT. 13) Young journalism students share where they see God in world.
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(SEPT. 13) Lincoln Park Catholic grade school opens school year with more space, students and faculty.
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(SEPT. 13) Parishioner at St. Camillus Church was president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and a past CCD instructor.
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(SEPT. 13) Online master’s in nursing at Saint Xavier University recognized for quality.
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(SEPT. 13) Chicago-based SNAP files petition with the International Criminal Court on behalf of clergy sex abuse victims.
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(SEPT. 13) Former Chicago nun caught in mortgage crisis.
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(SEPT. 13) St. Vincent de Paul Society to raise money with Friends of the Poor Walk.
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(SEPT. 12) Joliet priest “loved the people he served, but he kept his light under a bushel basket.”
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(SEPT. 12) Benedictine nun served as principal of St. Scholastica Academy for several years.
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(SEPT. 12) Sacred Heart Parish has a rich history that is soon to end.
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(SEPT. 12) “The order of Pat McCaskey’s universe is like that of many Chicagoans: God, family, Bears.”
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(SEPT. 12) Roger Ebert, who came from a working-class Catholic home in Illinois, details his life in a memoir.
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(SEPT. 12) Army chaplain from Chicago: “I recognized how desperately these kids need priests in Iraq.”
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(SEPT. 9) Joliet Catholic Academy names students of the month.
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(SEPT. 9) DePaul University grad named new CEO of ComEd.
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(SEPT. 9) Retiring ComEd CEO, a Woodlawn native, once worked at a Catholic bookstore.
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(SEPT. 9) St. Peter Catholic School in Rockford Diocese opens year with half the enrollment.
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(SEPT. 9) CEO of Resurrection Health Care of Chicago to lead organization after merge with Provena. (Note: Registration may be required.)
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(SEPT. 9) Marian Catholic grad Patrick Murphy’s family can’t get away from 9/11 loss.
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(SEPT. 9) Holy Name Cathedral among congregations to come together in prayer on 9/11.
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(SEPT. 9) Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago to honor Lincoln Park family for their service to the poor.
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(SEPT. 8) Chicago police superintendent, a Catholic, recalls his work in New York during 9/11.
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(SEPT. 8) Chicago’s Mercy Hospital in talks to merge with Trinity Health.
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(SEPT. 8) Vatican: Post-9/11 world needs religion to be weapon of peace.
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(SEPT. 8) Chicago Bears’ Patrick McCaskey to sign copies of his book on sports and faith in Winnetka.
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(SEPT. 8) Loyola Academy grad pens mystery-romance novel.
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(SEPT. 8) Sailor talks about 9/11 to Bishop Noll students following back-to-school Mass.
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(SEPT. 8) “Yep, it’s the same old, same old. Catholic priests are caught abusing kids, church officials are caught hiding crimes, bishops then pledge reform.”
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(SEPT. 8) Cardinal George writes forward in new book about 9/11 by a Vatican Radio journalist.
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(SEPT. 8) Jury selection begins in trial of blogger, who is in prison for threatening Illinois judges, issued more death threats after debate about Catholic Church finances.
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(SEPT. 7) Past president of Italian American Veterans James Cuzzone Post #5, awarded the Cross of the Order of St. Benedict, dies.
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(SEPT. 7) Catholic Extension selects Chicago PR firm.
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(SEPT. 7) Oak Park parish to host support group for high school youth who have lost a loved one to suicide.
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(SEPT. 7) Traditional parochial school model “now vulnerable to economic forces,” according to former president of Loyola University.
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(SEPT. 7) Joliet Catholic Academy names new faculty, staff.
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(SEPT. 7) Photos of new South Loop Catholic school.
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(SEPT. 7) Old Saint Mary’s school opens in new building.
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(SEPT. 7) Catholic colleges work to raise awareness of policies on sexual harassment.
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(SEPT. 7) Chicago native Cardinal Egan remembers 9/11.
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(SEPT. 6) Former teacher and Kennedy Cup Champion hockey coach at St. Rita High School dies.
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(SEPT. 6) “Pro-choice means pro-choice, not pro-abortion.”
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(SEPT. 6) Marian Catholic hosts back-to-school night.
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(SEPT. 6) Goya Foods donates 10,000 pounds of food to Chicago Catholic Charities.
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(SEPT. 6) Catholic hospitals fear loss of tax exemption in Illinois.
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(SEPT. 6) Experts: Religion will be an important factor in 2012 presidential election.
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(SEPT. 6) Family, friends remember Marian grad killed in Pentagon attack.
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(SEPT. 6) When does a church issue become a community issue?
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(SEPT. 2) Family moves into condominium conversion of the historic Mallinckrodt convent-turned-college in Wilmette.
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(SEPT. 2) DePaul University makes ACT and SAT scores optional on applications, which Cristo Rey counselor says will “open doors of opportunity.”
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(SEPT. 2) Chicago native, member of the Marist Fathers and Brothers religious community dies.
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(SEPT. 2) A look back at racial tensions on Chicago’s South Side in an area that was predominately Catholic.
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(SEPT. 1) The Rev. James Close, longtime head of Mercy Home orphanage in Chicago, dies.
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(SEPT. 1) A look at some of Chicago’s diverse Catholic parishes.
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(SEPT. 1) Cardinal George blesses crosses for Sept. 11 memorial.
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(SEPT. 1) Retired employee of the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Cemeteries dies.
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(SEPT. 1) New pastor at St. Damian admits that in his youth he “wasn’t the best practicing Catholic.”
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(SEPT. 1) SNAP protests outside of Archdiocese of Chicago headquarters.
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(SEPT. 1) Marengo woman pregnant with conjoined twins leans on faith, family.
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(SEPT. 1) Catholic priest was the “visionary and executor” of plan that “changed the landscape of Northbrook.”
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(AUG. 31) Longtime Chicago resident was an usher at Holy Name Cathedral for 38 years.
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(AUG. 31) Melrose Park nuns cook up fried pastry balls at food fest.
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(AUG. 31) Illinois foster parents caught in Catholic Charities controversy.
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(AUG. 31) Catholic Charities employee falls behind in Chicago marathon training.
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(AUG. 31) Former Chicago priest “lived a noble, global life.”
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(AUG. 31) Bus problems surface at Catholic school in Downers Grove, elsewhere.
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(AUG. 31) New principal named at St. Louise De Marillac Catholic School.
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(AUG. 31) Archdiocese of Chicago’s release of case files not real disclosure, SNAP contends.
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(AUG. 31) Director of Cemeteries for the Rockford diocese: “Every cemetery has to be careful with its budget.”
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(AUG. 31) Can a Catholic receive communion in a Protestant church?
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(AUG. 30) Priest, hospice chaplain with Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter dies.
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(AUG. 30) Chicago magazine’s new editor attended Catholic high school in Wilmette.
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(AUG. 30) Settlement of sex abuse case requires release of archdiocese files.
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(AUG. 30) Priest blesses medical cadavers before students at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.
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(AUG. 30) Candidate in Lake County state’s attorney race delivered meals on wheels for Catholic Charities.
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(AUG. 30) Chicago Tribune story criticized for portrayal of Catholics.
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(AUG. 30) Bill Rancic, the original “Apprentice” winner and Loyola University grad, to open Italian restaurant in River North.
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(AUG. 30) Former Driscoll Catholic catcher adjusts to minor league baseball.
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(AUG. 29) Longtime member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul among nominees for TribLocal Hero Contest.
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(AUG. 29) Past president of the St. Vincent De Paul Settlement Women’s Auxiliary was “a loyal friend, an avid reader and a fabulous cook.”
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(AUG. 29) Cardinal George visits Niles church for Mass honoring couples’ 50th anniversaries.
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(AUG. 29) Loyola medical students receive white coats.
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(AUG. 29) Obituaries for those who have recently died with ties to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(AUG. 29) Local students, some attending Catholic schools, win scholarships.
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(AUG. 29) Diocese of Joliet willing to donate church for senior homes.
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(AUG. 29) Chicago-Detroit Province of the Jesuits offers to pay for therapy as more allegations of sex abuse arise.
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(AUG. 29) “Government shouldn’t be in the bedroom – or in the womb. It’s just not relevant.”
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(AUG. 29) Joliet Franciscan Sisters to present heritage awards.
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(AUG. 29) Suburban high school football game clashes with Sunday churchgoers.
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(AUG. 26) Another lawsuit accuses former Chicago priest of sex abuse.
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(AUG. 26) DePaul University coach’s house cleaned out by burglars – maybe.
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(AUG. 26) East Chicago parochial school remains closed under state order.
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(AUG. 26) Fire causes $10,000 in damages at Saint Peter’s Cathedral rectory.
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(AUG. 25) Sign language teacher was a member of Queen of Martyrs Altar & Rosary Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society.
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(AUG. 25) The Society of St. Vincent de Paul donates backpacks full of school supplies to more than 1,300 needy children in Chicago.
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(AUG. 25) Sex-advice columnist once thought about becoming a priest, attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary North.
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(AUG. 25) Former Catholic school principal was a “passionate leader,” boosted enrollment at West Side school.
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(AUG. 25) Waukegan’s St. Martin de Porres names new president.
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(AUG. 25) “New focus emerges” as Chicago Catholic schools get ready to open.
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(AUG. 25) Developer: Ready to “save” old Joliet church.
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(AUG. 25) A gay Catholic’s view on Catholic Charities case.
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(AUG. 25) New Catholic priest from River Forest “a conservative reformer.”
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(AUG. 24) Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen now offering primary care.
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(AUG. 24) Former Chicago friar celebrates golden jubilee.
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(AUG. 24) “Illinois has the strongest private-sector child welfare network in the country.”
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(AUG. 24) Fewer doctors willing to do abortions, new study shows.
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(AUG. 24) Black Catholic Deacons of the Archdiocese of Chicago to hold back-to-school sunrise prayers on Lake Michigan beaches.
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(AUG. 24) Two Catholic perspectives on immigration: Cardinal George and Father Bascio.
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(AUG. 24) Bishop says state is “basically at war with the Catholic community.”
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(AUG. 24) Plans reveal a smaller St. James Church.
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(AUG. 24) New Joliet Catholic Academy principal attended Brother Rice High School, St. Xavier University.
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(AUG. 23) Developer wants to turn Joliet Catholic church into senior housing.
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(AUG. 23) Archdiocese of Chicago offers wellness program to help employees get fit.
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(AUG. 23) Stars of Chicago’s “Jersey Boys” to perform at Catholic Charities 10th annual gala.
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(AUG. 23) U.S. lawyer says Vatican knew of priest’s sex abuse before transfering him to Chicago.
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(AUG. 23) Local church members advocate for the healing powers of prayer.
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(AUG. 23) Cardinal George talks to seminarians about patience, perseverance needed to hear God’s word.
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(AUG. 23) What’s the point of World Youth Day?
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(AUG. 22) Thomas More Society reviews ruling on Catholic Charities, considers next move.
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(AUG. 22) Marian Catholic High School to host conference on sports and faith.
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(AUG. 22) New Joliet bishop: “The one sent must remain faithful to the sender.”
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(AUG. 22) Have Americans lost their faith?
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(AUG. 22) Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary sees increase in couples wanting to adopt, decrease in number of birth moms.
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(AUG. 22) Catholic Charities director “devastated” by Illinois judge’s ruling on adoptions.
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(AUG. 22) “Cardinal George boldly takes on the pressing issues of our times” in latest book.
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(AUG. 22) St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights starts its 50th year.
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(AUG. 22) Lay person to run Joliet Catholic Academy for first time in school’s history.
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(AUG. 22) Joliet Catholic Academy announces new faculty, staff.
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(AUG. 22) Conference addresses marriage, Catholic Church issues.
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(AUG. 19) Letter from the head of a Catholic province in Chicago reveals more about sex abuse case.
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(AUG. 19) Joliet Slammers pitching coach graduated from Providence Catholic High School, pitched at Wrigley Field.
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(AUG. 19) Release of internal Vatican files does not include time accused priest spent in Chicago, according to abuse victims.
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(AUG. 19) Newest priest at Western Springs’ St. John of the Cross was born in a Tanzanian farming village.
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(AUG. 19) Sacred Heart Catholic Church celebrates its 125th anniversary.
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(AUG. 19) Judge rules against Illinois Catholic Charities.
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(AUG. 19) Carmel Catholic to offer boys lacrosse.
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(AUG. 19) Chicago native celebrates 60 years as a Dominican nun.
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(AUG. 19) Sam Zell’s wife pledges $600,000 over three years to Planned Parenthood’s North Side operation.
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(AUG. 19) Athenaeum Theatre, owned by Saint Alphonsus Church, struggles to stay afloat.
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(JUNE 24) Progressive folk musician attended St. Dennis Catholic School in Lockport.
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(JUNE 24) Chicago priest to be keynote speaker at the Religious Education Institute.
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(JUNE 24) Former prison chaplain pleads not guilty to helping mobster.
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(JUNE 23) Graduate of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago barred from ministry over sex abuse allegation.
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(JUNE 23) St. Anne Catholic School principal retires after 10 years.
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(JUNE 23) Oak Lawn needs help from Archdiocese of Chicago to fight floods.
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(JUNE 23) Healing Garden of the Archdiocese of Chicago a place of growth and rebirth.
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(JUNE 23) Judge on priest sex abuse case: “The leaders of the Chicago Province fell far short.”
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(JUNE 23) School operating in Greek Orthodox Church wants to lease from the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(JUNE 23) Priest’s lawyer on U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald: “Apparently, he couldn’t find any rabbis or nuns.”
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(JUNE 22) Following DePaul and St. Xavier, Loyola University switches to PNC Bank.
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(JUNE 22) Marquette University fails to report student sexual assault cases.
