Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria will hold meetings to present information about its adoption program on Thursday, July 7, and on Monday, July 11. Both will run from 6 to 7 p.m. The first meeting will take place at the Catholic Charities branch office at 1315A Curt Drive in Champaign. The second will […]
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Photo Caption: Father Douglas Martis fields questions after his presentations on how the third edition of the Roman Missal in English invites Catholics to renew their understanding of the Mass. By: By Jennifer Willems If people focus on changes in language to the exclusion of all else, they will be missing an opportunity to change […]
Continue readingLACON — All “wheels” are welcome to take part in the “Ride for St. Joseph’s Home” this Saturday, June 25. It will begin at 11 a.m. with a “dry run” sign-in at St. Joseph’s, 401 Ninth St., or a tavern tour sign-in at Linda Lou’s 119 Tavern, 119 N. Washington St. The ride will end […]
Continue readingSTREATOR — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will join members of St. Michael the Archangel Parish this Sunday, June 26, for a Mass and procession in honor of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. During the 1 p.m. liturgy, Bishop Jenky will install Father Philip Halfacre as the new pastor. […]
Continue readingYoung Catholic adults are invited to discuss their faith in a relaxed setting on Wednesday evenings in July during the 2011 Theology on Tap series in Peoria. Topics and speakers for the four sessions — all to begin at 6:30 p.m. at Kelleher’s Irish Pub, 619 S.W. Water St. in Peoria — have been announced […]
Continue readingThe 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 movie site here. This list will be updated regularly, and all reviews are copyright (c) 2011 […]
Continue readingBy: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service BELLEVUE, Wash. (CNS) — Taking on the issue of physician-assisted suicide in the state where voters most recently approved it, the U.S. bishops declared suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent.” Approved 191-1 June 16 at the bishops’ spring general assembly […]
Continue readingBRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Boston has opened the canonization cause of an Opus Dei priest, Father Joseph Muzquiz, who established the organization in the United States and worked for many years in the greater Boston area. About 150 people, many of whom are local members of Opus Dei, attended the ceremony held […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems It is said that the only perfect Mass is in heaven. While that may be true, it hasn’t stopped Deacon Toby Tyler from doing what he can to lift liturgies at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria a little closer to it. “We try to make it the best we can,” he […]
Continue readingEditor’s note: This is the full text of a June 7 letter by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, to Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria. For more information, see related story here. —– To the Priests, Deacons, Religious and Laity of the Diocese of Peoria Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with enormous […]
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