NORMAL — The first feast day of the newly beatified Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman will be a big day at the newly expanded St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Newman Center here, and everyone is invited on Saturday, Oct. 9. A day of activities begins with 9 a.m. Mass in honor of Blessed Newman celebrated in […]
Continue readingExtra Masses in Farmingtonduring Spoon River Drive FARMINGTON — To assist those who will be taking the Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive over the next two weekends, St. Matthew’s Church is adding two extra Masses to its schedule. Father Bruce King, IC, pastor, said he will be celebrating Mass at 6 p.m. in addition to […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems STREATOR — With every death comes new life and that is the hope the Streator Catholic Community was encouraged to hold on to as parishioners came together for the last Masses at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Church of St. Stephen and the Church of St. Anthony last weekend. […]
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Photo Caption: Before tackling serious topics, students attending Catholic High School Leadership Day mixed it up in a game of “human foosball” on the patio of the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. By: By Tom Dermody Sixteen-year-old pop singer Justin Bieber is a big deal these days, but St. Francis of Assisi has been considered […]
Continue readingWith Catholic Charities USA celebrating its 100th anniversary Sept. 25-28 during its annual convention in Washington, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has proclaimed this Sunday, Sept. 26, as Catholic Charities Sunday throughout the Diocese of Peoria. In the Diocese of Peoria, Catholic Charities was incorporated in 1942, though individual and group endeavors to help the […]
Continue readingMoral and Character Education in Catholic Schools will be the topic of a presentation in the University of Notre Dame Club of Peoria’s Hesburgh Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria. The speaker will be Dr. Daniel K. Lapsley, a professor and chair in the department […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody Participants in the “40 Days for Life” campaign to end abortion that opens Sept. 22 in Peoria, Champaign, and around the U.S. were challenged to be “sentinels of hope” to their communities during a prayerful kickoff event on the banks of the Illinois River on Sunday evening. “We are here because […]
Continue readingThe Measure of Love Is to Love Without Measure is the theme for this year’s observance of Respect Life Sunday and parishioners across the Diocese of Peoria will be demonstrating that love in a variety of ways on Sunday, Oct. 3. One of those activities will take men, women and children to the streets to […]
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 www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly. —– “Devil” (Universal) The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — […]
Continue readingGLASGOW, Scotland (CNS) — Celebrating Mass for tens of thousands of faithful, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to promote the “wisdom and vision” of their religion in the public square. A society that tries to do without religion ends up living in a self-destructive moral jungle, the pope said at a liturgy in Glasgow Sept. […]
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