Month: August 2019
Sister Jean was joined by Loyola President Jo Ann Rooney, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other city, county and state officials.
Loyola’s Sister Jean celebrates her 100th birthday with scholarship, well wishes
by: Emily McFarlan Miller CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2019 (RNS) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt starts and ends every day the same way. With joy and gratitude. It’s a practice thatRead More
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The Potential End to the U.S. Refugee Program Is More than a Political Crisis – It’s an Identity One — World Relief
America is facing an identity crisis. It’s a crisis that threatens to undermine an identity painstakingly forged over hundreds of years — years during which America became a haven ofRead More
The vigils were lead by the Rev. Daniel Haas of The Prayer Coalition for Recompilation and the Rev. Randy Schoof of the Warehouse Church.
Aurora prayer vigils show homicide victims are not forgotten
Aurora, Ill., August 21, 2019 – On Monday., Aug. 19, the Aurora community and the local media gathered to mourn the homicides of two young victims killed on Aurora’s streetsRead More
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Thomas Kokoraleis, the Ripper Crew member staying at Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora, is ‘tired of hiding’ – The Beacon-News
Although he’s been a free man since being released in March after 36 years behind bars, Ripper Crew killer Thomas Kokoraleis has been confined to Wayside Cross Ministries until recently.Read More
Darwish told the audience he is running for Congress after having lived in the Palestinian territories...
Hesham Shehab: Another Radical Palestinian for U.S. Congress?
The first Palestinian Muslim American running for U.S. Congress in Illinois, Rush Darwish, declared that Palestine is home, and vowed to support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel.Read More
World Relief formally expressed its disagreement with the proposed rule...
World Relief Opposes Department of Homeland Security’s Final Public Charge Rule
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 14, 2019 – This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule clarifying who will be restricted from legal immigration to the U.S. onRead More