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By: The Catholic Post - March 4, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Seen waving at Pope Benedict XVI in the front row in this photo taken in St. Peter’s Square last October are Larry and Kay Shank of St. Ann’s Parish, Peoria. EDITOR’S NOTE: As Pope Benedict XVI neared the end of his pontificate, we asked readers of The Catholic Post for their experiences of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2013 -
Movie Review
Photo Caption: Michelle Williams stars in a scene from the movie “Oz the Great and Powerful.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. 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 […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 1, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: A student from Visitation School in Kewanee leads the psalm at a Mass in Thanksgiving for the ministry of Pope Benedict XVI. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post KEWANEE — As Pope Benedict XVI was preparing to retire and begin what he called “the last stage of his pilgrimage on this earth,” […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 28, 2013 -
Featured Article
Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and those in a nearly filled St. Mary’s Cathedral pray before the Blessed Sacrament on Feb. 28 just hours after the end of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post (EDITOR’S NOTE: For daily updates from Catholic News Service on the papal […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Members of Mary Norton’s eighth grade class at Costa Catholic Academy in Galesburg recently revised Psalm 23 to better understand the beloved psalm that begins “The Lord is my shepherd.” GALESBURG — It is perhaps the most beloved and recited psalm, and we all know how it starts: “The Lord is my shepherd, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
Living the Word
By: By Msgr. Stuart Swetland Third Sunday of Lent, March 3 Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15; Psalm 103:1-2,3-4,6-7,8,11; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Luke 13:1-9 “Sacred Scripture is God’s love letters to us. But at times they can be difficult to understand.” It is often reported that the famous German Jesuit Father Karl Rahner used to say to priests on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Mayor Jim Ardis of Peoria, left, and chief meteorologist Marcus Bailey of WMBD-TV will be presenters at the Faith-Based Leadership Workshop at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria on March 23. The mayor of Peoria and a television meteorologist will discuss how they incorporate the values of their Catholic faith in their professional […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: A reliquary carrying a portion of the tibia (leg bone) of St. Mary Magdalene will be present for public veneration at stops in Peoria, LaSalle, and rural Princeville during its Illinois tour. By: By Tom Dermody/The Catholic Post A relic of St. Mary Magdalene now touring through Illinois will make several stops in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
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Photo Caption: Msgr. Doug Hennessy, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Bloomington, was a seminarian in Rome during Vatican II. BLOOMINGTON — It was a stroke of “sheer good luck” that put Msgr. Doug Hennessy in St. Peter’s Square in Rome to witness the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1962. “I arrived around […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 27, 2013 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Sister Ann Gill, FSJM, and Msgr. Stanley Deptula look on as Sister Lea Stefancova, FSJB, adjusts the sleeve of vestments worn by Bishop John B. Franz of Peoria at the Second Vatican Council. By: By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post For some the Second Vatican Council is part of their lived experience. For […]
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