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By: Tom Dermody - September 12, 2022 -
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Father Chase Hilgenbrinck, diocesan vocations director for recruitment, greets participants in “Emmaus Knights,” a monthly formation evening for junior and senior boys in high school. The vocation awareness program is featured in one of five brief videos promoting the Annual Diocesan Appeal that may be shown at Masses this weekend or viewed at cdop.org/ada. This screen grab includes an accompanying translation in Spanish.
So, what is your “must-see” show on television these days? Is it a traditional network program, or something on a cable or streaming network? Is it a news program, a comedy, a drama, a sporting event, or a mindless guilty pleasure (think “The Bachelorette”)? We have a “must-see” viewing suggestion for this weekend — actually […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 9, 2022 -
News Article
Participants in the Latino Men’s Retreat pose for a group photo Aug. 27 at Sacré-Coeur Retreat Center in Magnolia. Seen standing in the center is Cecilia Soñé, director of Respect Life Ministry and interim director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Peoria. (Provided photo)
MAGNOLIA — After attending the first encounter for fathers and sons from Spanish-speaking communities around the Diocese of Peoria in April, participants asked for a retreat dedicated to their issues as Latino men. They got it on Aug. 27 at Sacré-Coeur Retreat Center here. Another collaboration between the Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 8, 2022 -
Featured Article
Saying “this is our moment to take up anew the Lord’s Great Commission — it is our time to ‘Go Make Disciples,’” Bishop Louis Tylka has encouraged a generous response to the Annual Diocesan Appeal (ADA). The appeal, which funds most diocesan programs and apostolates, will be promoted in parishes this weekend, Sept. 10-11. The […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 8, 2022 -
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As Abbot Michael Calhoun, OSB, kneels before him, Bishop Robert J. Lombardo, CFR, offers a prayer of blessing. The Abbatial Blessing was celebrated at a Mass in St. Bede Abbey Church on Sept. 3. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
PERU — Saying that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to reveal in time how he could best serve the Benedictine community at St. Bede Abbey, newly consecrated Abbot Michael Calhoun, OSB, gave thanks for the gift of stable and consistent leadership the monks have enjoyed over the years. “I have been blessed with […]
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By: Tom Dermody - September 8, 2022 -
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Looking over the new “Man of the Church” display in the expanded Archbishop Fulton Sheen Museum in Peoria are three members of a group of seminarians from Kenrick-Glennon in St. Louis who visited on Labor Day. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
When you host 12,000 guests, it’s good to have a little extra room. The Archbishop Fulton Sheen Museum at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria has expanded, now occupying space formerly reserved for rotating displays of diocesan history. The expansion has allowed for the placement of more and larger items relating to the diocese’s famous […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - September 8, 2022 -
Featured Article
Hundreds of Catholics from both Illinois and Iowa are expected to take part in the Emmaus Procession with the Blessed Sacrament that will cross the Centennial Bridge (pictured) between Davenport and Rock Island during a 5-mile walk on Oct. 8. (Photo from Wikimedia.org/By Farragutful - Own work)
Only two disciples had the blessing of walking with Jesus on the road to Emmaus, but everyone is welcome to accompany the Lord, present in the Eucharist, as part of an Emmaus Procession through the Quad Cities on Saturday, Oct. 8. It will begin with Mass at 8 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 422 E. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 8, 2022 -
News Article
PRINCETON — The Altar and Rosary Society of St. Louis Church will host the biennial convention of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women on Saturday, Oct. 8. The theme is “Receive and Be Filled with Joy.” It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m. with a blessing from Msgr. Dale Wellman, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 8, 2022 -
Book Review
Reviewed by Katie Faley One of the things that I love most about my home parish, St. Mark in Peoria, is that it’s truly a community for the ages. Everybody belongs at St. Mark’s. Young families, college students, young adults like me, and the older people who have spent the majority of their lives (and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2022 -
Columnists
The weekend retreat of artistic renewal is open to all women above 18 in the Diocese of Peoria.
My Vocation is Love / Lindsey Weishar God-willing, Sept. 30-Oct. 2 will be a weekend of artistic renewal for the women attending the Enkindle Retreat at St. Matthew Parish in Champaign. You may remember my writing about this retreat in my May column when I thought it would be happening in June. You know what […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 7, 2022 -
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Columnist Paul Moore explains how he found "an oasis of hope" in the rosary." (CNS/Chas Muth)
In My Father’s House / Paul Thomas Moore As a young man living in the desert of divorce and unemployment, I found an oasis of hope in the rosary. Here’s how it happened. One day, as I lingered in church after weekday morning Mass, not wanting to leave the peace, voices started to rise and […]
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