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By: The Catholic Post - October 22, 2012 -
Local News Brief
EAST PEORIA — Couples who are married, engaged or hope to be married one day are invited to learn more about the church’s positive and beautiful teachers on love and marriage at a retreat planned for Saturday, Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the social hall at St. Monica’s Church, 303 Campanile […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 22, 2012 -
Local News Brief
HENRY — Father David Whiteside will be guest speaker at a day of recollection planned by the Legion of Mary for Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Nazareth House here. The day’s program runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Morning sessions will focus on “Meditations on the Message of Divine Mercy,” while the theme of afternoon […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 21, 2012 -
News Article
Following is the full text of a homily given by Father Terry Cassidy, pastor of St. Ann’s Parish in Peoria, on Dec. 16. Excerpts were printed in the Dec. 23 issue of The Catholic Post. —– Here it is the third week of Advent. This is the weekend I ask the people in the pews, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 19, 2012 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Leah Darrow and Bob Rice will energetically share the Catholic faith at both the 2012 Youth Rally for high school students on Nov. 3 and the first-ever Junior High Youth Rally on Nov. 4. In planning a Catholic youth rally, what could be better than having a former professional model and a nationally […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 18, 2012 -
Featured Article
Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky speaks at a rally for religious freedom in Peoria earlier this year. In a letter released Oct. 18, the bishop calls on all practicing Catholics to vote in the coming elections. Citing unprecedented threats to religious liberty and with strong words of warning to Catholic politicians and their electoral […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2012 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Maralyn Guthrie sits at one of the two pianos in her Annawan home. This Sunday she will be honored for her 40 years of music ministry at Sacred Heart Church. By: By Jennifer Willems ANNAWAN — Over the years it has given Maralyn Guthrie great joy to hear people singing during Mass. As […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2012 -
World/National News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council with a Mass outdoors was a reminder of the fact that the council called the Catholic Church to live and work in the world, said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz. “One of the things that was beautiful today was that […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - October 11, 2012 -
News Article
Photo Caption: Linda Howley-Skuby, president of the Women in the Church and in Society, reads a framed copy of the group’s charter before presenting it to Bishop Jenky. By: By Jennifer Willems With the Year of Faith fast approaching, the 70 people who attended the annual Day of Recollection sponsored by the Bishop’s Commission on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2012 -
Editorial
Did you sense a change on Thursday, Oct. 11? No, we’re not talking about falling leaves or frost on the pumpkin, but a gust of the wind of the Holy Spirit that we trust blew through the Catholic Church that day. Thursday was a major celebration for the worldwide church. It marked the beginning of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2012 -
News Article
Photo Caption: At the Oct. 7 Mass on the feast of the Holy Rosary, Bishop Jenky also renewed his call to turn to the Blessed Mother to protect our country. Election Day will be “another decisive day” not only in the United States but in the history of the Catholic Church in this country, Bishop […]
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