Photo Caption: Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear and Connor Corum star in a scene from the movie “Heaven Is For Real.” 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 Broadcasting. For full reviews of these […]
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Photo Caption: Pilgrims kneel before images of newly canonized St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII following a diocesan Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrating the April 27 canonizations. By: By Tom Dermody Newly canonized St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II are presented by the church as models of holiness so that […]
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Photo Caption: Retired Pope Benedict XVI embraces Pope Francis before the canonization Mass for Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 27. By: By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis […]
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EAST MOLINE — A funeral Mass was offered on Friday, April 25, at St. Anne Church here for Father Robert D. O’Connor, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria and the former pastor of St. Anne’s as well as parishes in Mendota, Peterstown, Elkhart, and Mount Pulaski. Father O’Connor, a former teacher and missionary […]
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By: By Jennifer Willems EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series profiling Catholic campus ministry at colleges located within the borders of the Diocese of Peoria. —– NORMAL — Holiness is attractive. Pope John Paul II proved that to be true as he drew young people from around the world to a deeper […]
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Photo Caption: “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith,” also known as the Men’s March and Mass, will step off from the Peoria riverfront on Saturday, April 26. Here’s a challenge to Catholic men of the Diocese of Peoria: If you have yet to experience “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith,” better known as […]
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By: By Msgr. Stewart Swetland Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy), April 27 Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Sequence (Victimae Paschali Laudes); John 20:19-31 Today in Rome, Pope Francis will canonize two of his predecessors: St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II. Every canonization is a celebration of God’s mercy […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Galesburg, is pictured outside the U.S. Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. on April 16. By: By Tom Dermody GALESBURG — After Palm Sunday and before Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio experienced a Grateful Wednesday. The 80-year-old […]
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Gregory Ketcham anoints Ryan Ochs during his confirmation at the Easter Vigil at St. John’s Chapel in Champaign on April 19. By: By Jennifer Willems CHAMPAIGN — Ryan Ochs’ family got a whole lot bigger last Saturday night. He walked into the Easter Vigil at St. John’s Chapel here as the son […]
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Photo Caption: Consecrated women were among those in a packed cathedral offering sustained applause for the priests of the Diocese of Peoria, who renewed their commitment to priestly service at the Chrism Mass. By: By Jennifer Willems Sad people make ineffective missionaries, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, told those who attended the annual Chrism Mass […]
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