GERMANTOWN HILLS — “God never promised us a rose garden. He promised us eternal life.” Speaking to about 60 people from throughout the diocese who have lost a spouse through death or divorce, Archabbot Lambert Reilly, OSB, used personal stories and straight talk in urging them to find peace through deeper faith and trust in […]
Continue readingTwenty-one people from the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois gathered recently at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria to preview a new video on the society’s foundress. The cause for sainthood of Servant of God Mary Virginia Merrick opened in 2003 and is being promoted by the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.To help with the […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON — “Faith on Draft,” a series of fellowship nights hosted by the Knights of Columbus, Father John Menco Council No. 6707, will begin Saturday, Aug. 22, with a presentation on “Catholics and Mary.” The speaker will be Father Joseph Donton, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Washington. He will talk at 7 p.m. and […]
Continue readingBy: Fr. Dominic Garramone, OSB Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 23 Joshua 24:1-2a,15-17,18b; Psalm 34:2-3,16-17,18-19,20-21; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69 A CLEAR THEME emerges from an examination of the three readings: commitment. In the first reading, Joshua renews the covenant and the people of Israel commit themselves to living according to the Mosaic Law. Husband […]
Continue readingThe final days of August will be exciting ones at two institutions in our diocese each celebrating 100-year anniversaries under the patronage of St. Mary. This Tuesday, Aug. 25, OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg culminates a yearlong observance of its centennial. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be principal celebrant of a 5 […]
Continue readingMany people have an opportunity to get a foretaste of the heavenly banquet with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, when he celebrates pontifical Masses at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Sharing an informal lunch and having time to ask questions doesn’t happen every day, however. Forty new Catholics and members of RCIA teams from around […]
Continue readingA “40 DAYS for Life” campaign of prayer, fasting, and community outreach to end abortion is scheduled to begin in Peoria on Sept. 23. As part of the campaign, participants are being sought to take shifts in an around-the-clock vigil being planned outside the abortion facility at 7505 N. University St. in Peoria. “We hope […]
Continue readingMAHOMET — A Mass of Christian burial was offered at Our Lady of the Lake Church here on Friday, Aug. 14, for Father George E. Wuellner, a former vicar of the Champaign vicariate whose artistic talents were known throughout the diocese. Father Wuellner, pastor emeritus of St. Boniface Parish in Seymour who had been on […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — A funeral Mass was offered on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Holy Trinity Church here for Msgr. Thomas W. Maloney, who served as chaplain of Central Catholic High School for 14 years and was pastor of parishes in Chenoa, Lexington, and Normal. Msgr. Maloney, a former vicar of the Bloomington vicariate who was granted […]
Continue readingDEPUE — St. Mary’s Parish here will celebrate 100 years of faith next Sunday, Aug. 30, with a 4 p.m. bilingual Mass that reflects the rich and diverse Catholic history of this Bureau County community on the northern shores of Lake DePue. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will be principal celebrant of the Mass, assisted […]
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