Religion
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Wheaton's Gary UMC offers May 7 class on segregationApr 30, 2023 11:00 pm - Hear personal stories of discrimination, segregation's costs, displacement, promises and perils of integration and people's efforts to build bridges across communities a...
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'We water each flower separately': Innovative Jewish education board marks 100th anniversaryApr 27, 2023 6:01 am - It long has been the Board of Jewish Education's model to innovate programs and "when the need is met by the community, we move on to something else," said Alan Brown of...
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Ukraine ask pope's help in getting children back from Russia
Apr 27, 2023 1:00 am - ROME - Ukraine's prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience Thursday to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children who were forcib...
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'Jewpernatural' series searches for relevance in the mysticalApr 26, 2023 1:00 am - Reflecting a growing interest in the paranormal, Chabad of Northbrook Rabbi Meir Moscowitz will lead a monthlong, four-part series titled "Jewpernatural." "I'm constantl...
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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting
Apr 26, 2023 1:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, a historic reform that reflects his hopes to give women greate...
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Aurora churches combine, celebrate first Easter as oneApr 25, 2023 11:00 pm - Two Aurora churches combined on Easter Sunday. Advent Christian closed a 163-year-old ministry to join Redeemer Community Church, formerly of Oswego. At Advent's invitat...
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Glen Ellyn's St. Mark's Church celebrates Feast of St. Mark and blessing of new spire with Bishop Paula ClarkApr 25, 2023 11:00 pm - On Sunday, April 30, St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn is celebrating the Feast of St. Mark, Confirmation, and the blessing of our new spire with a special visit...
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Join 'Pink Shoes Into the Vatican' prayer service April 30 in WheatonApr 24, 2023 11:00 pm - On Vocations Sunday, April 30, the institutional church prays for an increase in vocations to the priesthood. But it ignores the women standing on the edge of the Roman ...
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Eid Fest brings celebratory end to RamadanApr 23, 2023 1:00 am - Families from across the suburbs gathered Sunday at The Mecca Center in Willowbrook to celebrate Eid, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the monthlong dawn-to-sunset ...
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St. John's Artist Series wraps up with program on Julia ChildApr 22, 2023 11:00 pm - The 15th season of Artist Series presentations at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lombard concludes Sunday, April 30, with a presentation by noted author/actress/historian...