By: By Nancy Piccione, for The Catholic Post In an age of “digital gluttony,” parents and other adults should help young people use technology in a way that frees rather than tethers them, a digital strategist told a group of parents and teachers. “More than anything, we need to be good role models that technology […]
Continue readingGENESEO — Mothers and children in need will benefit from Drew’s Faithful Feet, a charity run/walk that will start and end in front of St. Malachy Church, 595 E. Ogden Ave., on Saturday, July 13. The 5K run/walk for individuals and mother-child teams begins at 8:30 a.m., while a half-mile kid’s run will get started […]
Continue readingMOLINE — “Kingdom Rock: Where Kids Stand Strong from God” is the theme of a Vacation Bible School planned from July 22-26 in the Christ the King Believers Together Center here. Daily activities from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. led by adults and teens of Christ the King Parish during the royal-themed week include singing, […]
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Photo Caption: Stefanie Rupert serves tea duing the Mother-Daughter Tea sponsored June 22 by the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Family Life. By: By Nancy Piccione Mary, the mother of God, “personifies faith” and is an authentic, realistic model for mothers, daughters, and all women, author and speaker Kate Wicker told dozens of mothers and […]
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By: By Sharon Priester Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 7 Isaiah 66:10-14c; Psalm 66:1-3,4-5,6-7,16,20; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12,17-20 For 70 years, the Israelites, God’s chosen people, were in exile in Babylon. During that time, Isaiah’s prophets encouraged them with words of comfort and hope. Upon their release, the Israelites returned to Jerusalem to find […]
Continue readingThe Catholic Post has received word that a Charismatic Teen Lock-In — promoted in our last print issue and set for this Friday, June 28, at the parish center of St. Ann Church in Peoria — has been cancelled. The group has a Facebook page at facebook.com/CharismaticCatholicTeen
Continue readingHENRY — Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria are invited to join a prayer group for the intentions of strengthening family life, and also to submit prayer intentions for the new group. Called “Missionaries of the Holy Family,” the prayer group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of […]
Continue readingMOLINE — Sacred Heart Church, 1608 13th St., will host a concert by the National Catholic Youth Choir (NCYC) on Friday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is part of the choir’s tour of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. “For All the Saints” is the theme for the concert, which will feature works by Benjamin […]
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Photo Caption: The Malamphy sisters — foreground from left, Margaret, Dorothy, and Alice — are pictured with fellow St. Patrick, Camp Grove, parishioner Chris Sullivan at the church after a recent Mass. Few pews in the Diocese of Peoria hold more parish memories than the front right bench at St. Patrick Church in Camp Grove. […]
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Photo Caption: Amy Adams and Henry Cavill star in a scene from the movie “Man of Steel.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13. The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ […]
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