The Catholic Post Month: October 2022 - Page 2

Prayerful farewell offered for Immaculate Conception, Spring Valley

By: Tom Dermody - October 12, 2022 - News Article

Father Scott Potthoff, pastor of The Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Spring Valley, leads a prayer service outside the former Immaculate Conception Church on Oct. 1. The 105-year-old church has been closed since 2019 and the service helped former Immaculate Conception parishioners say goodbye as the church will either be sold or razed. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

SPRING VALLEY — Beneath mature sycamore trees near the church entrance, about 20 Catholics with their own deep roots at Immaculate Conception Church gathered to pray a farewell to the edifice that has been a symbol of faith in downtown Spring Valley for more than a century. “We give gratitude for the many blessings God […]

Parishioners celebrate as ground blessed, broken for new St. Jude Church in Peoria

By: Jennifer Willems - October 12, 2022 - News Article

Accompanied by Ana Rodas, his master of ceremonies, and Father Daniel McShane, parochial vicar, Bishop Louis Tylka sprinkles holy water throughout what will be the sanctuary of the new St. Jude Church in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Just before he blessed the building site for the new St. Jude Church in Peoria, Bishop Louis Tylka said it was a proud day for parishioners and benefactors, “but also a proud day for your bishop.” “I do realize that this project furthers the entire mission of the parish whether it be through meeting spaces […]

Nearly 1,000 pilgrims follow Jesus for Emmaus Procession through Quad Cities

By: Jennifer Willems - October 9, 2022 - Featured Article

Bishop Thomas Zinkula of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, carries the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament over the Mississippi River on Government (Arsenal) Bridge from Davenport to Rock Island in Illinois. Because the Emmaus Procession had to become narrow for this leg of the walk, Bishop Zinkula asked that the canopy be lowered as he carried the monstrance as high as he could to make certain it could be seen by as many people as possible. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

MOLINE — Jesus had two companions on the walk to Emmaus, but he was accompanied by as many as 1,000 people Oct. 8 as they traveled from Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, Iowa, to St. Mary Church in Moline as part of the first-ever Emmaus Procession through the Quad Cities. Carrying the monstrance with the […]

Mass, Eucharist provide healing we need

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2022 - Living the Word

Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB

Living the Word l Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 9 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1,2-3,3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 Today’s Gospel presents the familiar story of Jesus healing 10 lepers. Jesus performed dozens of miracles, but his curing of lepers holds a special place in the Christian imagination. One reason for […]

Funeral planned Oct. 12 for Sister Marya Dugard, OP, native of Peoria

By: The Catholic Post - October 7, 2022 - News Article

Sister Marya Dugard, OP

SINSINAWA, Wis. — A funeral Mass was planned for Wednesday, Oct. 12, for Sister Marya Dugard, OP, at the Sinsinawa Dominican motherhouse. Burial was to follow in the motherhouse cemetery. Sister Marya died on Oct. 2, 2022, at St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. She was 92. The daughter of Joseph and Anne (Pescetelli) […]

Three modern, “heroic” women serve as role models, guides in troubled times

By: Tom Dermody - October 7, 2022 - Uncategorized

Morgan Matson began her talk at Christ the King Church by suggesting three modern, “heroic” women as role models who can serve as guides “especially with what is going on in the news lately about women and their choices.” The women are: St. Gianna Beretta Molla, a physician who knew her diagnosis of a large […]

Baby Rose’s short life long on love, lessons for mother — and many others

By: Tom Dermody - October 7, 2022 - Featured Article

Deacon Mark Jackson prays with Morgan Matson before her presentation at Christ the King Church in Moline. Matson shared the story of her first pregnancy with daughter Rose, who died shortly after birth. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

MOLINE — Medical records say Baby Rose lived for two hours and 24 minutes on April 10, 2015. But the 2.3-pound, 8-inch-long bundle of love left an eternal imprint on her mother’s life and continues to help others grow in faith and wisdom. “I needed this little girl to guide me back to the Lord, […]

‘Genesis of Gender’ helps to put perspective on complex current topics

By: The Catholic Post - October 7, 2022 - Book Review

Reviewed by Nancy Piccione I’ve written before — more than once — about how I, like many people, prefer to avoid tough topics. Can’t we talk about things that are more cheerful than abortion, or pornography, or toxic cultural trends? And yet, the issues do not go away if we ignore them. The human cost […]

Paul Moore: Suffering, gracefully borne, builds the house of the Risen Son

By: The Catholic Post - October 7, 2022 - Columnists

In My Father’s House l By Paul Thomas Moore I was gazing at a photo of a beautiful church on my wall calendar (Immaculate Heart of Mary, Cordoba, Spain) as I said my morning prayers. It struck me that even the most spectacular churches — a St. Peter’s in Rome, or Notre Dame in Paris […]

Final details, route available for Emmaus Procession from Davenport to Moline

By: The Catholic Post - October 7, 2022 - News Article

As the Emmaus Procession in the Quad Cities approaches this Saturday, Oct. 8, a few minor tweaks have been made so that pilgrims will have the best possible experience on their five-mile walk with Jesus. The first is that while the eucharistic procession will start with Mass at 8 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 422 […]

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