James Lansberry knows that business is all about supply and demand, and he says it’s time to address the demand for abortion. That means ministering to young women in crisis pregnancies in such a way as it removes any reason to have an abortion, he said. “It’s a more complete view of Christian charity,” according […]
Continue readingFinding Catholic programming for the whole family got easier in central Illinois last week when a video player called CatholicTVjr was added to the Web site of the Diocese of Peoria. It can be launched by clicking on the link on the left side of the page, which is located at www.cdop.org. The feature has […]
Continue readingA MEMORIAL Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Peoria at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, for Father Marne Breckensiek, OFM, who served as pastor of the downtown Peoria parish for 24 years. Father Marne died on Dec. 29, 2009, at St. Margaret Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 71. A Mass […]
Continue readingBy: Msgr. Stuart Swetland Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 10 Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7 or Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Psalm 29:1-4,9-10 or Psalm 104:1b-2,3-4,24-25,27-28,29-30; Acts 10:34-38 or Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16,21-22 ONE OF my favorite passages in sacred Scripture is 1 John 3:1-2. It reads “See what love the Father has given us that we should be called […]
Continue readingAs this is written Wednesday, the winner of the college football championship game between Texas and Alabama on Thursday night had yet to be decided. It was the scheduled highlight of dozens of bowl games during recent weeks, and a television audience of tens of millions was expected to view the contest. In this space, […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — Retreats and programs planned for this month by the Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery include a book club that will focus on the challenge of being a Christian in a difficult time. “Compassion,” a book by Father Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill and Douglas Morrison, will be studied on six […]
Continue readingPERU — Funeral Masses are planned in LaSalle and East Peoria for Deacon Ron Rager, a member of the first class of permanent deacons ordained for the Diocese of Peoria, who is being remembered as “a man of service, who had a heart of charity.” “Truly loved his God and truly loved his neighbor,” said […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — Minette Sternke has a big dream. She would like to see an office for deaf ministry established in the Diocese of Peoria, but she isn’t sitting back and waiting for someone else to do the work for the deaf community in central Illinois. Already active at St. Patrick’s Parish in Urbana, Sternke continues […]
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Photo Caption: More than 300 students, seminarians, and chaplains from the diocese were among those greeting 2010 at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students national conference in Orlando. By: By Tom Dermody The midnight balloon drop was more than a week ago, but the joy it symbolized will be lasting for hundreds of Catholic college […]
Continue readingPONTIAC — A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at St. Mary’s Church here for Jayne L. Brunskill, 95, the mother of three children including Father Richard Brunskill, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria on senior status. Mrs. Brunskill died at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 […]
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