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By: Jennifer Willems - June 18, 2015 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Father David Richardson receives a “box of prayers” from the students at St. Philomena School in Peoria. School families sign up for a week and pray for his intentions every day. By: By Jennifer Willems Father David Richardson and Jodi Peine had an agreement — neither would nominate the other for any awards […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 18, 2015 -
World/National News
Photo Caption: This is the cover of the English edition of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” By: By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” is a call for global action as well […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 18, 2015 -
World/National News
Photo Caption: “Leaving an inhabitable planet to future generations is, first and foremost, up to us,” writes Pope Francis. By: By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The following are selected quotes from Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home”: — The earth, our home, is beginning […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 18, 2015 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky blesses recent First Communicants from around the Diocese of Peoria as he enters St. Mary’s Cathedral for the diocesan Mass in their honor on June 6. Those who received their First Communion in parishes around the Diocese of Peoria this spring were encouraged by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, to always […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 17, 2015 -
News Article
By: Special to The Catholic Post “True joy we experience only if we center on the Lord — He must increase, I must decrease.” — Mother Vaclava Ballon, foundress and superior of the Franciscan Sisters of John the Baptist (pictured above at their Peoria Heights motherhouse) —– EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth in a […]
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By: Tom Dermody - June 17, 2015 -
News Article
Photo Caption: “Imagine if stewardship became the norm in your parish,” said Mary Foley, keynote speaker. “What would be different?” By: By Tom Dermody Mary Foley has a dream she would love to see come true at your parish. “In a perfect world,” she said at the Diocese of Peoria’s recent Stewardship Conference, “I dream […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 17, 2015 -
Living the Word
By: By Shawn Reeves Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time/June 21 Job 38:1,8-11; Psalm 107:23-24,25-26,28-29,30-31; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 My middle son had always loved thunderstorms. Even within that year in which one transitions from “infant” to “toddler,” he would climb upon the couch, eyes poised to see lightning, and gleefully whisper to me, “Thunder!” […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 17, 2015 -
News Article
By: By Jennifer Willems PHOTO CAPTION: Principals who are retiring this spring are, from left, Kathryn Bennett, Mary Paula Schmitt, Winnie Pratt, Pat Kellogg, Jerry Carls, Jim Flaherty and Colin Letendre. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) —– They may be retiring from the daily routine of a Catholic school principal, but the seven school administrators who […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - June 17, 2015 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Retiring principal Mary Paula Schmitt receives a token of appreciation and an expression of gratitude for her years of service at St. Louis School in Princeton from Bishop Jenky. By: By Jennifer Willems After a long year of meeting over conference tables to map out the future for their schools, pastors and principals […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 12, 2015 -
Local News Brief
Photo Caption: The June series of Theology on Tap in Peoria takes place on Wednesday evenings at Kelleher’s Irish Pub, 619 S.W. Water St. An evening of “Stump the Bishop” with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, highlights a summer series of Theology on Tap discussions for young adults in the Peoria area under way this […]
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