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By: Tom Dermody - September 9, 2016 -
News Article
Carol Donton, Father Joseph Donton, Mother Teresa, shrine, St. Teresa of Kolkata
Carol Donton with her home shrine to Mother Teresa in Edwards. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
EDWARDS — When visitors come to Carol Donton’s home, moments after being greeted by her smile, they are made aware of her love for newly canonized St. Teresa of Kolkata. Just inside the doorway is a small shrine to the saint, with some of the treasured pieces made possible because Mrs. Donton’s son is Father […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 9, 2016 -
Featured Article
experiences, memories, Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Kolkata, The Catholic Post
When Mother Teresa was canonized at the Vatican on Sept. 4, hundreds in the Diocese of Peoria recalled being in the presence of a saint. Thousands of others in central Illinois of all faiths continue to be inspired by the words and actions of the foundress of the Missionaries of Charity who served “the poorest […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2016 -
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Bishop John Lancaster Spalding, Canon J. J. Flattery, Founder's Day Mass, homily
Canon J. J. Flattery of Danville recalls the life and accomplishments of the Diocese of Peoria's first bishop, John Lancaster Spalding, during his homily at the Founder's Day Mass on Aug. 25. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily given by Canon J. J. Flattery of Danville at the Founder’s Day Mass celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Aug. 25, 2016. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding, the founding bishop of the Diocese of […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 7, 2016 -
News Article
Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, Peoria, St. Mary's Cathedral, St. Teresa of Kolkata
This statue of St. Teresa of Kolkata outside of St. Mary's Cathedral commemorates her visit on Dec. 10,1995. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Thousands of people from around the world filled St. Peter’s Square in Rome last Sunday to hear Pope Francis “declare and define” Mother Teresa’s sainthood, but that kind of good news isn’t something that can be confined to one day. The celebration continues this Saturday, Sept. 10, with a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 7, 2016 -
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Missionaries of Charity, Peoria
Sister M. Rosetta, MC, (foreground) and Sister M. Angeles, MC, smile as students in the Missionaries of Charity summer camp begin a procession at the Bishop Franz Center in Peoria. (Provided photo)
At the Sept. 10 diocesan celebration to give thanks for the life of St. Teresa of Kolkata and observe the 25th anniversary of her community’s arrival in central Illinois, some of the choicest seats in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria will be reserved for the poor. The new saint wouldn’t have it any other way, […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2016 -
News Article
Archabbot Lambert Reilly, deacons, mercy, missionary
After his talk to deacons of the Diocese of Peoria, Archabbot Lambert Reilly, OSB, greets Deacon Nicholas Simon of St. Anthony Parish in Atkinson and Sacred Heart, Annwan, as Deacon Rod Gray of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg looks on. The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody
The only sin that can’t be forgiven is our own refusal to have the sin forgiven, a missionary of mercy said in the Diocese of Peoria on Aug. 20. “There is no sin beyond the salvific power of Jesus Christ,” said Archabbot Lambert Reilly, OSB, who guided St. Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana from 1995 […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 7, 2016 -
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John and Molly Meyer of Peoria, who were married Aug. 6 at St. John's Catholic Chapel in Champaign, received a special blessing for "sposi novelli" or newlyweds from Pope Francis in Rome four days later. (L'Osservatore Romano photo)
St. John Paul II must be smiling. Molly Meyer feels certain the saintly pope played matchmaker for her and her new husband, John, who were married by Father Luke Spannagel at St. John’s Catholic Chapel in Champaign on Aug. 6. He also made it possible for them to start their life together with a “sposi […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2016 -
News Article
Bloomington, Champaign, Fatima, Galesburg, Peoria, pilgrim virgin statue, tour
Patrick Sabat, the principal custodian of the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima, has been traveling with the statue since 2003.
The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima, on a two-year “Centennial U.S. Tour for Peace” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary in the Portugal village, will be hosted in Galesburg, Champaign and Bloomington from Sept. 16-19. The statue was sculpted in 1947 by Jose Thedim on instructions from Sister Lucia, who […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2016 -
Movie Review
Anya Taylor-Joy and Kate Mara star in a scene from the movie "Morgan." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service Unoriginal sci-fi thriller omits even an occasional reflection on what it means to have a human moral sense. Instead, director Luke Scott and screenwriter Seth Owen put Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy), a creature made of synthetic DNA, through the paces of shlock 1980s horror as she wreaks murderous havoc on her creators. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 7, 2016 -
Editorial
As our nation pauses Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, we call to mind that dark day in our history occurred shortly after Bishop John J. Myers, the seventh Bishop of Peoria and an Earlville native, was named Archbishop of Newark. The New Jersey archdiocese is located just […]
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