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November 8, 2018	Bishop Offers Masses to Remember ... and to Seek Forgiveness 10-Year Bridge Between Continents Celebrated Batavia Parish New Home to Saint’s Relic Lebanese Man Carries Mark of St. Charbel Catholics in Diocese Greet Our Lady of Los Lagos
November 1, 2018	Knights Honor Area Priests, Deacons, Religious Bishop Malloy to Join U.S. Bishops In Week of Prayer and Penance Will Power Marmion Hits Record Enrollment Administrators Named for All Saints Catholic Academy
October 25, 2018	St. Charles School Keeps Growing All Six Illinois Dioceses Sued Over Clergy Sexual Abuse Allegations Rockford Diocese Responds to Suit Literacy Center Hosts ‘Friend-Raising’ Party to Mark 25 Years The Observer Takes 7 Awards In NINA Contest North Campus Students Welcome Bishop for Mass
October 11, 2018	Building Faith and Modern Churches Aid to African Church New to Annual Appeal Update on Sex Trafficking Topic At Annual Ecumenical Brunch Dixon Life Chain Unites St. Patrick, St. Anne Parishioners Original Bell to be Placed in New Tower at Holy Cross in Batavia Father Karl Ganss Celebrates Golden Jubilee
October 4, 2018	Aurora School Thankful for Grant Fourteen Men Ordained as Permanent Deacons for Diocese Relics to Tour Diocese from Oct. 21 to All Saints Day Father William Knott Dies in Arizona Sept. 26 Sterling’s St. Vincent de Paul Society Celebrates with Mass, Tour of Pantry Algonquin Parish Marks Anniversary of 1983 Church
September 27, 2018	Resurrection In Woodstock Marks 40th Year McHenry County Women Honored for Service, Inspiration Father Bartolomeo Dies in New York Mass, Dinner Gathering Gives Thanks The Promise of Autumn Annual ‘Chains’ to Link Prayer and Pro-Life Witness Oct. 7 Aurora Parishes to Offer Prayers to End ‘Culture of Death’ Johnsburg Students, Alumni March in Parade
September 20, 2018	Masses Ask God to Heal Many McHenry Catholics Gather for Annual Mass, Prayer Breakfast Love Well Done Focus of Humanae Vitae Anniversary Seminar Shannon Remembers 9/11 Heroes at Blue Mass Presbytery Day Focus: Health, Wellbeing in Times of Stress
September 13, 2018	Pastoral Leadership Selected Lee Parish Welcomes Muslim Students Women Honored at First DeKalb Deanery Inspiration Banquet Scandals, Clergy Abuse, Focus of DPC Agenda Catechists Lauded for Being ‘Witnesses for Jesus’ Back to Religious Ed
September 6, 2018	Two Schools Start Year with Celebrations Aquin alumni in Freeport build their legacy with first ‘Toast of the Town’ event Bishop Calls for Masses of Healing Families, Others Thankful for Empower Illinois Aid More than 400 Celebrate Inspiring Parish Women Seminar Celebrates the Holy Spirit’s Gifts Galena Eighth-Grader Takes International Free Throw Honors From Knights of Columbus
August 23, 2018	Academy Campuses Open in Aurora Bishop Malloy Responds to Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Bishop Leads Prayers, Talks to Diocesan Staff About Abuse
August 16, 2018	Retreat From the World to Find God Wonder Lake Parish Hosts 29th Annual Rosary Nathan Pacer Accepted into Candidacy for Priesthood in the Rockford Diocese St. Laurence in Elgin Marks 90th Anniversary McHenry Fiesta Begins with First Bilingual Mass, ‘Christens’ Pavilion Huntley Priests Host and K of C Helps at Parish Picnic
August 9, 2018	Pro-Life Part of McHenry Fair Rockford’s ‘Festa’ Marks 40th Year Festa fun facts Principals Gear Up for New School Year New Leadership Coming to Several Diocesan Schools St. Rita, Boylan Graduate Celebrates First Mass at Oratory
August 3, 2018	Feeding the Hungry Marmion’s Abbot David Cyr, OSB, Dies July 21 Elgin’s St. Laurence To Celebrate 90 Years Crystal Lake Parish Hosts Summer Festival Knights Groups Plan Degree Days
July 26, 2018	Rockford Parish Marks 165 Years Benedictine Priest Visits Vocations Camp
July 19, 2018	Prayer and Action
July 12, 2018	Camp and Cloister DPC Has Three Openings First ‘Toast the Town’ to Be Aug. 25 in Freeport Deacon Mulcahey Receives Quilt of Valor Friends Bid Farewell To Sister Judy Nickels
June 21, 2018	It’s All Saints Catholic Academy After 48 Years of Service, Mary Gavan to Retire All Three Diocesan Publications Take Honors in CPA Contests Nancy Adams Honored as Polo Woman of the Year
June 14, 2018	St. Thomas the Apostle Building is 50 DPC Agenda Full of Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye
June 7, 2018	St. Bernadette School to Close Next Year Fuss Replacing Cieslak in Research and Planning Office Boylan Teacher Needs Help with Home Care New Priest, Deacons Ordained Deacon Robert Bracken Dies May 26 Students Receive Annual St. Timothy Award Many Memories at St. Therese of Jesus’ Last School Mass Aurora Schools to Become Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy
