Photo Caption: The football field of Marquette Academy in Ottawa is covered in flood water on April 21. Heavy rainfall in mid-April led to flooding that devastated some communities and damaged Catholic properties. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post Joe Plankenhorn stood outside his home and neighboring pottery business in Utica — both inundated […]
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Photo Caption: Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley joins other faith leaders at the “Healing Our City” interfaith memorial service April 18 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. By: By Catholic News Service BOSTON (CNS) — In an April 18 interfaith prayer service, religious and political leaders emphasized […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the text of the homily at the April 16 funeral Mass for Father George Schroeder, a senior priest of the diocese and pastor emeritus of St. Mary’s Parish, Rock Island. His obituary is found here. The homilist was Msgr. Paul Showalter, vicar general of the Diocese of Peoria. We gather this […]
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ROCK ISLAND — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 16 at St. Mary’s Church here for Father George J. Schroeder, who served as pastor of St. Mary’s Parish for 41 years. Father Schroeder, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria who observed the 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination last June, died […]
Continue readingThe Catholic Post is interested in hearing from members of Catholic book groups around the Diocese of Peoria. It might be a parish-based group that meets regularly, or an informal group of book-loving friends that extends across the miles. We hope to spotlight such groups in a future issue of The Catholic Post. What are […]
Continue readingNAUVOO ? “Does God Speak to People Today” is the theme of the spring Interfaith Symposium to be sponsored by the Nauvoo Interfaith Partnership at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at Sts. Peter and Paul School. Speakers representing different religious communities in the Nauvoo area will be present. In the past these have included the […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — Central Catholic High School will sponsor its “Saints Alive 5K” run this Sunday, April 21, at the school and surrounding neighborhoods. Participants are invited to choose either a 5K run or a 2K walk. Adult advanced registration is being accepted through Friday at a fee of $22 ($20 for Lake Run Club Members), […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Days before the Senate began debate over gun-control legislation, Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., urged senators to support a bill that “builds a culture of life by promoting policies that reduce gun violence and saves people’s lives in homes and communities.” Bishop Blaire, head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. Army chaplain Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, who died May 23, 1951, in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, is pictured celebrating Mass from the hood of a jeep Oct. 7, 1950, in South Korea. By: By Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Catholic Korean War chaplain who selflessly […]
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Photo Caption: Hannah Adams hopes to join the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary after graduating from Illinois State University this spring. NORMAL — Hannah Adams went to Illinois State University to be a high school English teacher, but she will walk away with so much more than a degree when she […]
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