Anyone who has made a Cursillo is invited to take part in a Day of Renewal sponsored by Peoria-area Cursillo on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. The cost is $12 per person and includes lunch. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the pastoral center, located at 419 N.E. Madison Ave. […]
Continue readingTwo fundraising dinners to support college-level seminarians are planned in early August. Seminarians from throughout the diocese will be present to greet supporters at both events. The second annual Msgr. George A. Carton College Scholarship Dinner, sponsored by the Diocesan Vocation Team, is Friday evening, Aug. 5, at Johnny’s Metro Ballroom, adjacent to Johnny’s Italian […]
Continue readingTennis players, volunteers, sponsors and spectators are sought for the inaugural “St. Therese Tennis Tourney,” a doubles tournament set for Saturday, Aug. 27, that will raise funds for three charities serving children in need, including Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria. The tournament — to be hosted at Racquet Club South of The Clubs […]
Continue readingA diocese-wide Day of Reflection for the Widowed and Divorced has been schedule for Saturday, Aug. 6. Sponsored by the Widowed and Divorced Diocesan Advisory Board, it will be held at St. Patrick’s Church of Merna in Bloomington. The major presenter will be Father Albert Haase, OFM, a popular preacher, teacher, radio host, author and […]
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Photo Caption: The newly completed St. Anthony’s Parish Center in Atkinson will be blessed by Bishop Jenky on Sunday evening, July 24. By: By Tom Dermody ATKINSON — “We watched a miracle take place.” That’s how Deacon Nick Simon describes the outpouring of sacrifice and generosity that has resulted in the completion of a new […]
Continue readingMETAMORA — St. Mary’s School here will benefit from a golf outing planned for Friday, Aug. 5, at Snag Creek Golf Course in Washburn. Check in for the four-person scramble will be at 11 a.m., with a shotgun start set for noon. A dinner will follow at 5:30 p.m. at Snyder Village Center in Metamora. […]
Continue readingTo assist teachers and directors of religious education as they prepare to welcome students back to class, the diocesan Office of Catechetics is offering a Catechetical Conference on Saturday, Aug. 6. It will be held at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. “We are looking forward to the conference as it is the first time […]
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Photo Caption: The new $17.5 million Birthing Center at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington will be blessed July 29, and be open for tours the following day. BLOOMINGTON — OSF St. Joseph Medical Center will deliver on some great expectations when it unveils its new state-of-the-art Birthing Center next Saturday, July 30. The […]
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Photo Caption: Parishes across the Diocese of Peoria will plan for the future in concert with neighboring parishes under a new initiative called “Growing in Faith Together.” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has called all parishes and missions in the Diocese of Peoria to begin a yearlong process of planning for the future. The major […]
Continue readingMETAMORA — St. Mary’s School here will benefit from a golf outing planned for Friday, Aug. 5, at Snag Creek Golf Course in Washburn. Check in for the four-person scramble will be at 11 a.m., with a shotgun start set for noon. A dinner will follow at 5:30 p.m. at Snyder Village Center in Metamora. […]
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