Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky blesses recent First Communicants from around the Diocese of Peoria as he enters St. Mary’s Cathedral for the diocesan Mass in their honor on June 6. Those who received their First Communion in parishes around the Diocese of Peoria this spring were encouraged by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, to always […]
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By: Special to The Catholic Post “True joy we experience only if we center on the Lord — He must increase, I must decrease.” — Mother Vaclava Ballon, foundress and superior of the Franciscan Sisters of John the Baptist (pictured above at their Peoria Heights motherhouse) —– EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth in a […]
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Photo Caption: “Imagine if stewardship became the norm in your parish,” said Mary Foley, keynote speaker. “What would be different?” By: By Tom Dermody Mary Foley has a dream she would love to see come true at your parish. “In a perfect world,” she said at the Diocese of Peoria’s recent Stewardship Conference, “I dream […]
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By: By Shawn Reeves Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time/June 21 Job 38:1,8-11; Psalm 107:23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 My middle son had always loved thunderstorms. Even within that year in which one transitions from “infant” to “toddler,” he would climb upon the couch, eyes poised to see lightning, and gleefully whisper to me, “Thunder!” […]
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By: By Jennifer Willems PHOTO CAPTION: Principals who are retiring this spring are, from left, Kathryn Bennett, Mary Paula Schmitt, Winnie Pratt, Pat Kellogg, Jerry Carls, Jim Flaherty and Colin Letendre. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) —– They may be retiring from the daily routine of a Catholic school principal, but the seven school administrators who […]
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Photo Caption: Retiring principal Mary Paula Schmitt receives a token of appreciation and an expression of gratitude for her years of service at St. Louis School in Princeton from Bishop Jenky. By: By Jennifer Willems After a long year of meeting over conference tables to map out the future for their schools, pastors and principals […]
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Photo Caption: The June series of Theology on Tap in Peoria takes place on Wednesday evenings at Kelleher’s Irish Pub, 619 S.W. Water St. An evening of “Stump the Bishop” with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, highlights a summer series of Theology on Tap discussions for young adults in the Peoria area under way this […]
Continue readingMOLINE — The Northwest Area Cursillo community is sponsoring a Day of Renewal on Saturday, June 20, at the Believers Together Center at Christ the King Church, 3209 60th St. The theme is “The Fruit of the Spirit.”Open to everyone 21 and older, the day begins with registration at 8 a.m. Father Duane Jack, a […]
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Photo Caption: Vicki Donald embraces Father Larry Zurek, OFM, as he and Father Luis Aponte-Merced, OFM, greet well-wishers after celebrating their final Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria on June 7. By: By Tom Dermody With tearful farewells, expressions and symbols of gratitude, and a promise that “every time you celebrate the Eucharist, […]
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LACON — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church here at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 12, for Father Arthur D. Meyer, a former hospital chaplain and pastor, including for 17 years at St. Mary Parish, Canton. Father Meyer died on Friday, June 5, 2015. He was 84. Bishop Daniel […]
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