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(JUNE 22) Catholic Library Association moves to Chicago.
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(JUNE 22) Chicago Archdiocese schools to get streaming educational media.
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(JUNE 21) Joliet native was a Jesuit for 51 years.
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(JUNE 21) Northwest Indiana Planned Parenthood centers to close Wednesdays after losing funding.
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(JUNE 21) Editor at Loyola Press in Chicago discusses the catechism.
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(JUNE 21) Cardinal George: “Women can obviously do anything priests do, and often do it better; but women cannot ‘represent’ a bridegroom.”
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(JUNE 21) Archdiocese of Chicago once denied church burial to reputed mobsters.
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(JUNE 21) “I am regularly saddened by the use of nuns in TV.”
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(JUNE 21) Pfleger: “Crises will pass, if people stay in God’s presence.”
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(JUNE 21) Chicago exorcist to give presentation on devil, demons.
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(JUNE 21) Joliet deacon critiques youth fashion.
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(JUNE 21) Priest offers prayer at campground dedication ceremony in Will County.
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(JUNE 21) Dominican University receives grant for documentary on libraries.
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(JUNE 21) Former president of Loyola: “For teachers preparing to work in Catholic elementary or high schools, most offer little that is specifically Catholic.”
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(JUNE 21) Glenbrook North High School teacher delivers retirement speech, references St. Thomas More.
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(JUNE 21) Number of abortions in Illinois has been “massively underreported.”
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(JUNE 20) Past president of St. Lambert’s Women’s Club was also a member of the Evanston Catholic Women’s Club.
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(JUNE 20) Marist High School grad active with community service, speaks at Masses.
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(JUNE 20) Catholic Charities expands Oak Park facility for seniors and adults with disabilities.
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(JUNE 20) St. John Brebeuf parishioners bid farewell to pastor.
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(JUNE 20) Winnetka parish to host charity “Fun Fair.”
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(JUNE 20) St. Patrick High School celebrates 150th anniversary.
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(JUNE 20) Chicago street preacher “cautions that the Roman Catholic Church is a false path to salvation, homosexuality is an abomination and adultery is a sin.”
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(JUNE 20) Abortion notification law sent back to Cook County Circuit Court.
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(JUNE 20) Chicago aldermen push for waivers before Emanuel cuts off free water for non-profits, including churches.
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(JUNE 17) Fired St. Mary School teacher sends threatening email to school board member.
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(JUNE 17) Flossmoor pastor celebrates 22 years in the priesthood.
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(JUNE 17) Few sexual assault arrests, convictions at local universities, including Notre Dame.
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(JUNE 16) Independent agency taking over foster care dropped by Catholic Charities in Rockford.
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(JUNE 16) Benedictine University offering free tuition for unemployed adults.
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(JUNE 16) A look at Chicago’s three basilicas.
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(JUNE 16) Monthly prayer sessions at Ascension Parish in Oak Park draws hundreds.
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(JUNE 16) St. Peter Catholic Church celebrates to host 50th annual rummage sale.
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(JUNE 15) Cubs once drizzled Holy Water from the Vatican on Wrigley.
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(JUNE 15) “Wizard of Oz” celebration honors St. Raymond principal.
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(JUNE 15) Chicago group connects physically, mentally challenged to faith community.
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(JUNE 15) Scholarship fund honors St. James principal with illness.
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(JUNE 15) Chicago protestors call bishops’ charter on sex abuse “paltry, belated and largely insignificant.”
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(JUNE 15) Archdiocese of Chicago honors three Lake Zurich volunteers.
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(JUNE 14) Sister of Little Company of Mary ministered for 62 years.
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(JUNE 14) “Vaccinating girls to protect them from a behavior that should be discouraged sends cynical and confusing message to children.”
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(JUNE 14) Pope warns couples that co-habiting is no replacement for marriage.
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(JUNE 14) Saint Patrick High School to host concert for charity.
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(JUNE 14) St. Pascal School wins $100,000 in recycling contest.
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(JUNE 14) Catholic group opens home for new mothers in Des Plaines.
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(JUNE 14) Chicago seminar examines business side of the church.
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(JUNE 14) Civil War letters preserved at Dominican University.
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(JUNE 14) “Legal experts warn that a weak Catholic identity makes for a weak defense against religious-liberty violations.”
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(JUNE 14) Planned Parenthood in Indiana denied state fundraising tax credit.
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(JUNE 13) St. Edward Central Catholic School to get new principal.
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(JUNE 13) State works on plan to transfer former Catholic Charities foster kids.
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(JUNE 13) “What’s at stake is the future of moral and religious liberty.”
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(JUNE 13) Joliet Diocese considers tearing down historic church.
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(JUNE 13) Mendel Catholic High School grad dies in hit-and-run.
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(JUNE 13) Diocese suspends priest that helped jailed Chicago mobster.
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(JUNE 13) Morgan Park filmmaker to make documentary about Catholic nuns.
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(JUNE 13) “What Notre Dame’s trustee resignation means for the university.”
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(JUNE 13) Wisconsin priest faces trial for sexual predator charges.
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(JUNE 13) Pope names two new bishops to Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(JUNE 13) Loyola University first school with study abroad program in Vietnam.
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(JUNE 10) DePaul University to host Interfaith Worker Justice’s national conference for religious, labor leaders.
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(JUNE 10) An interview with a Marian Catholic softball player.
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(JUNE 10) Dome rennovations at St. Mary of the Angels Church facing challenges.
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(JUNE 10) “Nationwide, Catholic Charities receives about two-thirds of its funding from the government.”
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(JUNE 10) Lake County Catholic Charities kicks off fundraising season.
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(JUNE 9) Dominican University grad “one of the most promising neuroscience majors.”
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(JUNE 9) Priest admits stealing more than $100,000 from Roselle parish.
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(JUNE 9) Prison chaplain indicted for allegedly aiding a Chicago mobster.
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(JUNE 9) Recent grad of St. Joseph Catholic Academy earns rank of Eagle Scout.
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(JUNE 9) Nun: “The most at-risk kids in the State of Illinois have become an asterisk in the cause of gay rights.”
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(JUNE 9) Joliet Catholic Academy junior cools off before football camp.
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(JUNE 9) Cardinal George to dedicate Healing Garden, a place of prayer for survivors of clergy sex abuse.
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(JUNE 9) Chicago business executive resigns from Notre Dame’s board of trustees.
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(JUNE 8) Dental center at St. Bernard, a Catholic hospital in Englewood, is “a lifeline for low-income patients.”
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(JUNE 8) St. Edward Central Catholic High School leaders petition Elgin to change street name.
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(JUNE 8) Cardinal George: “Human sexuality reduced to an animal function destroys the foundations for human relationships.”
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(JUNE 8) Congressman speaks about flash mobs at St. Dorothy Catholic Church.
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(JUNE 8) Chicago Heights actor, graduate of Marian Catholic High School leads drama group.
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(JUNE 8) Gery Chico, who attended Catholic grammar schools, to head Illinois school board.
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(JUNE 8) Chicago-based Call to Action involved in controversial conference of Catholic groups.
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(JUNE 8) Archbishop of Cape Coast visits Chicago’s Ghanaian Catholic community.
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(JUNE 8) President of Calumet College of St. Joseph retiring.
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(JUNE 8) Cardinal George celebrates 18th annual cancer survivors’ Mass at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center.
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(JUNE 8) For first time, entire class of St. Martin de Porres accepted into college.
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(JUNE 8) Gambling priest accused of stealing from his Roselle parish expected to plead guilty.
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(JUNE 8) Catholic Charities sues Illinois over foster care policy.
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(JUNE 8) St. Patrick Catholic School in Joliet closes due to low enrollment.
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(JUNE 7) Former marketing manager for Loyola Press worked closely with Cardinal Joseph Bernardin on “The Gift of Peace.”
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(JUNE 7) Educator was a dedicated volunteer for her Catholic parish.
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(JUNE 7) Marian Central High School grads earned a combined $13 million in scholarships.
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(JUNE 7) Student wears 1920s “heirloom suit” to Loyola Academy prom.
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(JUNE 7) Saint Patrick High School to host benefit concert.
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(JUNE 7) Could joining Girl Scouts make girls more receptive to “pro-abortion agenda?”
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(JUNE 7) Controversy arises over new trustee at Notre Dame.
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(JUNE 7) Director of Rockford Catholic Charities says adoption agency “is being forced to opt out.”
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(JUNE 7) Illinois doesn’t need Catholic Charities, according to author.
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(JUNE 7) On closure of Catholic adoption programs: “The same people who stood idly by as priests raped little boys for decades are claiming the moral high ground.”
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(JUNE 7) “When God took on human flesh, he did so as a man.”
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(JUNE 6) Fashion show to benefit Chicago Catholic Charities’ Veteran Services.
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(JUNE 6) Archdiocese of Chicago introduces new “Healing Garden.”
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(JUNE 6) Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet end adoption, foster care.
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(JUNE 6) “The real situation seems to be that Fr. Pfleger’s own mouth is what gets him in trouble with the Catholic Church.”
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(JUNE 6) Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers addresses Chicago Catholic school grads.
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(JUNE 6) St. Martin de Porres High School holds baccalaureate Mass, commencement ceremony.
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(JUNE 6) Chicago priest speaks to “push back against the religious right’s agenda.”
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(JUNE 6) Joliet Catholic Charities puts hold on adoptions as civil unions begin.
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(JUNE 6) Saint Cajetan Catholic Church holds special service for World War II veterans.
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(JUNE 6) Former St. Edward student sues school for fall over rail.
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(JUNE 6) “It is a bit of a Catholic Catch-22.”
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(JUNE 6) Former Loyola basketball manager to join Hall of Fame.
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(JUNE 3) Former first lady of Warrenville had 12 kids, was active at St. Irene Catholic Church.
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(JUNE 3) One soon-to-be-priest studied philosophy, theology and Spanish at Loyola University in Chicago.
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(JUNE 3) FBI offering $20,000 for info on “nuns” who robbed Palos Heights bank.
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(JUNE 3) “Criteria for accepting someone as a foster or adoptive parent … is determined by social workers, not priests.”
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(JUNE 2) Joliet Catholic student spells “nihilism” correctly, but falls out of spelling bee.
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(JUNE 2) St. Mary’s Catholic Church looking to expand food pantry.
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(JUNE 2) Will Illinois’ civil unions pave the way for same-sex marriage?
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(JUNE 2) Popular iPhone Confession App not meant to replace confession with a priest.
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(JUNE 2) “Father Ray was not just a Carmelite, he was our Carmelite.”
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(JUNE 2) “Faith, hope and charity? Not so much from the Catholic Church.”
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(JUNE 2) Rockford Diocese defends its decision to cut adoption programs.
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(JUNE 2) DePaul breaks ground on new $69 million theater building.
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(JUNE 2) Author of book about Catholic eulogies recalls tribute to the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
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(JUNE 1) Riverside woman’s career in publishing included working closely with the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin on his seminal book, “The Gift of Peace.”
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(JUNE 1) Carmelite priest was a physics teacher at Catholic schools in Joliet, Chicago and Mundelein.
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(JUNE 1) Former medical director of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, practiced surgery for more than 50 years at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago and Holy Family Hospital in Des Plaines.
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(JUNE 1) Sixth-grader from Cathedral of St. Raymond School in Joliet competing for national spelling bee title.
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(JUNE 1) Rockford Diocese says placing foster kids with same-sex couples would violate teachings of the Catholic faith.
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(JUNE 1) Former Chicago priest of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish dies.
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(JUNE 1) University of St. Francis baseball coach retires after 59 years of coaching.
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(JUNE 1) Profile on archbishop of Seattle, formerly of Joliet.
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(JUNE 1) House passes Illinois DREAM Act, supported by Cardinal George, others.
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(JUNE 1) Civil union law takes effect in Illinois, Diocese of Rockford drops adoption programs.
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(JUNE 1) “Does Illinois’ civil union law protect religious practices or simply allow religious bodies the choice of whether or not they want to officiate civil unions?”
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(JUNE 1) Donations of communion clothing pouring in at St. Helena’s of the Cross Catholic School.
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(MAY 31) Mount Prospect streets and building superintendent was also a deacon at St. Cecilia.
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(MAY 31) Religious differences an important issue in interfaith marriages.
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(MAY 31) 125th class graduates from St. Patrick Catholic School, may be its last.
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(MAY 31) Young Catholic woman donates kidney, says “I never really felt like God was a part of this, necessarily.”
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(MAY 31) Cardinal George on women priests: “You have to address it theologically and not just culturally.”
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(MAY 31) Nearly 350 students graduate from Marian Catholic High School.
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(MAY 31) Cardinal George celebrates Memorial Day Mass before 1,300 people at Maryhill Catholic Cemetery.
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(MAY 31) Should Catholic children be home-schooled?
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(MAY 31) Speaker in Chicago to explore what it means to be a Catholic university.
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(MAY 31) Thieves impersonate nuns to rob Palos Heights bank.
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(MAY 27) Deacon of Mount Prospect “would climb a light pole to fix the light so others could shine.”
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(MAY 27) Four arrested in Catholic school burglary on Southeast Side.
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(MAY 27) Meet Immaculate Conception’s distinguished scholars.
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(MAY 27) Marian Catholic High School grads collectively earned more than $16 million in college scholarships.
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(MAY 27) Eighth graders at St. Mary of Gostyn School in Downers Grove to get laptops.
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(MAY 27) Frankfort students among Marian Catholic High School’s top grads.
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(MAY 27) Cardinal George speaks from home about religion’s role in society, Pfleger controversy.
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(MAY 27) Photos capture Aurora Central Catholic High School graduation.
