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Robert Wyatt, 80
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (474+ words) Robert Odell Wyatt, 80, of Oak Park, died April 27, 2026, after a brief illness. He was surrounded by loving friends and his spouse of nearly 29 years, Terri Lackey. An Episcopal priest in the dioceses of Chicago and Alabama, where he had a…...
River Forest President Adduci meets Pope Leo XIV
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (637+ words) Once in a while, the actual event exceeds intense anticipation. For River Forest Village President Cathy Adduci and a practicing Catholic, that moment was April 6, when she met Pope Leo XIV in Rome. As a member of a delegation of…...
Rev. Donald Wheat, 92
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (853+ words) Rev. Don Wheat, 92, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Dayton, Ohio on Halloween 1933, Donald Hoover Wheat was the rare working-class, Great-Depression baby named for President Hoover. Parents William and Frances Cabbell Wheat eloped out of rural Kentucky in the white migration…...
Four questions to ask each day
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (754+ words) In honor of Rev. Donald Wheat, who died on March 5 at the age of 92 I thought I would reprint a column I wrote about him in December of 2020: I just finished a remarkable book, Why Not Me? Finessing Life’s Slings…...
Opposite beliefs about the life force
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (365+ words) In response to Ken Trainor’s column, “You never know” [Viewpoints, Jan. 28]: We live in an exciting time where science and spirit are again coming together. The Cartesian split (when Descartes made a deal with the Pope to separate science and…...
Hope in action: Volunteers supporting migrants in Oak Park
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (416+ words) The Migrant Ministry is a volunteer-driven effort, made up of several local parishes and others to support asylum seekers in Oak Park and in the Chicago area. Since its founding in June 2023, the ministry has provided essentials like food, clothing,…...