Jefferson Parish kicks off Carnival, Bicentennial with giant 200-foot-long King Cake
The King Cake Capital of the World party on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at 11 a.m., showcases the massive cake wrapped around ...
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Joliet Diocese announces significant consolidation
Closures and mergers are coming in July to a number of parishes and worship sites in the Joliet Catholic Diocese. The move ...
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Parish nurse program offers holistic approach to care
Teresa Field has many roles as an OSF parish nurse for Rockford area churches. She’s a patient advocate, a healthcare ...
Secrets of 17th-century church found in Hampton
Archaeologists have uncovered “conclusive physical evidence” of the first church site, circa 1610, in Hampton in what is the ...
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Four DuPage Catholic parishes to close as part of restructuring plan
Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan ...
More suburban Catholic congregations are slated for closure, merger by Bishop Ron Hicks
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 ...
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Knife attack in city church, steel tariffs, housing projects, and beloved books
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 ...