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By: Jennifer Willems - December 18, 2022 -
News Article
There are a number of ways families can use Katie Bogner's illustrations of the O Antiphons. Here, they are cut out and can be colored to hang as ornaments on the tree. To find and download them, go to her blog, looktohimandberadiant.com and search for O Antiphons. (Provided graphic/Katie Bogner)
In the days to come families will be getting together for good food and good conversation. Catechist Katie Bogner said it wouldn’t take much to invite Jesus to the festivities and get to know him through the O Antiphons. “The O Antiphons pop to mind because they’re specifically prayed and celebrated in that last week […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 16, 2022 -
Columnists
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column was part of the “Christmas Greetings” pages published in the Dec. 18, 2022, issue of The Catholic Post. “King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords in human vesture, in the Body and the Blood He will give to all the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 16, 2022 -
Columnists
In My Father’s House l Paul Moore This column is dated. I started writing it on Thanksgiving Day, immediately after our parish priest’s Thanksgiving Day Mass homily. There was a line in his homily that struck me at the time and has stuck with me ever since. First, Father set the stage, talking about how gratitude is […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 16, 2022 -
Columnists
Cause of Our Joy l Katie Faley This is a month full of fun things — parties, gifts, music, movies, family. So I thought this month calls for a fun article. It seems like every year, the Christmas season starts earlier and earlier. Amidst lighting the Advent candles and spiritually waiting for the birth of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 15, 2022 -
Columnists
Members of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women met with Bishop Louis Tylka Dec. 5 to discuss their work and where they could do the most good. With him are (from left) Barbara Harzman of Macomb; Nympha White of Grand Ridge; Mary Ann Hughes of Westville; and April Adams of Metamora. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Council Comments l Mary Ann Hughes As it is almost year’s end, it is a fitting time to reflect on all the blessings we’ve been given not just for this year, but throughout our lives. Even in tough times, God’s presence surrounds us with His eternal love and as always a chance to start anew, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - December 15, 2022 -
Living the Word
Father R. Michael Schaab
Living the Word l Father R. Michael Schaab Fourth Sunday of Advent l Dec. 18 Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2,3-4,5-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 There are two messages in the readings, one about Jesus and one about ourselves. The first message is found in the reading from Isaiah and in the Gospel. The second message is found […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - December 15, 2022 -
Featured Article
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, holds the gift basket that was presented to him by Cursillo en Espanol at a Diocesan Ultreya in December 2018. A Santa Claus pillow could be seen clearly and he quipped that “I’m starting to look more like the jolly old fellow -- beard, belly and all.” Bishop Jenky was ordained an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, on Dec. 16, 1997. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)
As Christmas neared 25 years ago, Bishop Emeritus Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, received a gift from Pope John Paul II, although he didn’t fully realize how great a gift it was at the time. On Dec. 16, 1997, he was ordained to serve as the auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 15, 2022 -
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Pictured during a welcome potluck hosted Nov. 29 by Immaculate Conception Parish in Monmouth are recently arrived refugees from Ukraine Stepan Skrypnychenko and Olesia Chychaova (left) and the Bud family, including parents Vitalii and Irene and children Zack (12) and twins Milena and Mark (9), holding gifts to them presented at the dinner. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
MONMOUTH — Irene and Vitalii Bud held out for eight months before deciding to leave their beloved-but-war-torn homeland of Ukraine with their three children. However, when Russian bombs reached their city of Rivne and power plants were being targeted as the bitter cold of winter approached, the Bud family fled on a journey that eventually […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 15, 2022 -
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Forty parish music directors, choir directors, and organists shared their favorite Christmas hymns in a Catholic Post survey this month. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following are expanded responses given by parish music leaders, choir directors, and accompanists to a survey conducted by The Catholic Post in December seeking their favorite Christmas hymns and the reason behind their selection. We thank all respondents for their time and, more importantly, for sharing their musical gifts. Click on the titles of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - December 15, 2022 -
Featured Article
Forty parish music directors, choir directors, and organists shared their favorite Christmas hymns in a Catholic Post survey this month. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
“O Holy Night” edged out “Silent Night” as the favorite Christmas hymn or carol in a Catholic Post survey of parish music directors, choir directors, or organists/accompanists from across the Diocese of Peoria. “I have heard it sung by so many different singers, and each rendition is beautiful in its own way,” said Mary Edgerley, […]
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