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By: The Catholic Post - September 14, 2023 -
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Solar panels are seen in this aerial view of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. The monastery will be the site of an outdoor interfaith "Season of Creation prayer service on Saturday, Sept. 24. (Provided photo)
ROCK ISLAND — An outdoor, interfaith prayer service to deepen connections to God, the earth, and all of creation will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, on the grounds of St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Avenue West. The hour-long service is sponsored by The Sisters of St. Benedict of St. Mary Monastery […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 14, 2023 -
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My Vocation is Love / By Lindsey Weishar Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with some friends for a group reading of a Flannery O’Connor short story I hadn’t encountered before, “Parker’s Back.” Though I admire that O’Connor was able to write stories that speak to both Catholics and non-Catholics alike, I have had […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 14, 2023 -
Living the Word
Living the Word / By Tim Irwin Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sept. 17 Sirach 27:30—28:7; Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35 This week’s Gospel teaches the Ethic of Reciprocity. We know it as the Golden Rule. It shows up in virtually every culture and religion across human history. When people discover […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 13, 2023 -
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After walking four miles in a eucharistic procession, helping to hoist a canopy over the Blessed Sacrament for one of them, Gene Dennhardt was more fired up than tired out. “To be in the presence of the Lord all the way? I mean, that’s awesome,” said Dennhardt, one of 250 participants in a procession on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 13, 2023 -
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MARYKNOLL, N.Y. – A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Maryknoll Mission Center here for Father William J. Donnelly, MM, a missionary priest born and raised in central Illinois who served in Guatemala for decades. Father Donnelly, 90, died on Sept. 6, 2023, in the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - September 8, 2023 -
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“Ready to Bring the Love of Jesus” is more than the theme for the 2023 Annual Diocesan Appeal. It is a promise to the people of the Diocese of Peoria, according to Bishop Louis Tylka. “The ADA is the means by which we continue the work of the diocese as we take up for our […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 25, 2023 -
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Deacon Larry Honzel
GENESEO — A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Malachy Church here for Deacon Larry Honzel. The celebrant will be Father Daniel Gifford, pastor. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, also in Geneseo. A parish rosary will be prayed on Friday, Aug. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 19, 2023 -
Living the Word
Living the Word l Tim Irwin Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time l Aug. 20 Isaiah 56:1,6-7; Psalm 67:2-3,5,6,8; Romans 11:13-14,29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 The Gospel for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time presents an ancient example of a polarized society, perhaps encouraging some Christians who promote this view today. In fact, it is a call to look […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 19, 2023 -
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My Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar In a review he wrote for J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” books, C.S. Lewis says something quite profound about the world Tolkien has built: “Despite many a snug fireside and many an hour of good cheer to gratify the Hobbit in each of us, anguish is, for […]
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By: The Catholic Post - August 4, 2023 -
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Dr. Susan Miller
By Dr. Susan Miller l For The Catholic Post While it’s hard to imagine with the recent heat wave, from a school perspective, summer is nearly over. Now that my own kids are grown and gone, the thought of school shopping for notebooks, pencils, uniforms and new sneakers brings a bit of nostalgia for days […]
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