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(MAY 27) Woman with ties to Daley, Koschman case graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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(MAY 27) Catholic Charities of Rockford ends foster care, adoption services in light of civil unions bill.
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(MAY 26) Chicago priest for 44 years dies.
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(MAY 26) Former Brother Rice football player inducted into Chicago Catholic League Hall of Fame.
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(MAY 26) Recent grad of Joliet Catholic Academy dances with Beyonce on Oprah’s grand finale show.
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(MAY 26) Chicago exorcist to speak about the “devil in our world” at seminar.
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(MAY 26) “There can be no question that Fr. Pfleger is a polarizing figure.”
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(MAY 26) Alleged broken window at Canisius House in Evanston could play into sex abuse case.
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(MAY 26) Retired WMAQ-Channel 5 anchor asks “What would Pfleger do?”
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(MAY 26) Catholic Cemeteries warns visitors of potential crimes.
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(MAY 26) Cardinal George examines “God is at work in American society.”
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(MAY 25) Past President of St. Michael’s Holy Name Society and Catholic War Veterans, active in many organizations.
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(MAY 25) U of I student, who works for the Joliet diocese during summer, taking break from college to do mission work.
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(MAY 25) Photos of Elgin’s St. Edward Central Catholic High School graduation.
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(MAY 25) Actress from Roselle, who attended Catholic schools, starring in musical comedy “Nunsense.”
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(MAY 25) Catholic Charities in Waukegan among groups to win Benevolent Award.
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(MAY 25) Oprah — “a sort of spiritual leader” — bids farewell in last episode of TV show.
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(MAY 25) LGBT advocates plan to counter an anti-gay rally Friday at St. Peter’s Church.
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(MAY 24) Priest blesses Chicago boats.
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(MAY 24) Program helps Catholic student from Chicago, others stay Catholic while in college.
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(MAY 24) DePaul establishes new College of Science and Health.
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(MAY 24) About 85 students graduate from Immaculate Conception High School.
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(MAY 24) Catholic Charities contributes to affordable housing project in Oak Park.
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(MAY 24) Pfleger: “I am most humble and grateful to be back in the pulpit.”
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(MAY 24) In light of civil union ceremonies, director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois says most people would still oppose same-sex marriage.
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(MAY 24) Hundreds of volunteers needed to place massive Mary statue in St. John.
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(MAY 23) Member of the Provincial Council in Chicago and the General Council in Rome.
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(MAY 23) “A growing number of Catholic women and men, myself included, believe women would make great priests.”
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(MAY 23) Director of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office of Racial Justice calls Obama “pro-choice, but not pro-abortion.”
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(MAY 23) Cardinal George ordains 10 men into priesthood.
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(MAY 23) Is Oprah to blame for decline in confession?
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(MAY 23) Pfleger skirts apology for “latest dust-up” with the cardinal.
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(MAY 23) Long-time conservative Catholic commentator retiring from Chicago radio gig.
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(MAY 23) Is Notre Dame steering away from Catholic teaching?
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(MAY 23) Upcoming Catholic activities around Naperville.
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(MAY 23) Pfleger apologizes to congregation at Sunday Mass.
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(MAY 23) Pfleger is back preaching at St. Sabina.
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(MAY 23) Local Catholic hospitals adapt for civil unions bill.
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(MAY 23) Cardinal George consecrates massive Mary statue in St. John.
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(MAY 23) Seven men become priests in Rockford.
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(MAY 20) Father Pfleger back as pastor of St. Sabina.
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(MAY 20) Dedicated Catholic grade school teacher enjoyed cards, storytelling.
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(MAY 20) “He was of strong faith and a devout Irish Catholic, a longtime member of Mary, Seat of Wisdom Church in Park Ridge.”
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(MAY 20) Glen Ellyn Catholic school addresses online social networking dangers.
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(MAY 20) Pastor of Evergreen Park church knew he wanted to be a priest in sixth grade.
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(MAY 20) River Forest man to be ordained by archdiocese.
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(MAY 20) Radio personality Tavis Smiley to speak at St. Sabina.
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(MAY 20) Bishop Lyne Residence in Palos Park is home for retired priests.
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(MAY 20) New Joliet bishop to be installed July 14.
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(MAY 19) “The ranks of the nonreligious have doubled during the past 25 years and that secularization is spreading most rapidly among Americans under 35.”
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(MAY 19) Chicago’s St. Pascal School wins “green” makeover.
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(MAY 19) Groundbreaking Friday for children’s hospital at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.
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(MAY 19) Chicago Bears senior director appears on Catholic TV Network’s popular morning show.
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(MAY 19) Chicago-based group counters bishops’ reason for sex abuse scandal: “The reason this crisis is happening in the Church is because the criminals are hidden and coddled and promoted rather than ousted as in other institutions.”
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(MAY 19) “Three years out of Marist Catholic High School, he was moving multi-kilo quantities of cocaine each week.”
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(MAY 19) DePaul University stocks its shelves with video games.
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(MAY 18) Catholic sex abuse scandal caused by “social and sexual turmoil of the 1960s and ’70s,” bishops say.
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(MAY 18) New Joliet bishop has ties with the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
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(MAY 18) Catholic anti-abortion postcard campaign “going through a powerful response” in Chicago.
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(MAY 18) “Should Catholic Charities be able to discriminate against LGBT couples?”
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(MAY 18) Catholic school grad teaches, coaches in one of the “most dangerous neighborhoods in America,” cares for wife with brain cancer.
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(MAY 18) Chicago-based group says Vatican too lax with new sex abuse guidelines.
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(MAY 18) Doctoral candidate in theology at Loyola University in Chicago writes on infallible teachings.
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(MAY 18) Atheist turned Christian, former Tribune editor returns to Chicago area to speak about faith.
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(MAY 18) Research documenting the plight of Catholic Sisters under European communism now resides at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
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(MAY 17) Chicago native active in ministries at St. Patrick Catholic Church was a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused or neglected children in Kane County.
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(MAY 17) Berwyn woman was a longtime member of Holy Trinity Lodge #25, Croatian Catholic Union and Croatian Fraternal Union.
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(MAY 17) Eighth graders plant large tree as class gift to St. Christina School.
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(MAY 17) Newspaper column heats up debate on women priests.
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(MAY 17) “There is nothing noble about lying.”
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(MAY 17) Catholics to rally in “Defense of Marriage” in Chicago.
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(MAY 17) Vatican encourages bishops to report sex abuse to police.
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(MAY 17) Rules at Catholic children’s home change after arrests of Chicago-area boys.
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(MAY 17) DePaul students to vote on replacing school’s controversial brand of hummus.
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(MAY 17) Ohio bishop transfering to Diocese of Joliet.
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(MAY 16) Member of the Felician Sisters Community for 71 years.
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(MAY 16) Member of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago for 81 years.
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(MAY 16) Chicago religious leaders from Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Native American communities pray for Emanuel at luncheon.
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(MAY 16) Nuns of Fraternite of Notre Dame sell pastries for charity at farmer’s markets in Downers Grove, elsewhere.
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(MAY 16) Catholic exorcists in demand: “As the world spins closer to its end, demonic power grows stronger, sucking in more human victims.”
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(MAY 16) Pfleger attends Emanuel’s inaugural ceremony, says he’s hopeful with new administration.
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(MAY 16) Chicago professor takes a look at Christian, Jewish responses to natural disasters.
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(MAY 16) Only Latino student at Leo Catholic High School to graduate with college scholarship.
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(MAY 16) Sisters of Mercy leave mark on Aurora, but future of order is unknown.
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(MAY 16) Diocese of Gary plans to renovate Camp Lawrence.
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(MAY 16) Counselors from Chicago-area Catholic schools prep students for college.
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(MAY 16) Charges filed against father who left baby outside Archdiocese of Chicago headquarters.
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(MAY 16) Cardinal George to give invocation at Emanuel’s inauguration.
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(MAY 13) Baby girl abandoned near entrance of Archdiocese of Chicago headquarters.
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(MAY 13) Marian Catholic High School inducts students into national honor societies.
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(MAY 13) Chicago filmmaker working on documentary about woman fired from Catholic parish.
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(MAY 13) Chicago archdiocese “surprised” by lawyer’s claim that it is is withholding files.
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(MAY 13) Dominican University students get ready for Cuba study trip.
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(MAY 13) St. Ann Parish holds Mass to honor police officers, firefighters.
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(MAY 13) Joliet Franciscan nun celebrates 60 years of profession.
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(MAY 13) Deacon William Engler celebrates 25 years with Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(MAY 13) Most Catholic women use birth control, according to new report.
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(MAY 11) Former Catholic high school teacher on probation for sexually abusing a student.
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(MAY 11) Pfleger says he might preach at churches across the country if removed from St. Sabina.
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(MAY 10) Former Chicago priest retired from role as chaplain of the House of Representatives.
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(MAY 10) Aurora faithful walk 10 miles across the city praying for residents.
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(MAY 10) Dominican University student charged with sexual assault.
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(MAY 10) Pfleger introduced to civil rights movement through Dr. King.
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(MAY 10) Maria High School offers scholarship to highest exam scorers.
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(MAY 10) A dozen men to be ordained as deacons in the Chicago area.
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(MAY 10) Pope: “I would like to thank God for the gift of having worked for many years with Blessed Pope John Paul II.”
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(MAY 10) About 300 people from the Archdiocese of Chicago traveled to Rome for John Paul II’s beatification.
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(MAY 10) Chicago Bears’ Patrick McCaskey to speak on “What it Takes to be a Catholic Man in Today’s Culture.”
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(MAY 10) YouTube lip-syncing teen sensation attends Visitation Catholic Church in Elmhurst.
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(MAY 10) “The underlying bad blood between Cardinal George and Father Pfleger is laid bare for all to witness and to grimace.”
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(MAY 10) “Insane” father who killed son went to Weber Catholic High School on a scholarship.
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(MAY 10) Obama once ridiculed for his role as community organizer working with Catholic parishes on the South Side.
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(MAY 10) Chicago Catholic Charities to provide free medical services during series of Community Health Fairs.
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(MAY 10) Aurora Catholic church celebrates 75 years.
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(MAY 9) Montini Catholic High School senior earns full scholarship to Yale University.
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(MAY 9) Actor in “Something Borrowed” graduated from Marian Catholic High School.
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(MAY 9) Chicago congressman to speak about immmigration at Catholic church.
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(MAY 9) Pfleger: “You keep praying and I’ll be here.”
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(MAY 9) Chicago priest plans to develop homes for at-risk children and their parents.
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(MAY 9) Popular police chaplain in Joliet reassigned to Shorewood parish.
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(MAY 9) Teen shot in front of former St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Catholic School.
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(MAY 9) Pfleger hands out food to the needy.
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(MAY 9) Cardinal George salutes moms at Holy Name Cathedral.
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(MAY 9) Marist High School honors students with perfect GPAs.
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(MAY 9) Dominican University to offer short-term study abroad program in Cuba.
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(MAY 9) Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit to be held near Chicago May 31 to June 3.
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(MAY 9) St. Sabina unveils memorial for youth victims of violence.
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(MAY 9) Cardinal George speaks about his new book.
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(MAY 9) Catholics “cannot accept evolution as we scientists accept it – as an unguided, materialistic process with no goal or direction,” said a University of Chicago biologist.
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(MAY 9) WTTW to show “Catholicism,” a documentary series created by a Chicago priest.
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(MAY 9) Pfleger greets parishioners at St. Sabina memorial.
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(MAY 6) Charges dropped against anti-abortion protesters at Notre Dame’s commencement with Obama.
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(MAY 6) Chicago’s Catholic Charities to feed kids healthy meals over the summer.
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(MAY 6) Joliet Fire Department celebrates memorial Mass for St. Florian’s Day.
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(MAY 6) Principal at Marian Catholic High School reports no suspensions from prom in last seven years.
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(MAY 6) St. Sabina parish buys full-page ad in Sun-Times in support of Pfleger.
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(MAY 6) Vacant Baptist church could be new dorm for Catholic students at UIC.
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(MAY 6) Cardinal George to help consecrate statue of Mary in St. John.
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(MAY 6) Cardinal George says religion should have a role in foreign policy.
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(MAY 6) “Father Pfleger is a Godsend. Fight like hell, Father!”
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(MAY 6) Bridgeport priest to become director of the Chaplain’s Unit of the Chicago Police Department.
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(MAY 6) On Vatican: “They never like to open their files to anyone, so even to open it on a limited basis — that’s a big deal.”
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(MAY 6) “He’s going to become a saint. I just pray that it’s in my lifetime.”
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(MAY 6) Woodridge woman among “Seven Sisters of the Loyola” to donate kidney.
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(MAY 5) House passes “sweeping antiabortion package” but Senate unlikely to follow suit.
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(MAY 5) Retired union official says Catholic Church is not doing enough for workers.
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(MAY 5) Former captain of 1941 championship team named to Leo High School’s Hall of Fame.
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(MAY 5) Catholic adoption agencies looking for ways to reject gay couples.
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(MAY 5) University of St. Francis, Lewis University and Dominican among schools to win grant for special education program.
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(MAY 5) Cristo Rey Network, founded by Chicago Jesuits, has some schools not run by Jesuits.
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(MAY 5) Cardinal George to attend American Cardinals Dinner in Phoenix.
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(MAY 5) Coyote once spotted in Cardinal George’s backyard.
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(MAY 4) “Indiana might soon become the first state to cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood clinics.”
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(MAY 4) Joliet church’s music director recalls performing in Rome for Pope John Paul II.
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(MAY 4) Man of the people vs. man of the institution.
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(MAY 4) St. Sabina holds evening service with Pfleger and parishioners who had been fasting and praying for their pastor.
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(MAY 4) Joe Biden clutches rosary ring during bin Laden raid, has said in Chicago he never goes anywhere without it.
