Religion
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Palms to ashes: Students help prepare for Lent’s arrivalMar 04, 2025 9:34 pm - Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent with the burning of blessed palms Tuesday outside the school.
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How you can be more eco-friendly this Lenten seasonMar 04, 2025 9:34 am - Sharon Starr, a member of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter and St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Libertyville, urges the faithful to adopt more eco-friendly habits this Lenten season to reduce their use of single-use plastics — and not just for 40 days.
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Taize service offers time for reflection at St. Charles churchMar 02, 2025 3:00 pm - St. Charles Episcopal Church offers a Taizé prayer service on March 9, featuring the parish choir and instrumentalists.
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Suburban Muslims begin Ramadan with heavy hearts — and hope — amid strife in Gaza and other parts of Islamic worldFeb 28, 2025 5:56 pm - Suburban Muslims join a global community of faithful collectively observing Ramadan starting Saturday, March 1. They begin the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer and charity with a heavy heart — but also hope.
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Opening Lent with Dixieland worship, drive-through Ash WednesdayFeb 26, 2025 1:47 pm - St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Aurora will open Lent with an annual Dixieland worship service, a Mardi Gras-style luncheon and Ash Wednesday services including a drive-thru imposition of ashes.
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Elgin church to host ‘Drive-Through Ashes’ on March 5Feb 26, 2025 1:31 pm - On Ash Wednesday, March 5, the Rev. Marion Phipps of St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church will once again offer drive through ashes in the church parking lot
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Feed the Need event invites volunteers of all ages to pack meals March 8-9Feb 26, 2025 12:31 pm - Feed the Need event in March expects 4,000 volunteers to pack over 800,000 meals for starving kids globally. Costs only 30 cents per meal.
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Lessons to live byFeb 26, 2025 12:28 pm - Annettee Budzban shares some inspirations for life.
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Wheaton’s Gary UMC to host author talk on March 12Feb 26, 2025 12:03 pm - Wheaton church hosts talks and performances about Mary Magdalene as a forgotten female disciple, starting March 12 with a book discussion with the author.
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Pope Francis sits upright in an armchair as Argentines in Rome pray for his recovery
Feb 26, 2025 9:12 am - Pope Francis was sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia Wednesday, the Vatican said, as Argentines, Romans and others kept up the steady stream of prayers for his recovery. Francis remained in critical condition but the Holy See machinery ground on, with the announcement of new bishops and a new church fundraising initiative.