VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI will focus on religious freedom’s contribution to peace in his World Peace Day message for 2011, the Vatican said. The theme the pope has chosen for the Jan. 1 celebration is “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace,” the Vatican announced July 13. The Vatican said the pope intends […]
Continue readingLONDON (CNS) — The largest Anglo-Catholic group in the Church of England is expecting an exodus of thousands of Anglicans to Catholicism after a decision to ordain women as bishops without sufficient concessions to traditionalists. Stephen Parkinson, director of Forward in Faith — a group that has about 10,000 members, including more than 1,000 clergy […]
Continue readingROCK ISLAND — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, July 7, in the chapel of St. Mary Monastery for Sister Marilyn (Mary Mark) Hettinger, OSB, a former prioress and longtime educator, who also had served as associate director of religious education for the Diocese of Peoria. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery, also […]
Continue readingBy: By Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 11 Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69:14,17,30-31,33-34,36,37; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 10:25-37 Yet again, Jesus is the great storyteller in today’s Gospel. When met by the young man who is intent on following God but knows only how to understand that call in the […]
Continue readingJesus experienced incredible suffering before he was laid in the tomb, but his story didn’t end there and neither can the stories of persons who have lost a spouse through death or divorce, according to Vince Frese, vice president of Journey of Hope Productions. In keynote sessions at the first-ever Diocesan Conference for the Widowed […]
Continue readingSTREATOR — A funeral Mass was offered at St. Anthony of Padua Church here on Thursday, July 8, for Father Francis “Frank” Joseph Ryan, 83, a Streator native and priest of the Diocese of Peoria for 52 years. Father Ryan, a senior priest and pastor emeritus of St. Paul’s Parish in Odell — where he […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — Curtis Martin likes everything about St. John’s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois, from the hospitality of Msgr. Gregory Ketcham, chaplain, and his staff to the beauty of the chapel. “The facilities are second to none,” said the founder and president of FOCUS — the Fellowship of Catholic University Students — […]
Continue readingThere are open houses, and then there is the opportunity to roam through the largest building project in the long history of the city of Peoria. Curiosity about the scope of the “Milestone Project” alone should be enough to bring thousands out to see the new Children’s Hospital of Illinois and OSF Saint Francis Medical […]
Continue readingEAST MOLINE — Members of St. Anne’s Parish will serve hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, chips and soft drinks at their “Star Spangled Grill,” which will be located at the corner of Sixth Street and 15th Avenue during the East Moline Fourth of July Parade. The grill will be fired up from 11 a.m. to 2 […]
Continue readingThe Loving Heart of Jesus is the theme for the 24th annual Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference scheduled for July 30-31 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Peoria. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, will celebrate a Mass of the Holy Spirit for conference participants at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 30. A eucharistic adoration will […]
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