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(MAY 4) DePaul University libraries to offer collection of video games, which are part of some students’ coursework.
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(MAY 4) Chicago-based Christian Brothers of Ireland files for bankruptcy.
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(MAY 4) Is Catholic faculty presence at Notre Dame “radical shrinking?”
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(MAY 4) Maria High School to offer tuition discounts for children of public workers, military personnel or employees of the archdiocese.
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(MAY 4) “What is truth?” Pope Benedict reflects on his 84th birthday.
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(MAY 4) Health care bill dubbed ““No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” for the most part “has nothing to do with abortion.”
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(MAY 4) Illinois senator introduces bill to make private school vouchers available for students at “low performing” Chicago public schools.
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(MAY 4) Men ordained to the priesthood are younger in 2011 than years past.
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(MAY 4) Saint Richard School to offer summer day camp for kids 3 years old through fifth grade.
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(MAY 3) River Forest woman served as a Eucharistic minister and hospitality volunteer at St. Luke’s church.
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(MAY 3) Bishop of Springfield authorizes reading of prayer to St. Michael the Archangel after Mass.
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(MAY 3) An interview with Cardinal George in Rome.
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(MAY 3) Acoustics at Loyola’s Madonna della Strada Chapel make it tough to hear chorus.
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(MAY 3) Friends, family remember Marian Catholic High School grad who died in Pentagon attacks.
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(MAY 3) Juror on Blagojevich trial is a vocalist and of the Central Music Staff for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(MAY 3) Vatican uses Facebook and YouTube, reaches out to Catholic bloggers.
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(MAY 3) Cardinal George on Osama bin Laden’s death: “Whoever lives by the sword, dies by the sword.”
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(MAY 3) Vatican on Osama bin Laden’s death: “Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices.”
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(MAY 3) Chicago pilgrims attend Mass in Rome led by Cardinal George.
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(MAY 2) Nun was founding principal of St. John of the Cross Elementary School, also wrote a textbook on Chicago history.
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(MAY 2) Chicago priest reports from Rome: “John Paul had visited the world; and the world was returning the favor.”
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(MAY 2) Chicago-based SNAP urges Catholics nationwide to sign a pledge to report suspicions of child sex abuse.
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(MAY 2) First St. Sabina Mass in decades without Father Pfleger.
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(MAY 2) Chicagoan in Rome for pope’s beatification: “This is like a dream come true.”
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(MAY 2) “Hey, if that’s how the Chicago Archdiocese wants to handle its public relations, that’s their business.”
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(MAY 2) “In his early years as head of the archdiocese, George was known for tense relationships with priests.”
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(MAY 2) Chicago-area Polish Catholics reflect on Pope John Paul II.
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(MAY 2) Chicago mother claims Pope John Paul II helped cure son’s vision.
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(MAY 2) Pfleger’s replacement says “they tried to slip and trip me in this nonsense.”
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(MAY 2) Carol Marin: “Even when a bishop is dead wrong, he still demands to be obeyed.”
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(MAY 2) Can a priest and a cardinal both be right?
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(MAY 2) Cardinal George on length of Pfleger suspension: “Some time is necessary, but it’s up to him.”
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(MAY 2) Loyola study shows religious activity does not lower blood pressure.
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(MAY 2) Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz speaks to ABC 7 in Rome.
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(MAY 2) Cardinal George on Pfleger: “The question is his own identity as a Catholic priest. The move, that’s all moot.”
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(MAY 2) Bishop of the Diocese of Gary blesses new foster mother.
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(APRIL 29) Does Pfleger support “pro-abortion” politicians?
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(APRIL 29) ChicagoCatholicNews.com columnist says cardinal should not “deprive Chicago’s South Side of one of its most important resources.”
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(APRIL 29) Dozens of Chicago-area Catholics make pilgrimage to Rome for pope’s beatification.
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(APRIL 29) What one word describes the Rev. Michael Pfleger?
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(APRIL 29) Pfleger “not fit” for a “system that has authority restrictions and limitations.”
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(APRIL 29) Former cop tapped to take Pfleger’s post.
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(APRIL 29) What makes a saint?
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(APRIL 29) Tribune says to Pfleger, cardinal: “Chicago needs your voices — united.”
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(APRIL 29) “If a priest disobeys the cardinal, the highest representative up to the pope, they disobey a direct line back to Jesus Christ.”
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(APRIL 29) St. Sabina parishioners protest outside Cardinal George’s mansion.
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(APRIL 29) Interfaith couple sends daughter to Misericordia.
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(APRIL 29) Marist High School student collapses, dies during basketball game.
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(APRIL 29) Recalling Pope John Paul II’s visit to Chicago.
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(APRIL 29) Loyola employee donates kidney in honor of her father.
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(APRIL 29) Illinois Supreme Court justice: “This makes me wonder what kind of people we are dealing with when we engage the bishops.”
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(APRIL 29) “It seems like a reasonable decision by the Cardinal…he’s the boss and it’s his call.”
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(APRIL 29) “The Midwest is ripe with the possibility of miracle.”
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(APRIL 29) Priest who helped create the Archdiocese of Chicago’s first middle school to be honored.
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(APRIL 29) Resurrection Health Care to acquire Des Plaines nursing facility.
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(APRIL 28) Church leaders from St. Sabina plan rally outside Cardinal George’s mansion to protest Pfleger’s suspension.
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(APRIL 28) Catholics celebrate National Catholic Prayer Day in Grayslake.
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(APRIL 28) “They’re tearing us down by taking somebody that’s building us up.”
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(APRIL 28) Chicago area Catholics excited to celebrate pope’s beatification.
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(APRIL 28) Some St. Sabina parishioners “furious” with cardinal’s decision.
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(APRIL 28) Priest who studied at Loyola and worked to help Chicago gang members tells people to lighten up.
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(APRIL 28) Timeline of notable events in Pfleger’s life.
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(APRIL 28) St. Sabina church leaders “in shock” by Pfleger’s suspension.
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(APRIL 28) “The Seven Sisters of Loyola” donate their kidneys to strangers.
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(APRIL 28) Arlington Heights-based Alexian Brothers to merge with nation’s largest Catholic health system.
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(APRIL 27) Cardinal to Pfleger: “If that is truly your attitude, you have already left the Catholic Church.”
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(APRIL 27) Cardinal George’s letter to Pfleger, announcing that he’s removed from his priestly duties for now, is direct — and disseminated publicly.
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(APRIL 27) Cardinal George suspends Father Pfleger, raising questions about his future in Church and at St. Sabina.
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(APRIL 27) Principal at Glen Ellyn Catholic school honored with leadership award.
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(APRIL 27) Catholics protest American artist’s work that depicts the crucified Christ drenched in urine.
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(APRIL 27) Intercommunity Religious Network to end after 25 years.
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(APRIL 27) Planned Parenthood launches youth program on abortion, same-sex marriage.
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(APRIL 27) Police stop Chicago Heights man in parking lot of Marian Catholic High School for stolen car.
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(APRIL 27) Lockport woman says Pope John Paul II gave her a miracle.
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(APRIL 27) On Father Tolton: “Society rejected him, the church rejected him, but he persevered.”
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(APRIL 27) Father Barron to report on NBC News during pope’s beautification.
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(APRIL 27) Cardinal George: “That tragedy touched the lives of the victims’ families, touched the lives of Poles in Poland and Poles living here, in Chicago.”
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(APRIL 27) Priest blesses pins in support of union dining workers: “Solidarity is undoubtedly a Christian virtue.”
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(APRIL 27) Large image of Christ, balloon rosary displayed in Daley Plaza.
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(APRIL 26) Cardinal George: “In Illinois, the church may now be investigated by the State, brought before judges and punished because she teaches the truth about the nature of marriage.”
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(APRIL 26) What’s to come of church-based foster care after civil unions bill?
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(APRIL 26) Pope John Paul II had a lasting impact on many Chicagoans.
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(APRIL 26) Cardinal calls for better relationship between bishops, theologians.
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(APRIL 26) The number of abortions is “a demographic event of gigantic proportions.”
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(APRIL 26) Pope John Paul II one miracle away from sainthood — could it come from Chicago?
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(APRIL 26) Employee of the Archdiocese of Chicago in the jury pool for Blagojevich corruption trial.
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(APRIL 26) Former Old St. Patrick’s Church priest was director of the Chicago Archdiocesan Committee for Latin Americans, left priesthood and worked for DCFS as assistant director for 35 years.
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(APRIL 26) Illinois social worker spent 20 years lobbying for “Right to Life” issues.
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(APRIL 25) Gary parishioners fear church may close.
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(APRIL 25) Documentary tells story of Illinois mother’s fight to keep religion out of schools.
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(APRIL 25) Easter celebrations throughout the Chicago area.
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(APRIL 25) Local Catholics bring food to church for blessing.
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(APRIL 25) Director of Catholic Cemeteries in Archdiocese of Chicago on task force for new cemetery laws.
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(APRIL 25) “Church backing raises the collective bargaining issue to a moral level.”
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(APRIL 25) Cardinal George blesses Easter baskets.
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(APRIL 25) Father involved in religious custody dispute allowed to take child to Easter Mass.
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(APRIL 25) Atlanta archbishop recalls “his humble beginnings on Chicago’s South Side.”
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(APRIL 25) Orland Park girl collects communion dresses for needy at St. Helena of the Cross Catholic School.
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(APRIL 25) Catholics in Pilsen continue tradition of Via Crucis Vivente.
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(APRIL 22) Students from an Orland Hills Catholic school compete in Jeopardy contest.
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(APRIL 22) Chicago Catholics donate about $100,000 for Japanese tsunami victims.
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(APRIL 22) Bishops make pilgrimage to significant spots in the life of Father Tolton.
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(APRIL 22) Catholic Conference of Illinois to focus on ultrasound bill, textbook funding.
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(APRIL 22) Chicago public defender argues on behalf of Jesus in mock trial.
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(APRIL 22) Musical comedy about nuns to open at Mount Assisi Academy.
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(APRIL 22) Video of Catholics at Holy Name Cathedral supporting women ordination.
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(APRIL 22) Vatican ordered to show documents in abuse case for former priest, who had spent some time in Chicago.
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(APRIL 21) Deacon leaving Holy Family Parish in Waukegan.
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(APRIL 21) Benedictine University students volunteer at Catholic elementary school in Chicago.
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(APRIL 21) “Lent is a transformation. Its goal should be to change us … and the world.”
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(APRIL 21) Newman Catholic runner signs on to Loyola’s cross country team.
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(APRIL 21) St. John Brebeuf Church in Niles gets a new pastor as Father Thomas May moves to Riverside.
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(APRIL 21) “If you didn’t know if you were a sinner before, you did then.”
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(APRIL 21) Two Catholic patients at Loyola turn 100 years old.
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(APRIL 21) Dundee Scottish Pipe band wins competition at St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Parish in Beverly.
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(APRIL 21) Chicago Jesuit priest explains the significance of the Easter Triduum on Vatican Radio.
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(APRIL 21) Marian Catholic Symphonic Band joins musicians of the Northshore Concert Band for a “match made in musical heaven.”
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(APRIL 20) Denver archbishop tells Notre Dame group “there is no unity among the bishops” on abortion issues.
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(APRIL 20) Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School Math Team prepares place settings for charity dinner.
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(APRIL 20) Catholic Church pushes to end human trafficking.
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(APRIL 20) Passion flowers, which can be grown in Chicago’s climate, symbolize elements of the crucifixion.
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(APRIL 20) Catholics protest outside Holy Name Cathedral to back priest who supports women ordination.
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(APRIL 20) Loyola Academy to play football game in Dublin.
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(APRIL 20) Cardinal George on Pfleger: “Nobody in the Catholic Church gets his or her own way.”
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(APRIL 20) Mayor Daley’s nephew, who is at the center of a homicide case, graduated from Loyola Academy.
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(APRIL 20) Chicago’s Polish community gears up for Pope John Paul II’s beatification.
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(APRIL 20) Carmel Catholic High School presents “Chicago” the musical.
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(APRIL 20) Chicago billboard featuring image of Obama reads: “Every 21 minutes, our next possible leader is aborted.”
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(APRIL 20) Chicago’s Daley Plaza to be decorated for Easter weekend.
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(APRIL 19) Archdiocese of Chicago shuns Loyola student reporter.
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(APRIL 19) St Paul of the Cross School focuses on “green” initiatives throughout April.
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(APRIL 19) Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School students to perform “Wizard of Oz.”
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(APRIL 19) Chicago Archdiocese has used D&P Construction — a company with potential mob ties — more than once.
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(APRIL 19) Bishop Lyne Residence provides Chicago priests independent living after retirement.
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(APRIL 19) Union apprentices help renovate Our Lady of the Angels Mission on Chicago’s West Side.
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(APRIL 19) Video Q&A with Cardinal George: “What does my Church need of me?”
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(APRIL 19) Indiana Senate votes to pull government funding from Planned Parenthood.
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(APRIL 19) Former pastor at St. Mary Nativity, St. Dennis dies.
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(APRIL 19) Massive garage sale will help pay off debt at St. Peter’s Church in Geneva.
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(APRIL 19) Photos of Palm Sunday in Chicago.
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(APRIL 19) Marian Catholic aims to reduce its carbon footprint.
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(APRIL 19) Priest defends actions against elderly parishioner, but medical report shows otherwise.
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(APRIL 18) Catholic schools graduate worked as a speech pathologist for a Chicago elementary school.
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(APRIL 18) Longtime Arlington Heights pastor, former high-ranking administrator in the Chicago Archdiocese dies.
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(APRIL 18) Notre Dame: “No one acted in disregard for safety” in student’s death.
