Brother Andrew Lawlor, OMI, 75, died on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Belleville. He was born in Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland on Oct. 15, 1947, to the late John and Ester, nee Hayes, Lawlor. He made his First Vows as a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate in 1995 at the Oblate […]
By LINDA BEHRENS When Langston Deterding was in confirmation earlier this year, she chose Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, the patron saint of the homeless, as her saint name. In her hometown of Prairie du Rocher, Langston doesn’t witness homelessness. But because of a service trip three years earlier to St. […]
By Sr. Constance Veit When I was a kid, I was fascinated by magnets. I loved to watch the little magnetic skaters glide across a mirror in our family’s Christmas village at the flip of a switch and I enjoyed doing science experiments with magnets and iron shavings in school. […]
