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Many from diocese began new year by deepening faith at SEEK2019-Indianapolis

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - Featured Article Father Adam Cesarek Emma Bucher, Father Chase Hildenbrinck, FOCUS, Indianapolis, SEEK, SEEK2019

This is only about two-thirds of the group of 72 from the St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois that attended the SEEK2019 conference in Indianapolis Jan. 3-7. The biannual gathering is sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. (Provided photo)

The nearness of a major Catholic gathering led nearly 150 college students, young adults, priests and Religious from the Diocese of Peoria to begin 2019 by deepening their faith at the SEEK2019 experience in Indianapolis. “Faithful Catholics often feel isolated or alone in their school or workplace,” said Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, who accompanied a group […]

A snow of unity

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - Editorial

In many ways we live in a time of division, certainly in our politics but also culturally and generationally. Christianity itself and, sadly, the Catholic Church too can seem far from Jesus’ prayer before his Ascension that we “may all be one,” something called to mind annually during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, […]

Meet a Reader: RyAnne Carr, Peoria

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - Book Review Peoria, RyAnne Carr, St. Philomena

RyAnne Carr

How we know you: I am a lifelong member of St. Philomena Parish in Peoria. I served as a FOCUS missionary for two years after college where I met my husband. Currently I am a homemaker with three children ages 6 and under. Why I love reading: I love reading because it allows me to […]

Why ‘True Reformers’ by Jerome K. Williams is a gift of hope for the church today

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - Book Review

Reviewed by Father Luke Spannagel If you are like me, the headlines the last couple months about scandals and failures in leadership within our Church have been challenging on many levels. As I continue to pray for everyone who has been hurt, I have also been asking God for wisdom and strength in daily ministry. […]

Marriage a prime image of God’s love

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - Living the Word

Shawn Reeves

By Shawn Reeves Second Sunday in Ordinary Time/Jan. 20 Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-2,2-3,7-8,9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 This year my wife and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage, and I could not help but celebrate a little already after reviewing this Sunday’s readings. They are rich with marital language. God professes Himself a “bridegroom […]

Heavy weekend snow led some parishes in diocese to cancel Masses Jan. 12-13

By: Tom Dermody - January 17, 2019 - News Article cancellations, Hancock County, Masses, snow

A statue of Mary outside St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria shows the effects of the foot of snow that fell on the city and much of the Diocese of Peoria the weekend of Jan. 12-13. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)

A weekend snowfall that measured more than a foot in some regions of the diocese caused the cancellation of many parish or school activities, including all Masses in Hancock County on Jan. 12-13. “It snowed and snowed and just kept coming,” said Father Thomas Szydlik, parochial vicar of the five linked faith communities in Nauvoo, […]

Married Valentines, consider Feb. 9 Marriage Mass at cathedral, Date Night

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - News Article date night, Marriage Mass

Couples renew their vows at a previous Diocesan Marriage Mass in this Catholic Post file photo.

Married couples looking for an evening out as Valentine’s Day approaches are invited to consider the Diocese of Peoria’s annual Marriage Mass on Saturday, Feb. 9, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria as well as an optional “Date Night” with dinner and entertainment to follow. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be principal celebrant of […]

Increased seasonal flu activity leads hospitals to request limits on visitors

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - Uncategorized

Increased seasonal flu activity has prompted area medical centers to ask the public to voluntarily limit hospital visits. (CNS file/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Increased flu activity has resulted in many hospitals in Central Illinois, including those in the OSF HealthCare System, to ask the public to voluntarily limit visits as a precautionary measure to protect patients, visitors, and staff from spreading the flu and other upper respiratory illnesses. News releases from OSF HealthCare in early January cited guidelines […]

Citing flu outbreak, Bishop Jenky suggests temporary changes in liturgy practices

By: The Catholic Post - January 17, 2019 - News Article Bishop Jenky, Communion, flu, Kiss of Peace, liturgy, Mass

EDITOR’S NOTE: Citing flu outbreak concerns being reported by area hospitals, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has suggested a series of temporary changes for liturgical practices in the Diocese of Peoria. Following is the full text of his letter sent to all parishes on Thursday, Jan. 16. — To the Pastors, Priests, Deacons, Religious, and […]

“The Kid Who Would Be King” (Fox)

By: The Catholic Post - January 16, 2019 - Movie Review

Louis Ashbourne Serkis stars in a scene from the movie "The Kid Who Would Be King." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II adults and adolescents. (CNS/Fox)

By Catholic News Service The Arthurian legend gets an inventive updating in this thrilling adventure that casts schoolchildren as latter-day Knights of the Round Table, destined to save the world. A 12-year-old boy (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) finds a sword stuck in a pile of rubble and pulls it out, unaware that the mythical Excalibur is […]

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