Rating: By Catholic News Service PHOTO: Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard star in a scene from the movie “Jurassic World.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. (CNS/Universal) —– The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film […]
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By: Text and photo by Jennifer Willems WILLIAMSFIELD — It isn’t unusual to see furniture or equipment hauled to a new location on the back of a flatbed truck, but what was moved through the streets of this Knox County village earlier this week was much more precious to the people who followed in procession. […]
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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 month on Wednesday nights at Kelleher’s Irish Pub, 619 S.W. Water St., Peoria. Theology on Tap offers young adults an opportunity to explore faith […]
Continue readingWEST PEORIA — A Holy Hour for the Rights of the Unborn Child will take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 1, at the Rosmini House, 2327 W. Heading Ave. Normally held on the first Monday of each month, the service consists of Benediction, the rosary, and other prayers.
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Photo Caption: This photo of Addisyn Wood preparing for First Communion was submitted by her mother, Nicole, who teaches second grade CCD at St. Mary of Lourdes Parish in Germantown Hills. All children who received their First Communion in parishes around the Diocese of Peoria this spring — as well as their families and friends […]
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Photo Caption: Father Joseph Baker, Father Eric Bolek, Father Adam Cesarek, Father Matthew Deptula, Father Alexander Millar, and Father Jacob Valle pose with Bishop Jenky following the May 23 Mass of Ordination. With instruction to “carry out the ministry of Christ the priest with constant joy and genuine love,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, ordained […]
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Photo Caption: Abbot Roger served as the sixth abbot of St. Bede Abbey in Peru from 1990 to 2003. PERU — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on May 27 at St. Bede Abbey Church here for Abbot Roger Corpus, OSB, retired abbot of St. Bede Abbey and former pastor of St. Mary Parish, […]
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By: By Msgr. Stuart Swetland Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 25 Acts 8:5-8,14-17; Psalm 66:1-3,4-5,6-7,20; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 (In the Diocese of Peoria, due to the transfer of the celebration of Ascension to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, the epistle and Gospel readings may be taken from the Seventh Sunday of Easter. These […]
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Father Stiene was born in Rockville Centre, New York, on June 10, 1952. In the Diocese of Peoria, he was named parochial vicar at Corpus Christi in Galesburg in 1998; pastor at St. Patrick in Elmwood and St. Matthew in Farmington in 2000; and vice rector for the local Rosminian community in 2001. He was […]
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A native of Streator, Father Riordan was a member of Immaculate Conception Parish. He earned a bachelor’s degree in special education from Southern Illinois University and a master’s degree in education from Illinois State University, and taught for the Pontiac Public School District until 1986, when he entered Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. After […]
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