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 […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — “The Art of Faith,” a sacred art show and sale, will take place the weekend of Feb. 18-19 at Farrell Hall of St. Pius X Church, 2901 24th St. Planned by a local group of art enthusiasts interested also in promoting the Catholic faith, the exhibit will feature a dozen local artists […]
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Have you always wanted to experience the beauty and charm of Alaska? Then join other readers of The Catholic Post, their families and friends aboard Holland America Line’s fabulous Westerdam for “Alleluia in Alaska,” a Post-sponsored cruise scheduled for June 9-16, 2012. Cabins are filling fast and need to be reserved as soon as possible, […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The take-away message from a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse was clear: Victims, truth and justice come first. And the church can no longer wait for a crisis to erupt before it begins to address the scandal of abuse. “We do not need to wait for a bomb to explode. […]
Continue readingSEATTLE (CNS) — Members of the House of Representatives in Washington state voted Feb. 8 to legalize same-sex marriage, and Gov. Christine Gregoire was expected to sign the bill into law by mid-February. The vote came one day after a federal appeals court in California struck down that state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. In […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, including Bishop Jenky, pray at the tomb of St. Peter before concelebrating Mass in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 9. By: By Catholic Post and Catholic News Service staff Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Region VII — which […]
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