May 31, 2018	Parishes Enter School Agreement Remember Rev. Mr. Sarmiento to be Ordained a Priest June 2 Father Manno to Head Diocesan Vocations Office Aurora Parish Hosts Rosary June 8 Six are New Pastors in Rockford Diocese Three Diocesan Priests to Retire June 18 Benedictine Ordained to the Priesthood
May 24, 2018	Icons Reflecting God’s Uncreated Light Official Appointments Aurora Central Grad to be Aurora Memorial Day Parade Marshall St. Laurence Parish Celebrates Cinco de Mayo
May 17, 2018	New Marian Feast May 21 Women Pray for Peace with Bishop Malloy ‘Chopped’ Champion Finds Her Vocation in Convent and Kitchen
May 10, 2018	Diocesan Priests Mark Jubilees
May 3, 2018	Diocese Prepares for V Encuentro Parish Support for New Rockford School Grows: 3 to 4 to 8 17 Rosary Athletes Sign Letters of Intent Caritas Luncheon Fades into History
April 26, 2018	Love Focus of Diocesan Appeal Msgr. Thomas Bales, 72, Dies on April 21 in Sterling Personal Visits Help Guide Seminarians Art in Our Churches From Feeding Bodies to Feeding Souls Rockford Parish Readies to Improve Campus for Its Second 50 Years Classmates Give Beach-bound Bella Big Send-off
April 19, 2018	Faith Meets the Press at Seminar New Tower at OSF a Long Time Coming ‘Upper Room’ Evening Held Before Triduum Poor Clares Film Screening April 22 In Rockford
April 12, 2018	DCCW Learns about Generational Impact on the Church Father Robert Balog Dies April 5 in St. Charles Passion Play a First for Genoa Parish Foot Doctor’s Idea Becomes Holy Thursday Event at Carpenter’s Place
April 5, 2018	Gathering at the ‘Doorway’ to Easter Winnebago Jail Again Setting For ‘Heartfelt’ Easter Mass Aurora Parishes Present The Way Of the Cross Prayer and Reflection Highlight Acies of Mary Celebration Bishop Blesses Latest Addition to Sacred Heart in Aurora April 10 Deadline to Sign Up for Diocesan Millennial Conference Father Timothy Mulcahey Appointed Pastor of OLGC Parish in Aurora Wilkinson to be Rosary’s First Head of School ‘Cornucopia of Catholicism’ Explained at Workshop Diocese Holds Fifth Be Reconciled Day Parish Representatives Gather for Cemetery Meeting in Rockford
March 22, 2018	Loves Park Parish Holds First St. Joseph Altar 1st Way To Host 40th Anniversary Gala April 6 April 17 Diocesan Conference Aims at Reaching Millennials
March 15, 2018	Clinic Marks 30 Years of Helping Moms Eric Groth: ‘Real Important to Tell the Story of God’s Mercy’
March 8, 2018	‘Chosen’ Rockford Screening March 18 Make Help Possible Around The World Father Donald DeSalvo, 80, Dies in Sandwich Diocesan Pastoral Council Ponders Poverty Veteran Educators to Lead Aurora’s Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy
March 1, 2018	Gently ... Gently ... Then Rest in Peace Faith Guides Bishop to Kazakhstan Bishop Says Family is Heart of Catholic Faith Confessions at Parishes in the Diocese
February 23, 2018	Diocese Holds Rite of Election Feb. 17
February 15, 2018	Aurora Parents Hear Academy Plans Catholic Women’s League Hosts Mardi Gras Morning ‘Jam the Gym’ Feb. 16 to honor Aquin’s Jim Jenkins Deacon Alvin Swearingen, 80, Dies
February 8, 2018	Scouts Honored Shroud Exhibit in Rochelle Until Feb. 14
February 1, 2018	Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy to Open in Aurora for 2018-19 School Year Rockford Deanery Honors Women of the Year Bishop from Kazakhstan To Visit Batavia Feb. 21 Facts About Pope St. John Paul II Catholic Academy Pastor Featured Speaker At Holy Family Life Dinner
January 25, 2018	Mass Sends Forth D.C. Marchers Chicago March for Life an All-Around Positive Event Catholic Charities Reviews Efforts, Seeks Volunteers Catholics Honored at Annual Rockford Life Breakfast New MSC Priest Assigned to St. Therese of Jesus Parish, Aurora Parishes Respond Well to 2017 Appeal Elgin KC Funds Ultrasound Machine for TLC Pregnancy Center Aurora Knights Host Free Throw Contest Msgr. Philip O’Neil Dies Jan. 19 in Rockford
January 18, 2018	After Four Decades, He’s Planning to Retire 3 Rockford Schools Plan to Combine by 2019 School Year Lisa Rubin-Johnson, Caritas Founder and Inspiration, Dies in Early December in Colorado Father Poczworowski, Former Pastor at St. Anthony, Dies in Chicago
January 11, 2018	‘Gone Fishing’ - for God Rockford Helps in Rome on Christmas Eve First Combined Collection of 2018 Supports Faith at Home St. Laurence Hosts First Spanish Mass Rauner Vetoes, Amends School Code Bill Dealing with Tax Credit Rockford Area Knights Honor Ed McMahon at Degree Day Christmas Mass a ‘Blessing’ for Inmates God Squad Priests Sweep Seminarians in Three