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(APRIL 18) A 50-year member of St. Jude in New Lenox named Woman of the Year.
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(APRIL 18) St. Bede Catholic School renames gym after former student, college basketball player who died from a heart defect.
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(APRIL 18) About 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women have used birth control banned by the church, report shows.
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(APRIL 18) Cardinal George plans trip to Rome for beatification of Pope John Paul II.
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(APRIL 18) Joliet Diocese looking to increase Hispanic student enrollment in Catholic schools.
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(APRIL 18) Cardinal George leads Palm Sunday Mass at Holy Name Cathedral.
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(APRIL 14) Priests, rabbis work together at Chicago resource center for interfaith families.
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(APRIL 13) Lifelong member of St. Gertrude Parish, nurse for 30 years at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Misericordia.
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(APRIL 13) Cheer coach, preschool teacher in Mokena and member of St. Mary Catholic Church dies.
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(APRIL 13) An interview with the archdiocese’s new Hispanic Ministry director, who wants to “bring Spanish and English-speaking Catholics together in one church.”
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(APRIL 13) Church prepares for more literal translation of the Roman Missal.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Abortion debate heats up across country as pro-life activists push for legislation to protect the unborn.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Vatican-sponsored catechism for World Youth Day “appears to suggest that Christian married couples should use contraceptives.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Report shows 150 U.S. Catholic colleges, including Loyola and DePaul, have ties to Planned Parenthood.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Thomas More Society files court motion to “put a stop to the practice of ‘secret’ abortions.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Catholic man writes book, “Streetwalking with Jesus,” about male prostitutes in New York and Chicago.
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(APRIL 13) Wilmette woman a finalist in Catholic Charities national volunteer award.
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(APRIL 13) “We really believe that we need to put some heat on the Vatican to bring some light.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Illinois senators push for bill to give faith-based groups the right to turn away same-sex couples seeking adoption.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Closed-door meeting in Chicago addresses women religious communities.
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(APRIL 12) Antioch man, paralyzed and nearly broke, says he’s “furious with God.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) DePaul explores global diversity, intercultural theology during World Catholicism Week.
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(APRIL 12) The DePaul community reacts to the burning of a Quran by a Florida pastor.
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(APRIL 12) Catholic students visit Chicago Board of Trade for financial lesson.
[More]
(APRIL 12) President of Chicago-based SNAP: “Bishops are still refusing to abide by their own vague, weak policies adopted largely as public relations moves.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) Pfleger: “I could not do something that I don’t feel called or equipped to do.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) Former leader of anti-gay marriage efforts now supports marriage equality.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Pope Paul VI’s ring, cross — once owned by a Chicago jeweler — to be sold on eBay.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Women at St. Mary’s residential facility “have such a way to touch people that brings the goodness out of people.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Coaches, catechists and youth ministers in the Archdiocese to be trained to report suspected child abuse.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Joliet Catholic school to drop fourth- through eighth-graders.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Catholic group’s push for ultrasound bill “is not about health, but is simply yet another attempt to interpose legislative judgment between patients and their doctors.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Three-story statue of Mary delivered to new home in northwestern Indiana.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Pfleger says he’s “the target of conservative Catholic forces and the National Rifle Association.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Parents react to restructuring of St. Patrick Catholic School.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Columnists take on “abortion is murder” argument.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Does Obama share Cardinal George’s stance on abortion?
[More]
(APRIL 8) Race to raise money for St. Vincent de Paul chapters in Grayslake and Gurnee.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Bishop celebrates opening of new chapel at Marian Central Catholic High School.
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(APRIL 8) Should Good Friday be a national holiday?
[More]
(APRIL 8) Quinn picks head of abortion-rights group to sit on the state human rights panel.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Notre Dame contesting OSHA ruling that says school ignored standards that could have prevented student’s death.
[More]
(APRIL 8) The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, which has a Chicago-based bishop leading the North America congregation, claims it is not treated fairly by the pope.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Nearly 30 students confirmed at Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Former Mount Carmel High School star student-athlete named president of the Catholic school.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Free crucifixes from the government?
[More]
(APRIL 7) Three Catholic churches make state’s list of endangered historical sites.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Cardinal George met with Quinn, lawmakers to press Catholic legislative agenda.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Marian Catholic “interpretation” team places third in state with performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
[More]
(APRIL 7) Catholic Conference of Illinois supports bill to allow women to see ultrasound picture of fetus before undergoing an abortion.
[More]
(APRIL 7) About 12,000 people were deported from Broadview detention center in 2010, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Trial set for former pastor accused of stealing $400,000 from his Roselle parish.
[More]
(APRIL 6) SNAP chastises Chicago-based Carmelites for inaction on clergy sex crimes.
[More]
(APRIL 6) Judge: Illinois pharmacists can’t be forced to sell “morning-after” pill.
[More]
(APRIL 6) St. Michael’s to restore 86-year-old Kilgen pipe organ.
[More]
(APRIL 15) “How do parents keep religion in their family in the face of so many outside demands?”
[More]
(APRIL 15) Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals declares National Day of Prayer as constitutional.
[More]
(APRIL 15) Stabbing victim from the West Side went to Catholic church every Sunday with his parents.
[More]
(APRIL 15) Chicago lawsuit accuses “semi-celebrity priest” — the Catholic chaplain for the Indy Racing League — of sexual abuse.
[More]
(APRIL 15) The Rev. Jesse Jackson denies allegations of discrimination.
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(APRIL 15) Archdiocese of Chicago to participate in city-wide weight-loss contest.
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(APRIL 14) Easter activities planned throughout the suburbs.
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(APRIL 14) New $12 million Catholic school in St. Charles almost ready to open.
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(APRIL 14) Indiana Senate panel approves proposal to shorten time frame in which abortions are allowed.
[More]
(APRIL 14) Joliet sets schedule for Easter activities, including a downtown parade.
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(APRIL 14) Lawsuit charges a Chicago-area Catholic priest with child molestation.
[More]
(APRIL 14) Marian Catholic High School to perform “West Side Story” as spring musical.
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(APRIL 14) Wine pairings for Easter, Passover meals.
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(APRIL 14) Lake View parish to launch Chicago Bach Project with a rare performance of “St. Matthew Passion.”
[More]
(APRIL 14) Loyola president says LGBTQA-rights group on campus is an “important contributor to student life.”
[More]
(APRIL 14) Chicago Catholic Charities hands out healthy snacks on anniversary of Michelle Obama’s fitness program.
[More]
(APRIL 14) Priests, rabbis work together at Chicago resource center for interfaith families.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Lifelong member of St. Gertrude Parish, nurse for 30 years at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Misericordia.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Cheer coach, preschool teacher in Mokena and member of St. Mary Catholic Church dies.
[More]
(APRIL 13) An interview with the archdiocese’s new Hispanic Ministry director, who wants to “bring Spanish and English-speaking Catholics together in one church.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Church prepares for more literal translation of the Roman Missal.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Abortion debate heats up across country as pro-life activists push for legislation to protect the unborn.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Vatican-sponsored catechism for World Youth Day “appears to suggest that Christian married couples should use contraceptives.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Report shows 150 U.S. Catholic colleges, including Loyola and DePaul, have ties to Planned Parenthood.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Thomas More Society files court motion to “put a stop to the practice of ‘secret’ abortions.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Catholic man writes book, “Streetwalking with Jesus,” about male prostitutes in New York and Chicago.
[More]
(APRIL 13) Wilmette woman a finalist in Catholic Charities national volunteer award.
[More]
(APRIL 13) “We really believe that we need to put some heat on the Vatican to bring some light.”
[More]
(APRIL 13) Illinois senators push for bill to give faith-based groups the right to turn away same-sex couples seeking adoption.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Closed-door meeting in Chicago addresses women religious communities.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Antioch man, paralyzed and nearly broke, says he’s “furious with God.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) DePaul explores global diversity, intercultural theology during World Catholicism Week.
[More]
(APRIL 12) The DePaul community reacts to the burning of a Quran by a Florida pastor.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Catholic students visit Chicago Board of Trade for financial lesson.
[More]
(APRIL 12) President of Chicago-based SNAP: “Bishops are still refusing to abide by their own vague, weak policies adopted largely as public relations moves.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) Pfleger: “I could not do something that I don’t feel called or equipped to do.”
[More]
(APRIL 12) Former leader of anti-gay marriage efforts now supports marriage equality.
[More]
(APRIL 12) Pope Paul VI’s ring, cross — once owned by a Chicago jeweler — to be sold on eBay.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Women at St. Mary’s residential facility “have such a way to touch people that brings the goodness out of people.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Coaches, catechists and youth ministers in the Archdiocese to be trained to report suspected child abuse.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Joliet Catholic school to drop fourth- through eighth-graders.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Catholic group’s push for ultrasound bill “is not about health, but is simply yet another attempt to interpose legislative judgment between patients and their doctors.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Three-story statue of Mary delivered to new home in northwestern Indiana.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Pfleger says he’s “the target of conservative Catholic forces and the National Rifle Association.”
[More]
(APRIL 11) Parents react to restructuring of St. Patrick Catholic School.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Columnists take on “abortion is murder” argument.
[More]
(APRIL 11) Does Obama share Cardinal George’s stance on abortion?
[More]
(APRIL 8) Race to raise money for St. Vincent de Paul chapters in Grayslake and Gurnee.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Bishop celebrates opening of new chapel at Marian Central Catholic High School.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Should Good Friday be a national holiday?
[More]
(APRIL 8) Quinn picks head of abortion-rights group to sit on the state human rights panel.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Notre Dame contesting OSHA ruling that says school ignored standards that could have prevented student’s death.
[More]
(APRIL 8) The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, which has a Chicago-based bishop leading the North America congregation, claims it is not treated fairly by the pope.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Nearly 30 students confirmed at Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church.
[More]
(APRIL 8) Former Mount Carmel High School star student-athlete named president of the Catholic school.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Free crucifixes from the government?
[More]
(APRIL 7) Three Catholic churches make state’s list of endangered historical sites.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Cardinal George met with Quinn, lawmakers to press Catholic legislative agenda.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Marian Catholic “interpretation” team places third in state with performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
[More]
(APRIL 7) Catholic Conference of Illinois supports bill to allow women to see ultrasound picture of fetus before undergoing an abortion.
[More]
(APRIL 7) About 12,000 people were deported from Broadview detention center in 2010, according to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
[More]
(APRIL 7) Trial set for former pastor accused of stealing $400,000 from his Roselle parish.
[More]
(APRIL 6) SNAP chastises Chicago-based Carmelites for inaction on clergy sex crimes.
[More]
(APRIL 6) Judge: Illinois pharmacists can’t be forced to sell “morning-after” pill.
[More]
(APRIL 6) St. Michael’s to restore 86-year-old Kilgen pipe organ.
[More]
(APRIL 6) Hegewisch Catholic school celebrates arrival of spring.
[More]
(APRIL 6) Mob connections found in construction of St. Joseph Seminary.
[More]
(APRIL 5) Freshman at Marian Central Catholic High School to compete in international Irish dance competition in Dublin.
[More]
(APRIL 5) “The new civil unions legislation had complicated the state’s relationship with church groups that handle adoption services.”
[More]
(APRIL 5) Banners placed over controversial anti-abortion billboards in Englewood.
[More]
(APRIL 5) “The truth will set us free,” said the archbishop of Dublin at Marquette University.
[More]
(APRIL 5) Catholics invited to “listening assembly” in Crystal Lake to discuss Church reform.
[More]
(APRIL 4) After 13 years without a church, Sacred Heart to break ground on new parish.
[More]
(APRIL 4) Cardinal George, Chicago’s Polish community honor plane crash victims.
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(APRIL 4) Chicago parish warns families against using social media websites.
[More]
(APRIL 4) “DePaul must at times face the challenge of fulfilling its Vincentian mission of social justice without overstepping Catholic dogma.”
[More]
(APRIL 4) Cardinal George celebrates Mass at St. Joseph High School.
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(APRIL 4) Martin Luther King III speaks at St. Sabina Catholic Church.
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(APRIL 4) Immigration rally held at Catholic church in East Chicago.
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(APRIL 1) Event coordinator at Holy Name Cathedral “orchestrated an annual gala and helped plan more than 1,000 wedding and funerals.”
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(APRIL 1) Monsignor Francis Cimarrusti served in parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(APRIL 1) Cardinal George comments on his retirement.
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(APRIL 1) Documents from sex abuse lawsuit against Chicago Jesuits, priest.
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(APRIL 1) Two candidates in 41st Ward race are Irish-American Catholic schools grads.
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(APRIL 1) Cardinal George says no decision yet on Pfleger.
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(MARCH 31) University of St. Francis to host Joliet mayoral candidates’ forum.
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(MARCH 31) Founder of MySpiritualAdvisor.com now director of ministry at Benedictine University.
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(MARCH 31) Priest who heads religion department at St. Viator High School forms interfaith group.
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(MARCH 31) Anti-abortion billboards go up in Englewood.
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(MARCH 31) “There are serious reasons for Father (Pfleger) not to be transferred at this time.”
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(MARCH 31) Advocacy group accuses Chicago Jesuits of ignoring priest’s misconduct.
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(MARCH 30) Taught for 25 years in the Chicago Archdiocese, did missionary work in Colombia and Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Montana.
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(MARCH 30) Member of the Sisters of Providence for 65 years dies.
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(MARCH 30) House Agriculture Committee pushes for law to make abortion clinics compliant with regulations for surgery centers.
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(MARCH 30) List of Marian Catholic High School’s “Scholars with a Soul.”
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(MARCH 29) Peoria priest was columnist for Catholic News Service for 35 years.
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(MARCH 29) Publicly accused priests have worked in nearly 60 percent of Chicago parishes, according to advocacy groups.
