Photo Caption: In prayer at the Pastoral Care Day of Reflection are Anna Sykes of Holy Family Parish and Provena Hospice, Danville; Lou Lowe of Sacred Heart, Peoria; and Georgia Kelm of St. Teresa, Earlville. By: By Jennifer Willems There is no escaping grief. It touches everyone for different reasons, in different ways and for […]
Continue readingThe real motivation behind civil union legislation in Illinois is not access to benefits but advancing the cause of same-sex marriage, according to a document published Oct. 15 by the Catholic Conference of Illinois.titled “Promoting Civil Unions to Undermine Marriage,” the document — available online and in a 12-page booklet — gives background on current […]
Continue readingPRINCEVILLE — A funeral Mass was to be offered at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at St. Mary of the Woods Church here for Father James Edward Purcell, a native of Princeville whose 56 years of priestly life included parish work as well as service to hospitals and schools. Father Purcell, who had been on […]
Continue readingGROUPS WITHIN the Diocese of Peoria serving the impoverished people of Haiti will now be linked under a new organization approved by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. The umbrella organization, called “St. Dominic’s Society for Haitian Outreach,” will first identify and unite those moved to action by concern for the Caribbean nation considered the poorest […]
Continue readingTeaching in a Catholic school is important work, but educators cannot be truly present to their students if they do not take steps to insure their own health and spend “at least two minutes of silence and solitude, wrapped in gratitude before God” every day. “Prayer is not nice — I don’t know where we […]
Continue readingDid President Barack Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded Oct. 9? Nine months into his presidency, has he done enough to foster peace in the world? What was the Nobel committee thinking when they named our new president the recipient of what may be the world’s most prestigious honor? How will the […]
Continue readingPERU — A Day of Recollection on the theme “Holy Abandonment” will be presented by Father James Murray, OSB, on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the St. Bede Abbey Church here. No pre-registration is necessary, and a free lunch will be provided. The day will include a Mass and an opportunity for the sacrament of reconciliation. […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — People will have an opportunity to remember their deceased loved ones resting at Calvary Cemetery by having candles placed at their graves on All Souls’ Day. The Remembrance Candles will be blessed at a special ceremony on Monday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m., at the mausoleum, 2901 12th St., and placed by […]
Continue readingBABIES LOST during pregnancy or infancy will be remembered at the annual Memorial Tree prayer service, which will be held on Sunday, Nov. 1, at Resurrection Cemetery in Peoria. Sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League, it will begin at 3 p.m. The prayer service will be led by Father Bill Miller, IC, pastor of Corpus […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Douglas Grandon Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 18 Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalm 33:4-5,18-19,20,22; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 IN 1782, George Washington became America’s hero after leading his ragtag, Colonial army to victory over the red coats of England. In his farewell address to his men, he pledged that he would leave public […]
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