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ICR columnist celebrates 90th birthday

By Philip A. Janquart ICR Editor BOISE—Mary Hersley-Kaineg is still going strong and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. At 90, she is an important part of every issue of the Idaho Catholic Register, chronicling the lives and experiences of senior parishioners in her biweekly column. Her job is essential in the ICR’s effort to highlight people who have done so much with their lives and who make up a large part of Idaho’s Catholic community. Mary Hersley-Kaineg's hig

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North Idaho Catholics take to streets in youth-led Eucharistic Procession

The youth-led Eucharistic procession included 20 North Idaho young men ages 8-18 serving in various roles such as carrying the crucifix and the Marian platform on the streets of Coeur d’ Alene. (ICR photo/Lisa Ormond) By Lisa Ormond ICR North Idaho Correspondent On May 19, nearly 400 North Idaho Catholics, representing five parishes, gathered in peaceful witness for the second annual youth-led Eucharistic procession through the streets of Coeur d'Alene, publicly walking wit

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ICR columnist celebrates 90th birthday

By Philip A. Janquart ICR Editor BOISE—Mary Hersley-Kaineg is still going strong and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. At 90, she is an important part of every issue of the Idaho Catholic Register, chronicling the lives and experiences of senior parishioners in her biweekly column. Her job is essential in the ICR’s effort to highlight people who have done so much with their lives and who make up a large part of Idaho’s Catholic community. Mary Hersley-Kaineg's hig

35 minutes ago5 min read

The home that gave the Church six priests and two nuns

In a family of twelve children, six of the sons chose the priesthood, two pursued married life, two daughters entered religious life, one daughter married, and another died at a young age.(Photo / courtesy Ibarra family By Vero Gutiérrez, Assistant Editor Sonia Llauró de Ibarra had 12 children over the course of 20 years. Six of her children are priests, two are nuns, three are married, and one daughter passed away at a young age. From the simplicity of an Argentine home

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El hogar que dio seis sacerdotes y dos religiosas a la Iglesia

Sonia y su esposo, Diego Ibarra, en Argentina durante la boda de su última hija soltera. Sus hijos viajaron desde distintos lugares del mundo donde actualmente sirven y viven, entre ellos Roma, Filipinas, Estados Unidos, Bolivia y Polonia. La única ausente fue una de sus hijas, religiosa contemplativa que se encuentra en Génova, Italia. (Foto /cortesía de la familia Ibarra) Por Vero Gutiérrez Editora Asistente Sonia Llauró de Ibarra tuvo 12 hijos en 20 años. Seis de ellos so

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From Haight-Ashbury to idaho: search for Truth leads man to Catholic Church

By Philip A. Janquart ICR Editor JEROME—San Francisco was the place to be during the height of 1960s counterculture, and Dave Johns grew up right in the middle of it. But decades later, in April of this year, he found himself in the quiet grace of the Easter Vigil at St. Jerome Parish in Jerome, Idaho. “I wasn’t raised religious at all, nothing like that,” Johns told the Idaho Catholic Register. “My journey was quite ‘the journey.’” Born in 1959 and raised in the Bay Area, Jo

May 275 min read

Seminarian finds God’s faithfulness in adventure of life

In the process of this spiritual growth at seminary, however, the consolation of God’s love has been constant. “The best part about seminary is receiving the love of God the Father through all the difficult places in the journey. He has poured it out through the Sacraments. Also, His grace has been through the priests who have formed me and my wonderful brother seminarian brothers.”

May 216 min read

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