Photo Caption: This manger scene is part of a large display at St. Patrick’s Church in Hennepin set up annually by Father Patrick DeMeulemeester, pastor. (See related story at bottom of page.) My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: During this Christmas season in homes and churches around the world, followers of Christ will look […]
Continue readingBy: By J.D. Long-Garcia, Catholic News Service PHOENIX (CNS) — St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix can no longer identify itself as “Catholic,” Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted announced during a Dec. 21 news conference in Phoenix at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. The Phoenix bishop issued a decree revoking the 115-year-old hospital’s affiliation with […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the hectic days before Christmas as people get ready for the holidays, may no one forget to prepare internally for the coming of Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. He asked that people dedicate the same kind of energy and care they pour into making their homes and neighborhoods more beautiful […]
Continue readingThe Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, located in Peoria at 607 N.E. Madison Ave., is the mother church of the Diocese of Peoria. Weekend Masses are at 4 p.m. on Saturdays (in Latin), and at 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Sundays. Christmas celebrations and opportunities for prayer at the cathedral include: […]
Continue readingODELL — A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at St. Paul’s Church here for Father Michael J. Bies, pastor of St. Paul’s Parish as well as Sacred Heart in Campus. Father Bies, 54, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria since 2004, died on Thursday, Dec. 16, […]
Continue readingThe following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly, and all reviews are copyright (c) 2010 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Dominic Garramone, OSB Third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 12 Isaiah 35:1-6a,10; Psalm 146: 6-7,8-9,9-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Many times the writing in the Bible is influenced as much by geography as by theology, and in the first reading from the book of Isaiah we have examples of both. The prophet uses […]
Continue readingIn Advent wreaths at churches around the Diocese of Peoria this weekend the rose candle will be lit, marking the Third Sunday of Advent. That rose connection is an important one since Sunday, Dec. 12, is also the day on which the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe traditionally is celebrated. “We will be wearing […]
Continue readingEditor’s Note: Following is the full text of a Dec. 1 statement from the Catholic Conference of Illinois on the passage of Senate Bill 1716 in Springfield. (See related story, and for updated information on this and other legislation of interest to Catholics in the state, visit www.catholicconferenceofillinois.org.catholic.) The Catholic Conference of Illinois regrets the […]
Continue readingBy: By CNS, with Catholic Post staff SPRINGFIELD — The Catholic Conference of Illinois, which represents the state’s bishops on public policy matters, said it regretted passage of a bill legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples. The legislation, approved by the House Nov. 30 and the Senate Dec. 1, provides spousal rights to same-sex partners […]
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