ROCK ISLAND — The Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Avenue West, are offering time to pray and participate in the liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil with them from Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. through Easter Sunday, April 24, at 1 p.m.The cost of the retreat is […]
Continue readingWEST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on April 5 in the chapel of Immaculate Conception Convent for Sister Mary Virginia Butkovich, OSF, who was in her 75th year of religious profession. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery here on April 6. Sister Mary Virginia, 93, died on March 31, 2011, at […]
Continue readingThe most popular column in the U.S. Catholic press got its start with little fanfare on the pages of The Catholic Post in Peoria on Oct. 31, 1971. “Beginning this week is a new ‘Question Column’ featured on the Know Your Faith pages,” began the two sentence announcement with no headline on our front page. […]
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Photo Caption: Pledges to the Annual Diocesan Appeal will be sought in all parishes on or around the weekend of April 9-10. The Diocese of Peoria is “like a large Catholic family” that “can do great things together,” said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in urging generous support of the 2011 Annual Diocesan Appeal. The […]
Continue readingMACOMB — The branch office of Catholic Charities here is temporarily taking on a new look in the coming weeks: that of a fashion boutique. Hanging from rods at the office, located at 123 S. McArthur St., are more than 60 new or gently used prom, cocktail or formal dresses of all colors, styles, and […]
Continue readingBy: By Msgr. Stuart Swetland Fourth Sunday of Lent, April 31 Samuel 16:1b,6-7,10-13a; Psalm 23:1-3a,3b-4,5,6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 One of my favorite pastimes, when I have some free time, is to visit art museums. I often take my breviary with me to pray with the religious art work. Many of the pieces in today’s […]
Continue readingContinuing Catholic education throughout the year in every part of the Diocese of Peoria is the goal of the diocesan Office of Catechetics and the “Let My People Come” series offers a variety of opportunities for that in the April and May. The main focus in June will be the Diocesan Summer Institute, which will […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems UTICA — Anyone who doubts the power of prayer to bring about vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life has only to look at Erin Mone. “I’ve been to Mass all over the diocese and I always hear people pray for vocations. I feel like I’m the fruit of their prayers,” […]
Continue readingKICKAPOO — Eight members of the Knights of Columbus from around the Diocese of Peoria will be honored at the 23rd annual “Night of Knights” recognition dinner on Saturday, April 9, at St. Mary’s Parish here. Sponsored by the Peoria Diocese Chapter Knights of Columbus, the event recognizes members for outstanding service to the organization, […]
Continue readingA funeral Mass was offered on Thursday, March 31, at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria for Father John J. Dietzen, 83, episcopal vicar for senior clergy of the Diocese of Peoria and the foremost question-and-answer columnist in the Catholic press in the United States for more than 35 years. Father Dietzen, pastor emeritus […]
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