WEST PEORIA — The Holy Hour for the “Rights of the Unborn Child” will be held on Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at Rosmini House, 2327 W. Heading Ave. It will consist of Benediction, the rosary and other prayers.
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Photo Caption: Dr. Allen Hunt, vice president of strategy and content at Dynamic Catholic, will be the featured speaker for the morning hosted by St. Malachy Parish in Geneseo. GENESEO — “Passion & Purpose for Marriage,” a program from Matthew Kelly’s Dynamic Catholic Institute, will be presented Saturday, April 11, at St. Malachy Church, 595 […]
Continue readingIf you organized or participated in a mission trip through your school, Newman Center, or parish during spring break, The Catholic Post would like to hear from you. We are looking for photos and first-hand reports of the experience. Contact our newsroom at 1-800-340-5630 or email cathpost@cdop.org to be a part of a round-up story […]
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Photo Caption: Demonstrators rally at Monument Circle in Indianapolis March 28 to protest a religious freedom bill signed in to law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. By: By Brigid Curtis Ayer, Catholic News Service INDIANPOLIS (CNS) — Indiana’s Catholic bishops April 1 urged people to show mutual respect for one another and allow “the necessary […]
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By: By Susan Flansburg, Special to The Catholic Post EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series featuring religious communities and other forms of consecrated life around the Diocese of Peoria in honor of the Year of Consecrated Life. Called by Pope Francis, the celebration will run through Feb. 2, 2016, the World Day […]
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Photo Caption: Jesus (Nick Thelen) meets his Mother (Lucy Fitzgibbons) in this scene from a Living Stations of the Cross performed by eighth grade students of St. Mary School in Metamora on March 20. With the reading of the Passion narrative from Mark’s Gospel this Sunday, Catholics around the Diocese of Peoria — and their […]
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Photo Caption: Father Mwongyera will assist Bishop Jenky in exercising the bishop’s judicial authority on various matters and work with Sister Marianne Burkhard, OSB, in directing the Office of the Tribunal. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has appointed Father Martin Mwongyera as judicial vicar for the Diocese of Peoria. He will assist Bishop Jenky in […]
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PEKIN — Eight members of the Knights of Columbus from around the Diocese of Peoria will be honored at the 27th annual “Night of Knights” recognition dinner on Saturday, April 11, in ceremonies hosted by the Archbishop Schlarman Council No. 3507 here. The event, sponsored by the Peoria Diocese Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, […]
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By: By Sharon Priester Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion/March 29 (At the procession with palms) Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16 (At Mass) Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1 — 15:47 Here we are at the last stage of our Lenten journey, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, focusing on the climax of the […]
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Photo Caption: Kate Winslet and Shailene Woodley star in a scene from the movie “The Divergent Series: Insurgent.” 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 […]
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