WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the effort to pass the DREAM Act hits its 10th anniversary, churches, synagogues and mosques around the country will devote a September weekend to teaching their congregations about the faith-based reasons to work for its passage. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., flanked by priests, bishops, rabbis, ministers and an imam, announced July […]
Continue readingBERLIN (CNS) — A German appeals court has upheld the conviction of a traditionalist bishop for denying the Holocaust. On July 11, the court ruled against British Bishop Richard Williamson, a member of the Society of St. Pius X, who in a 2009 TV interview said that the Holocaust was exaggerated and that no Jews […]
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Photo Caption: Daniel Radcliffe, front, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint star in a scene from the movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2.” By: By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The last battle of the almost-grownup Harry Potter may be too scary for young viewers, but it champions […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — More than 200 teens, young adults and adults from Illinois, Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Ohio will participate in the weeklong Catholic HEART Workcamp in Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas the week of July 17-23. Catholic HEART (Helping Everyone Attain Repairs Today) Workcamp gives campers an opportunity to live their faith as they […]
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Photo Caption: “Grave harm” would result if Catholic Charities were to be forced out of its longstanding mission of serving children in foster care and adoption, said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two Catholic bishops praised an Illinois judge’s ruling late July 12 that […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 10 Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 65:10,11,12-13,14; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23 Before the winter wheat is planted in northwest Kansas, some parishes make it a tradition to invite a farm family to bring a container of seeds to church. Not only is God’s blessing sought for these […]
Continue readingThe Catholic Post received three awards for journalistic excellence and a children’s book by Father Dominic Garramone, OSB, of St. Bede Abbey also captured a top prize in judging of material published in 2010 sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. Editorials by Thomas J. Dermody took first place in […]
Continue readingThe 13th anniversary celebration of the enthronement of the Santo Nino de Cebu at St. Joseph’s Church in Peoria is planned for Saturday, July 23. It will be held in the church and parish hall at 103 Richard Pryor Place. The observance will begin with a Mass at 5:30 p.m. and include a blessing of […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Paul Showalter, P.A., vicar general of the Diocese of Peoria, blesses one of the newly refurbished stained-glass windows at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Nauvoo. By: By Tom Dermody NAUVOO — Bathed in rays of light from a setting summer sun streaming through newly restored stained glass windows, members of Sts. Peter […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems There was more than one reason to celebrate when the priests of the diocese came together for the annual Jubilarian Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Not only did they honor their brother priests who are marking ordination milestones in 2011, but they also welcomed Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, the […]
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