CHAMPAIGN — Catholic medical professionals from throughout the Champaign region are invited to a Mass and meeting at St. Matthew Church, 1303 Lincolnshire Drive, on Saturday, April 25, to begin the formation of a guild of the Catholic Medical Association. The morning’s activities, which begin with Mass at 9 a.m. , will include a talk […]
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Photo Caption: In this 2010 file photo, Cardinal Francis E. George is pictured concelebrating a Mass in Springfield with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and other bishops and clergy from throughout the state. By: By Catholic News Service CHICAGO (CNS) — Cardinal Francis E. George, the retired archbishop of Chicago who was the first native […]
Continue readingPHILO — The Good Samaritan programs of Catholic Charities in Champaign and Piatt Counties will benefit from the 14th annual steak dinner planned for Sunday, April 19, at the Philo Tavern, 101 Washington St. Doors will open at 4 p.m. and the dinner will be served beginning at 5 p.m. Local radio personality Diane Ducey […]
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Photo Caption: U.S. golfer Jordan Spieth hits off the sixth tee April 12 during the final round of play during the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia. By: By Seth Gonzales, Catholic News Service DALLAS (CNS) — Even after becoming the toast of the sports world, golfer Jordan Spieth, a 21-year-old […]
Continue readingAs Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield on April 14 following a two-week spring break, they were urged by the Catholic bishops of Illinois to reject public funding of abortion as outlined in legislation up for House floor debate and vote. The legislation, House Bill 4013, removes the current prohibition on state employees’ health insurance plans […]
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NORMAL — A memorial Mass was offered at Epiphany Church here on Friday, April 17, for Father John J. King, the founding pastor of Epiphany who served the parish for 29 years. Father King, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria, died on Monday, April 6, 2015, at Barnes-Kasson Hospital in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. He […]
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Photo Caption: Brian Bosworth and Makenzie Moss star in a scene from the movie “Do You Believe.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. 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 […]
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Fatherhood — both spiritual and natural — will be celebrated and encouraged when hundreds of men from around the diocese join Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, for the 12th annual “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith” men’s march and Mass in Peoria on Saturday morning, April 18. The annual public display of faith begins […]
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By: By Father Tom Kelly Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)/April 12 Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24; 1 John 5:1-6; Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes; John 20:19-31 The words from the Gospel passage that jump off the page in my view are, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are […]
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Caption: Msgr. Mark Merdian pours newly blessed water from the baptismal font at St. Pius X Parish in Rock Island over the head of Megan Boemecke at the Easter Vigil on April 4. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems) —– After months of preparation, study, and prayer, nearly 200 new Catholics received the sacraments of initiation at […]
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