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From plastic bags to park benches: Huntley church’s recycling initiative benefits community

Submitted by Pat Szpekowski
Mar 17, 2026 7:53 pm - Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley has collected over 2,000 pounds of plastic bags through the NexTrex Recycling program in less than a year, earning two park benches made from recycled materials.
Diocese of Joliet appoints new superintendent of Catholic schools

By Jessie Molloy
Mar 16, 2026 1:09 pm - The Diocese of Joliet has named its next superintendent of Catholic schools. Gregory N. Porod will step into the role on June 29, following Dr. James Quaid, who held the position for three years.
Elmhurst University names new university chaplain

By Desiree Chen, Elmhurst University
Mar 16, 2026 10:25 am - Elmhurst University has announced that the Rev. Amanda Gott will join the campus community as its new university chaplain.
Pope escalates call for ceasefire in Iran by addressing those responsible for the war

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Mar 15, 2026 3:49 pm - ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran...
Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Mar 14, 2026 9:43 pm - One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican's backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel.The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement.
Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

By COREY WILLIAMS, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, and BASSEM MROUE
Mar 13, 2026 8:07 am - A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
Trump says US bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Mar 13, 2026 6:57 am - President Donald Trump said the U.S. bombed military sites Friday on an island vital to Iran's oil network, while an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the war with the Islamic Republic.
Learn how pre-Civil War quilts served as secret maps to freedom

By Christine Imielski, Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva
Mar 12, 2026 11:28 pm - The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva will host Connie Martin's presentation “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” on Saturday, March 21
Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, DHS says

By COREY WILLIAMS
Mar 12, 2026 1:05 pm - The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.
Give cheerfully

Mar 11, 2026 4:17 pm - Annettee Budzban says that giving and receiving can be a blessing

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