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By: Tom Dermody - October 29, 2018 -
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Coal Valley, crash, Father Anthony Ego, St. Maria Goretti, truck
Plywood covers a hole created when a truck crashed into St. Maria Goretti Church in Coal Valley last Oct. 25, spraying bricks and mortar throughout the church and toppling pews and music equipment. (Photo by a St. Maria Goretti parishioner)
UPDATED Nov. 7, 2018 COAL VALLEY – St. Maria Goretti Church here was extensively damaged and has been temporarily closed after a vehicle crashed through its southwest wall the evening of Thursday, Oct. 25. The driver, Joe Gotthardt, reportedly suffered a sudden medical condition prior to losing control of his truck, a Dodge Ram 2500. […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 29, 2018 -
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Benet House Retreat Center, Sister Bobbi Bussan, Sister Joyce Rupp
The new Compassion Team at Benet House Retreat Center in Rock Island is shown with Sister Joyce Rupp, OSM (second from left), who trained them. Team members are Jan Gull, Sister Bobbi Bussan, OSB, director of Benet House, and Elaine Olson. Provided photo
ROCK ISLAND — If the world is going to be at peace, it may be compassion that turns things around. The Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery are doing what they can to support that by making their Benet House Retreat Center a “center of compassion,” according to Sister Bobbi Bussan, OSB, director. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
Book Review
Pope Francis attends the release of the book, "Sharing the Wisdom of Time," in Rome Oct. 23. In the book, the pope offers commentary on the life stories of older people throughout the world. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the launch of a new book, Pope Francis is calling for a new alliance — between young and old — to change the world. In an effort to counteract today’s “culture of waste” that too easily marginalizes or ignores the young and the elderly, the book by Loyola Press creates […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 26, 2018 -
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ALS, Ed and Ann Rapp Family Endowment, Ed Rapp, OSF HealthCare Foundation
Ed Rapp, former group president at Caterpillar in Peoria, said that even though being diagnosed with ALS meant he couldn't finish out his career at the company he gave 37 years to, being able to make a difference at Caterpillar and in the world of ALS makes his a happy story. (Provided photo)
Ed Rapp is reminded every day, with every step he takes, that ALS is a part of his life. He prefers not to focus on the fear of what is to come, however. “I remind audiences that none of us is going to get out of this alive,” he recently told The Catholic Post during […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
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Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio, a senior priest from Galesburg, and Father Michael Pica, parochial vicar at St. Patrick Church of Merna in Bloomington and St. Mary Parish, Downs, sign letters promising prayers and support to diocesan seminarians "during these challenging times for the Catholic Church in our country." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
When nearly 100 priests of the Diocese of Peoria gathered for a two-day assembly in Peoria this week, they found a way to express their solidarity with seminarians “during these challenging times for the Catholic Church in our country.” As Priest Assembly Days opened at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria on Oct. 23, Msgr. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
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Bloomington, clothing closet, food pantry, Holy Trinity, School, St. Vincent de Paul Society
Heads bow as Steve Nolan leads volunteers in prayer before the opening of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry at the Holy Trinity Parish Center in Bloomington on a recent Monday morning. Next spring, the busy pantry will leave its crowded quarters for a new home at the nearby former Holy Trinity Junior High School. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
BLOOMINGTON — It seems fitting that nearly all the doors in the former Holy Trinity Junior High School building here are being widened as the building is transformed into a spacious new home for the food and clothing distribution projects of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Holy Trinity Conference. For practical reasons, the […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 26, 2018 -
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Franciscan Sister Gwen Hennessey encouraged people to "get involved" and build the reign of God in whatever area we are in" as part of the Nuns on the Bus "Tax Justice Truth Tour" Oct. 18 in Peoria. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
Seeing a brightly colored bus pull up in front of Heartland Health Services on Peoria’s East Bluff isn’t something that happens every day, but curiosity turned to gratitude as the “Nuns on the Bus” declared their intention to “show up, stand up, and demonstrate our concern for others” as a result of the Tax Cuts […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 26, 2018 -
News Article
Albina Aspell, 91, former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post, newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
“I’m at a great stage in life. The best ever!” The first words from Albina Aspell in a recent lengthy interview with the former editor and publisher of The Catholic Post may sound difficult to believe coming from someone who is 91 and enduring the progression of Parkinson’s disease. But then maybe you don’t know […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 26, 2018 -
Living the Word
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 28 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 We Americans are an impatient people. We want what we want and we want it now — instant gratification. I typed “instant gratification” into a browser and got 14,600,000 hits in four-tenths of a second. I wonder why it took so long? […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 25, 2018 -
Movie Review
Justin Bruening stars as U.S. Army Chaplain Darren Turner in a scene from the movie "Indivisible." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/courtesy Provident Films)
By Catholic News Service Earnest fact-based drama, set in 2007, in which an inexperienced Protestant Army chaplain (Justin Bruening) finds his pastoral skills, the stability of his marriage (to Sarah Drew) and even his faith tested when he’s assigned to care for a unit deployed on the dangerous outskirts of Baghdad. He helps to make […]
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