A Legacy of Love a Happy Dilemma: Aurora Central Father, Sister Siblings Leave Needs to Expand Pgs
ISSN: 0029-7739 $ 1.00 per copy THE OBSERVER Official Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford Volume 79 | No. 34 http://observer.rockforddiocese.org FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 2014 Inside Warren’s St. Ann Festa Italiana: Family, Food and Fun pg. 4 Back to School Marks Several Schools Will Welcome New First Principals This Year (Observer photo by Amanda Hudson) pg. 5 Bishop David Malloy passes the o ertory gifts to St. Ann pastor, Father Andrew Skrobutt. Bringing the gifts are parishioners Bill and Judy Holland. Sitting in the rst row are former pastors (from right) Msgr. Everett DeKalb’s Newman Hiller, Father Max Striedl (obscured) and Father William Budden. Center Gets Ready Century For New Year pg. 5 A Legacy of Love A Happy Dilemma: Aurora Central Father, Sister Siblings Leave Needs to Expand pgs. 6-7 Memories, Rectory to St. Father Harold Nilges Catherine of Genoa Parish Sister Marianne Nilges, SSSF BY AMANDA HUDSON served at St. Mary Parish in News Editor DeKalb in the 1970s and early 1980s — he as pastor and she GENOA—As School Sis- as director of religious educa- ter of St. Francis Marianne tion. All for Babies Nilges was laid to rest on July They came together to fulfi ll Forever Family, pgs. 8-9 25, people from St. Catherine those roles in Genoa in 1983. of Genoa Parish, friends and Among their contributions to Pope Francis relatives remembered her devo- the St. Catherine of Genoa Par- Reveals Top 10 tion to her brother — diocesan ish is the rectory. Secrets to Happiness priest Father Harold Nilges — The “very beautiful house,” pgs.
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