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By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2011 -
News Article
Imagine taking a problem to someone you regard as a leader — a boss, a coach, a parent, a pastor — only to be told that person has no answers for you. “For most of us in business, not having an answer is not a safe thing,” said Jim DeRose, head soccer coach at Bradley […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - March 17, 2011 -
News Article
By: By Jennifer Willems WASHINGTON — The sounds of babies cooing and burbling, and women laughing and occasionally sniffling and wiping away tears mixed with words of wisdom, words of prayer and words of song to fill the Caterpillar Performing Arts Theatre at Five Points here for “Behold! A Catholic Conference on the Dignity and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 11, 2011 -
Local News Brief
WEST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the chapel of Immaculate Conception Convent at 7 p.m. Monday, March 14, for Sister Virginia Ann Glogowski, OSF. A native of Peru, Ill., Sister Virginia Ann died Thursday morning, March 10, at Mother of Peace Home in West Peoria. She was 86. Visitation […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2011 -
Local News Brief
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) congratulated the Illinois bishops, the Catholic Conference of Illinois, the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, and all advocates for their work to bring about the repeal of the death penalty in Illinois. “These advocates have worked tirelessly to […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 9, 2011 -
Featured Article
Photo Caption: Robert Rodriguez, from Corpus Christi Parish in Galesburg, was among 30 deacon candidates installed into the ministry of acolyte by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on March 5. By: By Tom Dermody The permanent deacons of the Diocese of Peoria were asked at their annual gathering last weekend to help the Catholic Church […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 8, 2011 -
World/National News
DUBLIN (CNS) — Irish Catholic leaders formally announced plans for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, including efforts to keep the costs affordable. The congress will be June 10-17, 2012, at various locations in the Dublin archdiocese, including Royal Dublin Society. The closing Mass will be held at Dublin’s Croke Park and is expected to attract […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 8, 2011 -
World/National News
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — A witness to mystery. That is how Indianapolis Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein described Bishop Christopher J. Coyne in a homily that he delivered just minutes before he ordained the Boston archdiocesan priest as the first auxiliary bishop for the church in central and southern Indiana since 1933. “In a secularized world that […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 8, 2011 -
World/National News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Money, success, power and political ideologies can never give someone a foundation for a life that has real joy and real meaning, Pope Benedict XVI said. Jesus helps “us feel the joy of being sons and daughters of the father who is in heaven, showing us the solid basis on which […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 8, 2011 -
Local News Brief
CHAMPAIGN — Pope Paul VI’s prophetic words about artificial birth control and the problems that would result from its use will be the focus of a “Life Is Sweet” presentation on Tuesday, March 15, in the parish hall of St. Matthew’s Church, 1303 Lincolnshire Drive. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker will […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2011 -
Living the Word
By: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, March 6 Deuteronomy 11:18,26-28; Psalm 31:2-3,3-4,17,25; Romans 3:21-25,28; Matthew 7:21-27 A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her 5- and 6-year-olds. After explaining the commandment to “Honor thy father and thy mother,” she asked, “Is there a commandment that teaches us […]
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