Religion
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Feast of Guadalupe could draw 100,000Dec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Up to 100,000 people are expected to attend the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe this week at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. This relig...
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Our Lady tragedy ushered in safety improvementsDec 01, 2008 1:00 am - Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Daily Herald on Dec. 1, 2008. Second of two parts After a fire at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic grammar school c...
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Remembering the Our Lady of the Angels fireNov 29, 2008 1:00 am - Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Daily Herald on Nov. 29, 2008. First of two parts On a bitterly cold afternoon 50 years ago on Dec. 1, a fire blaz...
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Thanksgiving diversityNov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Scholars don't agree on exactly when or where the first Thanksgiving dinner took place. Some say Massachusetts, others Virginia. Most put it at around 1621, but that's d...
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Religious right goes in wrong directionNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Members of the religious right cares more about controlling the government than it does about trying to change the hearts and minds of those who disagree with them. The...
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Briefs: Interfaith serviceNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council will hold the 17th annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at St. Mary Parish, 10 N. Buffal...
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Epworth UMC tries to connect more families to churchNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Epworth United Methodist Church in Elgin launched a new worship service last Sunday with the lofty goals of attracting families with young children, providing quality ti...
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Suburban moms praying while their kids are learningNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - It's 9 a.m. on a Friday morning and four moms are huddled in a living room. With Bibles on their laps and coffee mugs on the table, they begin to pray. "Dear Lord, help...
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Faith, hope and financial helpNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Last winter, Mary Evans was drowning in debt and despair. The 27-year-old Palatine native was emerging from a divorce. The mother of a 2-year-old child, Evans was $80,00...
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The power of faith and governmentNov 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Gust was the only admitted Democrat in our church of about 350 Republicans. At our weekly Wednesday evening prayer meetings in the fall of 1948 we never failed to pray t...