When the social media giant Facebook observed its 10th anniversary earlier this month, one of the headlines we saw declared that more people read Facebook daily in the U.S. than the Bible. We won’t bore you with the math that led to that conclusion, but we doubt that it shocks anyone. After all, that picture […]
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Photo Caption: Jessica Brown Findlay and Colin Farrell star in a scene from the movie “Winter’s Tale.” 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 and […]
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ROANOKE — A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at St. Joseph Church here for Deacon Andrew Heckman, 45, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Peoria. Deacon Heckman died on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago. Ordained to the permanent diaconate on […]
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Editor’s note: This is an updated version reflecting just-announced changes in the series schedule. MONMOUTH — Young adults and their friends from throughout the area are invited to discuss faith issues in a relaxed setting during a Theology on Tap series on three consecutive Thursday evenings starting Feb. 20. Speakers and topics have been named […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky invites all married couples to a special Mass, including an opportunity to renew wedding vows, on Feb. 15 at St. Mary Cathedral in Peoria. Making plans for Valentine’s Day? Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, invites all married couples to celebrate the gift of Christian Marriage during a 4 p.m. Mass at […]
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By: Text and photo by Jennifer Willems RUSHVILLE — Music is the language that transcends all other languages. For the last three months the African Ensemble of Central Illinois has been sharing that language with the members of St. Rose Parish here as they praise God together. In recent years Africans from many countries have […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, greets Pope Francis after the Jan. 29 general audience at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The bishop is in Rome with a delegation from the University of Notre Dame. By: By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic universities must give “uncompromising” and “unambiguous” […]
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Photo Caption: Shirley Faux of St. Joseph Parish, Pekin, says the vows she professed with the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites deepens her relationship with God. By: By Jennifer Willems PEKIN — Shirley Faux wanted more. She wasn’t looking for more of what the world offered, however.Faux was seeking a more structured prayer life and […]
Continue readingJust remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose. ? From “The Rose,” performed by Bette Midler —– Everyone is talking about the weather, and certainly we have experienced the dead of winter in central Illinois. Blasts of arctic air […]
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By: By Sharon Priester Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2 Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7,8,9,10; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 As I reflected on the readings this week, my thoughts kept going back to the first verse of today’s reading from the Book of Malachi: “Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the […]
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