Attaining world peace is like trying to grab a rainbow, said Connor Fehrenbach, a third grader at St. Mary School in West Chicago.
When children glimpse the colorful object bending through the clouds in the sky, they are drawn to it and want to somehow reach it. “But, they just can’t catch up to it,” said the insightful 9-year-old boy.
: Apr 23, 2008
Valentine’s Day has been called a Hallmark holiday—a day when people express their love by sending cards to those they care about.
Showing someone you care can require a lot more effort than purchasing a greeting card or a bouquet of flowers. A group of Darien Cub Scouts donated a Sunday afternoon to show residents at the Carmelite Carefree Village retirement home how much they care. The scouts showed up Feb. 3 to play games and interact with the senior residents.
: Feb 14, 2008
Lisa Duffy of Holy Family Parish in Shorewood and Alexandra Fedosenko of Annunciation Byzantine Church in Homer Glen recently told the Catholic Explorer that serving meals at Daybreak Shelter in Joliet among other JCA humanitarian efforts started them on a path that led to mission work in Mexico. They took a break from their work Feb. 1 to discuss their experiences during a telephone conversation.
: Feb 13, 2008
Though it might not have been midnight in Bethlehem, it was definitely bitter cold when the eighth grade students at St. Mary School in West Chicago reenacted the birth of Jesus twice on the evening of Dec. 2 outside their school.
: Dec 10, 2007
It has been a while since Joliet Catholic Academy fans waited for their state championship football team to arrive on campus with the state championship trophy in hand. The Class 6A team had a bit of a dry spell, considering it won five state titles from 1999-2004.
: Dec 1, 2007
While most people were making last minute preparations for the Thanksgiving holiday, a group from Lewis University in Romeoville traveled to Fort Benning in Georgia to join a nationwide protest of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
: Nov 30, 2007
In the shadows of the bright, white light bulbs of the marquee, a man’s bicycle was spilling over with bags and leaning against a light pole Nov. 3 near Glen Art Theatre on Crescent Boulevard in Glen Ellyn. One could only assume that all of his belongings were contained in that single two-wheeled mode of transportation.
: Nov 9, 2007
On their feet, teens of Oswego’s St. Anne Parish were clapping and singing with the young members of the Messages Which Are Hopeful! troupe in the Joachim Center at the faith community. Inspirational skits and dynamic music numbers were showcased during the Oct. 14 program.
: Oct 25, 2007
It seems every day there are more and more temptations to distract children, which is one reason Red Ribbon Week was founded in 1985. Some Joliet diocesan schools will mark Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 21 through Oct. 27, in a variety of ways.
: Oct 21, 2007
Paul Storer takes a look at the people and places of Catholic Schools.
: Sep 12, 2007
Paul Storer takes a look at the people and places of Catholic Schools.
: Sep 11, 2007