Photo Caption: Dr. Sharon Weiss, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Peoria, says Catholic schools are “an evangelizing and teaching arm of the Church.” By: By Jennifer Willems After a year of working with diocesan schools to collect information, surface best practices and see where more support is needed, the Office of Catholic […]
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Photo Caption: The present St. Malachy School was dedicated in 1962. Two expansions have added classrooms, an early childhood learning center, computer and science labs, library, music room and office space. By: By Jennifer Willems RANTOUL — Students, alumni and parishioners will have more than one reason to cheer during homecoming weekend at St. Malachy […]
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Photo Caption: Denise Henderson, who got the WaterStep shoe drive going at The Iona Group and St. Ann’s WATCH, is pictured with Iona Group and WaterStep leaders. By: By Jennifer Willems MORTON — Anyone who has a pair of shoes they don’t wear anymore can do something to provide cleaning drinking water for people who […]
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Photo Caption: Some of the 300 participants in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference offer praise to God. The theme of the July 26 event was “Jesus Christ, Our Only Hope.” By: By Jennifer Willems EAST PEORIA — While Jesus is an integral part of Catholic theology and sacramental life, he is often the forgotten member […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems Get out your passport. Members of the Bishop’s Commission on Women in the Church and in Society are charting a new course and they’re inviting people around the Diocese of Peoria to come with them. Among the journeys on the horizon is a “Pilgrimage to the Shrines and Saints of Spain […]
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Photo Caption: Enjoying family time at home in LaSalle are Mike and Maria Rosploch with their daughters Lily (left) and Mya. By: By Jennifer Willems LASALLE — Lily Rosploch may be only 5 years old, but she knows the way to St. Bede Abbey Church in Peru so well that when her father, Mike, decided […]
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Photo Caption: Suzanne Reidy presents a chalice in honor of her late husband, John, to Father Johnathan Steffen for use at the St. John Paul II Newman Center in Normal. By: By Jennifer Willems NORMAL — John Reidy, Terry McReynolds and John C. Morris had two things in common. Not only were they all members […]
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Photo Caption: “It’s so fulfilling if you can rescue one or two or three children in a night,” says Mary Queen of Heaven Missionary Sister Irene Baquiran. By: By Jennifer Willems Four times a week, members of the Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries put aside their pale pink habits and white veils, don civilian clothing, […]
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Photo Caption: Father Ric Schneider, OFM, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Bloomington, is joined in the parish garden by, from left, Rita Yordy, Mary Kramp and Steve Kuhn. By: By Jennifer Willems BLOOMINGTON — Faith has long been part of the landscape at the corner of Mason and Taylor streets here. Once the site […]
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Photo Caption: Ceil Myers reads “The Race” to her granddaughter, Anabelle Myers. The first-time author will sign books at Lagron-Miller in Peoria on Saturday, July 12. By: By Jennifer Willems Some of the best things in Cecilia Myers’ life weren’t planned. Among those special moments are close encounters with St. John Paul II at World […]
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