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By: Jennifer Willems - December 16, 2015 -
News Article
Barbara Rohr looks over the Nativities in just one of the curio cabinets in her rural Champaign home.
CHAMPAIGN — When city governments started to remove Nativity scenes from courthouses and public parks, citing the separation of church and state, Barbara Rohr went to work. “It’s the reason for Christmas and why we celebrate,” said Rohr, a member of St. Boniface Parish in Seymour. To make her point, Rohr has collected Nativities of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 16, 2015 -
News Article
The 2,000-pound bronze bell cast in 1904 for St. John the Baptist Church in Clinton bears the names of founding pastor Father Michael Dooling and his assistant, Father Hackett.
CLINTON — Adding to the joy of Christmas at St. John the Baptist Church here will be the sounds of bells, including a 111-year-old, 2,000-pound cast bronze one original to the construction of the church. The historic bell has friends — parishioners for whom its deep, rich tone stirs memories of parish life across the […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 16, 2015 -
News Article
Mark Csanda leads the students of St. Mary School in Bloomington through a rousing chorus of "Elijah," complete with movements, at a recent school assembly.
BLOOMINGTON — Each morning the students at St. Mary School gather in the gym to pray for and with each other, sing songs, hear announcements and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge doesn’t end with “liberty and justice for all,” however. Students and faculty seamlessly add the words, “I promise today to love, live, […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 16, 2015 -
Featured Article, News Article
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, celebrates the rededication Mass on Dec. 9 in the new sanctuary of the expanded and remodeled St. Patrick Church in Urbana.
URBANA — During a celebration that literally could not be contained to the worship space, the newly expanded and renovated St. Patrick Church was rededicated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, during a festive liturgy on Dec. 9. The result of more than a decade of dreaming, planning and fundraising that began with the parish’s […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 9, 2015 -
Local News Brief
Photo Caption: John Christensen and Michaela Cruse in a scene from “Carol vs. Christmas.” BLOOMINGTON — “Carol vs. Christmas,” a modern take on the classic “A Christmas Carol,” will be presented by the Central Catholic Drama Department this weekend. Performances are Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 9, 2015 -
News Article
CAPTION: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky has designated the following churches and chapels as Holy Door sites in the Diocese of Peoria for the Holy Year of Mercy: clockwise from left, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Peoria; St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel at St. John Paul II Newman Center, Normal; the Shrine of the Most Holy Rosary, LaSalle; Sacred […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 9, 2015 -
Local News Brief
WEST PEORIA — Christmas tree ornaments are on the minds of many now and there is a way to decorate your tree and benefit the retirement fund of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception at the same time. The Sisters, also known as the Heading Avenue Franciscans, are selling the limited edition […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 9, 2015 -
Local News Brief
Photo Caption: Dr. Sharon Weiss is the recipient of the Pope Francis Leadership Award from the Resource Renewal Project. The Resource Renewal Project, a stewardship initiative of the Coleman Group of Chicago, has named Dr. Sharon Weiss as the recipient of its Pope Francis Leadership Award. She will be honored at a dinner in Chicago […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 3, 2015 -
News Article
Our first Issue
By: By Jennifer Willems CAPTION: Charlotte Harrison smiles as her new friend, Peggy Jacques — a Faith Community Nurse — takes her blood pressure at Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) —– It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a feast, so Sophia’s Kitchen in Peoria hosted a turkey dinner with all the trimmings on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 3, 2015 -
News Article
Hello World.
CAPTION: Mary Ann Fahey-Darling leads the St. Anthony’s Camerata Chorale Festival Choir in a rehearsal. The choir will present a concert at St. Joseph Church in Peoria at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) —– Before they sing for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the members of St. […]
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