PEORIA – OSF HealthCare is pleased to announce the official establishment of OSF Healthcare Ministries as a Diocesan Public Juridic Person (Diocesan PJP), in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. OSF Healthcare Ministries will now serve as the sole corporate member and canonical sponsor of OSF Healthcare. This marks an important milestone for the […]
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Kyle Kazlauski, then a second grader at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Peoria Heights, is dressed as Pope St. John Paul II, flanked by an altar line of saints in this photo from the Nov. 13, 2023 issue of The Catholic Post. (Provided photo)
In part due to their proximity on the calendar, All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2), are often spoken of in the same breath, which can muddy the distinctions between them (in much the same way as Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be conflated). The ways through which we can […]
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Father Thomas Dunton, CSJ, asked school leaders to reflect on Pope Francis’s definition of hope as “the love springing from the pierced heart of Jesus upon the cross.” (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)
MAGNOLIA – Diocesan school principals and administrators met at their fall retreat Oct. 23-24 at Sacré-Coeur Retreat Center to refresh their understanding of the virtue of hope, and how to inspire it in their school communities. Father Thomas Dunton, CSJ, of the Congregation of St. John in Princeville served as retreat master, and described for […]
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Priests of the Diocese of Peoria met for their fall Assembly Days at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria Oct. 22-23. The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore
The agenda of the fall priest Assembly Days (Oct. 22—23) for the Diocese of Peoria might have been characterized as, “Let’s not kid ourselves that something big didn’t just happen.” The “something big” was the announcement of the new parish models by Bishop Louis Tylka at Pentecost as part of Growing Disciples pastoral planning process. […]
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Bishop Louis Tylka elevates the Body of Christ during the Eucharistic prayer at a Mass for the priests of the diocese before the start of their fall Assembly Days on Oct. 22 in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Paul Thomas Moore)
The priests of the Diocese of Peoria gather for their semi-annual Assembly Days Oct. 22-23 in Peoria. This is the first such assembly since the announcement of the new parish models by Bishop Louis Tylka at Pentecost as part of Growing Disciples pastoral planning process. RENEW THEIR WITNESS OF FAITH As one of the prayers […]
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Bishop Louis Tylka celebrated a Green Mass to launch the Care for Creation initiative organized by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) on Oct. 5 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville. PDCCW Care for Creation committee members are (from left): Colleen Carlson, Susan Lawhorn, Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB, Barbara Harzman, Mary Ann Hughes and Chris McAtee. (Dean Campbell, St. Anthony Parish)
Bartonville – The Peoria Diocese Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) organized a Green Mass event for Oct. 5 to launch the diocese-wide Care for Creation program. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Bartonville. He encouraged recognizing the beauty and enjoyment of God’s creation and the need to […]
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Editor’s Note: During this Respect Life Month, on the weekend of Oct. 25-27, men and women who have been wounded by abortion will gather at a location in the Diocese of Peoria for a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat. The journey to attend this weekend is often a long and winding one. One Diocese of Peoria woman […]
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Box of Joy is about showing the world’s poorest children that they are loved. Individuals, families, parishes or schools fill shoebox-sized boxes with small, age-appropriate gifts and bring them to drop-off centers, such as the drop-off and sorting center at St. Joseph Church in Brimfield. Box of Joy Week is from Nov. 2 to Nov. 10.
BRIMFIELD — Box of Joy coordinator Tina Windish of St. Joseph Parish, Brimfield is in her ninth year of what she describes as a “labor of love”: working with diocesan parishes and schools to collect shoebox-sized gift boxes for some of the world’s poorest children. The Box of Joy program – itself in its 11th […]
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Bishop Louis Tylka presides at Mass during the closing Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Sister of St. Benedict at St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island Oct. 13. (Anne Marie Amacher)
By Anne Marie Amacher for The Catholic Post Online ROCK ISLAND – “It was a blessing to be here a year ago and feel the excitement as the sisters celebrate and reflect on their 150 years. “It is great to be back to bring to a conclusion the year-long celebration,” said Bishop Louis Tylka. He […]
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Over 500 gather with Bishop Louis Tylka for Mass in U of I’s St. John’s Catholic Chapel to kick off “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Oct. 6. “Feast Week” honors St. John the Evangelist, patron of the Newman Center Chapel, and St. John Henry Newman. (St. John’s Catholic Newman Center/Grace Beumler)
By Grace Beumler, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center CHAMPAIGN – St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois marked the beginning of their “Catholic Illini Feast Week” on Sunday, Oct. 6 with Mass celebrated by Bishop Louis Tylka. The week-long Feast Week celebration honors both of the Newman Center’s patrons: St. John the […]
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