Religion
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Christ the Lord Lutheran to join in Fox Valley area's first Pride ParadeJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Several members from Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 14N462 Tina Trail in Elgin, will be marching in the first Pride Parade scheduled for Sunday, June 17, in Aurora. T...
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Annual summer sack lunch program begins in St. CharlesJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - The St. Patrick Parish Service Planning Committee will be providing a free sack lunch for those in need during the summer months. No registration or paperwork is require...
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Use job setbacks to improve and make you betterJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - "Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance …" -Proverbs 1:5 (NIV) It's graduation time and newcomers are ready to hit the job ...
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Suburban priest John Tapper recalled as 'shy, bright and devoted'Jun 04, 2018 1:00 am - The life of the Rev. John W. Tapper, who served as associate pastor at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights, St. Cecilia Parish in Mount Prospect and seve...
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Pope: new bishop replaces convicted Australian cleric
Jun 03, 2018 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has appointed a bishop to administer an Australian archdiocese whose archbishop was convicted of covering up for a pedophile priest. The...
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Pope encourages mobster-plagued town to take law's side
Jun 03, 2018 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is urging residents of a mobster-plagued Rome suburb to be courageous and side with the law. Francis celebrated an outdoor Mass on Sunday evenin...
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Pope decries deadly repression against Nicaraguan protesters
Jun 03, 2018 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has expressed sorrow over the deadly violence used to repress social protests in Nicaragua. Francis told thousands of pilgrims and other...
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Constable: Chinese orphan brings love and challenges to empty nestersJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Blessed with health, good jobs, lots of energy, the experience of seeing their six daughters grow into happy, productive adults, and the desire to do s...
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Pastor of Elgin's oldest church to retire, take up writingMay 31, 2018 11:00 pm - In 1991, the Rev. Paris Donehoo resigned from the church denomination he grew up in - and had been pastoring churches in - because, he says, it had been taken over by fu...
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Elgin pastor working on book decrying a 'polarized' AmericaMay 31, 2018 11:00 pm - Paris Donehoo's first post-retirement writing project is a book about the possibility of Americans getting along despite having opposing opinions in the age of Donald Tr...