St. Raphael Catholic Parish in Naperville is currently accepting applications for funds to be used for organizations in ministry. The Special Appeal is an annual collection held during the Advent season and traditionally given to deserving ministries outside the parish.…

Kim DesLauriers is the principal at Immaculate Conception Catholic School inMorris. Five years ago, he solicited sponsors for his participation in the Ragbrai Ride across the state of Iowa. The income from these sponsorships was used to help provide tuition…

Father Tony Taschetta, pastor at Mary Queen of Heaven Parish in Elmhurst, celebrated Masses during the weekend of June 7-8 during which he said goodbye to parishioners and talked about the memories of being a priest for 45 years as…