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(MARCH 29) More from sex abuse lawsuit: Chicago church leaders turned “a blind eye to [priest's] criminal actions.”
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(MARCH 29) Sex abuse lawsuit involving priest, Chicago province of the Society of Jesus seeks punitive damages.
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(MARCH 29) Founder of Chicago’s Genesis House, who lived among the homeless in Chicago for one year, will present at church’s Lenten Mission in California.
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(MARCH 29) Pfleger calls on Catholics to “open the casket on evil in the world.”
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(MARCH 28) Catholic bishops mum on Planned Parenthood funding debate.
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(MARCH 28) Catholic League president questions survey that shows nearly 75 percent of Catholics favor same-sex marriage.
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(MARCH 28) Anti-abortion billboards to go up in Chicago.
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(MARCH 28) Pfleger: “I still feel I’ve got work to do here (at St. Sabina), and I’m going to try to continue to do it.”
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(MARCH 28) President emeritus of the University of Notre Dame awarded with Catholic Charities’ Centennial Medal.
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(MARCH 25) Students, alumni rally at Leo Catholic High School.
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(MARCH 25) More speak out on Pfleger’s potential move, cardinal stays quiet.
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(MARCH 25) Professor at DePaul’s Center for World Catholicism to present idea that religion “is prone to violence.”
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(MARCH 25) Loyola professor asks, “is ‘social justice’ really the element that makes Catholic legal education distinctive?”
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(MARCH 24) Monsignor shares Strategic Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(MARCH 24) More than 1,600 attend daylong workshops at Parish Leadership Day.
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(MARCH 24) Protesters on both sides of abortion issue gather in downtown Naperville.
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(MARCH 24) New White Sox organist also plays at Our Lady of Knock Roman Catholic Church in Calumet City.
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(MARCH 23) Priest’s speech to benefit Catholic Charities in the Rockford Diocese cancelled amid allegations of wrongdoing.
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(MARCH 23) Chicago’s top fish fries to explore during Lent.
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(MARCH 23) “Loyola University Chicago is raking in $100 million from the sale of its hospital system, which hasn’t seen an operating profit in seven years, and freeing itself from a mountain of debt.”
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(MARCH 23) Stand-up comedian performing in Joliet says she’s from “a giant, Irish, Catholic family who drinks too much and is have-fun moronic.”
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(MARCH 23) DePaul University to host fair featuring 13 Catholic high schools.
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(MARCH 23) Catholic chaplain “has been in the trenches with Aurora police as a passenger in squad cars patrolling the streets and responding to calls.”
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(MARCH 23) Archbishop of Indianapolis hospitalized after suffering minor stroke.
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(MARCH 22) Nun was member of the Felician Sisters Community for more than 70 years.
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(MARCH 22) Former pastor at St. Timothy and St. Mark Parishes, assistant director of Catholic Charities, director of Chicago Cursillo Center dies.
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(MARCH 22) Westchester man named new headmaster at Marmion Academy.
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(MARCH 22) “It appears that many in the Chicago media have become lapdogs for Fr. Pfleger.”
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(MARCH 22) Barrington priest collects stamps to buy pots, pans for the needy.
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(MARCH 22) “Does state money lead to loss of religious expression?”
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(MARCH 22) Man who was sexually abused at Catholic school in Wheeling now leads SNAP meetings.
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(MARCH 22) Enrollment up at Catholic schools in Northwest Indiana.
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(MARCH 22) Pfleger “is like a chaplain to the suffering South Side.”
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(MARCH 22) Catholic Library Association to move headquarters to Chicago.
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(MARCH 21) Knights of Columbus prepare all-you-can-eat pasta and pizza feast at St. Anastasia Church.
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(MARCH 21) Marian Catholic High School wins mock trial competition for second straight year.
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(MARCH 21) Catholic nun, vice president of mission integration at Franciscan St. Francis Health also devoted to Chicago Bears.
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(MARCH 21) Chicago saxophonist-composer opens world premiere of “Sea Songs” at Loyola University’s Madonna della Strada Chapel.
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(MARCH 21) Catholic churches — including some in Chicago — reuse materials from closed parishes.
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(MARCH 21) Cardinal Francis George approaching mandatory retirement age.
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(MARCH 21) Pfleger says he wants to stay at St. Sabina.
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(MARCH 21) Leftover campaign funds from Springfield mayor who committed suicide have been donated to Catholic Church.
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(MARCH 18) “Miracle” chef cooks up tasty food at Holy Trinity High School in Wicker Park.
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(MARCH 18) Former chairman of Sun-Times Media was a graduate of Marist High School.
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(MARCH 18) Priest, former assistant principal at Joliet Catholic High School arrested on sex abuse charges.
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(MARCH 17) Replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta now sits at Holy Family Church in Inverness.
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(MARCH 17) “Of the three marks of Lent — prayer, fasting and almsgiving — almsgiving is surely the most neglected.”
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(MARCH 17) DePaul University to raise tuition 6.2 percent.
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(MARCH 16) “They wore T-shirts that said ‘Women are not livestock,’ but the abortion legislation they opposed advanced anyway.”
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(MARCH 16) Archdiocese of Chicago schools announces Solo Band Contest winners.
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(MARCH 16) Priest from Niles College described meaning of life as “interconnectedness and relationship.”
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(MARCH 16) Is Father Pfleger leaving St. Sabina parish?
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(MARCH 16) Mayor Daley disappointed with America’s “inaction” on gun control, he said at Loyola University.
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(MARCH 16) Gov. Quinn quotes the late Cardinal Joseph Bernadin of Chicago while signing death penalty legislation.
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(MARCH 15) Pro-life efforts underway at Notre Dame.
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(MARCH 15) Afraid of confession? About 45 percent of Catholics do not go because of anxiety, according to poll.
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(MARCH 15) Fire near Loyola University injures 12 people.
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(MARCH 15) Chicago detective grew up without a mom at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, a Catholic organization.
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(MARCH 15) Archdiocese of Chicago releases 2010 financial report.
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(MARCH 15) Archdiocese of Chicago awards young leaders in Niles.
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(MARCH 14) Chicago native, priest was a longtime teacher at St. Rita High School.
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(MARCH 14) New pastor named at St. John Brebeuf in Niles.
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(MARCH 14) Catholic Church has “perked up its ears” to Wisconsin labor dispute.
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(MARCH 14) Ex-prostitute, researcher for DePaul University counsels young women.
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(MARCH 14) Chicago’s Catholic Charities helps resettle refugees.
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(MARCH 14) Slain South Chicago Heights woman was a graduate of Marian Catholic High School.
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(MARCH 14) St. Patrick High School — in its 150th year — was “guest of honor” at Chicago’s St. Paddy’s Day Parade.
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(MARCH 14) Chicago Catholic woman deals with sister’s murder: “Could her stance against the death penalty hold now?”
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(MARCH 14) Three million African American Catholics live in the U.S., many in Chicago.
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(MARCH 14) Marian Catholic High School wins mock trial competition for second year in a row.
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(MARCH 11) Catholic South Siders “declared war” against hate, violence.
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(MARCH 11) Herald-News poll: Are you giving up something for Lent?
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(MARCH 11) Canonization of Chicago priest moves forward.
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(MARCH 11) Former Diocese of Gary priest accused of sex abuse files for bankruptcy.
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(MARCH 10) Churches in McHenry County tighten budgets.
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(MARCH 10) Exhibit showcases history of Alexian Brothers “and their ministering to the poor and dying over the centuries.”
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(MARCH 10) Teacher at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago to speak on “the Jewishness of Mary.”
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(MARCH 10) Bone discovered in Gold Coast condo building — an area that was once Chicago’s main Catholic cemetery.
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(MARCH 10) Two “major challenges” facing Catholic Church: low Mass attendance and threats to marriage and family life.
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(MARCH 10) Quinn’s decision to end death penalty in Illinois ignites strong emotions.
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(MARCH 10) Cardinal George addresses theology class at Mount Carmel High School.
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(MARCH 10) Catholics in Niles receive ashes on their foreheads.
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(MARCH 10) Chicago Catholic leaders to attend national summit on education at Loyola University Chicago.
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(MARCH 9) Libertyville High School science teacher promotes creationism in classroom.
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(MARCH 9) Gov. Quinn plans to sign bill today to end Illinois death penalty.
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(MARCH 9) Catholic nun to lead St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Naperville.
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(MARCH 9) Cardinal George’s former elementary school leads national recycling contest.
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(MARCH 9) A reminder of death: Ash Wednesday, Forest Park casket race.
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(MARCH 9) “Self-denial is one of life’s great attractions.”
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(MARCH 8) Parishioners of St. Raphael the Archangel Church in Old Mill Creek to celebrate feast for the poor.
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(MARCH 8) Debate over federal funding for Planned Parenthood at center of Geneva rally.
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(MARCH 8) No more hydraulic lifts at University of Notre Dame football practices after student’s death.
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(MARCH 8) Chicago priest responds to CNN article on “controversial scholar of the historical Jesus.”
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(MARCH 8) Glenview woman partners with Catholic Charities to help homeless.
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(MARCH 8) Principal of Glen Ellyn Catholic school earns award from Diocese of Joliet.
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(MARCH 8) Play bingo all night long at Marian Central Catholic High School.
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(MARCH 7) Fasting during Lent is “medicine for my biggest problem — selfishness and lack of self-control,” says one local Catholic.
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(MARCH 7) Lent — “the season of sacrifice” — begins March 9.
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(MARCH 7) Author who wrote about Catholic labor movement relates history to today’s “attacks on organized labor.”
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(MARCH 7) Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii celebrates centennial.
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(MARCH 7) “My dad is a Catholic priest. I have been his secret for 21 years.”
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(MARCH 7) Loyola sells medical center to Trinity Health.
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(MARCH 7) Justice Sheila O’Brien speaks at conference on “Women Shaping the Church.”
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(MARCH 7) Regina Dominican High School student heads to D.C. for National Catholic Forensic League tournament.
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(MARCH 7) Resurrection High School student wins Archdiocese of Chicago award for work at at St. John Brebeuf Church in Niles.
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(MARCH 4) Chicago Catholic Men’s Conference to be held later this month in Oak Brook.
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(MARCH 4) Chicago priest John Manz celebrates 15 years as a bishop, oversees 60 parishes.
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(MARCH 4) Archdiocese of Chicago launches new Strategic Pastoral Plan to engage Catholics “more deeply in the life of the church.”
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(MARCH 4) Local churches planning fish frys as Lent approaches.
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(MARCH 4) Dominican University to host lecture focusing on young adult Catholics.
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(MARCH 4) After traveling around Chicago for years, 3-story statue of Mary will move permanently to St. John.
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(MARCH 4) Catholic Theological Union to honor Msgr. Kenneth Velo with Peacemakers Award.
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(MARCH 3) Efforts to end the mandatory moment of silence in Illinois public schools failed.
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(MARCH 3) Palos Park still waiting for park grant after purchasing property last year from the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(MARCH 3) “Can one be both observant to one’s religion and open to the possibilities of philosophy?”
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(MARCH 3) Illinois “taxpayers have spent more than $122 million in 10 years to send 15 new prisoners to death row.”
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(MARCH 3) Catholic Charities raises more than $80,000 at Chicago Auto Show.
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(MARCH 2) New bishop in Archdiocese of Indianapolis wants to mirror multimedia techniques of popular Chicago Catholic priest.
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(MARCH 2) Cardinal George among those to lobby Gov. Quinn to abolish death penalty.
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(MARCH 2) “There is a long-standing bias in Catholic social teaching toward unions.”
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(MARCH 2) Lesbian mom used to work in post-adoption services for Catholic Charities: “I was very aware that we could not have adopted there … and that’s not likely to change.”
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(MARCH 2) State investigates religious foster care groups — including Catholic Charities in Joliet and Rockford — that receive public funds but reject gay parents.
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(MARCH 1) Loyola Academy graduates among those questioned in 2004 scuffle that led to man’s death.
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(MARCH 1) New archbishop of Seattle J. Peter Sartain, formerly a bishop in the Joliet Diocese, is the youngest archbishop in the U.S.
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(MARCH 1) Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockford failed to meet requirements of refugee contract, according to government report.
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(MARCH 1) Cardinal George speaks at Northwestern University “about the complexities of being young and Catholic in an increasingly secular world.”
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(MARCH 1) Student reaction to Cardinal George’s talk at Northwestern University.
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(FEB. 28) Christ the King Grammar School in Beverly has been one of the largest donors in St. Baldrick’s fundraiser.
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(FEB. 28) “It could be months or even a couple of years before a new bishop is named to lead the Catholic Diocese of Rockford.”
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(FEB. 28) Anthropology chair at Loyola University pleads guilty to violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.
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(FEB. 28) “How the Christian Brothers came to start two charter schools in Chicago.”
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(FEB. 28) More on the life of Chicago’s first black priest.
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(FEB. 28) Chicago: “Always more outspoken than other Catholic communities.”
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(FEB. 28) Loyola University to hold first lecture series at the school’s newly acquired mansion.
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(FEB. 28) Chicago-based company founded by a Catholic provides an online donation management tool for churches, parishioners.
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(FEB. 28) Joliet woman was “a very traditional Catholic” and active member of the Queen of the Universe Catholic Church.
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(FEB. 28) Dominican University showcases film about legendary blues artist Jimmy Reed.
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(FEB. 28) More than 100 students are AP scholars at Marian Catholic High School.
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(FEB. 25) Leader of Illinois Family Institute wants an apology from Gov. Quinn “for forcing counterfeit marriage on us.”
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(FEB. 25) “See how Catholic you truly are.”
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(FEB. 25) Southern Illinois Association of Priests calls for Diocese of Belleville to pay $5 million jury award to former altar boy in an alleged priest-abuse case.
