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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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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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 […]
Continue readingMOLINE — The Northwest Area Cursillo community is sponsoring a Day of Renewal on Saturday, June 20, at the Believers Together Center at Christ the King Church, 3209 60th St. The theme is “The Fruit of the Spirit.”Open to everyone 21 and older, the day begins with registration at 8 a.m. Father Duane Jack, a […]
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Photo Caption: Vicki Donald embraces Father Larry Zurek, OFM, as he and Father Luis Aponte-Merced, OFM, greet well-wishers after celebrating their final Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria on June 7. By: By Tom Dermody With tearful farewells, expressions and symbols of gratitude, and a promise that “every time you celebrate the Eucharist, […]
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LACON — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church here at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 12, for Father Arthur D. Meyer, a former hospital chaplain and pastor, including for 17 years at St. Mary Parish, Canton. Father Meyer died on Friday, June 5, 2015. He was 84. Bishop Daniel […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The seven Catholic high schools and academies in the Diocese of Peoria have completed commencement exercises. Following are brief biographies of the valedictorians and salutatorians at each school. We congratulate them and all graduates. We invited the top students to answer two questions: 1) “How would you describe the advantages of attending a […]
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Photo Caption: The Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception (Heading Avenue Franciscans) gather in the chapel of their motherhouse in West Peoria for Mass. By: By Sister Sarah Elizabeth Roy, OSF EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the eighth in a series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of […]
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By: By Msgr. Albert H. Hallin Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)/June 7Exodus 24:3-8; Psalm 116:12-13,15-16,17-18; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16,22-26 The reason that the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is celebrated with appropriate solemnity is to make us “Catholics” remember and reflect on the […]
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ROCK ISLAND — Nearly 40 women religious from six communities were thanked and celebrated during an evening in their honor on May 24 hosted by the Faith in Action Committee of St. Pius X Parish. “Thank you for your ministry to the church, your service to the poor, to children, to youth, the elderly, those […]
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