Reviewed by Father Luke Spannagel If you are keeping up with the books Bishop Lou is sharing with the priests, then perhaps you are ready for the next one on the list: “The Four Ways Forward” by Susan Windley-Daoust. She is the director of missionary discipleship for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota. As the […]
Continue readingCause of Our Joy / By Katie Faley October is a month of saints. I’m a big fan of turning ordinary things into mini-retreats. So, to celebrate this mega-month to the full, I thought I’d put together a little October Saint Guide, which can serve as a bit of a self-guided saint retreat. (For a […]
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Living the Word / By Deacon Greg Kandra Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Oct. 1 Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Philippians 2:1-11 (2:1-5 (alternate); Matthew 21:28-32 This Sunday’s Gospel offers us an idea a lot of us need to hear: “It’s not too late. Any of us, if we choose, can follow another […]
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All persons from across the Diocese of Peoria whose lives are touched by cancer will hear a message of peace and be reassured of the love of Jesus at the “Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer” on Saturday, Oct. 7, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Louis Tylka will be principal celebrant of the […]
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St. Stephen Church in Streator, built in 1908, has been the primary worship site of St. Michael the Archangel Parish since it was formed in 2010. A badly deteriorating foundation means the edifice will be permanently abandoned following a final Mass on Oct. 1, with future parishes Masses taking place in St. Anthony Church. (Photo from stmichael-streator.org)
STREATOR — St. Stephen Church, built in 1908 and the principal worship site for St. Michael the Archangel Parish here since it was formed from the consolidation of four Streator faith communities in 2010, will be “permanently abandoned” in the coming days for safety reasons because of a badly deteriorating foundation. “We are not going […]
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A funeral Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, at St. Mary Church in Metamora for Deacon Richard L. “Dick” Zimmerman, who served as a permanent deacon for the former St. Peter Parish in Peoria for more than 20 years. Deacon Zimmerman, 92, died on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at OSF […]
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Since its first campaign in 2007, 40 Days for Life has seen its message of hope and faith in the culture of life spread to more than 1,000 cities in 63 countries. The organization’s website lists the evidence of what prayer, fasting, community outreach and peaceful witness have achieved — 23,525 lives saved, 251 abortion […]
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A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Sept. 7 at Immaculate Conception Convent in West Peoria for Sister Cecilia Mattingly, OSF, a former teacher and librarian at several schools in the Diocese of Peoria who served in childcare following her retirement. Sister Cecilia died on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at OSF Richard Owens Hospice […]
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By Paul Thomas Moore of The Catholic Post In his homily at a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sept. 10 for couples from across the Diocese of Peoria whose 25th or 50th wedding anniversaries fall in 2023, Bishop Louis Tylka recalled a wedding he presided over as a young priest when “falling in love” […]
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COAL VALLEY — Only a small minority of high school tennis players at the skill level of Rock Island Alleman junior Nicholas Patrick attend a regular school. To spend as many hours as possible each day on the court, many others opt for high performance tennis academies or are homeschooled. But for Nicholas, who this […]
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