Photo Caption: The poster for the 2013 Annual Diocesan Appeal, the major source of revenue for the ministries and agencies of the Diocese of Peoria. “Living Our Faith” will be the theme when the 2013 Annual Diocesan Appeal is conducted in parishes across the Diocese of Peoria the weekend of April 20-21. The appeal is […]
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Photo Caption: Father Joseph Heyd, OSB, a widely known artist, was a longtime art instructor and chairman of the art department at St. Bede Academy in Peru. PERU — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bede Abbey Church here on April 5 for Father Joseph Heyd, OSB, a monk and priest of St. Bede […]
Continue readingFather Terry Cassidy will celebrate a Healing Mass on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at St. Ann’s Church, 1010 S. Louisa St., Peoria. Prelude music will begin at 6:45 p.m. Prayer teams will be available after Mass.
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Circle of the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois will meet on Friday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the home of Sharon Gerdes, 103 E. Gridley Road, Gridley, and Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church of Merna, 1001 N. Towanda Barnes […]
Continue readingSally A. Winn, a speaker with the organization Feminists for Life, will present “Refuse to Choose: Reclaiming Feminism” on Wednesday, April 10, in Baker Hall Room B51 at Bradley University in Peoria. The lecture, sponsored by Bradley Students for Life, begins at 7 p.m. Winn began her tenure with Feminists for Life in 2001 as […]
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Photo Caption: Bob Kuener of St. Jude’s Parish in Peoria makes a point during a table discussion at the Faith-Based Leadership Seminar in Peoria on March 23. Looking on is his wife, Kristen. By: By Tom Dermody/The Catholic Post The Weather Channel certainly influenced television meteorologist Marcus Bailey’s life. He admits he watched the network […]
Continue readingWe have a suggestion for Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria when the word “Alleluia,” liturgically buried for the 40 days of Lent, returns to our lips during Easter Masses: say it or sing it especially joyfully and robustly. Not that “Alleluia,” an expression of praise to God, should ever be mumbled or sung without […]
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Photo Caption: Ambrosia Sanchez of St. Hyacinth’s Parish in LaSalle places her rosary atop a case holding a piece of the tibia (leg bone) of St. Mary Magdalene during veneration at the church on March 14. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post LA SALLE — A dear friend of Jesus “visited” the Diocese of […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Francis kisses the foot of a prison inmate during a Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Rome’s Casal del Marmo prison for minors March 28. Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young people. By: By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told young inmates […]
Continue readingST. LOUIS (CNS) — A federal judge’s decision to strike down portions of a Missouri law protecting conscience rights of those who object to coverage of contraceptives and abortifacients in their health plans attacks the conscience rights and religious liberty of all Missouri citizens, said the state’s Catholic conference. Judge Audrey Fleissig of the U.S. […]
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