By: By Tim Irwin Third Sunday of Easter, April 14 Acts of the Apostles 5:27-32,40b-41; Psalm 30:2,4,5-6,11-12,13; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 We are born with a sense of ourselves as separate and distinct beings. This sense we call the ego. Because of original sin, we believe that we will find the happiness that we crave […]
Continue readingPope Francis has quickly endeared himself to Catholics and non-Catholics around the world. How many times since his election have we heard friends — in person or through social media — express their love and admiration for our new pope and how he is teaching, through both plain-spoken word and humble example, about Christ’s love […]
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Photo Caption: The poster for the 2013 Annual Diocesan Appeal, the major source of revenue for the ministries and agencies of the Diocese of Peoria. “Living Our Faith” will be the theme when the 2013 Annual Diocesan Appeal is conducted in parishes across the Diocese of Peoria the weekend of April 20-21. The appeal is […]
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Photo Caption: Father Joseph Heyd, OSB, a widely known artist, was a longtime art instructor and chairman of the art department at St. Bede Academy in Peru. PERU — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bede Abbey Church here on April 5 for Father Joseph Heyd, OSB, a monk and priest of St. Bede […]
Continue readingFather Terry Cassidy will celebrate a Healing Mass on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at St. Ann’s Church, 1010 S. Louisa St., Peoria. Prelude music will begin at 6:45 p.m. Prayer teams will be available after Mass.
Continue readingBLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Circle of the Christ Child Society of Central Illinois will meet on Friday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the home of Sharon Gerdes, 103 E. Gridley Road, Gridley, and Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church of Merna, 1001 N. Towanda Barnes […]
Continue readingSally A. Winn, a speaker with the organization Feminists for Life, will present “Refuse to Choose: Reclaiming Feminism” on Wednesday, April 10, in Baker Hall Room B51 at Bradley University in Peoria. The lecture, sponsored by Bradley Students for Life, begins at 7 p.m. Winn began her tenure with Feminists for Life in 2001 as […]
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Photo Caption: Bob Kuener of St. Jude’s Parish in Peoria makes a point during a table discussion at the Faith-Based Leadership Seminar in Peoria on March 23. Looking on is his wife, Kristen. By: By Tom Dermody/The Catholic Post The Weather Channel certainly influenced television meteorologist Marcus Bailey’s life. He admits he watched the network […]
Continue readingWe have a suggestion for Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria when the word “Alleluia,” liturgically buried for the 40 days of Lent, returns to our lips during Easter Masses: say it or sing it especially joyfully and robustly. Not that “Alleluia,” an expression of praise to God, should ever be mumbled or sung without […]
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Photo Caption: Ambrosia Sanchez of St. Hyacinth’s Parish in LaSalle places her rosary atop a case holding a piece of the tibia (leg bone) of St. Mary Magdalene during veneration at the church on March 14. By: By Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post LA SALLE — A dear friend of Jesus “visited” the Diocese of […]
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