Responding with Kindness to Homeless People of Faith
Dr. K Stephen Combs urges Christians to show simple kindness to those who are homeless, offering meals or fast food certificates, directing them to shelters, and giving a card with shelter contacts. He emphasizes respectful, faith grounded help and closing with a prayerful blessing.
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Saintly Influence Behind Murphysboro Hospital History
Maria DeMattias founded the ASC in 1834 in Acuta Italy and her order helped build St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro, opened 1960 with 64 beds. SIH bought it in 1995 preserving Catholic identity as sisters, doctors, and staff foster a high touch care tradition hospitalwide.
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Italy
Illinois
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
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Sainted nun’s order founded Ruma center
BY CHRISTI MATHIS THE SOUTHERN RUMA The canonization of Maria DeMattias founder of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ at the Vatican on May 18 excites the Ruma Center as one of the order’s three U S centers. Born 1805 near Rome she founded ASC in Acuto 1834 and built about 70 schools before dying 1866.
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34th Annual Illinois State Quartet Convention
Gospel music events spotlight Friendly Regional Church of God near Marion with The Glorylanders and Calvarymen headlining, plus contests, radio promos, and ticket details. Other Southern Illinois venues host Roundups featuring The Sensational Southern Nightingales and groups. multiple sundry church rallies listed with contact numbers.
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Carbondale
Southern Nightingales
Conquerors
Spiritual Travelers
Grigsby Family Singers
New Zion Chapel
James Hailey
Shioh Baptist Church
Villa Ridge
Saline County
Union Grove
Eldorado
Local Church Calendars Highlight Services and Events Across Towns
Cypress Lutheran Chapel hosts 10 a.m. service with dessert lunch at noon and Joy Trio performance. Anna hosts Healing meeting with Pastor Charles Jennings at 7 p.m. Friday. Carbondale churches list board meetings, renewal services, and church councils. Marion, Pinckneyville, De Soto, and Royalton churches announce deacons meetings, revival events, and evangelist Freddy Clark engagements. CROP Walk for Hunger set for Sunday in Carbondale with proceeds aiding Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
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Lutheran
Church Council
Sisters In Christ
Call
Secondbaptistmarion
Pinckneyville
First Baptist Church
S. Mill St
Helping Hands
Addison Mission Group
de Soto
Jubilee Tabernacle
Locust
Washington Streets
Freddy Clark
Royalton
Royalton Baptist Church
Illinois
Jim Wilson
Wilson
Zeigler Baptist
Faith Missionary Baptist
Carbondale
Good Samaritan Food Pantry
First Christian Church
W. Monroe St
First Presbyterian Church
S. University Ave
W. Main St
Unitarian Fellowship
W. Elm
Locust and
du Quoin
First United Methodist Church
Washington St
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College Heights Baptist Church
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Joy Williams
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Oak Ridge Boys
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Cloud Nine
Mark Bishop
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Sheri Easter
Tim and
Mary Alice Lovelace
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Love Is A
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