EUREKA — Those who work with their hands will tell you it’s prudent to measure twice and cut once. Margie and Michael Pavlick of Streator added one more step, however, when they designed and built a new altar for the Salve Regina Newman Center. “It takes lots of prayer,” Margie told The Catholic Post, noting […]
Continue readingOne of the best ways women can support priests is to live their baptism well, according to two parish leaders who offered reflections as part of the 2009 convention of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women last Saturday. “Every one of us has the priestly duty to offer up sacrifice,” said Msgr. Jason Gray, […]
Continue readingA MEMORIAL Mass will be offered at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for Father Robert E. Reynolds, 83, a senior priest of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria. Father Reynolds died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. at South Central Rehabilitation Center in Rawlins, Wyo., where he had been living since […]
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Photo Caption: David Bereit, national campaign director of “40 Days for Life,” interviews Pat Conklin of Knox County Right to Life outside Peoria’s abortion facility on Oct. 25. By: By Tom Dermody The national campaign director of “40 Days for Life” brought words of encouragement to those taking part in the focused pro-life effort and […]
Continue readingGroups in the Champaign and Peoria areas that promote vocations and support priests in their ministry will receive Pere Marquette Awards during a Diocesan Mass of Thanksgiving planned for Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will confer the diocesan recognition for outstanding service on the Serra Club […]
Continue readingBy: By Sharon Priester The Solemnity of Christ the King, Nov. 22 Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93:1,1-2,5; Revelation 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 THIS WEEKEND, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. Reflecting on kings or queens, the one I quickly thought of living today was Queen Elizabeth II, ruler […]
Continue readinghnson Christmas Ornament to benefit the Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Immaculate Conception Convent, 2408 W. Heading Ave. in West Peoria. In 1995, Johnson gave the community the right to use his unique Christmas card designs to create a collectible ornament series. […]
Continue readingWANT TO have dinner with Bishop Jenky at his residence? Or would you prefer to talk politics over a meal with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood? Those are two of several celebrities who have stepped forward to support St. Augustine Manor in Peoria by being part of the 7th annual Celebrity Auction planned for […]
Continue readingCOAL VALLEY — Don’t hesitate. That’s what Jean Briggs would like people to know if they have been away from the Catholic Church but are now looking for a way to come “home.”The Alpha woman knows what she’s talking about. After 24 years of not being part of the church she loved so much, Briggs […]
Continue readingBy: Father Doug Grandon Thirtieth sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 25 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126:1-2,2-3,4-5,6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 “BIGGEST THING to happen ecclesiologically since the Reformation!” That’s how my friend, Church of England Bishop Andrew Burnham, described the Vatican’s announcement last Tuesday about “personal ordinariates” for Anglicans entering the Catholic Church. “Desperate bishops invited […]
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