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Outdoor classroom a place of prayer, learning at St. Mary School in Kickapoo

By: Jennifer Willems - August 28, 2019 - Featured Article Father Dondanville, Josette Baumann, Kickapoo, outdoor garden, St. Mary School

Kindergartner Owen Schaub gives a good drink of water to the newly planted flowers in the outdoor classroom at St. Mary School in Kickapoo. The students were guided by Owen's grandmother, master gardener Anne Schaub. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

KICKAPOO — Over the summer, a new classroom was added to St. Mary School here. Don’t look for it inside the building, however. The spacious new learning center is located behind the school on a large lot that had plenty of grass but wasn’t used for anything — until kindergarten teacher Josette Baumann received a […]

Educators learn more about heavenly ‘friend’ at Catechetical Institute

By: Jennifer Willems - August 24, 2019 - Featured Article Bonnie Engstrom, Diocesan Catechetical Institute, Msgr. Stanley Deptula

Msgr. Stanley Deptula smiles as Bonnie Engstrom shares a favorite story about Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen during the keynote at the Diocesan Catechetical Institute on Aug. 13. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen made more than 800 new friends as Catholic school teachers, religious educators and interested parishioners came together for the annual Diocesan Catechetical Institute on Aug. 13. The back-to-school gathering was hosted by St. Vincent de Paul Church and School in Peoria. As he did during his long priesthood, the El […]

Admitted to candidacy for Holy Orders, 21 men form Permanent Deacon Class XI

By: Jennifer Willems - August 21, 2019 - Featured Article

The 21 men in Permanent Deacon Class XI pose with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, after being admitted as candidates for Holy Orders during Mass on Aug. 18 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Standing behind the bishop are Deacon Ed Mallow, Deacon Gary Koerner, Deacon Todd Weber, and Deacon Joe Knapp, members of the team working with the deacon candidates. Concelebrating with the bishop were Father Donald Levitt (far left) of Christ the King, Moline, and Father Mark DeSutter of Sacred Heart, Moline, the pastors of three of the candidates. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

Declaring their resolve to complete their preparation for Holy Orders and assume ministry within the church, 21 men were admitted to candidacy for the permanent diaconate by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, on Aug. 18. The Ritual for Candidacy took place during the 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Father Donald Levitt […]

To enter religious life, Champaign woman seeking help through #ProjectMiracle

By: Jennifer Willems - August 16, 2019 - News Article Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco, St. John's Catholic Newman Center, weDignify

Shortly after arriving in the Diocese of Peoria in 2015, Pamela Rose Suresca (kneeling fourth from left) attended a celebration of consecrated life at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. Also pictured is Sister Theresa Lee, FMA (kneeling sixth from left), who is now vocations director for the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco, the community Suresca hopes to enter in September. (The Catholic Post file photo/Jennifer Willems)

CHAMPAIGN — Miracles can be hard to come by, but Pamela Rose Suresca isn’t letting that stop her from pursuing one as if the rest of her life depends on it. Suresca, who recently ended her job as director of mission formation for weDignify in Champaign, hopes to enter the Daughters of Mary Help of […]

Sister Teresa Paul Selamat professes perpetual vows as a Franciscan

By: Jennifer Willems - August 14, 2019 - News Article OSF, perpetual vows, Sister Teresa Paul Selamat, The SIsters of the Third Order of St. Francs

As Sister Agnes Joseph Williams looks on, Sister Teresa Paul Selamat professes her perpetual vows with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. Accepting her vows is Sister Judith Ann Duvall, major superior of the Franciscan community. (Provided photo)

EAST PEORIA — Sister Teresa Paul Selamat, OSF, never saw the logic of religious life. It didn’t make sense to her on that level. Fortunately, God spoke to her heart and that’s where she heard him calling her to a vocation with The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. On Aug. 6, the […]

School administrators take their places for start of 2019-2020 academic year

By: Jennifer Willems - August 2, 2019 - Featured Article

If it’s August, then school uniforms are probably being washed and pressed and backpacks filled in preparation for the first day of school. Students at seven schools around the Diocese of Peoria will find new principals waiting to greet them when they report for classes. Among them are Sister M. Bridget Martin, FSGM, at The […]

Sister Sara, principal at Peoria Notre Dame High School, professes perpetual vows

By: Jennifer Willems - August 1, 2019 - News Article

Sister Sara Kowal professes perpetual vows with the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary during a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami on July 1. Receiving her vows in the name of the church is Mother Adela Galindo, SCTJM, foundress of the religious community. (Provided photo)

As she looks back over her life, Sister Sara Kowal sees how the Lord has been leading her all along to the moment on July 1 when she professed perpetual vows with the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary. She can’t talk about it without smiling. “From the very beginning he has […]

Be ‘cooperators with God’ and agents of healing, 200 urged at charismatic event

By: Jennifer Willems - August 1, 2019 - Featured Article Charismatic Renewal, healing, Mother Adela Galindo, Victoria Harris

Martina Akolly, Perolle Assindo and Denise Soglohun of Prayer Group Sinai at Christ the King Church in Moline take the opportunity to praise and worship the Lord during the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference, held July 26-27 at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

In practical, humorous and inspirational ways, speakers at the 33rd annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference in Peoria last weekend encouraged nearly 200 people to make good use of the love and mercy God lavishes on them by extending it to others. “We need to be cooperators with God,” said Mother Adela Galindo, foundress of the […]

After 20 years, perpetual adoration ends, new program begins at Holy Family, Peoria

By: Jennifer Willems - July 31, 2019 - Featured Article Holy Family, Peoria, perpetual adoration

After leading prayers and removing the Blessed Sacrament, Father Giles Gilbert, OFM Conv., closes the doors over the monstrance for the last time in the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Family in Peoria on Aug. 1. After nearly 21 years, a new program of eucharistic adoration began Aug. 2. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)

More than 20 years of perpetual eucharistic adoration came to an end at Holy Family Parish in Peoria on Aug. 1 as a quiet procession, led by Father Giles Gilbert, OFM Conv., accompanied Jesus from the adoration chapel in the parish center to the church. On Friday, Aug. 2, parishioners and friends started spending time […]

Diocese to present first-ever Respect Life Conference; people of all ages welcome

By: Jennifer Willems - July 18, 2019 - Featured Article Diocese of Peoria, Father Alfred Cioffi, Kevin Burke, Respect Life Conference, Ryan Bomberger, Sister Mary Angela Alexander

Attacks on the dignity of the human person at every level make it necessary to engage the culture now and people will get the information they need to do that at the first-ever Respect Life Conference hosted by the Respect Life Ministry of the Diocese of Peoria on Sept. 13-14. All sessions will be held […]

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