Religion
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Barrington adopts policy for prayers at meetingsJun 11, 2013 4:00 pm - Barrington’s village board meetings often begin with a religious invocation just after the Pledge of Allegiance, but now the village has a new written policy designed to...
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Feast of SS. Crocifisso at Maryville this weekendJun 07, 2013 7:01 pm - The 17th annual Italian Feast of SS. Crocifisso will be Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, on the Maryville grounds, 1150 N. River Road, Des Plaines. The feast begins wi...
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500 years later, theological debate still simmersJun 07, 2013 4:43 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Is God’s saving grace free to anyone who accepts Jesus, or did God predestine certain people for heaven and hell before the beginning of the world? Th...
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Longtime St. Patrick School principal retiringJun 07, 2013 10:00 am - As her 41-year educational career draws to a close, the longtime principal at Wadsworth's St. Patrick School will be honored with a special Mass on Saturday. Marcella A....
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Rockford bishop: Sponsoring Boy Scouts still OKJun 06, 2013 4:00 pm - The head of the Catholic diocese in Rockford says parishes in his region can keep sponsoring Boy Scout troops after the scouting group’s national organization said it’d ...
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Poplar Creek Church in Bartlett hosting “Jub!lee” festivalJun 05, 2013 5:07 am - Poplar Creek Church in Bartlett is hosting its annual “Jub!lee” festival from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, at the church, 300 E. Schick Road. The celebration is fre...
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FBI hate crime statsJun 03, 2013 5:31 am - In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In 2011, law enforcemen...
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Sikhs seek federal support for tracking hate crimesJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - In an effort that is winning bipartisan congressional support, the Chicago and suburban Sikh communities are calling for federal agencies to track hate crimes targeting ...
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Should stop paving until flooding solvedJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - The pending (hopefully pending and not already “approved”) request by the Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights should remind us of the following: After the flood...
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Willow Creek unveils multi-faceted Care Center to help those in needJun 01, 2013 8:00 am - Willow Creek Community Church unveiled its new $10 million Care Center Friday in South Barrington, and the size and scope of the building left visitors amazed. After yea...