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(FEB. 25) Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village named one “America’s 50 Best Hospitals.”
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(FEB. 25) Loyola University School of Nursing doles out alumni awards.
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(FEB. 24) Chicago-based SNAP urges action against Belleville priest accused of molesting a child.
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(FEB. 24) Canonical trial begins in downtown Chicago, which could lead to sainthood for Fr. Augustus Tolton.
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(FEB. 23) Loyola University Health System will soon open “the largest academic medical center outpatient facility in the Chicago suburbs.”
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(FEB. 23) Parishioners at Holy Cross Church in Deerfield welcome new pastor.
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(FEB. 23) Wheaton woman on “Top Model” attended St. Francis High School, DePaul University.
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(FEB. 23) Cardinal George to bless replica of Michelangelo sculpture at Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness.
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(FEB. 23) Some Catholic churches use a haggadah — “the book participants follow during the Seder” — which was written by the Archdiocese of Chicago after consultation with rabbis.
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(FEB. 23) Aurora University trustee talks about Egypt trip with the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
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(FEB. 23) The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas in Chicago — which oversees all Ukrainian Catholics in the Western half of the U.S. — releases statement about priest accused of sexual assualt, kidnapping.
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(FEB. 23) Resurrection Health Care names new senior vice president and chief medical officer.
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(FEB. 23) Nuns booted out of home after Loyola University purchases building.
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(FEB. 22) Carbondale businessman, formerly of Chicago, worked at age 14 for $1 an hour to help cover his Catholic school tuition.
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(FEB. 22) Loyola professor to give talk about healthcare ethics at Dominican University.
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(FEB. 22) Loyola University Museum of Art displays photos of underground Chinese Catholic church.
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(FEB. 22) Catholic churchgoers will soon hear new Mass in Chicago, elsewhere.
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(FEB. 22) With new mayor, will Chicago ditch the “Irish Catholic South Side-guy-turned-political-bulldog” stereotype?
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(FEB. 22) Loyola University team wins “The Battle of the Bamboo.”
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(FEB. 21) DePaul University student wins crown as Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Queen.
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(FEB. 21) Group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders “are offering sanctuary” to Wisconsin Democrats as they boycott vote on controversial labor bill.
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(FEB. 21) Four-wheeling fan was raised in Chicago, attended Catholic schools.
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(FEB. 21) “The cause for sainthood for the Rev. Augustine ‘Father Gus’ Tolton will continue Feb. 24 in Chicago.”
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(FEB. 21) Loyola University ready to break ground for new Saint Joseph College Seminary building.
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(FEB. 21) Chicago-based Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests holds meetings in Philadelphia during weekend of Catholic rally.
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(FEB. 21) Emanuel, who is Jewish, remains close with Chicago Catholic priest who heads the young-adult ministry for the Archdiocese.
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(FEB. 21) Notre Dame’s “reputation as a stronghold of Catholic teaching” is at “odds with allegations of sexual assault.”
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(FEB. 21) Plainfield’s new police chief grew up in Joliet Catholic schools.
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(FEB. 21) Chicago fishing tackle shop also sells line to Catholic nuns for making rosaries.
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(FEB. 21) Obama says former pastor of St. Helena of the Cross was a “true friend and voice for justice in Chicago.”
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(FEB. 21) Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago raises more than $80,000 at the Chicago Auto Show.
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(FEB. 18) Retired pastor of Epiphany Parish on Chicago’s West Side also served in the Archdiocese’s mission in Panama.
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(FEB. 18) Bishop Thomas G. Doran of the Diocese of Rockford to resign after 75th birthday.
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(FEB. 18) DePaul University to go “test-optional” — no longer requiring ACT or SAT scores from applicants.
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(FEB. 18) U.S. Education Department is “investigating very seriously” the complaints about University of Notre Dame’s handling of sexual assault reports.
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(FEB. 18) Loyola University looks to expand Rogers Park and downtown campuses with $600 million in development projects.
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(FEB. 17) Family donates money for softball stadium in honor of former University of Notre Dame softball player, who was killed in an accident in Chicago.
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(FEB. 17) Chicago-based law firm, the Thomas More Society, offers support to LifeSiteNews.com, which faces lawsuit filed by a Canadian Catholic priest.
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(FEB. 17) Loyola University offers training program focusing on white identity and race relations.
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(FEB. 17) President of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which is based in Chicago, criticizes Archdiocese of Miami for handling of sex abuse case.
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(FEB. 17) Archdiocese of Chicago focuses on “Catholic Campaign for Immigration” throughout February.
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(FEB. 17) Loyola University journalism faculty to judge competition of Catholic Press Association, which is headquartered in Chicago.
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(FEB. 17) Cafeteria workers at Dominican University, a Catholic college in River Forest, elect Unite Here Local 1 for union representation.
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(FEB. 17) Family claims University of Notre Dame did not thoroughly investigate student’s sexual assault report.
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(FEB. 16) Website of Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks shows 112 reports of abuse against missionary Joseph Lundowski, who died in Chicago in 1996.
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(FEB. 16) Canonization moves forward for the Rev. Augustus Tolton, who was the first American diocesan priest of African descent and started a parish in Chicago for black Catholics.
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(FEB. 16) Chicago native and former pastor of South Side parish, St. Helena of the Cross, dies.
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(FEB. 16) Catholic centers at Chicago universities “offer students a home away from home.”
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(FEB. 16) Snowstorm interrupts Catholic Schools Week events.
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(FEB. 16) Indiana House approves amendment to ban gay marriage.
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(FEB. 16) West suburban Catholic schools discuss idea of consolidation.
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(FEB. 16) After threats of a merger, Warrenville Catholic school survives economic challenges and is now “thriving.”
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(FEB. 15) Peoria woman discovers that her mother was a nun with the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Rockford.
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(FEB. 15) Former head of the Diocese of Joliet founded ministry program for prisoners at DuPage County Jail.
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(FEB. 15) Chicago priest, novelist and sociologist releases new data-driven book about Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(FEB. 15) Cardinal George says “Catholics should be able to worship in peace” in response to gay rights protest at Holy Name Cathedral.
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(FEB. 14) Franciscan sister worked with health department of Chicago-based law firm to assist in “complex transactions” of Catholic institutions.
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(FEB. 14) Rockford Catholic school drops tuition by nearly 40 percent to help boost enrollment.
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(FEB. 14) Few people are joining Catholic Church just as many are also leaving, a survey reveals.
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(FEB. 14) Vatican deems Wisconsin chapel “a holy site,” recognized as an official sighting of the Virgin Mary.
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(FEB. 14) Dogs visit patients at Loyola University Children’s Hospital for “some good old-fashioned ‘cuddle time.’”
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(FEB. 14) Chicago priest worked as a dean, faculty member for 15 years at seminary.
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(FEB. 14) Construction for Alexian Brothers Children’s Hospital could start next month in Hoffman Estates.
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(FEB. 14) Holy Cross Catholic School in Batavia establishes family-like setting to help fight bullying.
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(FEB. 14) Protestors outside Holy Name Cathedral picket Catholic Church’s stance on gay marriage.
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(FEB. 14) Government, Chicago Archdiocese investigates Catholic priest’s property transaction with elderly parishioner’s home.
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(FEB. 11) Sister Julie from Chicago — a podcaster, blogger and founder of A Nun’s Life Ministry — “provides a fascinating insight into a community of nuns that we don’t often get to see.”
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(FEB. 11) Cardinal George celebrates 50th anniversary Mass at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
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(FEB. 11) St. Theresa School, an elementary Catholic school in Palatine, closes Friday due to gas leak.
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(FEB. 11) Two men file sexual abuse case against Daniel McCormack, former pastor at St. Agatha parish in Lawndale.
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(FEB. 11) Monsignor Kenneth Velo of the Chicago Archdiocese appears in court on behalf of man facing prison for tax fraud.
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(FEB. 10) Dr. Bella Konrath-Itkin, “a legend in the halls of The Theatre School at DePaul University,” taught for nearly 50 years and directed more than 200 productions.
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(FEB. 10) Lewis University to honor choral director, music professor at “Russian Rhapsody” Arts Gala.
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(FEB. 10) “Daley’s Machine was modeled on the top-down structure of the Catholic Church, which was also part of this city’s immigrant experience: he was the Pope, the ward committeemen were the cardinals, and the precinct captains were the priests.”
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(FEB. 10) Minority professors accuse DePaul University of discrimination after denial of tenure.
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(FEB. 10) Archdiocese of Chicago, church officials must clear zoning rules to get new sign for Palos Heights’ St. Alexander Church.
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(FEB. 10) Juried art show at Navy Pier raises more than $125,000 for Catholic Charities.
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(FEB. 10) Cardinal George presents labor awards to Chicago men and women who show “respect for the dignity of human beings.”
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(FEB. 9) Gay rights advocates plan protest against Cardinal George, Catholic leaders at Holy Name Cathedral.
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(FEB. 9) Catholic Conference of Illinois urges Quinn to pardon those on Death Row for life in prison instead.
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(FEB. 9) Diocese of Joliet assists with medical mission in the Philippines.
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(FEB. 9) Loyola University announces students who receive scholarships to spend one year at the school’s Rome and Beijing campuses.
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(FEB. 9) Students at Park Ridge Catholic school earn second place award for design of futuristic city.
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(FEB. 9) Deacon for the Diocese of Rockford ponders the line between philanthropy and capitalism: “Big money attracts more money, which eventually narrows the approach to solving social problems.”
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(FEB. 9) One of Chicago’s largest Catholic hospitals provides aid to women who change their minds mid-abortion.
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(FEB. 9) Chicago-based survey shows that less than 1 percent of Catholic nuns in the U.S. are under 40.
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(FEB. 8) Saint Xavier University president to speak on death penalty case and “the constraints on justice in the American legal system.”
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(FEB. 8) Catholic nun — known for her fight against the death penalty, which was the basis of the movie “Dead Man Walking” — plans to donate personal items to DePaul University.
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(FEB. 8) St. Mary’s Parish has been reimbursed for money stolen by deacon.
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(FEB. 8) Loyola University names Dr. Grace Calhoun to head athletic department.
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(FEB. 7) Former deacon of West Chicago Catholic church faces prison for stealing more than $317,000 from church.
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(FEB. 7) Marquette University hires former U.S. senator who supports partial birth abortion and same-sex marriage.
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(FEB. 7) Vatican calls for greater faith education at Catholic hospitals, plans to publish biomedical guidelines.
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(FEB. 7) Dedicated science teacher at St. Damian nominated for “Heart of the School” award given by Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(FEB. 7) Founder of the first middle school in the Archdiocese of Chicago honored with Distinguished Pastor of the Year Award.
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(FEB. 7) Nobel Prize winner speaks at his granddaughter’s Catholic school in Aurora.
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(FEB. 7) University of Chicago Ph.D. debates abortion policies of Catholic bishops in new book.
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(FEB. 7) Catholic schools across the country — including Chicago — depend more on financial donors.
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(FEB. 4) St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church on Route 173 used as overnight shelter after truck blocked 40 cars during snowstorm.
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(FEB. 4) Priest for Green Bay Packers says Mass attendance spiked during playoffs: “It was like Easter morning earlier this month.”
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(FEB. 4) Bishop Joseph Siegel of Joliet Diocese meets newly hatched chicks, watches volcano erupt and learns about colonial life at Catholic elementary school in Downers Grove.
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(FEB. 4) University of Chicago to hold conference in honor of retired Divinity School dean.
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(FEB. 4) Joseph Mulcrone, director of Catholic Office of the Deaf for the Archdiocese of Chicago, speaks on the spiritual needs of deaf community.
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(FEB. 4) Diocese of Joliet refuses to hand over documents about priest accused of sex crimes.
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(FEB. 4) Illinois bishops speak out against new law that legalizes unions for same-sex couples.
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(FEB. 4) River Forest Catholic elementary school explores international customs as part of Catholic Schools Week.
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(FEB. 4) A Provena-Resurrection hospital merger could create the largest Catholic-owned health care system in Illinois.
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(FEB. 3) Chicago nun known for Super Bowl predictions makes her pick known through poem, “Prolific Packers Prevail.”
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(FEB. 3) Hundreds of people, led by Bishop Joseph Siegel of the Diocese of Joliet, travel to Washington, D.C., for March of Life.
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(FEB. 3) Catholic leaders urge Quinn, also a Catholic, to sign bill to abolish death penalty: “The dignity of a person, because it comes from God, remains.”
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(FEB. 2) Former slave became first African-American Roman Catholic diocesan priest, ran Chicago’s first black parish.
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(FEB. 2) Chicago-based tourists, led by president of Catholic Theological Union, not scared during trip in Egypt.
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(FEB. 2) New book that traces changes in U.S. religious landscape features two Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago, which have seen a greater Latino population in recent years.
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(FEB. 2) Wisconsin parish cancels Sunday night Mass for Super Bowl.
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(FEB. 2) Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law to launch one-year program in Rome.
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(FEB. 2) Chaplain for the Green Bay Packers preps for the big game.
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(FEB. 2) Time capsule from 1956 discovered during renovations at Catholic school in Wadsworth.
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(FEB. 2) Brother pranks groom during wedding ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
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(FEB. 2) Riverside church pastor, who previously “drew some fire” over rectory plans, moving to job with Archdiocese’s finances.
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(FEB. 1) How religion comes into play for the Green Bay Packers “from prayerful huddles before kickoff to solitary kneels in the end zone.”
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(FEB. 1) Could legalizing gay marriage be next for Illinois?
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(FEB. 1) Diocese of Gary plans to change pension system for lay employees.
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(FEB. 1) Janitor robbed, struck on head at Catholic school in Ukrainian Village.
