By: By Father Claude Peifer, OSB Fourth Sunday of Advent, Dec. 23 Micah 5:1-4a; Psalm 80:2-3,15-16,18-19; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 This year, since the final Sunday of Advent occurs just one day before the Vigil of Christmas, we are standing on the very threshold of the great mystery of the Lord’s birth. Thus we begin […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky poses with seminarians of the Diocese of Peoria at Nazareth House in Henry. This photo was the cover of the bishop’s 2012 Christmas card. “Glory to God in the highest and PEACE to HIS people on earth!” My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: On every great feast day and on […]
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Photo Caption: Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway star in a scene from “Les Miserables,” the big-screen adaptation of the long-running stage show. 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 […]
Continue readingSt. Valentine’s Parish is sponsoring a raffle to help pay for church roof repairs. A maximum of 500 tickets will be sold for $100 each with the top prize being the choice of a 2013 Hyundai Elantra or a cash prize of $15,000. The drawing will take place on Thursday, Dec. 27. For more information […]
Continue readingGENESEO — St. Malachy’s Church, 595 E. Ogden Ave., will host “A Quick Journey through the Bible” starting Tuesday, Jan. 8, from 9 to 11 a.m. and Thursday, Jan. 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Members of neighboring parishes are welcome. For more information, call (309) 944-5393.
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Traditional, semi-monastic vespers or evening prayer are being offered at 4:30 p.m. on the Sundays of Advent at St. Mary’s Church, 2208 Fourth Ave. The prayer lasts about 30 minutes, is followed by a simple meal served in Schroeder Hall, and the vespers are being sponsored by the Fathers of St. Joseph, […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — An emotional pastoral letter to immigrants from the U.S. Hispanic and Latino Catholic bishops offers love, encouragement, welcome, sympathy and assurance that “you are not alone or forgotten.” “We recognize that every human being, authorized or not, is an image of God and therefore possesses infinite value and dignity,” begins the strongly […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and confirming he will travel to Mexico and Cuba in the spring, Pope Benedict XVI called on the people of Latin America to hold firm to their faith. During his homily at the Mass Dec. 12 in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope prayed […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the legacy of the late Cardinal John P. Foley would inspire others to make the Gospel known through mass media. In a telegram to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia Dec. 12, the pope expressed his sadness and condolences for the death of Cardinal Foley, […]
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Photo Caption: The U.S. Supreme Court announced Dec. 7 that it will hear two cases challenging federal and a state laws that define marriage as a union of a man and a woman. By: By Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court will take up in the spring two cases over […]
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