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Charity on wheels: St. Nicholas Mobile Pantry is blessed and ministry launched

By: Tom Dermody - September 12, 2019 - Featured Article blessing, Catholic Charities, SCTJM, Sister Michelle Fernandez, St. Nicholas Mobile Pantry, Suzie Meismer

Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, blesses a van that will serve as the St. Nicholas Mobile Pantry, a new outreach of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Peoria. Looking on at left during the ceremony at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria are Sister Michelle Fernandez, SCTJM, director of Catholic Charities, and Suzie Meismer, who will provide case management at the van’s various stops throughout the diocese. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

There is now a St. Nicholas Day every week in the Diocese of Peoria. On Tuesday morning, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, blessed a white Ford Transit cargo van as the “St. Nicholas Mobile Pantry,” a new outreach of Catholic Charities to serve needs throughout the 26-county diocese. Each week, usually on a Tuesday, the […]

Epiphany Parish in Normal to host Eucharistic Miracles exhibition Oct. 1-6

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - News Article Carlo Acutis, Epiphany, Eucharist, exhibition, miracles, Normal

NORMAL — Epiphany Parish here will host “Eucharistic Miracles of the World,” a Vatican International Exhibition, from Tuesday, Oct. 1, through Sunday, Oct. 6. The exhibit — comprised of poster panels with descriptive texts and images — tells the stories of more than 120 church-recognized miracles involving the Eucharist from around the globe. The event […]

‘Waking Up White’ leads to much needed lessons, personal examination on racism

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - Book Review Book, Debby Irving, OSB, racism, Sister Mary Core, Waking up White

Debby Irving, left, is the author of "Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race."

Reviewed by Sister Mary Core, OSB About two years ago, I read about Debby Irving’s book, “Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.” I thought, “Interesting title. I ought to read that.” Why? Because I wondered whether I myself was unintentionally racist. I had grown aware of my thoughts around race. […]

St. James, Williamsfield, completes church projects; set to mark 130 years on Sept. 22

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - News Article 130 years, Father John Verrier, St. James, Williamsfield

St. James Church at its new location in Williamsfield. The parish marks its 130th anniversary with an ice cream social Sept. 22 at the American Legion Hall, located next to the church. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

WILLIAMSFIELD — To say that St. James Parish is still on the move after 130 years would be an understatement. The small church that has served the parish for much of its history was lifted off of its foundation and moved across Williamsfield on June 2, 2015. Parishioners have spent the last four years tearing […]

Benedictines in Rock Island hope ‘virtual monastery’ tour leads to in-person visits

By: Jennifer Willems - September 12, 2019 - Featured Article Benedictines, Chris Mandle, Rock Island, Sister Stefanie MacDonald, virtual monastery

The Virtual Monastery Experience gives visitors an opportunity to see what St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island offers so they will feel more comfortable coming in person and perhaps considering religious life. (Provided photo/Mandle Design Inc.)

ROCK ISLAND — It’s a question Sister Stefanie MacDonald, OSB, is asked often when people find out she lives in a monastery: “Can I go there?” “They think they can’t go in,” said Sister Stefanie, director of vocations for the Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island and a preschool teacher at Our […]

Funeral Mass homily: Msgr. Hallin an extraordinary teacher, energetic pastor

By: The Catholic Post - September 12, 2019 - Uncategorized funeral, homily, Msgr. Albert Hallin, Msgr. Doug Hennessy

Msgr. Albert Hallin stands in front of the small altar in his apartment at Inman Place in Champaign in this 2013 file photo. The former educator, pastor and holder of diocesan leadership positions died Aug. 26 at the age of 90. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the homily from the Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Albert Hallin, P.A., a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who died on Aug. 26 at the age of 90. His obituary appeared in the Sept. 1 issue of The Catholic Post. The funeral was celebrated on Aug. 30 at […]

Beloved usher at St. Patrick Parish, Seneca, is still on duty as he nears 100th birthday

By: Jennifer Willems - September 11, 2019 - Featured Article

Ann and John Collet give veteran usher Bob Hollenbeck a reason to stop while taking the collection at St. Patrick Church in Seneca on Sept. 8. Hollenbeck, who will celebrate his 100th birthday on Oct. 1, has been an usher there for 63 years. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

SENECA — Over the course of a century, Bob Hollenbeck has done just about everything he’s wanted to do. So what will he wish for when he celebrates his 100th birthday on Oct. 1? “Two more years,” he replies with a chuckle and a twinkle in his eye. “I’ve had such a good life,” Mr. […]

The Priest is Not His Own

By: The Catholic Post - September 11, 2019 - News Article, The Sheen Corner

By Katie Bogner “On Saturday, September 20, 1919, I was ordained a priest, by the grace of God, in the cathedral at Peoria. The stirrings which the Holy Spirit put in my soul in the early days were now fulfilled — or were they? I was now a priest. Yes. But is not that just […]

God’s love for us is never in doubt, but the key question is do we love God?

By: The Catholic Post - September 11, 2019 - Living the Word

By Tim Irwin Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 15 Exodus 32:7-11,13-14; Psalm 51:3-4,12-13,17,19; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 St. Luke recounts the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus as a proclamation to the outcasts. Just who exactly were the outcasts? This week’s readings, the entire 15th chapter of Luke’s Gospel, recount Jesus teaching to two kinds […]

“It: Chapter Two” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2019 - Movie Review Bill Hader, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain

Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, James Ransone, Isaiah Mustafa and Jay Ryan star in a scene from the movie "It: Chapter Two." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)

By Catholic News Service Patience-trying follow-up to the 2017 adaptation of horror maven Stephen King’s novel jumps ahead almost three decades from the late-Eighties action of the original and unleashes the cyclically returning evil that has long beset the fictional town of Derry, New Hampshire. This becomes the cue for a reunion of the self-dubbed […]

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