Religion
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Naperville congregation prays for peaceJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - More than one hundred people flocked to the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Naperville Thursday for a New Year's Day prayer of peace. Members of the area...
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Priest revered to his ministry to Hispanic faithfulDec 24, 2008 10:00 pm - The Rev. Raphael Orozco was a priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago, but to Spanish-speaking residents of the Northwest suburbs, he was a missionary. Fr. Orozco passed aw...
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Vatican embraces iTunes prayer book
Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm - VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones. The Vatican's Pontifical Council for...
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Youthful version of Nativity at Lord of LifeDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Who knows if there were any horses, let alone miniature ones, at the first Christmas. But there was one Saturday at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in La Fox, where childre...
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Give gifts from your heartDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - "Every good and perfect gift is from above..." James 1:17 (NIV) Christmas is a time to be celebrated, not dreaded. But many are living on a tight budget that leaves not...
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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...