Photo Caption: Sister Jackie Walsh, OSB, who made her final profession on Aug. 23, is administrative assistant at Benet House Retreat Center in Rock Island. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — Sister Jackie Walsh, OSB, isn’t comfortable being the center of attention. She’s happy to remain behind the scenes, making certain everything is in […]
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I’ve always enjoyed time travel stories. Lately, I wish I could go back to last November and a meeting of The Catholic Post’s board of directors. I’d love to see their reaction as I announce: “I’ve got a novel idea for the newspaper’s 2014 Delivering Unity Campaign. It will use social media. We’ll have someone […]
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Father Reese’s health has deteriorated since the story on him appeared in the Catholic Herald of Milwaukee. Difficulties with swallowing in recent weeks led to his hospitalization in Colorado. He has just been moved to a long term acute hospital in Loveland, Colorado, where he continues to appreciate prayers. His parents and a brother live […]
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Photo Caption: Father Benjamin Reese, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, kneels in prayer earlier this year at St. Mark Parish in Kenosha, Wis. By: By Karen Mahoney EDITOR’S NOTE: The following appeared in the April 3, 2014, issue of the Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and is published here with […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 31 Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63:2,3-4,5-6,8-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 The Gospel reading for this week, the Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, and last week illustrate the challenge of discipleship through a day in the life of Simon Peter. In last Sunday’s Gospel Jesus asked, “Who […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. journalist James Foley speaks at Northwestern University after being released from imprisonment in Libya in 2011. The Marquette University graduate was killed by Islamic State fighters. By: By Catholic News Service ROCHESTER, N.H. (CNS) — In April 2013, the parents of slain U.S. journalist James Foley attended a prayer vigil at Marquette […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. journalist James Foley speaks at Northwestern University after being released from imprisonment in Libya in 2011. The Marquette University graduate was killed by Islamic State fighters. By: By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis phoned the bereaved family of a U.S. journalist killed by Islamic State […]
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A funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 22, at St. Ann Church in Peoria for Deacon Joseph F. Koeppel, a permanent deacon who served the parish for many years. Deacon Koeppel died on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. He was 78. Visitation will be […]
Continue readingCHERRY — Holy Trinity Church, 212 S. Main, will welcome Filipino Catholics from the Illinois Valley area to a second Mass on Sunday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m. The celebrant will be Father Joel Lopez of Wonder Lake. Music will be provided by a choir from Rock Island directed by Dr. James Sales. A potluck […]
Continue readingJourney of Faith is the theme for a bus pilgrimage to Chicago planned for Monday, Sept. 15, by the Bishop’s Commission on Women in the Church and in Society. That is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows and pilgrims will visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy […]
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