St. Peter News

Again this week, we turn to the historical archives found in back issues of The Vandalia Union newspaper.

Again this week, we turn to the historical archives found in back issues of The Vandalia Union newspaper.

"I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing Roman cavalry choirs are singing Be my mirror, my sword, my shield My missionaries in a foreign field For some reason I can't explain I know Saint Peter won't call my name ...

For 87 years, quite likely a record for a weekly newspaper column, Mary Peyton Meyer kept track of just about anything that went on in Frogtown, a largely German-Lutheran farming community southeast of Vandalia ...

Local schedule/scoreboard Updated on 5/6/08 KC looking for former athletes The Kaskaskia College athletic department is currently seeking addresses for past players who played for the Blue Devils and Blue ...

“I am Everything I am because You Loved Me.”

Alden sets cook-out for military families Alden Gardens of Waterford , 1955 Randi Drive, will host a cook-out at 1:30 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 26, for its residents and the families of local military personnel ... via Beacon News

“Church has been packed, our nine o'clock and ten thirty masses were full and we had overflow downstairs so it's just wonderful to have everybody here”

Christians gathered this morning to celebrate Jesus' Resurrection at Sunday mass. via KHQA-TV Quincy

Fish fry: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays, American Legion Post 1080, 2625 Ingalls Ave., Joliet. via Lincoln-Way Sun

The school has been around for one-hundred and forty-one years and it's looking for some extra help. via KHQA-TV Quincy

“Just to see it is a jolt in the spirit, without any religious connotation at all”

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- It's not often the Vatican goes on a road show. When you're one of the planet's foremost cultural and religious institutions, the world tends to come to you. via Herald News

“I would hope if many people in the world would come to this place, it would be a sobering reminder that evil exists and a call that when we find evil, we must resist it”

Sending a symbolic message to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush visited on Friday the site where Jesus is believed to have intoned "blessed are the peacemakers." Near the hilltop ... via Chicagos 103.5 KISS FM

Since the title "Saint Peter" is already spoken for, the editors of this book have had to fall back on Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life. via Chicago Sun-Times