LA SALLE — Supporters of the Diocese of Peoria’s priestly vocations program will gather in LaSalle on Friday, Aug. 3, for the Msgr. George A. Carton College Seminarian Scholarship Dinner. The dinner, to take place at Celebrations 150 on Route 6 east of LaSalle, provides an opportunity for guests to meet and hear from current […]
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The Diocese of Peoria released the following statement after the June 28 ruling by the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the health reform law: —– Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, believes that today’s Supreme Court ruling will have no impact upon the Catholic Church’s legal case regarding being […]
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Photo Caption: At the June 28 Mass are jubilarians Msgr. William Watson (50), Father Joseph Anderson (50), Father Gabriel Msoka, (25), Father John Onderko (50), and newly ordained Father Johnathan Steffen. By: By Tom Dermody Fifty years in 11 minutes. Msgr. Richard Pricco, pastor of St. Paul’s Parish in Macomb for 35 of his 50 […]
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Photo Caption: Among those taking part in groundbreaking ceremonies for the new St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria on June 28 were Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and Father Patrick Henehan, pastor. By: By Tom Dermody Calling it “a great day for St. Jude and also a great day for our diocese,” Bishop Daniel R. […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI has approved the heroic virtues of Diocese of Peoria native Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, declaring him “venerable” and clearing the way for the advancement of his sainthood cause. By: By Tom Dermody News that Pope Benedict XVI approved the heroic virtues of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and that the pioneering […]
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Photo Caption: Shirley Plaag, director of religious education at Corpus Christi Parish in Galesburg, asks Bishop Jenky a question during a “Stump the Bishop” evening of Theology on Tap in Peoria on June 27. By: By Tom Dermody The evening with young Catholic adults in a crowded pub was called “Stump the Bishop,” but there […]
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Photo Caption: People for and against the administration’s health care reform law demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 28. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision upholding the health reform law makes it even more urgent for Congress […]
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The Diocese of Peoria released the following statement after the June 28 ruling by the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the health reform law: —– Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, believes that today’s Supreme Court ruling will have no impact upon the Catholic Church’s legal case regarding being […]
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Photo Caption: With a portrait of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in the foreground, Bonnie Engstrom of Goodfield gives a reading at a Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria last December. By: By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has approved the heroic virtues of U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, clearing […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Jenky extends his hand in blessing over Stevan Sanchez of St. Hyacinth’s Parish, LaSalle, before they have their photo taken at the diocesan Mass for First Communicants on June 9. By: By Jennifer Willems It didn’t take long for the little hands of the children who had made their First Communion this […]
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