BLOOMINGTON — OSF Healthcare System will extend its services in the Bloomington-Normal area this fall thanks to an agreement signed Tuesday with the Urbana-based Carle Clinic Association. Effective Sept. 13, the Carle Clinic site in Bloomington will be renamed “OSF Medical Group — College Avenue” and will commence operations as a part of OSF Healthcare […]
Continue readingWhile Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria makes painful cuts to programs in response to the continuing state budget crisis in Springfield, Catholic health care institutions in the diocese also have been coping with the impact of late payments from the state. The Illinois General Assembly is not set to return to work on […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — Eliseo Valdes wishes you weren’t looking at his face for this story. He’d rather you see the faces of the poor people he has come to love so much in El Salvador. It is a relationship that was forged a year ago when he traveled to San Luis Talpa with a group from […]
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Photo Caption: Angela Telthorst, a Mahomet native, joins more than 200 FOCUS missionaries in making a profession of faith at St. John’s Catholic Chapel. By: By Tom Dermody CHAMPAIGN — Fresh out of boot camp, Ryan Purcell is ready to go to battle. His destination? The University of Illinois. Purcell is one of 86 first-year […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), breaks new ground on such topics as microfinancing, intellectual property rights, globalization and the concept of putting one’s wealth at the service of the poor, according to Catholic scholars and church leaders. In interviews with Catholic News Service and in statements […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Keeping a pro-life sensibility during hard economic times can actually help a society through those trying years, Pope Benedict XVI said in his third encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”). In a social encyclical on development and the world’s financial crisis, the pope said it is important to keep in mind […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and promote the real development of all the world’s peoples, Pope Benedict XVI said in his new encyclical. The document, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), was dated June 29 and released at the […]
Continue readingRating: L (PG-13) NEW YORK (CNS) — The following is a capsule review of a movie recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Generally well-acted if sometimes soggy family drama about a strong-willed mother (Cameron Diaz excellent in a not-always-likable part), in denial about her teenage […]
Continue readingCentral Illinois Right to Life, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and WPEO Christian Talk Radio will sponsor a 5K “Run for Life” run/walk next month in support of the protection of all human life from conception to natural death. The event will be Saturday, Aug. 8, in Lower Bradley Park, Peoria. Check-in is from 6:30 […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria is planning an adoption orientation on Tuesdays, July 14 and 21, at Holy Trinity Church, 711 N. Main St. It will begin at 6 p.m. The two-part orientation is designed to help participants understand the process of infant adoption as well explore their options. Anyone who […]
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