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Book helps people explore pope’s teaching on belonging

Pope Francis’s concern for migrants and refugees, his focus on ecology, his calls to “go out” to share the good news of salvation, even his support for the controversial possibility of informally blessing LGBTQ+ couples flow from his conviction that people need to know they belong to God, to one another and to creation.

Local priest releasing book on eucharistic adoration

Have you ever wanted to participate in eucharistic adoration, but shied away because you didn’t know whether you could just sit there for an hour? Or even a half hour? Or have you wanted to develop a habit of daily prayer but found the mechanics of it daunting?

Questions about how author overcomes adversity inspired new book

When Pascuala Herrera published her memoir, “Not Always a Valley of Tears,” two years ago, she didn’t know how this new phase of her life would go. Herrera, a Franklin Park resident, wrote about living with a physical disability, moving to Chicago from Mexico with her family as a child and developing a 30-year career as an educator at Harper College in Palatine while raising a family.

One Jesuit priest’s effect on Alcoholics Anonymous

Father Edward Dowling was a Jesuit priest who ended up becoming the spiritual advisor to Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, at a pivotal time. Despite not being an alcoholic, Dowling found a spiritual family in AA.

‘Pivotal Pastor,’ the transformation of a local parish

David Kennebeck had a front-row seat to the transformation of St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish during the first six years of the pastorate of Father Ron Lewinski. After Lewinski’s death, Kennebeck decided to tell the story of how Lewinski changed St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish. His book, “The Pivotal Pastor: Ronald J. Lewinski, Mission and St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish,” was released in November.

Reflections on Christmas draw readers into the season of Jesus’ birth

Father John Cusick, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and former director of the archdiocese’s Young Adult Ministry office, is the author of “Emmanuel: God-With-Us; Reflections on the Mystery of Christmas” (Corby Books, 2021). He wrote the collection of essays and reflections over his 52 years of priesthood. He never had any intention of publishing many of them, he said; he wrote them for himself, an exercise to help him approach the mystery of Christmas anew each year.

New York priest, Msgr. John Meier, dies; wrote ‘A Marginal Jew’

YONKERS, N.Y. — A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 22 at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers for Msgr. John P. Meier, a Scripture scholar, professor and an indefatigable writer whose book “A Marginal Jew” hit bestseller lists in the 1990s.

Local Catholic shares life journey after polio through faith lens

When Pascuala Herrera reflects on her life so far, one thing is clear to her: God always had a plan, even if she didn’t understand it at the time.

St. Clement mother authors children’s book on daughter’s alopecia

When Paula Quinn’s daughter Rosie was 2½, she lost her hair over a period of just three weeks. The family soon learned that Rosie had alopecia, a condition that causes the immune system to attack hair follicles.

Book by Marian Catholic senior encourages girls to love themselves

When Marian Catholic senior Tamera Elyse Trimuel was just 9 years old, she started her own business, Tamera’s Treasures, for which she created custom-made tiara treasure boxes to remind girls to “treasure the girl in you.”
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