In My Father’s House l Paul Thomas Moore My wife Mary Louise (a.k.a. Marilou) is on the short list of people called when our parish needs food for receptions after funerals. However, she broke her shoulder on Dec. 1, and although recovery is proceeding in God’s grace and time, she is not yet back to […]
Continue readingCause of Our Joy l Katie Faley With the new year usually comes resolutions. One of my resolutions this year is to make one retreat. I used to go on retreat at least once a year until COVID-19 interrupted in-person events. Now that it’s safer to gather, I want to add this practice back into […]
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Camilla Hopper
LEONORE — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Dec. 22 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church here for Camilla Hopper, who at 108 may have been the oldest Catholic in the Diocese of Peoria. Camilla died on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, at Liberty Village Estates in Streator. She is familiar to readers of […]
Continue readingMy Vocation is Love l Lindsey Weishar I’ve begun this article to the swish and whisper of blowing snow. It is officially winter, and this grey day invites contemplation, a chance to rest. Recently, a friend shared an article from The Catholic World Report titled “The Best Books I Read in 2022.” Published annually, this […]
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Reviewed by Katie Faley Have you ever wanted to support religious vocations and eat sweets at the same time? If yes, then the latest book by Father Dominic Garramone, OSB — “Breakfast Breads & Sweet Treats” — is the book for you. It’s a total win-win. I first saw the book briefly highlighted in an […]
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Sister Joann Feist, OP
SINSINAWA, Wis. — A funeral Mass was offered Dec. 17 for Sister Joann (Antonia) Feist, OP, at the motherhouse of the Sinsinawa Dominicans here. A natural burial took place on Dec. 8 in the Motherhouse Cemetery. Sister Joann died Dec. 6, 2022, at St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. She was 88. Born in […]
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Living the Word l Tim Irwin Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord l Jan. 8 Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 When my 3-year-old grandson, Nicholas, first saw the statues of the three wise men, he asked his mother, “Are those papas bringing prizes?” In a word, yes. The website Healthline reports on […]
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Deacon Gerald "Jerry" Buyck
MOLINE — A funeral Mass will be offered at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Christ the King Church here for Deacon Gerald “Jerry” Buyck, a permanent deacon who has been on senior status since 2008. Deacon Buyck, who in the Diocese of Peoria served the former St. Mary Parish in East Moline and […]
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Daniel Craig, and Janelle Monáe star in a scene from the movie "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." (OSV News photo/John Wilson, courtesy NETFLIX)
(OSV News) Worthy successor to the 2019 comic whodunit once again mixes humor with the elements of a thriller as the world’s greatest detective (Daniel Craig), the protagonist of the earlier film, finds himself on the Greek island that serves as the lavish retreat of an eccentric billionaire (Edward Norton). There, the mogul plans to […]
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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, sprinkles holy water on the body of Pope Benedict XVI during a Rite of Reception after the transfer of the body into St. Peter's Basilica in the early morning at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The consecrated women who cared for Pope Benedict XVI in his retirement gently stroked his hands before his body was carried on a red-covered stretcher to a van for its last journey to St. Peter’s Basilica. The women, members of Memores Domini, along with Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the late pope’s personal […]
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