Photo Caption: From left: Sister Rose Therese Mann, OSF; Father Paul Schneider, OFM Conv.; Sister Anne Germaine Picard, SMP; Sister Theresa Samson, FMA; Sister Marie, CSJ; and Sister Sarah Elizabeth Roy, OSF. By: By Jennifer Willems Religious life is a joyful life but not enough people know that, let alone how many communities of consecrated […]
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Photo Caption: Former FOCUS missionary Jeremy Rivera became the first male keynote speaker in the history of Behold conferences, and also addressed a group of men the night before. By: By Jennifer Willems EAST PEORIA — When Jeremy Rivera speaks about the need to admit that we are broken and be open about the pain […]
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Photo Caption: Father Antonio Dittmer, pastor of St. Hyacinth and St. Patrick in LaSalle, introduces Maricela Escobedo to Bishop Jenky during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on March 9. By: By Jennifer Willems As Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, reached out to clasp the hand of another person preparing to enter […]
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Photo Caption: Marie Miller, a Curb Records recording artist, gave a special musical performance near the end of Behold 2014, a Catholic conference for women March 1 at Embassy Suites in East Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Like diamonds, which start as carbon and only become precious after years of pressure, women who live out […]
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Photo Caption: Cathy Fouts is pictured in St. John the Baptist Church in Rapids City, where she serves as parish trustee. Fouts helped to form the New Evangelization Network, bringing together five parish clusters. By: By Jennifer Willems RAPIDS CITY — Cathy Fouts looks perplexed when asked if people make evangelization too difficult. “No one […]
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Photo Caption: Anne Hess and Mary Starcevich work on installing a new showerhead in one of the 65 rooms at Nazareth House, the diocesan retreat center in Henry, on Feb. 15. By: By Jennifer Willems HENRY — Water isn’t the only thing raining down in the shower stalls at Nazareth House these days — although […]
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Photo Caption: Linda Mitton holds one of the stained glass heart suncatchers sold to raise money for clean water projects around the world. With her are Barb Brooks, left, and Therese Roman. By: By Jennifer Willems SILVIS — Providing clean water for people around the world is the goal of four women in the Quad […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems PHOTO: Sister Charlotte Seubert, FSPA, stands next to a board offering opportunities to support students at the school in El Salvador she helped to found 50 years ago. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) — MOLINE — Fifty years ago a revolution began. This new world didn’t start with four lads from Liverpool […]
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Photo Caption: Father Mike Schaab, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island, and Rabbi Tamar Grimm of Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri City Jewish Center iin Rock Island will guide the July 6-15 trip. By: By Jennifer Willems ROCK ISLAND — Over the years, the Catholic, Jewish and Muslim communities in the […]
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Photo Caption: Shirley Faux of St. Joseph Parish, Pekin, says the vows she professed with the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites deepens her relationship with God. By: By Jennifer Willems PEKIN — Shirley Faux wanted more. She wasn’t looking for more of what the world offered, however.Faux was seeking a more structured prayer life and […]
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