Photo Caption: Suzanne Reidy presents a chalice in honor of her late husband, John, to Father Johnathan Steffen for use at the St. John Paul II Newman Center in Normal. By: By Jennifer Willems NORMAL — John Reidy, Terry McReynolds and John C. Morris had two things in common. Not only were they all members […]
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Photo Caption: “It’s so fulfilling if you can rescue one or two or three children in a night,” says Mary Queen of Heaven Missionary Sister Irene Baquiran. By: By Jennifer Willems Four times a week, members of the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries put aside their pale pink habits and white veils, don civilian clothing, […]
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Photo Caption: Scott Schoonmaker cuts a tile cross. An online catalogue of his creations is at stojoart.com. By: By Tom Dermody MOLINE — Scott Schoonmaker and his father were tiling a bathroom floor at Scott’s grandparents’ home when the Moline teenager thought of another use for the tile. “I just decided to see if I […]
Continue readingBy: By Tim Irwin Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20 Wisdom 12:13,16-19; Psalm 86:5-6,9-10,15-16; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13-24-43 The Gospel readings for last week, this week, and next week are drawn from the 13th chapter of Matthew. This chapter relates the parables of the Kingdom of God, some of the best known teachings of […]
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Photo Caption: Catechist, author and blogger Joe Paprocki will be the keynote speaker for the Diocese of Peoria’s annual Catechetical Leadership Conference. Catechist, author and blogger Joe Paprocki will be the keynote speaker for the Diocese of Peoria’s annual Catechetical Leadership Conference, which is planned for Saturday, Aug. 2. Sponsored by the Office of Catechetics, […]
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Photo Caption: Father Ric Schneider, OFM, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Bloomington, is joined in the parish garden by, from left, Rita Yordy, Mary Kramp and Steve Kuhn. By: By Jennifer Willems BLOOMINGTON — Faith has long been part of the landscape at the corner of Mason and Taylor streets here. Once the site […]
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A Mass and procession in honor of Santo Nino de Cebu are planned for Saturday, July 19, at St. Joseph Church, 103 Richard Pryor Place, in Peoria. A reception will follow in the parish hall. During the 5:30 p.m. Mass, all icons of the Infant Jesus will be blessed and then carried in procession with […]
Continue readingPersons wishing to support the Diocese of Peoria’s vocations program are invited to a fundraising dinner on Friday, Aug. 1, celebrating current seminarians and honoring the memory of a legendary priest of the diocese. The 2014 Msgr. George A. Carton Seminarian Scholarship Dinner will take place that evening at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. […]
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Photo Caption: aesar, voiced by Andy Serkis, appears in the movie “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. 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 […]
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PERU — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered in St. Bede Abbey Church on July 9 for Father Henry Fritz, OSB, who served as a teacher and principal at St. Bede Academy for 37 years and gave nearly 30 more to parishes around the Diocese of Peoria. Abbot Philip Davey, OSB, of St. Bede […]
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