The Catholic Charities Community Advisory Board of Champaign and Piatt Counties held their annual steak dinner fundraiser at Philo Tavern in Philo on April 28th. St. Thomas More students helped to serve 130 guests and net proceeds to Catholic Charities totaled $3,800. From left are Renee Mullen (mom to Natasha), Hadassah, Rina, Natasha, Indiana, Miles, […]
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Three seminarians of the Diocese of Peoria will make one of the biggest transitions of their lives as they move one step closer to the priesthood through ordination as transitional deacons on Saturday, May 18, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. by Bishop Louis Tylka. As the […]
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Women at the PDCCW “Prayer, Honor and Blessings” event on May 11 process to the grotto at St. Mary of Lourdes, Germantown Hills after Mass. In the foreground is one of the Rose Award scholarship recipients, Kayla Ratermann, of St. Paul Parish in Macomb. Provided photo/Andrea Ratermann
St. Mary of Lourdes Church and grotto in Germantown Hills was the setting for the May 11 morning of “Prayer, Honor, and Blessings,” sponsored by the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (PDCCW) and Women Connect. Women and girls throughout the diocese were invited to participate in the celebration which included Mass and prayers, followed […]
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Continuing with the jubiliarian recognitions that began with Bishop Jenky’s 50th anniversary of ordination on April 6, May 12 marks 40 years of priesthood for Father Raymond Guthrie and Father William Miller. Father Raymond Guthrie The oldest of Raymond and Dorothy Guthrie’s five children, Father Guthrie was born in Chicago on Jan. 31, 1954. He […]
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Please consider joining this prayer novena for the people of our diocese as we move toward Pentecost weekend and the Growing Disciples announcements.
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Priests, as diocesan faith leaders, were out in force to concelebrate Mass with Bishop Tylka and support their school leaders at St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 7. The Catholic Post Online/Paul Thomas Moore
The Office of Catholic Schools annual year-end celebration for school administrators on May 7 — National Teacher Appreciation Day — began appropriately with the celebration of Holy Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria by Bishop Louis Tylka. In his homily, Bishop Tylka said that as he prepared to celebrate this Mass for school administrators, […]
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18 priests serving in the Diocese of Peoria are celebrating a birthday from May 7 – May 30, including our Bishop Lou! Monsignor Michael Bliss (May 7); Father Peter Okola, AJ, and Father Robert Schladen (May 8); Father Antonio Dittmer (May 9); Father Daniel Dionesotes, Father William Miller, and Father Bowan Schmitt (May 12); Father […]
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Faces of anticipation and contemplation as second-graders Cisco Head and Gianna Foster await their roles in the crowning of Mary at the rededication Mass celebrating the completion of renovations to Epiphany Catholic School in Normal on April 30. The Catholic Post Online/Paul Thomas Moore
By Paul Thomas Moore of The Catholic Post Online NORMAL — In a world of change, Epiphany Catholic School in Normal is moving into the future in Jesus’ Name, while holding Mary’s hand. That was the message illustrated during the rededication Mass giving thanks for the school’s renovations and new additions at Epiphany Catholic Church […]
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The students at St. Malachy Catholic School in Geneseo model hats knitted for them by their “lunch lady” Chelsie Pettie. Katrina Jensen/St. Malachy School
By Kimberly Souba for The Catholic Post Online GENESEO — When Chelsie Pettie, a cafeteria worker employed by Geneseo Public School District arrived at her post at St. Malachy Catholic School here last month, she had no idea of the distinction she was about to receive. Pettie, who has served lunch to St. Malachy students […]
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Ray Leon proudly stands at the beautiful new grotto that is now located on the south lawn of St. Catherine Church. The new stone wall serves as a backdrop to the restored statues of Our Blessed Mother and the children of Fatima. Supplied photo
By Courtney Grussing for The Catholic Post Online ALEDO — St. Catherine Church in Aledo has a renovated Our Lady of Fatima grotto thanks to 15-year-old Ray Leon. As part of his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout project, Ray designed and rebuilt a new stone grotto that now serves as a peaceful spot for […]
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