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Religion roundup: Vacation Bible Schools starting up throughout the area, and more

June 14, 2023 at 11:08 a.m.

Palos Heights Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7800 W. McCarthy Road: Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon July 10 to 14. Registration, which is required, continues through June 25....

Members of the Southwest Women's Club gather recently at Midlothian Country Club, including officers, from left, Jan Halloran, Diana Roscich, Mary Ann Moisan, Peggy McLean and Eileen Long. The club, once called the Palos Newcomers Club, meets six times a year to foster friendship and fun.

Once a suburban staple, area women’s clubs still fostering friendships

June 9, 2023 at 10:19 a.m.

A staple of suburban life in the second half of the 20th century, clubs formed by and for women are holding on in the area, though members admit much depends...

An outdoor procession is planned during the 11 a.m. Mass June 11 at Incarnation Church in Crestwood.

Religion roundup: Eucharistic procession, art show and blood drive planned

June 6, 2023 at 8:56 p.m.

Crestwood Incarnation St. Terrance Parish, 5757 W. 127th St.: Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession at the 11 a.m. Mass June 11 in the parking lot at Incarnation Church. The event will...

Bishop Yehiel Curry of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Midlothian on June 11.

Religion roundup: St. Stephen fetes 50 years; St. Catherine of Alexandra hosts carnival

May 30, 2023 at 5:18 p.m.

Midlothian St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 14700 Kildare Ave.: Celebration of 50th anniversary of the merger that formed the church on June 11. A festival worship service is at 10 a.m....

Ludwig Soder, who spent 25 years in the Air Force, receives a pin, flag blanket and veteran appreciation certificate from Tony Dakewicz, a hospice volunteer with Northwestern Medicine Palos. Soder died April 30 and was buried early this month at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. His wife, Mary Soder, said Dakewicz made one final visit to her husband at his wake. "It was another beautiful touch,' she said.

Veterans volunteer to lend an ear to fellow vets at Palos hospice, and the honor flows both ways

May 28, 2023 at 10:44 a.m.

Military veterans Gerald Bronzell and Bill Wong have been teaming up to help fellow veterans for a long time. Before their current volunteer work with the We Honor Veterans program...

The Rev. Robinson Ortiz will officially be installed as pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Parish in Midlothian during a Mass at 4:30 p.m. May 27.

Religion roundup: Pastor installation set in Midlothian, donation drive for immigrants, and more

May 24, 2023 at 11:49 a.m.

Midlothian St. Augustine Catholic Parish, 4130 147th St.: Installation of the Rev. Robinson Ortiz at 4:30 p.m. May 27 as the first pastor of St. Augustine, the new name of...

Nancy Kashin, supervisor of the Sterile Supply Processing Department at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights, shares a laugh with longtime volunteer Jack Heafey, who has helped out at the hospital for 24 years.

Retired teacher chalks up 11K volunteer hours at Palos Hospital, where ‘you learn about life itself’

May 22, 2023 at 4:19 p.m.

Katherine Heafey knows why her husband, Jack, spends so much time volunteering, and it's not just because the retiree wants to get out of the house. "Jack is a very...

Experience cuisine from around the world Monday night at Incarnation St. Terrence Parish in Alsip.

Religion roundup: International Dinner in Alsip, blood drive in Glenwood, and more

May 16, 2023 at 6:02 p.m.

Alsip Incarnation St. Terrence Parish, 4300 W. 119th Place: International Dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. May 22 honors the ethnic diversity of the parish while allowing participants to experience...

Outreach services assistants Mary Lynn Maloney, left, Theresa Marketti and Duke Phelps load books for the Orland Park Public Library's home delivery service.

Home delivery services help keep libraries part of the community

May 12, 2023 at 12:36 p.m.

Palos Heights Public Library's home delivery service will celebrate a milestone anniversary next year, its 20th anniversary, and one employee couldn't be happier. "I spent four years doing the home...

Christ Lutheran Church in Orland Park is planning a tea event for mothers and daughters next week.

Religion roundup: English Garden Party planned in Orland Park, singalong set in Oak Lawn, and more

May 10, 2023 at 11:13 a.m.

Orland Park Christ Lutheran Church, 14700 S. 94th Ave.: An English Garden Party is planned at 6 p.m. May 16. The mother-daughter event features raffle prizes, tea and refreshments. Tickets...

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