Religion
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Jewish families prepare for start of Hanukkah tonightDec 16, 2014 4:30 am - Jewish families around the suburbs are preparing for the first night of Hanukkah tonight. The eight-day holiday is celebrated with dreidel games, gifts, lighting candles...
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Editorial: Guadalupe basilica would be a boon for the suburbsDec 16, 2014 4:01 am - Every year in December, a touching pilgrimage happens in the suburbs. Last week, 140,000 Catholics, mostly Mexican-Americans, came by car and by foot to the Our Lady of ...
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Comfort and healing: Chaplain visits those in the hospital for the holidaysDec 15, 2014 4:45 am - My dad's favorite Christmas carol was “Home for the Holidays.” I think, having been raised in Pennsylvania, he loved the lyrics about the man heading home to that state ...
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Jewish school students make lunches for Lazarus House guestsDec 14, 2014 10:00 pm - Fox Valley Jewish School is helping the homeless in our community, learning more about what it means to volunteer, and having fun, too. During each school year, FVJS stu...
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Constable: Grayslake pastor proud of link to Civil Air PatrolDec 14, 2014 6:00 am - It took a few decades for Libertyville's Jill Paulson to truly grasp the impact made by civilians volunteering with the Civil Air Patrol during World War II - and her gr...
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Waukegan church leads protest rally in wake of Brown, Garner deathsDec 14, 2014 12:01 am - Alternately angry and determined, members of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church and other churches in Waukegan raised their voices Sunday in what they said was a...
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Gurnee church hosts Breakfast with Baby JesusDec 13, 2014 12:01 am - Instead of Breakfast with Santa, families celebrated Christmas with a Breakfast with Baby Jesus Saturday at Immanuel Church in Gurnee. Mothers of Preschoolers sponsored ...
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Farm animals popular part of living nativity in PalatineDec 13, 2014 12:01 am - Bethel Lutheran Church in Palatine staged a living nativity on Saturday, complete with animals and with congregants playing the roles of the Holy Family. "This is our 15...
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Guadalupe celebration draws Cupich, 140,000 to Des PlainesDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich urged the crowd of thousands huddled outside after midnight in Des Plaines to cheer. "¡Yo soy guadalupano!" "¡Viva México!" they shouted ...
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Mt. Prospect church choir performs in a Christmas treeDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - Community Presbyterian Church in Mount Prospect offered an unusual twist Friday night to the traditional church choir singing Christmas music. Each Christmas, the congre...