Photo Caption: Ceil Myers reads “The Race” to her granddaughter, Anabelle Myers. The first-time author will sign books at Lagron-Miller in Peoria on Saturday, July 12. By: By Jennifer Willems Some of the best things in Cecilia Myers’ life weren’t planned. Among those special moments are close encounters with St. John Paul II at World […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Standing just a few feet from where he had been ordained at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on May 31, 1964, Msgr. Dale Wellman said, “I can see that it has been a wonderful life.” “I have found and made friends with many wonderful people in this Diocese of Peoria,” he […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6 Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 145:1-2,8-9,10-11,13-14; Romans 8:9,11-13; Matthew 11:25-30 Trials and tribulations both great and small punctuate this life. Each of us will experience times of great loss such as the death of a loved one. We will also deal with smaller, but perhaps more […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Olga Paluch, DSF, shares her memories of the establishment of St. Joseph Nursing Home 50 years ago. EDITOR’S NOTE: Of the 15 Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi who traveled from Slovakia to Illinois in 1946, three are still living. One of these pioneers is Sister Olga Poluch, DSF, who had been […]
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Photo Caption: Bringing forth the bread and wine during a recent Mass marking the anniversary were Sisters Gerarda Farska, DSF, general superior, and Sister M. Loretta Matas, DSF, regional superior in Lacon. By: By Jennifer Willems LACON — As Sister Olga Poluch, DSF, stands in front of St. Joseph’s Nursing Home and looks around, she […]
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Photo Caption: As an act of unity, descendants of the founding families of St. Joseph Parish gave an altar cloth to Father Tom Mizeur for use at St. Mary Church, the primary worship site for St. John XXIII Parish. By: By Jennifer Willems HENRY — New names bring new opportunities for people throughout the Old […]
Continue readingKatie Heskett and Dodie Gomer will be the speakers at a Cursillo Ultreya on Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m. at St. Jude Church, 10811 N. Knoxville Ave. Their theme is “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst” (Matthew 18:20).
Continue readingDANVILLE — “Kickin’ It Country” is the theme for a fundraiser planned for Saturday, July 12, by the Presence United Samaritans Medical Center Foundation. It will be held from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Turtle Run Golf and Banquet Center, 332 E. Liberty Lane. The event will help Presence United Samaritans purchase new and enhanced […]
Continue readingEUREKA — Two Marian shrines are on the itinerary for a pilgrimage planned for July 19-20 by the St. Luke’s Ladies Guild. The group will travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in New Franken, Wisconsin, and the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Holy Hill in […]
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Photo Caption: Pro-life demonstrators celebrate June 30 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington as its decision in the Hobby Lobby case is announced. By: By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a narrowly tailored 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court June 30 said closely held companies may be exempted from a government requirement to include […]
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