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ST. CHARLES--Reverend Edward F. Gillespie died Dec. 9 in St. Charles, Illinois. Father was born on April 1, 1931, in Chicago to Edward Gillespie and Mary Agnes O’Byrne Gillespie.
Father Gillespie attended St. Mary Seminary in Baltimore, Md., where he received two bachelor’s degrees, a Bachelor of Arts and Sacred theology. He later attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received a Master’s degree in Education in 1964. Father Gillespie was ordained by Bishop Loras T. Thomas Lane at St. James Pro-Cathedral in Rockford on May 25, 1957.
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Bishop David Malloy stopped for a photo with diocesan seminarian James Linkenheld after Mass at the tomb of St. Paul at St. Paul Outside the Walls Church in Rome. Bishop Malloy is in Rome, along with other bishops from this Midwest region, for his Ad Limina visit with Pope Francis. Linkenheld is currently studying theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome and is scheduled to be ordained in 2021.
Reverend Francis E. McDonnell, S.T.L. died Nov. 14 at Presence Cor Mariae in Rockford, Illinois. Father was born on February 21, 1927 in Sterling to Thomas J. McDonnell and Margaret A. Weber.
Father McDonnell was ordained by the Most Reverend John J. Boylan at St. Mary Parish in Sterling, Illinois on April 11, 1951. Father attended St. Mary Seminary in Baltimore, Md., where he received a Bachelor’s degree in 1947 and a bachelor’s degree in Sacred Theology (STB) in 1949 as well as his Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1951. He later attended the University of Notre Dame, where he received an Master’s degree in Philosophy.
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The first ‘A Movable Feast’ fundraiser for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockford was held Oct. 24 at the Nordlof Center in Rockford. The evening featured the culinary arts of Greenfire restaurant, a painting created onsite that evening, music during the reception and dinner and the play “Damien” performed by Wayne Messmer.
More about this first event that will head to Aurora next year in the Nov. 1 Observer.
Bishop David Malloy joined Father Philip Kaim and others involved with the Holy Family capital campaign for a groundbreaking ceremony the morning of Oct. 11 near the church. Work on the site where new parking lot space is planned as well as foundation work for new construction will soon begin. The $8 million campaign includes some work already completed, such as a new roof for the gym and new bathrooms for the school. The original school boiler from 1962 has been replaced and soon will be up and running once some chimney work is completed.
See more photos and information in the Oct. 18 edition of The Observer.
