Photo Caption: woman looks over a guide highlighting the new changes in wording for Mass. The new English translation of the Roman Missal has been in use for a little more than a year. By: By Jennifer Willems Msgr. Stanley Deptula is the first to admit that the words of the new English translation of […]
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Photo Caption: Those consecrating themselves to Mary on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe included Ruth Sandretto, Bonnie Hietter, Pat Snell, Bonnie Huss, Sister Marya Dugard, OP, Jeri Myers and Dorothy Bohan. By: By Jennifer Willems “Retirement community” is probably the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions St. Augustine Manor in […]
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Photo Caption: Steve Wagner is preparing to enter the Catholic Church with support from his wife, April. He also credits St. Francis and Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen for their roles in his faith journey. By: By Jennifer Willems ROANOKE — Steve Wagner has always been the kind of guy who needs proof before he accepts […]
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Photo Caption: Margaret Milefchik and Rosie Bedard hold a colorful quilt completed by the Quilters Group at Christ the King Church in Moline. Also pictured are Helen McCormick, Arlene Murphy, and Sandy Thompson. By: By Jennifer Willems MOLINE — In many ways, the members of the Quilters Group at Christ the King Church here are […]
Continue readingBy: By Jennifer Willems PERU — St. Bede Academy has a professional greeter. A sign at the main entrance of the school marks the spot where he stands each morning as students arrive — and many afternoons as they leave. At 91, Brother George Matsuoka, OSB, would be considered well past retirement age by any […]
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Photo Caption: Helen Moore, Michaela Crowe and Julia Prushinski of St. Louis Parish in Princeton demonstrate motions to a song sung by Bob Rice at the first-ever Diocesan Junior High Youth Rally on Nov. 4 in Peoria. By: By Jennifer Willems Nearly 200 teens from around the diocese traveled to Peoria last weekend to get […]
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Photo Caption: The present St. John the Evangelist Church and parish hall in Walnut were built in 1976. By: By Jennifer Willems WALNUT — For 100 years, the faith of Catholics in this Bureau County community has been nurtured at St. John the Evangelist Church, 204 N. Main St. Next Sunday, Nov. 4, parishioners will […]
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Photo Caption: Among those joining hands in prayer at the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention were Jean Causemaker, Kim Kane, and Mary Frimml. By: By Jennifer Willems ATKINSON — Humility is the rock foundation on which holiness is built and charity is the steeple, according to Father Joseph Mary Brown, CSJ, the keynote speaker […]
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Photo Caption: Student and faculty representatives from Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Peoria kneel in prayer during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Jenky at the Catholic High School Leadership Conference. By: By Jennifer Willems When they came to the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria student leaders from Catholic high schools around the Diocese […]
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Photo Caption: Keynote speaker Jesuit Father William Grogan leads discussion at the Diocesan Health Care Day on Oct. 16. By: By Jennifer Willems Saying it was an interesting time to be engaged in Catholic health care, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, urged participants at the annual Diocesan Health Care Day to stand together and to […]
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