Photo Caption: Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB, is a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. She serves as pastoral associate at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Peoria Heights. By: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 4 Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90:3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17; Colossians […]
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Photo Caption: Rose Costello, former teacher and principal at Holy Cross School in Champaign, is the first regional coordinator of Catholic education for the Champaign Vicariate of the Diocese of Peoria. CHAMPAIGN — She retired as principal at Holy Cross School in May, but no one really believed Rose Costello would sit still for long. […]
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Photo Caption: Seminarian Matthew Deptula visits with eighth-graders at St. Philomena School in Peoria during a break from his own studies. Students in Catholic schools around central Illinois are proud of their “big brothers” — all 31 of them — and the children are making sure they know it. Those “big brothers” are the seminarians […]
Continue readingWhen respect life coordinators from parishes around central Illinois gather in Peoria on Saturday, Aug. 24, they will pray together, hear about the U.S. bishops’ Respect Life program, and recommit themselves to promoting life from conception until natural death. They may also get a peek inside the new Family Resources Center, which is nearing completion […]
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Photo Caption: An image of the Santo Nino de Cebu is carried by Al Cuizon, Alex Morales, and Alfredo Cuizon during a eucharistic procession through St. Joseph Church in Peoria on July 20. For 15 years, Filipino Catholics have filled St. Joseph Church in Peoria to pray and sing of their love for the Christ […]
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Photo Caption: Those attending Rozanne Karr’s 90th birthday party this Saturday, Aug. 9, are asked to bring baby items to benefit families in need throughout DeWitt County. By: By Jennifer Willems WAPELLA — For her 90th birthday, Rozanne Karr didn’t ask for much. She just wanted a baby shower. Mrs. Karr knows more than a […]
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Photo Caption: Katie Bogner dispays a “pop-out” Marian Shrine she included in a religious education curriculum she designed that looks through the lens of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s life. By: By Jennifer Willems PEKIN — Fulton Sheen helped the fifth-graders at St. Joseph School learn about the sacraments, prayer and Mary last year and now […]
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Photo Caption: Judith MacNutt prays over members of a prayer team before sending them out for a healing service at the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference July 27 in Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Jesus sent 72 disciples out to proclaim the Good News and to pray for healing and deliverance from evil spirits, but that […]
Continue readingLACON — St. Joseph’s Home of Lacon, 401 Ninth St., will host a Memorial Mass on Monday, July 29, at 4 p.m. It will take place in the chapel. The Mass is for the members of St. Joseph’s family who died from January through June of this year. Organizers said the liturgy is an expression […]
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Something most of us take for granted every day could make a tremendous difference in the health and safety of people in developing countries, and the members of St. Ann’s WATCH program are offering a way to do just that. The Peoria parish is partnering with The Iona Group in Morton again to sponsor Shoes […]
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