Photo Caption: The 2012 Annual Diocesan Appeal will be conducted in most parishes the weekend of April 21-22. This year’s goal is $5.6 million. Saying “now is a particularly important time to support our faith as the secular world threatens our ability to freely practice our religion,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has encouraged a […]
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Photo Caption: Cardinal George of Chicago was principal celebrant for the Mass for the Illinois Catholic School Principals and Presidents Conference. With him are Bishop Condon, Bishop Paprocki, and Bishop Jenky. By: By Jennifer Willems NORMAL — Words of praise mixed with words of challenge when principals and presidents of Catholic schools in Illinois recently […]
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Photo Caption: Hundreds of Catholic men take part in the 2011 “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith.” The 2012 men’s march and Mass is Saturday, April 14. So you’re a grand knight or some other leader in a Knights of Columbus council in our diocese, and you’ve learned in this special issue of The […]
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Photo Caption: The rally at the Peoria County Courthouse is one of five planned around the state and among more than 100 across the nation calling on the U.S. government to drop the contraception mandate. Central Illinois residents are invited to take part in a rally for religious freedom at noon Friday, March 23, at […]
Continue readingHENRY — “Hope and Healing” is the theme for a Catholic Charismatic Renewal retreat planned for Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, at Nazareth House Retreat Center. It will be led by Father Richard McAlear, OMI, of Tewksbury, Mass. Ordained in 1970, Father McAlear became involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 1972 and […]
Continue readingEARLVILLE — Father Daniel Wilder will give a Lenten prayer mission at St. Teresa of Avila Church, 221 W. Union St., from Sunday, March 25, through Tuesday, March 27. Sessions are planned for 7 to 9 p.m. each evening. A free-will offering will be accepted for Father Wilder’s ministry of prayer and evangelization. For more […]
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PERU — A funeral Mass will be offered at St. Bede Abbey Church at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, for Abbot Marion Balsavich, OSB, the fifth abbot of St. Bede Abbey who guided the Benedictine community from 1981 to 1990. Abbot Marion, 86, died from complications of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the early morning hours […]
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Photo Caption: Jason Burkey and Rachel Hendrix star in a scene from the movie “October Baby.” The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit the CNS […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI rings the International Eucharistic Congress Bell at the Vatican March 14. A couple of my brothers are on a Facebook crusade to right a wrong. Whenever they come across a St. Patrick’s Day-related promotion that has a four-leaf clover, rather than the three-leaf shamrock the nation’s patron used to symbolize […]
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DANVILLE — Schlarman Academy announced this week that its “Our Faith, Our Children, Our Future” capital campaign has met the $1.5 million goal. A total of $1,505,637 had been pledged by March 8, according to Janet Picillo, development director. “We are truly grateful for the support we have received for this campaign,” said Picillo. “We […]
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