Closures and mergers are coming in July to a number of parishes and worship sites in the Joliet Catholic Diocese. The move ...

Teresa Field has many roles as an OSF parish nurse for Rockford area churches. She’s a patient advocate, a healthcare ...

Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan announced Thursday by the Joliet Diocese. By July 1, St. Mark in Wheaton ...

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,” says Jeremiah in this Sunday's readings. Msgr. Joseph Prior compares the prophet's plea with the Beatitudes of Jesus, which encourage his disciples to place ...

Finally, these four parish churches and one chapel will close effective July 1, 2025, the Diocese of Joliet revealed on ...

Truckloads of steel regularly leave Selkirk bound for the United States. Metal to make snowplow blades, forklift forks, elevator parts is loaded and shipped from the Gerdau steel mill, one of the ...