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Macomb family an example of how end of scholarship program would ‘devastate’

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - Featured Article

Members of the Nelson family of Macomb are shown at St. Paul School during an assembly in their honor on Sept. 11. On Sept. 8, after three years as foster siblings, David, Victoria, Mylee, Anthony, and Mystori officially joined Zachary and Elizabeth as children of Brandon and Kelly. The Nelsons are praying the Illinois Invest in Kids Act Tax Scholarship Program will be extended so the six younger children can continue to attend St. Paul School together. From left are Laura Cody, principal of St. Paul School, and Nelson family members Anthony, 10, father Brandon, David, 5, Elizabeth, 9, Mylee, 9, Victoria, 6, Zachary, 11, and mother Kelly. Mystori, 12, not pictured, is in junior high. (Provided photo)

By Paul Thomas Moore MACOMB — A Macomb family has become the “face” of the Illinois Invest in Kids scholarship program, which is set to expire at the end of the year. Kelly and Brandon Nelson have two biological children, Zachary, 11, and Elizabeth, 9, who attend St. Paul School in Macomb through the program, […]

October schedule for diocesan traveling monstrance begins Thursday in Walnut

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

The Diocesan Traveling Monstrance will be at eight parishes for Holy Hours on Mondays and Thursdays in August. They are: Oct. 2: St. John the Evangelist, Walnut Oct. 5: Holy Cross, Mendota Oct. 12: St. Teresa, Earlville Oct. 16: Holy Trinity, Cherry Oct. 19: Nativity of Our Lord, Spring Valley Oct. 23: St. Mary, Peru […]

Blessings of pets to be offered at parishes, schools on Oct. 4 St. Francis of Assisi feast

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

A bulldog reacts as a priest sprinkles holy water during a blessing of pets in the church parking lot. Such blessings are frequently offered on or around the observance of the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of animals. (CNS/Sam Lucero)

Many parishes and schools in the Diocese of Peoria have planned blessing of pet ceremonies on or around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi in remembrance of his love for all creatures. (See related column, page 13.) Here is a list of pet blessings made known to The Catholic Post. All dates […]

Author suggests ‘Four Ways Forward’ for parishes in our post-Christian world

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - Book Review

Reviewed by Father Luke Spannagel If you are keeping up with the books Bishop Lou is sharing with the priests, then perhaps you are ready for the next one on the list: “The Four Ways Forward” by Susan Windley-Daoust. She is the director of missionary discipleship for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota. As the […]

A saint, and a suggestion, to make each day of October a self-guided retreat

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - Columnists

Cause of Our Joy / By Katie Faley October is a month of saints. I’m a big fan of turning ordinary things into mini-retreats. So, to celebrate this mega-month to the full, I thought I’d put together a little October Saint Guide, which can serve as a bit of a self-guided saint retreat. (For a […]

Be open to the possibility of change

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - Living the Word

Deacon Greg Kandra

Living the Word / By Deacon Greg Kandra Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Oct. 1 Ezekiel 18:25-28; Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Philippians 2:1-11 (2:1-5 (alternate); Matthew 21:28-32 This Sunday’s Gospel offers us an idea a lot of us need to hear: “It’s not too late. Any of us, if we choose, can follow another […]

Impacted by cancer? Bishop Tylka to offer ‘Spirit of Hope Mass’ Oct. 7 at cathedral

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2023 - News Article

All persons from across the Diocese of Peoria whose lives are touched by cancer will hear a message of peace and be reassured of the love of Jesus at the “Spirit of Hope Mass for Cancer” on Saturday, Oct. 7, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Louis Tylka will be principal celebrant of the […]

Deacon Richard Zimmerman, 92, dies; funeral Mass is Thursday in Metamora

By: The Catholic Post - September 18, 2023 - News Article

A funeral Mass will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, at St. Mary Church in Metamora for Deacon Richard L. “Dick” Zimmerman, who served as a permanent deacon for the former St. Peter Parish in Peoria for more than 20 years. Deacon Zimmerman, 92, died on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at OSF […]

40 Days for Life vigils to take place from Sept. 27 to Nov. 5 in Peoria, Champaign

By: The Catholic Post - September 15, 2023 - News Article

Since its first campaign in 2007, 40 Days for Life has seen its message of hope and faith in the culture of life spread to more than 1,000 cities in 63 countries. The organization’s website lists the evidence of what prayer, fasting, community outreach and peaceful witness have achieved — 23,525 lives saved, 251 abortion […]

Sr. Cecilia Mattingly, OSF, dies at 96; former teacher, librarian and nanny

By: The Catholic Post - September 15, 2023 - News Article

A Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Sept. 7 at Immaculate Conception Convent in West Peoria for Sister Cecilia Mattingly, OSF, a former teacher and librarian at several schools in the Diocese of Peoria who served in childcare following her retirement. Sister Cecilia died on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at OSF Richard Owens Hospice […]

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