VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI met privately with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, and told her that all Catholics, especially those who are lawmakers, must work to protect human life at every stage. Pelosi, a Catholic Democrat from California, has been criticized by many Catholics for her support […]
Continue readingRating: O (R) 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. Relentlessly violent horror action prequel in which a part-human, part-werewolf Lycan (Michael Sheen) leads a slave revolt against a cruel vampire king (Bill […]
Continue readingHow can we make our parish Masses more welcoming for families with small children? We’re interested in hearing voices of experience in the Diocese of Peoria.Are cry rooms the best solution? Is more sensitivity needed on the part of the assembly at Mass, or from parents who are slow to take out a noisy baby? […]
Continue readingFebruary is Catholic Press Month, and the time to renew or begin a subscription to The Catholic Post, the newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. The following letter encouraging subscriptions is from the Most Rev. Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria. For questions about subscribing, see the “How to Subscribe” link at left, call […]
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — For the second year in a row, the Central Catholic High School girls basketball team has finished the regular season with an undefeated record. Their victories include championships at the InterCity Tournament in November and the State Farm Holiday Classic. Last Thursday’s 63-41 victory over Prairie Central secured the Corn Belt Conference championship […]
Continue readingPERU — Love fills Johnnie Kaye’s life and perhaps that’s only natural since he was born on Valentine’s Day 84 years ago. “I always said he was a born lover and he is,” quipped his wife, Rita, as they sat in the living room of their comfortable Peru home last week. In June, the Kayes […]
Continue readingTo Father Alejandro Lopez, art is a gift meant to be shared. Visitors to Holy Family Parish in Peoria can see for themselves how he has been sharing his own artistic gift with his parish family. A framed colored drawing of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph — the work of this Conventual […]
Continue readingA daylong orientation and formation session last Saturday at St. Ann’s Parish in Peoria gave about 30 Vincentians a chance to meet the new leadership team of the Peoria Diocesan Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The orientation session for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, known internationally for its outreach to […]
Continue readingRemember the bone-chilling temperatures of early January in central Illinois? The Catholic Post and the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation extend a “warm” invitation to spend a week next January celebrating faith while enjoying a cruise through the eastern Caribbean. “Ship, Sunshine & Sheen” is the theme of a seven-day cruise aboard Holland America’s newest […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Dominic Garramone, OSB Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 15 Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46; Psalm 32:1-2,5,11; 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1; Mark 1:40-45 The Book of Leviticus, from which our first Sunday reading is taken, is a collection of regulations and restrictions, many of which deal with ritual purity. Ritual purity is a concept based on […]
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