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Cardinal presides at funeral Mass for mother, four daughters who died in a fire

When Cardinal Cupich presided at the funeral Mass for five members of the Espinosa family at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Feb. 10, gestures of comfort came from as far away as the Vatican.

New guidelines for celebrating the Rites of Christian Burial

Over this past year, the Presbyteral Council helped me develop guidelines designed to assist parishioners and parish staff in the preparation of Masses of Christian Burial. I am intentionally issuing these guidelines on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2, the day we set aside exclusively to pray for the dead. As such, it serves as a point of reference for all of our rites of Christian burial.

Funeral Guidelines

It is difficult for many people to talk about their mortality and that of their loved ones. Death is an uncomfortable subject, but it is an eventuality we all must face. These guidelines are designed to help families and loved ones in their time of greatest need by calling on the resources of our rich theological and pastoral tradition.

Group offers dignified burial for abandoned babies

Two small white coffins sat side by side in front of the altar at St. Mary Church in Buffalo Grove Sept. 13. The babies who were being mourned — Mariam Jane Uddin and Ariyah Mikayla Hoover — were not related and had not met any of the people in the congregation during their brief lives.

Caring for those who grieve the loss of a loved one

When Dorothy Spencer’s husband died in 1999, she understood she had to go to St. Kevin Parish and...

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