Religion
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Church celebrates its place in Algonquin historyNov 02, 2014 12:01 am - One of McHenry County's oldest churches, Congregational Church of Algonquin, rededicated its 146-year-old building Sunday with a service attended by some of its longest-...
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'Sad' cemetery gets spruce-up from Libertyville teen ministry volunteersOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Mike Graham thought about the little cemetery he visited once with his dad when he and other teens from St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville were trying to come up...
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How Glen Ellyn students dressed up to celebrate All Saints DayOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - This is a time of year when ghosts and goblins frequently take center stage, but on Thursday much more saintly figures were roaming the hallways of St. James the Apostle...
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Our Lady of Destiny, St. Zachary schools in Des Plaines to partner upOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - Officials from two Catholic elementary schools in Des Plaines are being tasked with combining elements from both schools in preparation for their consolidation at the en...
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Pope praises 'heroic' responders to EbolaOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has praised the "heroic" response by doctors, nurses and volunteers helping contain the Ebola epidemic and has urged renewed international ef...
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Our Lady of Destiny School in Des Plaines closing next yearOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Our Lady of Destiny Catholic School in Des Plaines is one of nine Catholic elementary schools in Cook and Lake counties closing their doors at the end of the school year...
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A little discipline can accomplish a lotOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - "God disciplines those he loves." - Proverbs 3:12 (NIV) "I'm not tired." These were the words often expressed by each of my sons when I enforced bedtime on a school ni...
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Bartlett church wants to reach out and bless someoneOct 28, 2014 5:30 am - Since the invention of Caller ID, many suburbanites never answer unsolicited telephone calls from "anonymous," "out of area," "private caller" or even a local phone numb...
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U.S. to recognize same-sex marriage in six more statesOct 25, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states and extending federal benefits to those couples, Attorney General Eric Holder announce...
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Mormons release more history of founder's polygamyOct 24, 2014 1:01 am - SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church acknowledges in a new essay that founder Joseph Smith had a teenage bride and was married to other men's wives during the faith's earl...