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Celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2021
Jan. 31-Feb. 6
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Principal Brenna O’Hearn and teachers from St. Margaret Mary School in Algonquin received their shots and cards after receiving their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines at Huntley High School recently.
Also baring their arms are Michael Kagan, superintendent, and Vito DiFrisco, ... Read More
ROCKFORD—It’s a first: a local Walk for Life to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision to legalize abortion in the United States.
Although the March for Life in Washington and the March for Life in Chicago are terrific events, with the cor... Read More
Deacon Robert J. Real
ELGIN—Deacon Robert Joseph Real, 93, died Nov. 19, 2020.
He was born on March 24, 1927 to Emma (Connolly) Real and Theron J. Real.
At the age of 22 he married Lois J. Beckman, a... Read More
For centuries, clergymen and members of monastic orders have worked with plants that have been grown and hybridized when religious communities were often remote or cloistered requiring self-reliance and by-products from plants.
The cycle of the seasons goes hand in hand with liturgi... Read More
What is our greatest threat personally and collectively? Looking around, we may identify many dangers. However, the Second Sunday of Advent points us directly to the source and cause of it all: sin.
Sin, from the beginning, is the root of dysfunction in our lives and our world. St. ... Read More
Susan Furlong, a mystery writer from the Peoria Diocese, has donated an autographed copy of “Splintered Silence” to give to a reader of The Observer.
The book, as Tom Dermody says in his review (see page 7) isn’t likely to be on a Catholic bookstore shelf. But it w... Read More
ROCKFORD—St. Bridget parishioner Brian DeNolf came to the Nov. 21 Mass and blessing of the new Our Lady of Guadalupe prayer garden dressed in a jacket featuring the Blessed Mother under that title.
“It’s very inspired for this community to have somethi... Read More
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