Photo Caption: Second-grader Elizabeth Rohrer of St. Mary’s School in Metamora reads a book to her furry friend Ali after equipping her with a pair of 3-D glasses. METAMORA — Ali Belsley heard a lot about dinosaurs during a recent visit to St. Mary’s School, but she didn’t seem to mind. Ever the good sport, […]
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The Catholic Post’s 2012 Delivering Unity Campaign is off to a fast start, with nearly 4,000 contributions recorded in the first two weeks of the campaign. We are very grateful. Judging from phone calls, we also admit that some confusion has arisen because of the new name for what had been our annual subscription drive. […]
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Photo Caption: Father Glenn Harris, diocesan director and chaplain of Catholic Boy and Girl Scouts, hands out a religious emblem to one of more than 100 recipients at the annual Diocesan Scout Mass Feb. 12. By: By Tom Dermody Pledges to help other people are part of the Girl Scout and Cub Scout promises as […]
Continue readingDespite continuing threats to religious liberty, Catholics around the Diocese of Peoria will have cause to celebrate next Sunday when more than 200 people come to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria to declare their intention to proceed to the Easter Sacraments. The Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion will take place at […]
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My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we enter into this Lenten season, the Church once again invites us to use this opportunity to share more fully in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ. It is essential that we cultivate a deeper sense of prayer, fasting and almsgiving to better offer our lives to […]
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By: By Tim Irwin Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 19 Isaiah 43:18-19,21-22,24b-25; Psalm 41:2-3,4-5,13-14; 2 Corinthians 1:18-22; Mark 2:1-12 All golfers know the value of a mulligan. It offers the repentant the chance to redo an errant shot without having to count the mistake. No golfer actually deserves a mulligan; it’s given not earned. […]
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Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and Msgr. Paul Showalter, vicar general of the Diocese of Peoria, are pictured with Pope Benedict XVI during an ad limina audience at the Vatican on Feb. 9. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC — in Rome last week for his “ad limina” visit with Pope Benedict XVI and […]
Continue readingAs 2012 began, our Bishop of Peoria issued a teaching document that, let’s face it, didn’t have the most grab-your-interest title: “Secularism.” But the days that followed its Jan. 8 release make Bishop Jenky seem like a prophet, and his teaching more of a must-read than ever. The bishop, you recall, warned of a political […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington Feb. 10 as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius looks on. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an move that appears unlikely to end the controversy over a federal mandate that all […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — “Going Into the Wilderness” is the theme for a one-day retreat that will be offered by the Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary on Saturday, Feb. 18. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Mercy Community, 301 N. Wright St. Sister Charlene Cesario, SSCM, will be the […]
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