It should be quite a celebration weekend Oct. 9-11 at Marquette High School in Ottawa. A pioneer school of our diocese, Marquette is marking 150 years of Catholic secondary education in the city and region this year. The school traces its roots back to 1859 and the establishment of St. Xavier Academy by the Sisters […]
Continue readingTwenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 11 Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13,14-15,16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 PENNSYLVANIA Hospital in Philadelphia was our nation’s very first medical center. Founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, the hospital is home to the nation’s oldest surgical amphitheatre, the “dreaded circular room,” located on the third floor. […]
Continue readingCatholic radio may be coming to the Peoria area by the end of 2009. The Catholic Post has learned that a local group hopes to make WPMJ 94.3 FM, Peoria-Chillicothe, the latest radio station in the EWTN Catholic radio affiliate network. Plans are under way to start the process of conversion during the month of […]
Continue readingIt’s true that God created the world and all that is in it and while that is enough to inspire wonder and awe for a lifetime, it is only part of the story. What people may overlook is that God’s first act was to establish that new world in an order of justice, where harmony […]
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Photo Caption: Father Bill Miller, IC, chairman of the diocese’s Respect Life Board, addresses a crowd of 200-plus at the Respect Life Dinner on Oct. 4. By: By Tom Dermody From biased reporting to sexual and violent content in programming, the media have an impact on life issues and those who promote the sanctity of […]
Continue readingFARMINGTON — Those who will be participating in the 42nd annual Spoon River Drive through Fulton County are invited to stop for Mass at St. Matthew’s Church, 156 E. Vernon St. Father Bruce King, IC, pastor, said that in addition to the regular Saturday liturgy at 5 p.m., Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. […]
Continue readingTHE NATIONAL Pilgrim Virgin Statue of the United States will tour throughout the Diocese of Peoria for 15 days at the beginning of October, a month of special rosary devotion. The 4-foot-tall statue was blessed by Pope Paul VI and presented to our country by the Bishop of Fatima to carry the message of conversion […]
Continue readingBELLEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday, Oct. 1, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Church here for Father J. Vincent Fitzgerald, OMI, a native of Troy Grove who oversaw construction of King’s House of Retreats in Henry and served as its first director. Father Fitzgerald died Sunday, […]
Continue readingOTTAWA — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will celebrate a Mass next Sunday as part of a weekend of events opening a yearlong celebration of the 150th anniversary of Marquette High School. The 3 p.m. Mass on Oct. 11 has been moved to Bader Gym to accommodate the expected crowds, according to Ron Spandet, principal. […]
Continue readingTwenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 4 Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 128:1-2,3,4-5,6; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 LESLIE VAN HOUTEN grew up in a clean-cut, loving family in a comfortable middle-class home in a Southern California suburb. Her father and stay-at-home mom devoted themselves to their four children. Sadly, when Leslie was 13, the Van Houtens divorced. […]
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