The former Believers Together Center Chapel at Christ the King Parish in Moline will be dedicated as the renamed Fr. Duane Jack Chapel in a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. Father Jack died on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. He was 82. As noted in his obituary in the Catholic Post Online on […]
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Pope Francis speaks at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 23, 2024. An altar painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Francesco de Rhoden hangs inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome, Italy. (Daniel Ibáñez/Catholic News Agency [left panel]; CNA file photo [right panel])
ROME/ROCK ISLAND – It was only his fourth encyclical since coming to the Chair of Peter in 2013, and clearly this one was particularly close to Pope Francis’ pastoral heart. In his encyclical Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”), released late last fall, Francis wrote, “The world can change, beginning with the heart.” He called for a […]
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EAST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial was offered Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, here for Sister Joan Tousignant, O.S.F. Sister Joan, 89, a member of The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, died on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at the motherhouse in East Peoria. She was born on May 11, 1935, in […]
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Maggie Abrams of Peoria, single mother of six, said of the Catholic Charities Christmas gift distribution: “We feel blessed.” (The Catholic Post Online/ Paul Thomas Moore)
Catholic Charites conducted its Peoria Christmas gift distribution at Cabrini Center on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Bishop Louis Tylka helped to hand out the gifts, and prayed with staff and volunteers before the doors opened. “We are grateful for all those who are participating in this effort, so that we can reach out to those in […]
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Jordan Catholic fifth graders (from left) Hudson Kerr, Svea Hancks, and QuinEvelyn Allison shop in support of families in need at Christmas.
ROCK ISLAND – The Jordan Catholic School EarlyAct Club got an early-December jump on Christmas gift giving in support of the less fortunate in their parish communities. After a casual day for a donation towards the Angel Tree raised over $1,700, the student elves went to work. Accompanied by Mrs. Katy Saucedo, fifth grade teacher, […]
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December, 2024 Dear Friends in Christ, Merry Christmas! We once again celebrate with great joy the birth of Jesus Christ, the long-awaited Messiah. And as we do each year, we have spent the past several weeks preparing our hearts and our homes. The season of Advent beckoned us to prepare for the Lord’s coming, especially […]
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Participants gather with Bishop Louis Tylka for a photo following the initial 2024 Simbang Gabi Novena Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday, Dec. 14. The other eight Masses to complete the novena were scheduled at various Peoria-area parishes Dec. 15-22. (Nohmie Cuizon)
One of the most cherished Christmas traditions in the Philippines, the practice of celebrating a Simbang Gabi (“Night Mass”) Novena of Masses has been carried on by many Filipino communities here in the U.S. This year, 2024, is the third year of Sambaing Gabi in Peoria since the tradition was revived locally in 2022. Bishop […]
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Michelle Conger will take over as CEO of OSF HealthCare when the current CEO Bob Sehring retires in April, 2026.
Over the next 16 months, OSF Healthcare will transition leadership from the current CEO, Bob Sehring, to Michelle Conger, currently Chief Strategy Officer and CEO of OSF OnCall. To aid in a smooth transition, Conger will assume the presidency of OSF HealthCare on Jan. 1, 2025, then succeed Sehring as CEO upon his retirement in […]
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The 2024 Peoria Area Community Festival of Nativities was held Dec. 5-8 at The Christian Church of Peoria (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), and once again featured the historic nativity scene from St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. The nativity was created by the German master craftsman Sebastian Osterrieder in 1930. As a […]
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Statues form a procession outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. (Adobe Stock/by A)
La Salle – The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the Americas, takes place Thursday, Dec. 12. The feast is celebrated across the Diocese of Peoria, nowhere more enthusiastically than at St. Hyacinth Parish in La Salle, and St. Francis Parish in Ottawa. The St. Hyacinth celebration starts at 11 p.m. […]
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