Photo Caption: Sheila Luck, keynote speaker at the Sanctity of Human Life Rally in Peoria, encouraged pro-life advocates to pledge that “I will do what I can, where I am, with the great I Am.” By: By Jennifer Willems Sheila Luck was 17 when she had an abortion. A scared high school senior, she didn’t […]
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Photo Caption: Participants in a Diocese of Peoria sponsored pilgrimage to the March for Life carry a diocesan banner through the streets of Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22. By: By Tom Dermody As Lydia Schirano walked with dozens of her classmates and tens of thousands of strangers from the National Mall to the steps of […]
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Photo Caption: “Keeping Faith in Focus” is the theme of The Catholic Post’s 2014 Delivering Unity Campaign. Reading and supporting The Catholic Post is “a vital way of keeping faith the focus in our homes,” said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in opening the diocesan newspaper’s 2014 Delivering Unity Campaign. Contributions not only ensure delivery […]
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Photo Caption: Juniors Jack Costigan, Meghan McConnell and Erin Hinderer from Central Catholic High School in Bloomington carry the school banner at March for Life Chicago on Jan. 18. By: By Jennifer Willems CHICAGO — More than 4,000 people cheered for the right to life in downtown Chicago on Jan. 18, and adding their voices […]
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By: By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — National Catholic Schools Week will be observed in U.S. dioceses Jan. 26-Feb. 1 with the theme: “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” A special section in the Jan. 19 issue of The Catholic Post included a calendar of many of the events being planned at […]
Continue readingPrize-winning organist and recording artist Scott Montgomery will perform next Sunday, Feb. 2, on the famed 1937 Wicks organ at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 607 N.E. Madison Ave., in Peoria. The concert will begin at 3:30 p.m. Among the works he will play are Franck’s “Final” and Paine’s “Variations on an Austrian Hymn.” Montgomery, who has […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Dr. Dan Ebener, a professor at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and co-director of its Master of Organizational Leadership program, will lead discussion on the elements of leadership from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Benet House Retreat Center at St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Ave. […]
Continue readingA night of healing for women who have suffered any type of pregnancy or early infant loss is being planned for Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Philomena Church, 3200 N. Twelve Oaks Drive in Peoria. The healing retreat, planned by the “A Mother’s Love” ministry, will include a short meditation […]
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Photo Caption: Members of the Diocese of Peoria’s pilgrimage take part in the 2014 March for Life in Washington, D.C. The Catholic Post will feature interviews with several pilgrims in our next edition. By: By Carol Zimmermann and Katherine Talalas, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The polar vortex couldn’t chill the ardor of thousands […]
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Photo Caption: Father Daniel Gifford, parochial vicar at Epiphany Parish in Normal, addresses a crowd on the steps of the old McLean County Courthouse in downtown Bloomington at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 22. By: By Tom Dermody BLOOMINGTON — People who believe in and promote the sanctity of human life are not “bitter and angry […]
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