Chicago-area Catholics go to Springfield to lobby for schools

March 3, 2010 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.)

They loaded up a chartered bus in Park Ridge early Wednesday morning. They joined Cardinal Francis George and bishops from six Illinois dioceses for a mass in Springfield as well as attending individual meetings with legislators.

Among the issues in the lobbying effort: Funding for parochial schools and support for a bill on tuition vouchers for inner-city public school students to attend nearby private schools.

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