Photo Caption: Keynote speaker Brian Clowes is director of education and research at Human Life International. Brian Clowes, director of education and research at Human Life International, will be the keynote speaker at the 33rd annual Respect Life Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 NE Madison Ave., Peoria. The dinner, […]
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CAPTION: Freshmen and sophomores from Marquette Academy in Ottawa and their principal, Brooke Rick (far left), crowd around Father Jacob Rose, chaplain, and Bishop Jenky for a selfie during the bishop’s pastoal visit on Sept. 10. The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems —– OTTAWA — As a member of a teaching community of priests, Bishop Daniel R. […]
Continue readingIn late summer I had the honor of being in a local community theater production of the musical “Ragtime.” Near the end of the play, which is about racial and social injustice, change, and redemption, the character Coalhouse Walker Jr. sings the powerful anthem, “Make Them Hear You.” Find it on YouTube. It’s well worth […]
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By: By Sharon Priester Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 28 Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25:4-5,6-7,8-9; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 —– Every day we make many decisions — what to wear or eat, what route to take to get to work, what groceries are needed, etc. Sometimes, the decision is a knee- jerk response, really simple and […]
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By: Photo for The Catholic Post by Robin Heiar EAST MOLINE — Visualizing peace just got easier, thanks to Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy here. At an outdoor all-school assembly to start the day Tuesday, the academy’s pre-school through second grade students planted 85 pinwheels they created in art class. One side of what […]
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By: By Jennifer Willems CAPTION: Father Anthony Bus, CR, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Chicago, welcomes those taking part on a pilgrimage sponsored Sept. 15 by the Bishop’s Commission on Women in the Church and in Society. (More photos have been posted on The Catholic Post’s site on Facebook.) —– CHICAGO — Pilgrimages […]
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Photo Caption: The campaign of prayer and public witness to end abortion will take place from Sept. 24 to Nov. 2 in Champaign, Peoria, and Bettendorf, Iowa. Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria are invited to join Christians of all denominations in prayer and action to end abortion during “40 Days for Life” campaigns to […]
Continue readingThe Catholic Post again this year is producing a video tribute in remembrance of those who have died in the past year. We invite families and friends to share an image of a recently deceased loved one for possible inclusion in the four-minute video. Last year, 50 photos were included in the tribute video, released […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Michael Bliss, chaplain of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, blesses the Jerry and Lynn Flaherty Family Respite Garden during ceremonies on Aug. 28. Sometimes the best medicine isn’t the kind that is prescribed. Sometimes it comes in the form of a ray of sun, a breath of fresh air, and […]
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Some aspects of Cursillo, the weekend retreat that has brought so many closer to Christ, can be measured. How many years since the first weekend took place in our diocese? Fifty. How many weekends have been conducted since then? About 1,070. How many people, both Catholic and non-Catholic, have taken part? More than 40,000. What […]
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