At more than 270 years of age, George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” remains evergreen and quite popular — especially in the Peoria area, where people have gathered to sing it on the second Sunday of December for 36 years. That will happen again this year, with the “Sing It Yourself Messiah” scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 9, […]
Continue readingMOLINE — Christ the King Parish, 3205 60th St., will offer an Advent reflection series at 7 p.m. on Mondays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17, in the Believers Together Center. Topics include “Follow the Star” on Dec. 3 and continue with “Send Your Word” and “Made for Joy.” Dessert and beverages will be served.
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PERU — A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bede Abbey Church here on Nov. 28 for Father Kevin Gorman, OSB, former teacher and longtime athletic director at St. Bede Academy and pastor of parishes in Peru, Cherry, and Arlington. Father Kevin, a monk and priest of St. Bede Abbey, died on Sunday morning, Nov. […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recalling that Christ’s mission transcends “all ethnic, national and religious particularities,” Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches. The churchmen who joined the College of Cardinals Nov. 24 were U.S. Archbishop James […]
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Photo Caption: Pro-life activists rally in front of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington this summer. By: By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Nov. 26 for a federal appeals court to take up a Christian college’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act, reopening one of several lawsuits filed […]
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For nearly a decade, Amy Dyke has assisted the Office of Family Life in numerous supportive ways. She will now do so in an official capacity as the new Coordinator of Natural Family Planning in the newly merged Office of Evangelization and Family Life. She described her mission in terms of being “a voice for […]
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The Diocese of Peoria has announced that the Office of Evangelization and the Office of Family Life have been merged into the Office of Evangelization and Family Life. Craig Dyke, director of the Office of Evangelization, has been named director of the newly merged office. “Evangelization begins in the family, and it makes sense the […]
Continue readingThanksgiving is a tradition-filled holiday, but these are anything but traditional times in the news business. We’re pretty sure that in the nearly 80-year history of this newspaper, we’ve never used “tweet,” “blog” and “evangelize” in the same headline. But there they are linked on our page 7 this week, as the U.S. bishops were […]
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By: By Shawn Reeves Solemnity of Christ the King, Nov. 25 Daniel 7:13-14; Psalm 93:1,1-2,5; Revelation 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 The King has arrived! Though some kings have been despots and treacherous brutes, the idea of a noble king seems to have captivated the song and literature of most Western cultures at some point in their […]
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Photo Caption: Among those taking part in the check presentation at St. Pius X in Rock Island were, from left, Bishop George Lungu of Chipata, Zambia; Mary Nilas, parish nurse; and Father Michael Schaab, pastor. ROCK ISLAND — Villagers in Kalapuka, Zambia, must walk for two miles several times each day to get the water […]
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