The “Codfathers” brought fish fries back to Queen of Peace in 2022, and they’re looking forward to another big season of Lent starting March 5. Seven of the 20 Codfathers are shown above. Left to right: Ray Schott, Craig Vosse, Eric Edgar, Scott Simonin, Kevin Boron, Mike Riley and Adrian […]
Casmir Cozzi, pictured at the Chapel of Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary on Aug. 30, 2023, is expected to be ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Belleville in October 2027 (Submitted photo). Casmir Cozzi can’t remember a time when he didn’t want to become a priest. “I wanted […]
Former metro-east resident and Blue Angels pilot John Foley (right), now a motivational speaker, enjoys a light moment with Joe Hubbard on Jan. 30 after Foley chose “Hubbard’s Haven” as the new name for the soup kitchen at St. Vincent de Paul in East St. Louis. Foley and his wife, […]
Adrianne Neville, a math teacher at St. Teresa Catholic School in Belleville, has authored a chapter for “Threads of Gold,” a soon-to-be-released book written to help people overcome grief (David Wilhelm photo). Adrianne Neville knows a thing or two about grief. Neville and her husband, Jared, experienced the heart-wrenching loss […]
Demonstrators gather near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington Oct. 31, 2022, as the justices heard oral arguments in two cases challenging whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) By: Carol Zimmermann Date: October 31, 2022 WASHINGTON (CNS) — […]
Carla Marquez, 36, who is six months pregnant, burns wood on the street to cook a meal for her husband, Carlos Henrique Mendes, 25, and their daughter, Gabriela, 5, outside their home in São Paulo Sept. 16, 2022. Marquez and her family live in a room paid for by a […]
By Ron Rolheiser, OMI “The cock will crow at the breaking of your own ego – there are lots of ways to wake up!” John Shea gave me those words and I understood them a little better recently as I stood in line at an airport: I had checked in […]
