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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka celebrates Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Tylka took part in the fall assembly of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore in late November at which a three-year National Eucharistic Revival was approved. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)
So many of the things Coadjutor Bishop Louis Tylka has done in the last year were not things he learned in the seminary. Among them is how to minister to people during a pandemic — or how to be a bishop. Some things have remained very much the same, however. “It’s never about yourself,” he […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 24, 2021 -
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Eleven priests ministering in the Diocese of Peoria are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their ordinations in 2021. They include seven men who were ordained by Bishop John J. Myers on May 25, 1996, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria: Msgr. Brian K. Brownsey, Msgr. Stanley L. Deptula, Msgr. James E. Kruse, Father Gerald J. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Father Daniel J. Wilder
None of his classmates at Saranac Lake Central High School in Saranac Lake, New York, were surprised when Father Wilder went into the seminary after graduation. He had been an altar server right up until his senior year and was active on the youth council for the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York. But after two […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Father John Thieryoung
Father Thieryoung said if someone hadn’t told him it was his 25th anniversary of ordination he wouldn’t have noticed. “It doesn’t seem like 25 years,” he said. He will celebrate with Mass at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 30, at St. Catherine Church in Aledo, where he is the pastor. A reception will follow. While […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Father Robert Spilman
Father Spilman had been out of school for 25 years when he began his studies for the priesthood. He called it an eye opening experience. “But you have a lot of good times, too,” he said, recalling with a laugh that the other seminarians called him “Grandpa.” His age and a career in banking gave […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Father Gerald J. Meyer
At 59, not only was Father Meyer the oldest member of his ordination class for the Diocese of Peoria, but he was one of the oldest men to enter St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, in 1992. With that age came experience from 32 years of marriage and parenting 10 children. He also brought […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Msgr. James E. Kruse
Not only is Msgr. Kruse celebrating the 25th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on May 25, but his father, Deacon Fred Kruse, marked the 30th anniversary of his ordination as a permanent deacon on April 27. They serve together at St. Mary of the Woods in Princeville, where Msgr. Kruse is pastor. Born […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Msgr. Stanley L. Deptula
As executive director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, Msgr. Deptula has worked long and hard to see that the work and heroic virtues of the sainthood candidate are known around the world. The relationship doesn’t stop there, however. “Fulton Sheen has changed my priesthood. I feel truly that he is my diocesan brother, […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 24, 2021 -
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Msgr. Brian K. Brownsey
Msgr. Brownsey quips that at 58, he must be the oldest Newman Center chaplain in the country. But he wouldn’t trade his ministry to the college students at Bradley University and Illinois Central College for anything. “I love it,” he said. “It perks me up and keeps me going.” Msgr. Brownsey said his affinity for […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 21, 2021 -
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Father R. Michael Schaab
PUTNAM — Since he was granted senior status in 2014, Father R. Michael Schaab has been working to make things grow on his 15-acre hobby farm in Putnam County. That includes apples, cherries, pears, peaches, raspberries and red and black currants. “My theory was I’ll plant everything I can and we’ll see what likes it […]
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