MACOMB — With Western Illinois University’s homecoming weekend corresponding with the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Newman Center on campus bearing the saint’s name is the place to be Oct. 3-4. Newman alumni, current students, parents and friends are invited to take part in a series of weekend activities, according to Dr. Jonathan […]
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By: By Catholic Post staff October is Respect Life Month. Following are several of the events planned in the Diocese of Peoria. Many take place on Sunday, Oct. 4, which is Respect Life Sunday. —– BISHOP JENKY TO CELEBRATE RESPECT LIFE MASS OCT. 2 St. Joseph Church in Peoria will host a Respect Life Mass […]
Continue readingThe two diocesan priests who died this month lived very different lives. Msgr. Robert W. O’Connor, 92, was blessed with health and longevity, and spent more than five decades in one assignment. Father Benjamin Reese, 57, was stricken in midlife with ALS after service not only in several parishes in our diocese but also in […]
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ROCK ISLAND — Among those who share Pope Francis’ concern for the environment are 12 communities of women religious in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and they’re letting him know in the pages of USA Today. In a special edition of the newspaper published to commemorate the pope’s visit to the United States, the communities […]
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ASPEN, Colorado — A funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, Sept. 25, at St. Mary Church here for Father Benjamin Burnet Reese, 57, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria who for the last two years inspired many as he prayerfully coped with the effects of ALS. Father Reese died on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, […]
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By: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 27 Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19:8,10,12-13,14; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 I once heard a Buddhist phrase: “There are only two mistakes on the way to truth; one is not going far enough and the other is not starting.” This week we are all stirred by […]
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The Wake Up the World Conference came to a close with eucharistic adoration and Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria on Sept. 19, but “the party ain’t over,” said Father Paul Langevin, OFM Conv., celebrant and homilist. “Our challenge to wake up the world continues each and every day of our consecrated lives,” Father […]
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Photo Caption: Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in a scene from the movie “The Intern.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. Rating: By Catholic News Service The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and […]
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Photo Caption: The novena implores the intercession of St. Therese of Lisieux, who is patroness of vocations for the Diocese of Peoria. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has encouraged Catholic households throughout the Diocese of Peoria to pray a St. Therese Novena for vocations beginning Sept. 23. St. Therese of Lisieux is patroness of vocations […]
Continue readingGALESBURG — Knox County Right to Life is sponsoring an essay contest for area high school students on the theme “Human Life is Precious.” Students who attend school or are homeschooled in Knox County are invited to submit a 500-word essay on the theme by Oct. 1. Cash prizes include $200 for first place, $100 […]
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