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By: Jennifer Willems - November 13, 2010 -
Featured Article
Photo Caption: Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, prays just inside the doors of the new Chapel of St. Robert Bellarmine at the start of the Dedication Mass in Normal Nov. 7. By: By Jennifer Willems NORMAL — Filled to overflowing with people, praise and gratitude, the new Chapel of St. Robert Bellarmine on the campus […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 12, 2010 -
World/National News
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Singer Grace Griffith knew what Pope John Paul II was going through once he became afflicted with Parkinson’s disease. Griffith, 54, received her own diagnosis of Parkinson’s in 1998. Her brother had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1992. Moreover, when not paying the bills with her music, Griffith was a physical therapist […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 12, 2010 -
World/National News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God constantly tries to enter into dialogue with the people he created — speaking through creation and even through silence, but mainly in the church through the Bible and through his son Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. In his apostolic exhortation, “Verbum Domini” (“The Word of the Lord”), the pope […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 12, 2010 -
Local News Brief
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be the celebrant of a Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria.At the Mass, prayers of gratitude will be offered not only for this year’s harvest but also for the blessings of faithful Catholics who assist in parishes and institutions […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 12, 2010 -
Local News Brief
One weekend after Peoria Notre Dame claimed state titles in girls cross country and boys soccer, two more Catholic schools of the diocese are in the sports spotlight.Today, Bloomington Central Catholic’s volleyball team plays Breese Central in the semifinals of the Class 2A IHSA tournament. The winner of today’s game at noon in Redbird Arena […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 4, 2010 -
World/National News
By: By Deacon Eric Meisfjord, Catholic News Service SPOKANE, Wash. (CNS) — Oddly enough, a massive Catholic Internet information hub with global reach got its start when someone asked the question, “Who are these people sitting in the pews with me?” The person asking the question was Dan Roach, an attorney and member of St. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 29, 2010 -
News Article
ROCK ISLAND — Betty and John Moran were planning a quiet celebration for their 70th wedding anniversary this month, but it didn’t exactly turn out that way. While they were able to renew their vows simply at a Mass on Oct. 19 at St. Pius X Church here, where they are charter members, their 40 […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 29, 2010 -
Movie Review
The 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 www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly. —– “Paranormal Activity 2” (Paramount) The Catholic News Service Classification is […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 29, 2010 -
Living the Word
By: By Father Douglas Grandon Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 31Wisdom 11:22 — 12:2; Psalm 145:1-2,8-9,10-11,13,14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11 — 2:2; Luke 19:1-10 The third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization ended last week with dramatic testimony from the 18-year-old daughter of a former assistant to the Communist dictator of North Korea, Kim Jung Il. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - October 29, 2010 -
News Article
By: By Tom Dermody LACON — Next to nothing is known about Baby Moses Doe, but visitors to Immaculate Conception Cemetery here will remember the tiny infant for generations to come. The 20-week fetus, whose skeletal remains were found on the edge of a river barge on Sept. 2 as gravel was being loaded in […]
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