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On Friday, April 12, 2024 DR. PETER KWASNIEWSKI, scholar, author, lecturer and composer, speaks on: “DUE OBEDIENCE AND PETER’S SUCCESSOR: THE WHAT AND THE WHY.”

03/12/2024 at 2:22 PM By Kevin Edward White

TICKETS FOR OUR APRIL 12 FORUM LUNCHEON AT THE CARLISLE BANQUET HALLARE ON SALE HERE Since even before Our Lord was amongst us, there has been a difficult tension between what “the law” proscribes and how we, as faithful believers, are expected to conduct ourselves. Thus, at... read more

The Annunciation: When Angels Held Their Breath

03/11/2024 at 11:54 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Feast of the Annunciation marks the day when Mary said “Yes” to God. May today be the day we say “Yes” to Him, too. By John Clark, National Catholic Register, March 25. 2020 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux writes that when Saint Gabriel announced to Mary that she had been chosen to be... read more

TO OUR PATRONS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS

03/11/2024 at 11:53 PM By Kevin Edward White

IN THESE SOMETIMES DARKENED AND TROUBLED TIMES, REJOICE ONCE AGAIN AND ALWAYS, THAT WE HAVE THE LIGHT OF OUR RISEN LORD TO CONSOLE AND STRENGTHEN US.... read more

4 Interesting Palm Sunday traditions from around the world

03/11/2024 at 9:24 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Cerith Gardiner, Aletia, March 23, 2024 One of the joys of the Catholic religion is that the various feasts often inspire some very wonderful celebrations all over the Christian world. And this is just the case for Palm Sunday, which marks the first day of Holy Week. If you take a... read more

On Friday, March 8, 2024, Catholic Citizens of Illinois’ Forum Luncheon Series Presented: PROFESSOR GERARD V. BRADLEY, Notre Dame Law School, on “THE ABORTION LANDSCAPE AFTER DOBBS: FERTILE GROUND FOR OUR TILLING.”

02/13/2024 at 1:58 PM By Kevin Edward White

Our Lord reminds us how much about our lives is a unexplainable gift: “[A]s if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the... read more

February Infant King Lenten Novena

01/16/2024 at 3:17 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, February 16, 2024"The more you honor Me, the more I will bless you." Not far from the River Jordan, there rises a rugged mountain, which has received, in the ages since, the name of Quarantana. It overlooks the Valley of Jericho, the... read more

On Friday, February 9, 2024, Catholic Citizens of Illinois’ Forum Luncheon Series Presents: MATT T. PAPROCKI, President and CEO, Illinois Policy Institute, on: “REBUILDING ILLINOIS: MY YOKE IS EASY; MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.”

01/16/2024 at 3:16 PM By Kevin Edward White

[For more information, and to make your reservations ($45), go to CatholicCitizens.org at the “Reserve Here” button; reserve at http://tinyurl.com/2s4fwssk; or call Ellen at (708) 334-2627. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Our program starts at noon. Maggiano’s Little Italy suggests business... read more

What Do You Think of When You Think of January 6th?

01/06/2024 at 10:39 AM By Kevin Edward White

The importance of January 6th as the Feast of the Epiphany has been lost due to the events of three years ago as well as the moving of the feast to a convenient Sunday. By John M. Grondelski, Crisis, January 6, 2024 Today is Twelfth Night, the traditional date of Epiphany. It is, you know... read more

FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU, WISHING YOU A MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMASTIDE, AND A HEALTHY, SAFE AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!

12/24/2023 at 11:12 PM By Kevin Edward White

As we continue to contend with our beloved Church in apparent turmoil and confusion, for this one Blessed night, and through Christmastide, we set all of that aside and regain our footing, as we are once again reminded that Christ Our Savior came not just to offer us an eternity with Him, but in... read more

Mary’s Immaculate Conception, explained by the Saints

12/08/2023 at 9:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

The fact that this dogma was not defined for many centuries was one of the strongest arguments that it should be questioned. If this teaching was true, why was it not proclaimed until the nineteenth century? By Dawn Beutner, Catholic World Report, December 8, 2023 The world was... read more

On December 8, 2023 Our Monthly Forum Luncheon Presents Jayd Henricks, former Executive Director, USCCB Government Relations, and currently president of Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal speaking on: “WHY IS THE VATICAN GETTING OUR AMERICAN CHURCH SO WRONG?”

11/26/2023 at 11:47 PM By Kevin Edward White

FOR THIS LUNCHEON ONLY WE WILL BE CONVENING AT PESCATORE BANQUETS Prior to his elevation as Pope, Francis Bergoglio had not widely travelled beyond his native Argentina. He’s spent no significant time in the United States. Nor has he any close contacts... read more

AFTER A TUMULTUOUS WEEK OF OUR BELOVED CHURCH “UNDER SEIGE,” COME HEAR WHY AUSTIN RUSE SAYS THAT “THERE IS NO FINER TIME TO BE A FAITHFUL CATHOLIC.” TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE for our Annual Banquet November 14, 2023 featuring Center for Family and Human Right (C-Fam) President and author Austin Ruse.

08/21/2023 at 7:03 AM By Kevin Edward White

Synod on Synodality: Read the Final List of Delegates

08/21/2023 at 6:15 AM By Kevin Edward White

On October 20th, 2023 Catholic Citizens of Illinois’ Monthly Forum Luncheon Presents Mary Hallan FioRito on: “The Perils of Prevarication: “Pro-Life” MUST Mean Pro-Life.”

08/20/2023 at 11:14 PM By Kevin Edward White