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Local Church News March, 2013

Local Church News March, 2013

| March 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

ST. BEATRICE CHURCH 4157 Atlantic Avenue, Schiller Park 847-678-0138, www.stbeatriceparish.org The Women’s Club annual “Bunny Bake Sale” is March 23 and 24.  There will be all kinds of delicious baked goods to make your Easter festivities special.  It will be held after all the masses. On April 14 the Women’s Club is hosting a Fashion […]

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Crypt of the Saints

Crypt of the Saints

| January 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Richard Montalbano – Creator and Caretaker  for a Beautiful Tribute to the Saints in Elmhurst Over 350 Relics of Saints and 300 statues and icons. That’s what you will find while visiting the Crypt of the Saints under the Adoration Chapel located at Visitation Church in Elmhurst. Richard Montalbano, who I wrote about in the […]

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Is YOUR Soul in Order?

| December 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

Even though our culture begins celebrating Christmas earlier and earlier (even before Halloween!) I always like to remind the people in my pews that for most of this month of December we do not celebrate the Christmas season (because that does not begin until the 25th).  Rather, we are now celebrating the Advent season, which […]

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Marathon Reflections

| November 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

30,000th Place? 30,000th place (well, technically 30,308th place, but it’s easier to just say 30,000).  That was where I finished in the 2012 Chicago Marathon.  I was 30,308th out of 37,455 runners who finished the race.  After the marathon, many people were so kind in asking me how it turned out.  Many of them asked […]

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Christifideles Award

| November 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

In an increasingly secular society like ours, the concept of religion itself seems to come under attack more and more.  Religion is sometimes characterized as being responsible for nothing but wars, divisions and hatred (although in this regard I always like to point out that the bloodiest century in history was the 20th century, thanks […]

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Church News – August 2012

| August 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

St. Beatrice Parish 4157 Atlantic Ave., Schiller Park 847-678-0138, www.stbeatriceparish.org ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY If there is a family you know who needs assistance, please call the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help those who are hungry. Contact them at 847-678-0138.   FOOTBALL MANIA IS HERE! St. Beatrice […]

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