Photo Caption: The medical center’s Cancer Center will be renamed in honor of Bobette Steely Hegeler (pictured), the late wife of donor Julius W. Hegeler II. DANVILLE — Presence United Samaritans Medical Center has received a planned gift of $3 million from Julius W. Hegeler II that not only honors his late wife, but will […]
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Photo Caption: St. Mary’s Hospital, located at 111 Spring St. in Streator, was founded by three Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Springfield in 1887. STREATOR — Citing a desire to make certain high quality health care services will continue to be available in this LaSalle County community, Hospital Sisters Health […]
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Photo Caption: The present St. Louis Church in Princton was dedicated in 1951. PRINCETON — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will join members of St. Louis Church here for Mass on Sunday, July 26, as they celebrate the parish’s 150th anniversary. It will begin at 10:30 a.m. The celebration will continue in the parish hall, […]
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Photo Caption: Representative youth from among the 300 at the Catholic HEART Workcamp in Champaign offer prayers at the close of a morning Mass at The High School of Saint Thomas More. By: By Tom Dermody CHAMPAIGN — Rain doesn’t stop the Holy Spirit, nor did a few days of it keep nearly 200 young […]
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By: By Shawn Reeves Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/July 19Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23:1-3,3-4,5,6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34 —– Most of us have never encountered an actual shepherd. Short of fairy tales, National Geographic articles, and films about pigs who want to be sheepdogs, we don’t really have contact with the lives of shepherds. Sure, we […]
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Photo Caption: Minions star in a scene from the movie “Minions.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-I — general patronage. Rating: By Catholic News Service The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Circle of the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois will meet on Thursday, July 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Patrick Church of Merna, 1001 N. Towanda Barnes Road.
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Photo Caption: Father Vincent A. Giacabazi, S.J., ordained on June 13, celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving on June 20 at Holy Family Parish, Peoria. Members of Holy Family Parish in Peoria welcomed back an old friend and new priest, Father Vincent A. Giacabazi, S.J., for a Mass of Thanksgiving on June 20. Following the liturgy […]
Continue readingThe Peoria area’s Filipino-American community will celebrate love for the Christ Child under the title of Santo Nino de Cebu with a blessing of images during the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, July 18, at St. Joseph Church, 103 Richard Pryor Place in Peoria. Those attending are invited to bring statues of Santo Nino de […]
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Photo Caption: The cover of the English edition of Pope Francis encyclical on the environment. The long-anticipated teaching document was released June 18. By: By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The earth, which was created to support life and give praise to God, is crying out with pain because human activity is destroying […]
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