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(FEB. 1) Founder of a Chicago investment firm donates millions of dollars, mostly to Catholic organizations.
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(FEB. 1) Biblical study group, led by president of Hyde Park’s Catholic Theological Union, flees Egypt for Israel.
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(FEB. 1) Chaplain at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove presenting at spiritual retreat for women.
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(FEB. 1) Vatican refuses lawsuit filed by deaf man from Illinois who claims he was sexually absused by a priest.
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(FEB. 1) Gov. Quinn legalizes same-sex unions, despite strong opposition from Catholic Church.
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(FEB. 1) Former Chicago bishop calls on Catholic colleges to place religious identity first: “Catholic is core to your identity, the center of what you are about.”
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(FEB. 1) About 40 pro-life groups, including Catholic Citizens of Illinois and Archdiocese of Chicago Respect Life Office, gather in Oak Brook for conference.
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(FEB. 1) Cardinal George celebrates Mass at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
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(JAN. 31) Rafael A. Vargas, candidate for 43rd Ward, sits on the board of advisors to the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(JAN. 31) Best selling author the Rev. James Martin to speak on humor and the spiritual life at Loyola University.
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(JAN. 31) An interview with Cardinal George, who discusses beatification of Pope John Paul II, Catholics Come Home and parochial schools.
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(JAN. 31) On historic bill that will grant same-sex unions, Cardinal George says, “No one has the right to change the nature of marriage.”
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(JAN. 31) Despite heavy opposition from Catholic Conference of Illinois, which is headed by Cardinal George, Quinn plans to approve civil unions bill today.
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(JAN. 31) Superintendent of Catholic schools in Diocese of Joilet outlines ideas to boost enrollment, including push for more preschool programs.
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(JAN. 31) Beatification of Pope John Paul II answers prayers of Chicagoans.
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(JAN. 31) Ceremony for civil unions bill “could go down as one of the largest in state history.”
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(JAN. 31) Lake County celebrates “Catholic Schools Week.”
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(JAN. 31) St. Bernadette Catholic School is the first in Diocese of Rockford to lower tuition to attract more students.
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(JAN. 31) President of Hyde Park’s Catholic Theological Union in Egypt with biblical study group: “We’re in no danger.”
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(JAN. 28) Emanuel says he will cut off city’s free water supply to non-profits, including Catholic churches, hospitals and other organizations.
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(JAN. 28) Catholic Diocese of Peoria revives efforts to make Illinois archbishop a saint.
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(JAN. 28) St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha, which recently merged into a K-12 school, “reflects a new era in successful collaborative community education.”
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(JAN. 28) More on custody debate: Catholic Dad OK with kid’s Jewish upbringing but says mom is “too religiously extreme.”
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(JAN. 28) How will Gov. Quinn’s Catholicism affect his decision on death penalty? Professors at Chicago Catholic universities weigh in.
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(JAN. 28) Loyola University approves controversial decision to host guest speaker Karl Rove: “Ground in our Catholic intellectual faith tradition, Loyola University Chicago believes that demonstrating our openness to explore complex issues are marks of our strength and vitality.”
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(JAN. 28) More on Chicago’s exorcist, who is one of 15 people in the U.S. Catholic Church trained to perform the rite.
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(JAN. 28) Archdiocese of Chicago reaches out to families affected by deportations.
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(JAN. 27) Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, a Catholic hospital system based in Arlington Heights, forms partnership with Sanford-Brown Colleges.
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(JAN. 27) Mausoleum equipped with 60 crypts and a small chapel planned to go up in Palos Park for an order of Catholic nuns.
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(JAN. 27) More than 10,000 young people from all over the country — including Illinois — rally in D.C. for to promote pro-life issues.
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(JAN. 27) Students experiment with chemistry at Wauconda’s Frassati Catholic Academy — the first regional middle school in the Chicago Archdiocese.
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(JAN. 27) William Stenzel, formerly of St. Bede the Venerable in Chicago, is expected to replace Jim Clavey, popular pastor of St. Mary of Celle in Berwyn who recently stepped down.
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(JAN. 27) Cardinal George celebrates Mass with students at Mt. Carmel High School.
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(JAN. 27) Religion at the heart of custody debate for divorced couple.
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(JAN. 27) Doctor of Loyola University Health System authors influential paper on how estrogen can help Alzheimer’s disease.
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(JAN. 27) Chicago magazine honors 16 Loyola physicians as “Chicago’s Top Doctors for Women.”
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(JAN. 27) Elmwood Park student makes honor roll at Dominican University in River Forest.
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(JAN. 27) Loyola University graduate, registered nurse named chief nursing officer at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago.
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(JAN. 26) Carmel Catholic High School teachers donate time to local food pantries.
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(JAN. 26) Montini Catholic High School students earn scholarships to St. Mary’s University in Minn.
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(JAN. 26) Archdiocese of Chicago claims its school system saves City of Chicago more than $1 billion a year.
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(JAN. 26) Appellate court upholds $5 million verdict against Catholic Diocese of Belleville in St. Clair County on sexual abuse charges brought in 2002.
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(JAN. 26) Chicago’s Catholic Charities to host wine tasting fundraiser to benefit self-sufficiency programs.
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(JAN. 26) Michael Boyle of the Center for Catholic School Effectiveness joins conversation with community members about school testing.
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(JAN. 26) Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke served as “chair of national lay commission set up by the Catholic church to investigate allegations of priest misconduct.”
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(JAN. 26) Former priest arrested in Chicago in 2009 pleads guilty to abuse charges.
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(JAN. 25) Man who reported fake mugging on Chicago’s Riverwalk forced to do community service at St. Sabina Catholic Church.
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(JAN. 25) Catholic Charities hosts fundraiser in Barrington Hills to help homeless.
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(JAN. 25) Two Broadway stars from Rockford graduated from Boylan Catholic High School.
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(JAN. 25) Cardinal George among the thousands to attend Vigil for Life Mass in Washington, D.C.
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(JAN. 25) Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 school board removes “religious” from calendar policy.
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(JAN. 25) Doctor from Loyola University Health System warns against the “trenta” — Starbucks’ new 31-ounce drink.
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(JAN. 25) Priest, theology professor at University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein discusses abortion: “We are talking about an awful lot of people who are treating abortion as simply another form of birth control or family planning.”
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(JAN. 25) With more than 20 plus years of experience, Grace C. Daigel has been named new vice president of Resurrection Health Care.
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(JAN. 24) Catholic college presidents plan to meet with bishops to review the schools’ implementation of the “apostolic constitution.”
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(JAN. 24) New principal at Oak Park’s Fenwick High School says working for Catholic school “makes you feel like you are part of an important mission.”
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(JAN. 24) New president of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expresses encouragement for group led by William Donohue, who is known for “manufacturing controversies in order to make the Catholic Church look like a persecuted minority.”
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(JAN. 24) Gov. Quinn to sign civil unions bill Jan. 31.
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(JAN. 24) Gay rights activists to hold protest in response to Cardinal George’s remarks on civil unions.
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(JAN. 24) Enrollment at Chicago Catholic schools rises 1.6 percent.
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(JAN. 24) “Catholic yoga” at Holy Name Cathedral offers “spiritual and physical benefits.”
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(JAN. 24) From Chicago to Iowa, monks “provide an escape,” and show that it’s not just Catholics living the monastic life.
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(JAN. 24) New “respect life” official named by Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(JAN. 24) More on Elmwood Park priest who serves as exorcist for Archdiocese of Chicago.
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(JAN. 24) Aurora priest showing remarkable progress following car crash.
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(JAN. 24) Cardinal George gives interview, talks about Church’s handling of sex abuse claims — and football.
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(JAN. 24) Providence Catholic among the high schools conducting supply drives to assist “angels.”
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(JAN. 24) Chicago Catholic schools official says: “We’re a little bit less at the whim of the big, macro-demographic trends.”
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(JAN. 24) “Evangelizing the Catholic Vote” to be subject of upcoming speech in the Loop.
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(JAN. 21) U.S. abortion rate increased 1 percent from 2005 to 2008, according to report.
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(JAN. 21) Readers respond to Cardinal George’s views on the “failure of bishops to punish priests who molested children.”
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(JAN. 21) On Wisconsin priests: “God comes first on Sundays — but that doesn’t mean they aren’t football fans.”
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(JAN. 21) Bishop from the Diocese of Joliet to celebrate mass at St. Mary of Gostyn in Downers Grove for Catholic Schools Week.
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(JAN. 21) “Psychic Nun” from Chicago picks against the Bears for the Super Bowl: “You heard it here first from Sister Jean, the Super Bowl queen.”
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(JAN. 21) The Archdiocese of Milwaukee: A year in review.
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(JAN. 21) Owners of tailgating Bears bus have also used the vehicle to drive around teachers from Saint Mary Catholic School in Mokena.
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(JAN. 20) Cardinal George in his last speech as leader of U.S. bishops: “The laws that have permitted now 50 million children of our country to be killed in their mothers’ wombs are also immoral and unjust; the laws are destroying our society.”
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(JAN. 20) Nurse questioned at Philippines airport for carrying bag of drugs, which she said was for a medical mission with the Diocese of Joliet.
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(JAN. 20) Though Cardinal George ends his three-year term as head of U.S. bishops, “George is still their brain.”
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(JAN. 20) U.S. Catholic bishops will not fight to repeal healthcare law, which had caused a “wound to the church’s unity” during last year’s debate, according to Cardinal George.
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(JAN. 20) Sargent Shriver, who served Chicago for a number of years and “personified the ideal of Catholic public service,” dies.
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(JAN. 20) Cardinal Francis George places bet with the Milwaukee Archbishop on the Bears-Packers game.
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(JAN. 20) Archdiocese of Chicago has maintained list of clergy abusers on its website since 2006.
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(JAN. 20) How Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel gained votes from pro-life Democrats to pass Obama’s healthcare reform.
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(JAN. 20) Chicago mother of two “faced with a sad truth: The cost of Catholic education was suddenly beyond her reach.”
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(JAN. 20) Park Ridge woman receives national award for 30 plus years of work with the Chicago Archdiocesan Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts and Camp Fires.
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(JAN. 20) Pro-life conference to be held in Oak Brook Jan. 29.
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(JAN. 20) Sex abuse survivors picket Gary Diocese Pastoral Center, call on bishop to “Protect the Children.”
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(JAN. 19) Chicagoan and DePaul University graduate appointed to Obama administration.
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(JAN. 19) Clergy sex abuse victims call for action after Daniel J. McCormack, a priest convicted of molesting five kids in Chicago, argued in court to be set free.
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(JAN. 19) Colleen Dolan, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Chicago, recalls growing up with Bill Daley — both families owned summer homes in Michigan.
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(JAN. 19) Loyola University Medical Center introduces wheelchair yoga as part of rehabilitation program.
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(JAN. 19) Chicago priest Robert Barron joins Word On Fire, a global media organization that supports Catholic evangelical preaching.
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(JAN. 19) Chicago Bears founder George Halas buried at granite mausoleum at St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery in Niles.
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(JAN. 19) “There were two religious conversions when Will and Jennifer Tippet got married — he became a Catholic, and she became a Green Bay Packers fan.”
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(JAN. 19) “At Loyola University Chicago School of Law, … Catholics make up a ‘distinct minority’ of the tenure track faculty —fewer than a quarter.”
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(JAN. 19) New science wing — equipped with eight classrooms and a chapel — opens at Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock.
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(JAN. 19) As death penalty bill awaits Quinn’s approval, questions arise about 15 men on death row.
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(JAN. 19) Some public schools now obeserving moment of silence “tip-toe” around religious element: “We don’t focus on the prayer part. We don’t want our students going home announcing ‘Mommy, daddy, they told us we had to pray today.’”
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(JAN. 18) After attending mass at St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church in Tinley Park, woman discovers that lug nuts were removed from her car’s wheels.
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(JAN. 18) Edmund “Eddie” O’Connor — a trader who attended Chicago Catholic schools — “shook things up” at the Board of Trade, invented modern-day derivatives.
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(JAN. 18) The Rev. Larry McNally, pastor of Ascension Church in Oak Park, “a model of Catholic candor and conviction.”
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(JAN. 18) Aurora Central Catholic High School participates in MLK celebration — “a night that was all about the children.”
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(JAN. 18) Catholic prayer opens multi-faith program for Martin Luther King Jr.
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(JAN. 18) Tom Cordaro, minister of justice and outreach at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Naperville, describes his work: “My job in doing this is to raise the kinds of issues and ask the kind of questions that make people inherently uncomfortable.”
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(JAN. 17) Person found unconscious in bathroom of Sacred Heart Church in Palos Hills, police believe the cause was heroin overdose.
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(JAN. 17) As Lutheran school in Elgin closes, nearby Catholic schools see enrollment growth.
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(JAN. 17) At a press conference held by the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights, “even a Catholic priest got in his licks on Emanuel during what was supposed to be the opening prayer.”
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(JAN. 17) Cardinal George attends Mayor Daley’s breakfast to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
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(JAN. 17) A professor at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago weighs in on a Florida case that raises questions about confidentiality rules of confession.
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(JAN. 17) St. Joseph College Seminary to build permanent home at Loyola University campus.
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(JAN. 17) The Rev. Michael Pfleger calls for stricter gun control: “Does it take a 9-year-old girl dying in Tucson to get us to think about children dying in the streets of Chicago?”
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(JAN. 17) Friend of Martin Luther King Jr. shared stories about the civil rights leader Sunday at St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side.
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(JAN. 15) “Public school students across Illinois are expected to be required to observe a daily moment of silence, which is back in effect after a two-year hiatus.”
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(JAN. 15) Appeals court upholds massive judgement against Downstate diocese.
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