Photo Caption: Margaret Milefchik and Rosie Bedard hold a colorful quilt completed by the Quilters Group at Christ the King Church in Moline. Also pictured are Helen McCormick, Arlene Murphy, and Sandy Thompson. By: By Jennifer Willems MOLINE — In many ways, the members of the Quilters Group at Christ the King Church here are […]
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For nearly a decade, Amy Dyke has assisted the Office of Family Life in numerous supportive ways. She will now do so in an official capacity as the new Coordinator of Natural Family Planning in the newly merged Office of Evangelization and Family Life. She described her mission in terms of being “a voice for […]
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The Diocese of Peoria has announced that the Office of Evangelization and the Office of Family Life have been merged into the Office of Evangelization and Family Life. Craig Dyke, director of the Office of Evangelization, has been named director of the newly merged office. “Evangelization begins in the family, and it makes sense the […]
Continue readingThanksgiving is a tradition-filled holiday, but these are anything but traditional times in the news business. We’re pretty sure that in the nearly 80-year history of this newspaper, we’ve never used “tweet,” “blog” and “evangelize” in the same headline. But there they are linked on our page 7 this week, as the U.S. bishops were […]
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By: By Shawn Reeves Solemnity of Christ the King, Nov. 25 Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93:1,1-2,5; Revelation 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 The King has arrived! Though some kings have been despots and treacherous brutes, the idea of a noble king seems to have captivated the song and literature of most Western cultures at some point in their […]
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Photo Caption: Rebecca and Darwin Builta of Sacred Heart Parish in Farmer City accept a St. Isidore Rural Family Life Award from Bishop Jenky at the Mass for the Conferral of Ecclesiastical Honors. By: By Tom Dermody As Thanksgiving week opened, the Diocese of Peoria and even Pope Benedict XVI expressed profound gratitude to 56 […]
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Photo Caption: Among those taking part in the check presentation at St. Pius X in Rock Island were, from left, Bishop George Lungu of Chipata, Zambia; Mary Nilas, parish nurse; and Father Michael Schaab, pastor. ROCK ISLAND — Villagers in Kalapuka, Zambia, must walk for two miles several times each day to get the water […]
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Photo Caption: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart star in a scene from the movie “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and […]
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Photo Caption: Members of the Peoria Notre Dame soccer team carried their state championship trophy through the city aboard a fire truck on Nov. 8. The team was cheered during stops at area Catholic grade schools. Two sports teams from Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Peoria earned state titles on Nov. 3. Peoria […]
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Photo Caption: Judy Sment of St. Hyacinth’s Parish in LaSalle, is the author of more than 160 poems and two books, inlcuding the newly published “Humbled But By the Grace of God.” LASALLE — God interrupted Judy Sment in the middle of the night so often that she started keeping a notebook next to the […]
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