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By: Tom Dermody - September 23, 2016 -
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Anthony, Anthony Stone, cystic fibrosis, Peoria Notre Dame, Pope Francis, Randy Simmons
Pope Francis greets Anthony Stone, 16, of Creve Coeur following the pope's general audience at the Vatican on Aug. 31. (Provided photo)
Homecoming Week at Peoria Notre Dame was just that for its newest student, Anthony Stone. “I feel this is the school where God wants me to be,” said the sophomore on Sept. 16 after his first week at the Catholic high school he prayed he could attend. The path God chose to bring Anthony to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 23, 2016 -
Movie Review
Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio and Martin Sensmeier star in a scene from the movie "The Magnificent Seven." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/MGM)
By Catholic News Service After a ruthless gold-mining mogul (Peter Sarsgaard) uses his private army of thugs to slaughter several inhabitants of a frontier town in cold blood, and threatens the survivors with a similar fate unless they sell their land to him for a pittance, the widow (Haley Bennett) of one of his victims […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 23, 2016 -
Movie Review
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in a scene from the movie "Snowden." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Open Road Films)
By Catholic News Service Interesting but one-sided and overlong biography of Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the controversial former intelligence officer who, in 2013, revealed to the press the existence of a secret National Security Agency program for the collection of mass data that he considered abusive. As Snowden recalls the events of his life, beginning […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 22, 2016 -
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cancer, DeBisschop, Orion, Sheen
Father James DeBisschop stands near the window of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen at Mary, Our Lady of Peace in Orion. The window was purchased in honor of the 27th anniversary of his priestly ordination in 2015. The prayer for healing through Sheen’s intercession is one that means a great deal to the priest, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2012. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
ORION — Father James DeBisschop doesn’t want to live to be 100. He doesn’t even want to live to be an old man. He just wants to live to serve God. Cancer has made that hard to do over the last four years — but not impossible. “I just love being a parish priest, Father DeBisschop […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 22, 2016 -
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150 years, Geneseo, sesquicentennial, St. Malachy, statue
St. Malachy Church and School in Geneseo.
GENESEO — Even before the Diocese of Peoria was established in 1877, the Catholic faith was blooming in Beautiful Valley, the Indian name for Geneseo. On Sunday, Oct. 9, members of St. Malachy Parish here will celebrate 150 years of prayer and good works with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. During the liturgy, a statue […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 22, 2016 -
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baking, bread monk, Craftsy.com, Father Dominic Garramone, online
Father Dominic Garramone, OSB, a monk of St. Bede Abbey and teacher at St. Bede Academy in Peru, has launched a class on Craftsy.com that will help people “Bake Your Best: Sweet Yeast Breads, Challah and More.” The former host of “Breaking Bread with Father Dominic” on PBS, he has written six cookbooks. Provided photo
PERU — It is now possible to take a class on baking from Father Dominic Garramone, OSB, of St. Bede Abbey without ever leaving home. Known as “The Bread Monk,” he launched an online class, “Bake Your Best: Sweet Yeast Breads, Challah and More,” through Craftsy.com on Sept. 6. The Craftsy platform allows students […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 22, 2016 -
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John Michael Talbot, St. Patrick Parish, Urbana
John Michael Talbot's appearences in Urbana are part of the tour for his 55th album, "The Inner Room," which is being released this month.
URBANA — Christian recording artist and author John Michael Talbot will offer evenings of “Healing and Hope through Spoken Word and Sacred Song” at St. Patrick Church, 708 W. Main St., on Sunday, Oct. 16, and Monday, Oct. 17. Both will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are not required. In lieu of ticket sales, a […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 21, 2016 -
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Diocese of Peoria, Fatima, pilgrim virgin statue
Students from Corpus Christi Catholic School in Bloomington wave white cloths and sing "Ave Maria" as the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima is carried in procession outside the school on Sept. 19. (Provided photo/Bernie Hunt)
Our prayers and the way we live our lives can change history. That was among the messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima nearly 100 years ago emphasized anew last weekend as the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima’s “Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace” made several stops in the Diocese of Peoria. “We […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 21, 2016 -
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Diocese of Peoria, homily, Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Kolkata
Father Jeremy Freehill gives the homily at the diocesan celebration of the canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata on Sept. 10. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the the full text of the homily given by Father Jeremy Freehill at the diocesan celebration of the canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata. The Sept. 10 Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria also marked 25 years of service in the Diocese of Peoria by the religious community she founded, […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 21, 2016 -
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Diocese of Peoria, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Kolkata
Bishop Jenky uses a relic of St. Teresa of Kolkata to bless members of her community, the Missionaries of Charity, following a Sept. 10 Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems
In a celebration that drew Missionaries of Charity from as far away as Chicago; Indianapolis and Gary, Indiana; St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota; and St. Louis to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, gave thanks for the canonization of their foundress, St. Teresa of Kolkata. He also led the applause for […]
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