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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
Local News Brief
HENRY — Joseph Scheidler, national director of the Pro-Life Action League, will deliver a talk on Wednesday, May 6, at St. Mary’s Parish Center, 401 South St. Scheidler’s talk, to begin at 6 p.m., is sponsored by the Henry Knights of Columbus. It is open to the public and there is no charge to attend. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
Local News Brief
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria will hold its annual Birthmother’s Day Celebrations and Blessings at four locations in May to honor and remember the women who place their children for adoption. All members of the adoption experience — birthmothers, birthfathers, adoptees, adoptive parents and those who support them — are invited to attend […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
News Article
For Deacon Joseph O’Tool of St. John the Apostle Parish in Woodhull, the motivation to visit the inmates at the Henry C. Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg comes down to something very simple. “You really have to believe, ‘When I was in prison, you visited me.’ You have to know the person sitting in front […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
News Article
Remembering the millions of people killed in the Holocaust can help us prevent or stop similar atrocities in the world today. That was one of the important lessons driven home last week for the students of Holy Family School in Peoria as they took part in Holocaust Remembrance Day activities on Monday and Tuesday. On […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
News Article
A new prayer request feature at the Web site of the Diocese of Peoria has been launched as another way the Catholic community in central Illinois can draw closer to God through the helpful tools of modern digital media. Visitors to the diocesan home page, www.cdop.org, can now access the prayer request page, called “Peoria […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
News Article
With an invitation to count our blessings even in challenging economic times, the 2009 Annual Diocesan Appeal has opened in parishes across the Diocese of Peoria. “Every day we should count our blessings, especially the fact that we belong to the Catholic Church,” said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in a video message promoting the […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 24, 2009 -
Featured Article
Photo Caption: Twenty-nine women from 18 parishes were honored at the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women’s annual Appreciation Luncheon. By: By Jennifer Willems Without the women who volunteer so many hours to their parish communities, “the diocese would come to a screeching halt,” according to Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. On Tuesday, April 21, the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
Living the Word
By: By Father Douglas Grandon Third Sunday of Easter, April 26 Acts 3:13-15,17-19; Psalm 4:2,4,7-8,9; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48 According to The Wall Street Journal, three billionaire brothers in Hong Kong have “just the answer for the rising waters threatening the global economy.” The Kwok brothers have built a life-sized replica of Noah’s ark […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 24, 2009 -
Editorial
At first glance, or any subsequent look, no one would confuse Miss California, Carrie Prejean, with any of the 1,000 or more Catholic men from all corners of the diocese who will join Bishop Jenky this Saturday for the annual “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith.” And while a throng of Catholic men marching […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 23, 2009 -
World/National News
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Asian-born men make up 11 percent of the ordination class of 2009 even though the number of Asian Catholics in the United States hovers around 3 percent of the total Catholic population, an annual survey of incoming priests has found. At the same time, men of Hispanic descent make up 12 percent […]
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